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10 Inspirations for vCards

Friday, February 12th, 2010

A trend amongst people engaging in the Internet today is the vCard. It acts as an online business card that makes it really handy. It also cuts the hassle of purchasing a business card and giving them out to people as well.

Here we have a list of 10 vCards that looks rather attractive and can be made as a good inspiration to those needing it.

Micheal Villar – The Ocean has a lot to offer and one of it is a good design. The vCard designer put in a lot of effort in the usage of AJAX to create such a magnificent and easy to use interface.

AlexN – The site incorporates a lot of white in its design making it look quite blank in nature. However, it does create a rather simple look that is great to those having a minimalist taste.

Aref Jdey – Aref Jdey uses both French and English in its language making it quite an interesting approach. It is concise and has almost all basic information about the person.

Chris Carey – The combination in the shades of black, white as well as green gives the site a fresh look. It has all the information that a visitor would need such as the profile of various social networking site as well as contact information.

Joao Silva – This site is very simple in nature and has no more than one page. It is the most basic form of a vCard site possible. The site designer is very direct and gives key information only.

Chris Rowe – A good combination of color as well as texture makes this site unique from others. This 3 pages site can be a good inspiration as well.

Stefen Amport – A very simple combination of both grey and red makes the site look appealing.

Louis Gubitosi – The site uses a very good combination of CSS as well as Javascript making it look very nice. The transition between black and white into color when the picture is hovered on gives a trendy finish to the site.

Meelk – The shades of blue as well as the cloud gives the site a very appealing nature.

Ivor Padilla – The site gives all the information a visitor would need about the person and if that isn’t enough, a vCard for Address Book can be downloaded as well.

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Nexus One to Experience Update

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

An update will soon be released by Google for its Nexus One phone. The Android based phone will experience few updates as well as fixes particularly with the 3G problem that has clouded thousands of Nexus One users worldwide.

The update also includes installation of a new Google application called the Google Goggles. It allows users to search the Internet not through keywords but through pictures instead. Users can use the camera on the Nexus One to utilize this feature.

The Google Maps application will also experience an update to version 3.4 which allows night mode navigation for those who may need it. In addition to that, it also allows search suggestions to be made based on the user’s Google Maps history. Users will also be able to synchronize starred items on Google Maps website as well.

The best feature on this update is the release of the multi-touch capability. It allows the user to use the pinch-and-zoom feature commonly available on the iPhone and some other multi-touch devices. However, the multi-touch feature is somewhat limited to only this and only time will tell whether Google will incorporate many other features for the multi-touch capability of the Nexus One.

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Best SLRs – January 2010

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Nowadays, SLRs are used by both the consumers and the professionals. Some uses them as a habit while others may make a living out of it. Getting a good camera may be hard and once a person has bought a camera of a certain brand, they might find it hard to change to another brand due to the incompatibility of the lens with different brands. Here are some SLRs worth noting:

Budget/Entry-Level SLR

Nikon D5000 – This 12.3 Megapixel camera is well known for delivering high quality photographs. In addition to that, its detachable LCD allows the picture taking of even the most gruesome of shot easily. There are two version of the D5000 and this is the Body Only Kit and a Kit with lens (18 – 55mm)

Canon Rebel T1i – The T1i also known as the Canon 500D in some parts of the world is a great entry level SLR. It is also quite light in nature and it sports a whopping 15.1 Megapixel resolution which may be one of the highest available in the Entry-level SLR industry.

Midrange SLR

Nikon D90 – The D90 is truly a favorite amongst many Nikon owners. It offers quality photograph at a great price. In addition to that, it also offers a HDMI output and has a video capturing capability.

Canon 40D – The 40D is a considerable alternative to the 50D although it may cost as much as $200 higher than the latter. However, its picture quality is absolutely stunning and is great for capturing fast paced photographs

High-end SLR

Nikon D3 – This full-frame camera has only a 12 megapixel sensor but it beats most cameras of a higher resolution. It offers everything that a professional would want at a premium cost as well

Canon 1Ds Mark III – There wouldn’t be a photographer not knowing about the Canon 1D series. The Canon 1Ds Mark III is truly a perfectionist camera with a full-frame sensor. It is the best that the world has to offer and it doesn’t come in cheap as well.

Canon and Nikon are currently one of the top manufacturers in the market with a lot of lens available for the users to use as well. However, there are many other manufacturers worth considering although the user might have a problem getting some lenses that they may require.

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