Apple "Generation 4S"
The newest Apple iPhone went on sale in the last few days across the world. This is the final Apple product to be unveiled during Steve Jobs' lifetime. A lot of customers are buying the iPhone 4S as a tribute to Jobs. Of course Apple are loving this as their sales figures are shooting through the roof. As per usual with the release of pretty much any new Apple products their was people queued around city blocks in cities such as Sydney and Tokyo. Whats new about the iPhone 4S from the previous iPhone 4 you may be asking yourself? Well the models look quite similar but the 4S has an upgraded camera, faster processor and new voice-activated software which quite incredibly allows customers to ask it questions! Hi-tech I know!
Apple are worried about competition from the arch-rivals Samsung electronics. The Samsung smart-phones are powered by Google's android software. Samsung expect to overtake Apple as the leading smartphone provider in the third quarter of this year. Apple understandably are unhappy about this. Supposedly the main reason people are shelling out their hard earned cash for the 4S is because of the rave reviews about its "Siri" voice activated software! The launch of the new product was also smeared by the complaints by Apple customers about not being able to download the latest Apple mobile software. Most customers who purchased the 4S were already existing Apple customers and were loyal to the brand but how loyal will they be in the future with Jobs' not alive to make revolutionary changes to future products? Apple may have had their moment in the limelight, in my opinion without Jobs' Apple are on a boat without a paddle.
"Irish digital revolution"
Ireland's analogue television network will be switched off from next October it has been announced to the Irish community. The country is finally making the change to a new national digital TV network. The date set is the 24th of October 2012. Northern Ireland's analogue networks will also be getting switched off on the same day. This leaves the everyday Irish TV viewer with the free-to-air digital terrestial television (DTT) service Saorview system for subscription- free TV services, which RTÈ launched in May of this year. The switch over to digital has a number of advantages for Irish TV viewers such a additional TV and Radio channels as well as new informational services and high definition Television. The change is being made because the old analogue stations take up too much radio spectrum and this will be greatly freed up by digital TV becoming compulsory. In turn the new space will hopefully be used to speed up mobile broadband connections across the State something which has far to long been on the cards for the Irish citizens especially the students.
A huge amount of Irish households rely on an aerial to watch TV. Sorry to break it to the people but the government even in a recession are trying to still put the squeeze on broke Irish families. For you see these people will need to "invest" in one of a few options all which cost money may I add. These include; buying a Saorview set-top box, move to a pay TV service such as Sky, UPC or Ntl and finally having to fork out to buy a new Television with an integrated Saorview receiver. For the cash strapped residents of this republic, things are looking bleak, shame if they cant afford it they wont be able to see it on their television sets come October!!
Alright mate? "Australia's cheeriness"
As everyone knows Australians are generally cheery and kind natured spirits that are the essence of soundness. Is that the way you have been portrayed to view them? Well think again they are money hungry grabbing back stabbers that are all "me, me, me". Australia have one of the most prosperous economic climates in the world and are they happy with it?? NO THEY ARE NOT!! Australian's generally moan and complain about the English but now they themselves have become the even bigger complainers! Last week the Australians were asked to look at there own carbon consumption to help the world global warming crisis and do you know what they said? "We're only a small country, we cant make any difference to climate change". Are they actually serious? Every country no matter how big or small count! They in fact emit 28 tonnes of carbon per person per year. One of the highest per capita levels in the world! They say refugee's and asylum seekers should all be sent back to their own country's as well. Who do the Australians sound like? Oh yeah, us the IRISH. When things are going good economically we want to keep all the work for ourselves and not share it around. Maybe it'l be good when the Australians bubble bursts. Maybe, just maybe they'll come crashing back to reality like we did!!
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