Huawei brings out Ascend P1 2600 mAh XL for battery junkies, throws in E5151 hotspot

Huawei's presence at Mobile Asia Expo this year has a distinct flavor of RAZR Maxx about it. The Ascend P1 is getting a fresh 2600 mAh XL variant that does exactly what it says on the tin: throw almost 56 percent more battery power at the previously skinny Android 4.0 device. Along with this and a TD-SCDMA variant of the P1 for China Mobile fans, the other standout is the (not yet pictured) Mobile WiFi E5151, which brings a rare Ethernet jack to the 3G hotspot world for hoping onto the Internet in a more traditional form. It's radio silence on the E5151's release, but those in Huawei's native China can look forward to buying the lengthily-titled Ascend P1 2600 mAh XL in the summer -- just don't assume it will cross the ocean anytime soon.

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Griffin StudioConnect for iPad

If you're an iPad musician, the Griffin StudioConnect ($149.99 direct) could be your salvation. The StudioConnect lets you connect your electric guitar, bass guitar, or MIDI keyboard to your iPad. It looks sharp, and puts your iPad front and center as the centerpiece of a music studio. But considering its price, and the lack of an easy way to record vocals, it's tough to see a large market for the StudioConnect.

Design, Headphone Jack, and MIDI Ports
Griffin designed the StudioConnect well. It has some weight to it, and the bottom panel features a pair of oversized, non-skid rubber feet. The dock insert is also covered in rubber. Put the StudioConnect on your desk, dock the iPad, and it's not going anywhere. The built-in dock connector is black, and runs on a short, one-foot gray wire that you can tuck neatly behind the iPad while it's docked. Plug the included AC adapter into the wall, and a blue ring lights up around the oversized chrome volume knob.

The front-mounted, standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack is convenient, but seems redundant at first glance?why not just use the one on the iPad? Use the one on the StudioConnect, though, and you can leave the headphones attached to the dock, which means one less thing to connect and disconnect whenever you move the iPad. You also get to control volume with the massive chrome knob, which is much easier than using the iPad's fiddly volume controls (which reverse orientation in landscape mode). Finally, you can switch between audio coming out of the main speakers and through the headphones at will.

The MIDI In and Out ports mean you can position the iPad to the left or right of a much larger controller keyboard, and then use the iPad as your recording device. The same problem that plagued the IK Multimedia iRig MIDI ($69.99, 3.5 stars) also affects the StudioConnect: By using MIDI ports, your MIDI controller needs an AC power adapter. Most of today's budget-priced MIDI keyboards don't come with one, as they run off of USB power, and many don't even have a DC port at all, so you can't even buy one at, say, RadioShack. Just keep that in mind when planning your setup; you're probably going to need multiple pieces (including the StudioConnect, if you go this route) no matter what.

Audio Recording and Conclusions
The StudioConnect does its job well, with clean audio quality and transparent operation throughout. I tested it with Apple GarageBand 1.2 ($4.99, 4 stars), BeepStreet Sunrizer ($4.99, 4.5 stars) and Moog Music Animoog ($29.99, 4 stars). The MIDI ports worked fine with an M-Audio KeyStation 49i MIDI keyboard, which I powered with the appropriate AC adapter. Unfortunately, the lack of an XLR jack with phantom power gets in the way. While you can technically buy a quarter-inch-to-XLR adapter for a microphone, that won't sound quite as good, and only works for unpowered dynamic mics like the Shure SM57 anyway. (This is what you had to do with inexpensive four-track tape recorders 20 years ago.)

A better option would be to use an inexpensive, external stereo mixer from Behringer, Samson, or a low-end Mackie, plug all of your mics into that, turn on phantom power, and then run the outputs of the mixer into the stereo 3.5mm input on the back of the StudioConnect. That will at least get you better quality recordings of vocals and other instruments through GarageBand, Blip Interactive NanoStudio ($19.99, 3.5 stars), or any other app that supports digital audio tracks or sampling.

So the Griffin StudioConnect is expensive, and doesn't do everything I'd like to see it do. It's not a bad product, but I can't help but be disappointed by the lack of a mic preamp, XLR input, and phantom power. Virtually every PC and Mac audio interface these days, no matter how inexpensive, has at least one mic preamp. Other options: The Alesis iO Dock ($399, 4 stars) costs considerably more, but adds these features and many others; it's still the best iPad recording interface out there, although it's far from perfect. The IK Multimedia iRig MIDI is a good way to save money if you just want to hook up a MIDI controller to your iPad, and don't need the StudioConnect's charging features, stereo outputs, or extra headphone jack, but the StudioConnect is a much neater solution as a result of those features. Finally, the Samson Carbon 49 ($89, 3.5 stars) is a good choice if you don't have a MIDI controller at all; just be sure to buy the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit ($29) along with it, as the Carbon 49 has no dock connector of its own.

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Common Misguided Beliefs Concerning Car Repair

There are several misunderstandings around pertaining to car repair. If you are a driver for many years, you might have been told some of them before. You may even have taken for any of them. This can be harmful and it can result in a bad situation for your vehicle, particularly when you use fallacies and incorrect information to find out which sorts of maintenance to get accomplished. If you can dismiss yourself of a lot of them, you?ll be on the right track to be able to better decisions about your vehicle, which can bring about safer driving and a tougher ownership.

Squealing Is Brought On By Brake Dust. It is a common belief that squealing from the brakes is frequently just due to brake dust. It?s not sure where this myth commenced or why it was ever spread, but it isn?t true. Squealing may appear for a variety of reasons, but brake dust isn?t one of them. More frequently, the squealing may come as because of the brake pad being harmed. Most pads include a warning strip, which causes a squealing sound when it is to be succeeded. Naturally, squealing also occurs early in the day, when the brakes are wet, and for some other reasons entirely not related to dust.

It?s No longer Working, So Remedy It! Plenty of vehicle owners take this unaggressive technique to car repair. Given that the vehicle gets them from point A to point B, everything is fine, right? Why squander money you don?t have on maintenance that isn?t recommended! This may work for quite a while, but eventually you will come across problems. Vehicles revel in being well-maintained. It doesn?t cost much to get this done maintenance. Absolutely, it costs much less expensive than driving it into the ground and then being given a car repair bill worth a lot more than the vehicle itself.

Too Expensive Gasoline is ideal For Your Car. We are taught to think that things that will cost more are naturally better, but it?s not necessarily the case. Gasoline is a best illustration of this. While higher-octane gasoline is dearer and it is, in a way, better, it may not be important to get it for your vehicle. This gasoline is produced to function best in a top performance engine. If you are driving a cheap automobile, it?s quite possible a complete waste of money to spend the extra cash for the higher-octane gasoline.

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Rock Health Debuts Second Class, Sends Half Of Incoming Batch To Work At Harvard Medical School

Late last week, San Francisco and Boston-based healthtech accelerator Rock Health held demo day for its second batch of startups at Practice Fusion's headquarters. The thirteen companies pitched their ideas for making healthcare cheaper, more social, intuitive, and just generally less of a pain in the ass. Even though these companies have a hard road ahead, there are ideas here that, with some iteration and funding, could have have a big impact on the space -- and your health. Check them out here. The accelerator also just kicked off its third batch and the first to be located in Boston. Rock Health co-founder Halle Tecco tells us that they actually just sent seven of these startups to build their businesses at Harvard Medical School. "This is the first time that an incubator has sent startups into a hospital to work," she said, "and we think it will be invaluable for the teams participating." Think we'll call this the new "Rock Health residency."

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Energy-Efficient Prefab Homes | Internet Contents

In a society where everything seems to be turning ?green,? more homebuyers are looking for homes built with sustainable, recycled, and reclaimed products. Many existing homes on the market these days aren?t very energy-efficient. Prefab green housing is a great option for those looking for an environmentally friendly yet affordable home.

Building a prefab house can be extremely earth-friendly. The companies who manufacture pre-built components have improved the efficiency of their manufacturing processes. Architects have begun to design extremely modern, energy saving homes. These houses are designed to collaborate with their environment. They are built using ecologically friendly materials like bamboo. Pre-built steel and wood hybrid frames lend to long lasting and low maintenance homes. Recycled and reclaimed materials are used as often as possible.

When it comes to energy efficiency in prefab houses versus stick-built houses, the prefab versions are probably more effective. The range for errors is greater in stick-built homes. Prefab homes tend to be well-fitted and better-insulated, leaving less opportunity for air to leak out or seep in.

There are several options available that use the natural environment to power the home. Passive solar energy systems use sun, wind, and other weather patterns. Architects are designing prefab houses to be built as high performing, self-regulating buildings with low emissions. Gas-filled windows are included to help insulate and control the interior climate. They also use efficient lighting such as fluorescent lamp and LED lighting, which have extended lives and consume less energy.

Tankless water heaters can be installed, or there is the even more environmentally sound option of geo-thermal heating, which uses heat from the earth?s core. When it comes to cooling, since prefab houses can be built anywhere, positioning on the homesite is key. Shaded windows means less sunlight will come through and heat the house when you want it to be cool.

Not only can prefab houses use recycled and sustainable materials but they create less waste. The extra wood created when cutting pieces for various different components is used for other projects within the factory.

Green projects have been known to be more expensive, but they save money in the long run. Buying prefab modular homes that have been built to U.S. Green Building Council specifications can save you money. If you still want to build your own home and make it energy-efficient, using prefabricated components will save you money initially so you have more to invest in your prefab green home.

Larry Diamond is a noted construction industry expert, having over 30 years experience in residential building. Larry is the President of Green R Panel, a company that sells and distributes prefab housing kits to customers all across North America. To learn more about Green R Panel?s revolutionary building system, visit their website at GreenRPanel.com.

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Car Accident Results in Flipped Car on U.S. 19 and Gulf-to-Bay Blvd ...

Car accidents occur on U.S. Highway 19 every day. With the construction going on in Clearwater, the chance of an automobile accident is greatly increased. Two people are the latest to find this out after a 4-car crash?caused a car to flip at the intersection of U.S. 19 and Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard yesterday.

At about 10:00 a.m., a gray Chevy Colbalt heading east on Gulf-to-Bay Blvd drove into westbound traffic and rolled over, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Stephanie Kohn-Goodyear, 16, was in the back seat of the Cobalt looking at her cell phone when the crash happened.?"the next thing you know, we're flipped," she said. Kohn-Goodyear said she was in the car with three friends. All of them, including the injured driver, were wearing seat belts. The driver was taken to Bayfront Medical Center. Also, the driver of another vehicle involved in the accident was transported to Morton Plant Hospital.

Anyone who drives through this intersection knows how confusing the intersection is during the construction. Since we have many years before the U.S. 19 construction is completed, we all need to be extra cautious while driving on U.S. 19. A few seconds or minutes of added attention could prevent you or your friends and family from being injured (or even killed) in a car accident.

Drive safely and watch out for those who don't.

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Personal Injury Attorney Matthew Noyes represents those injured in automobile accidents, motorcycle crashes and other types of personal injury accidents. His Clearwater law firm -- Perenich Caulfield Avril Noyes?-- is one of the oldest personal injury law firms in Clearwater. For answers to your legal questions after a car accident, call Attorney Matthew Noyes at 727-796-8282 or simply click here to schedule a free case consultation.

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