Samsung B2100 Extreme, adventure with a flourish

The Samsung B2100 is an attractive device with a tough rubberised housing. The countours of the case are curved with "grip dimples" in the side, which makes it a very nice handset to look at. Everything is fully waterpoof, unless you open the battery cover or charger/headset cover. You can also wear the phone with a lanyard although there isn't one in the box. The rubbery keyboard is not unpleasant to use, but the controller pad does feel a bit stiff. The 128 x 160 pixel screen is basic but very clear and it is certainly good enough for most tasks.

The B2100 is very solidly constructed - and with good reason. Not only do all the panels and joins have to be watertight, but the phone can also survive a one metre drop onto a hard surface plus quite a lot of other abuse. We're not saying that the B2100 is unbreakable, but it can certainly survive events that will kill another phone stone dead. It is slightly on the heavy side - we weighed it at 106 grams with the microSD card installed. The weight is mostly due to the tough construction, if carried in a pocket it won't be a problem, but on a lanyard it could prove to be annoying.


Is it waterproof?

Samsung claim that the B2100 is fully waterproof. Well, is it really? We put it to the test in this video and the answer is "yes". As long as all the covers are firmly in place, then there appears to be no water ingress at all and the handset works just fine under water. In reality, you are not going to make a phone call underwater.. but it shows that the B2100 is highly resistant against rain, getting dropped in puddles or splashed with water or other liquids. It should also survive a trip down to the pub.

The phone wipes clean easily, and if it gets muddy or dirty then you can simply rinse it off.
One drawback is that if you use the wired headset then you will compromise the B2100's watertightness. Care also needs to be taken when opening the panels to avoid damage.

The tough casing does create another problem. Because everything is fully sealed, audio quality is slightly muffled. On a normal phone, the microphone and speakers are mounted internally and covered by a mesh or small holes in the casing to allow sound to travel easily. On the B2100, everything is sealed up and there is a slight but noticeable drop in audio quality as a result.

music player Multimedia

The music player is easy to use and it can cope with MP3s or synchronise with Windows Media Player. Tracks are controlled by the navigation pad plus a volume control on the side of the phone, and the B2100 can happily play music in the background while other tasks are carried out.

As we mentioned before, sound is slightly muffled on the B2100. However, the internal speaker is loud enough to make this a practical portable music player. When played through the supplied headset, audio playback is clear and can be turned up very loud. There's also an FM radio which works in conjunction with the wired headset - this is easy enough to use but it doesn't come with RDS, so radio station names are not displayed.

Web browsing

To be blunt - web browsing on the B2100 is a pretty miserable experience. This isn't a 3G device, so many customers will have to rely on GPRS rates which are about the same as an old-fashioned dial-up modem. The web browser is also pretty poor and can only cope with fairly simple pages, else it fails with a "document too large error", and pages designed for full blown web browsers often render very poorly. On the other hand, simple sites and those specifically designed for mobile phones work just fine.

Camera

Although it is unlikely that you'll buy the B2100 because of it's camera, the 1.3 megapixel unit is fairly decent, if simple. There's no flash, but a virtual iris control can adjust the brightness of a picture.. this takes a little practice to get right, and it can lead to an image being underexposed or overexposed. The B2100 does have some basic image editing functions which can help to fix the pictures you have taken.

The camera also lacks autofocus, but it copes with most things quite well. Again, if you are using the B2100 regularly for photographs, then you will probably want a data cable to transfer the images.

Ease of use

The user interface on the B2100 is pretty typical for a low-end Samsung handset. Even on the limited resolution screen of this phone, it is simple enough to use and there are plenty of keyboard shortcuts to speed things up. The keyboard is very rubbery though, and although the key travel is good, it does feel a little odd. The navigation pad is very stiff, and a little difficult to use.

Call quality

We found that call quality was OK, but slightly muffled due to the waterproof casing. It is certainly good enough for day-to-day use.
Value for money

In terms of raw technical specifications, the B2100 doesn't offer particularly great value for money.. until you take into account how tough it is. This phone will survive experiences which can kill most other handsets stone dead, although we didn't test the B2100 to destruction, we do think that this will be quite difficult to break. If you regularly expose your phone to harsh environments, then its robustness will probably pay for itself quite quickly.

Conclusion

The Samsung B2100 Solid Extreme is an exceptionally durable handset, but this durability does tend to compromise other handset features. Music playback is good, and the basic camera is surprisingly useful if a little fiddly to use. The web browser is the weakest part of the phone, even taking into account the lack of 3G.

It's an attractive looking device, and the toughness should be appealing to many consumers. And it's hard to beat the B2100's party trick of working under water!

Anti virus protection with H1N1 Destroying UV Wand

While panacea from known by whole world virus of H1N1 is not found, we have to be careful and to keep our watchful eye in order to avoid it. Though some producers declared certain success in vaccine creation, new useful gadget can help us to prevent this specific virus spreading and affecting our and our family. This new gadget that fights against H1N1 virus, is named as UV Wand was recently released by Hammecher, and I extremely useful in many cases.

First of all it destroys many known and very dangerous bacteria and viruses. Second that is important that during laboratory tests UV Wand showed great result - after 5 seconds nearly 99.98% of the H1NI virus was destroyed. Everybody can agree that in usual life to wear protective mask is not comfortable solution.


New created Wand was made especially for it - to protect us and to make comfortable our living in tough environment conditions. This gadget with use of save UV-C light eliminates viruses from different structure surfaces. It also easily kills different molds, dust mites, different harmful microorganisms, bacteria - by penetrating into their DNA and destroying them easily.

The H1N1 UV Wand is made for use not only in medical institution, but rather for daily use of modern busy people. Now is so easy to sanitize the gadgets that might be in use by infected people and also as well as a preventive tool for keyboards, phones, other big and small gadgets. This wand is very practice and easy in use. If to describe it by few words - I can say that it comes as a stick shaped gadget, that easy to hold, user friendly and easy to operate.

Cordless and handy, switches off automatically when light is turned upward. When fully charged - (eight hour charge by AC. 24" L x 5" W x 2 1/2" D) operates 1.5 hours. Overall it is an easy and comfortable way to do something worthy in order to be healthy, save money on hospital bills and to continue active life.

Cheaper VoIP calls with the best VoIP routers

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has become available thanks to Internet and IP that was originally designed for data transmissions over IP networks. However, the speed and the abilities of modern Internet make it possible to digitize phone calls and bring use of VoIP. If you want to use VoIP you just need to buy a VoIP ADSL modem and sign up for this feature from your provider.


So what is the main advantage of VoIP? Its main advantage is its cost as opposed to usual phone calls. Usually we pay a monthly fee for local calls and we are charge per minute for long distance calls. And here is where VoIP calls come in handy; they do not charge any additional fee for long distance calls. So the savings using VoIP can be enormous. Even though the VoIP router price is decent it will save you much more on phone calls. Besides, you can call any VoIP phone or ordinary phone from your PC or VoIP device.

Usually VoIP routers have RJ-11 FXS ports for regular phones, and RJ-11 FXO ports for fixed-line connection. On the other hand you can buy wireless VoIP router that will give you the ability to use wireless devices to make phone calls. This is very convenient when you need your device to be portable and usable wherever a VoIP router is. VoIP advantages are obvious and their main one is the cost of phone calls.

unique ways to play casino online

Many of us who used to play poker. of course you immediately think about the casino. if we want to play or say, try your luck with our betting game should come to Vegas. because there the paradise of the players bet. there are hundreds of places that provide games ranging from poker to the sampling easy.

But do not be worried, now to play poker or other types of bets you do not need to be there. availability for network or Internet connection that is helping us, especially the crazy game of poker. there are many choices best online slot machines that we can choose. and also we are very pampered with several facilities that are served. not have to bother to go to a place relatively far to find casino game, we are quite at home while drinking a cup of tea while connect to the internet connection. we can already enjoy the game we want, us online casino without having to think about distance and time.


so unique is not it? so do not bother to find out casino game, because our own home we can get it. simpler and certainly more efficient, without having to spend the rest of our time. enjoy wu\ith this ways.

Xbox 360 Pro 60GB for 249.99 USD

Was it the PlayStation 3 Slim that has made major gaming consoles buzz about themselves more than they got used to, but this month we had a lot really. Anyway, the Xbox 360 was the first one to start the September price drop, as we like to call it.

The current offer at Amazon is: the entry point – Xbox 360 Arcade, sets you only 199.99 dollars back, Xbox 360 Pro 60GB cost 249.99 dollars and this particular one I think is the best deal out of all four available there. Yes, there are four. The other two are of course Elite 120GB for 299.99 USD and a 399.99 USD Elite 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition.


This one is available only for preorder so far, because Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is coming only in November. This might a great time to order a Xbox 360 if you don't have one because we expect a lot of new peripherals for consoles, including new motion controllers, from Tokyo Game Show.

Core i7 powered Asus M60J shows its specs

You must have heard the news about Intel's new Core i7 processors released at IDF. Step by step they keep arriving to notebook manufacturers, and it's a joy for us to see all this good stuff coming out soon. This time it's Asus that adds a new Core i7 based notebook to its M60 series. M60J is a proper multimedia rig and I personally can hardly think of a task that will put it in frustration. Everything is on its place apart from price and availability date. They are yet hold in the Asus lobby, but with rivals light on their feet, and that's not just us thinking so, very soon M60J must be found on a shelf in your local store.


Apart from powerful hardware, Asus M60J also stands out with a long list of options for almost every major technical aspect. This is obscure why other manufacturers just let us choose between two hard drives and an extra memory stick. Because it's not the case, here is the list of what is available for Asus M60J:

* Mobile Intel PM55 Express Chipset

* Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73 GHz or 720QM 1.6 GHz

* 2 x SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, up to 4GB

* NVIDIA GeForce GT240M, 1GB

* 2.5 inch SATA, 5400rpm or 7200rpm, 250GB, 320GB or 500GB

* 5.25 inch DVD Super Multi or Blu-Ray DVD Combo

* 6 cell 4800 mAh battery

* 16 inch HD display, 1366 x 768 resolution

* 2 megapixel web camera

* Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, Home Premium or Home Basic

Investment promising future

Investments would talk about anything to do with money, whereas the exchange value of money itself is gold. just once, to say gold is the standard price for the value of foreign currencies in the world. for saving the future of course we need an investment, in other words the savings. with a savings account, let alone the gold of course we have indirect investment value.


Not only that, now gold is not only for currency exchange rates or investment only. there are some people who use gold as a symbol or an interesting jewelry. of course there are artists who want to process it into gold jewelry including one shaped coins. because the privilege is itself the gold to trade gold in the world must include a certificate along with other properties.

Return to investment, gold coin is a combination of the two elements above. namely between investment (savings) and also jewelry. then there is nothing wrong if we invest our money to have some gold collection. for a moment can we use.