Proof : iPhone Is Not A Real Phone

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is not a real number. And we know anything multiplied by a non-real number is non-real.

Therefore, iPhone is not a real phone. It goes for all the (Apple) products that are of the form i(product name).

BBT PNIX-SD Mini MP3 Player Review [with Hi-Res Pics]

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Are you on a tight budget this Christmas, and yet are suffering the pressure of purchasing gifts for family members and friends? If yes then Korean company BBT offers the latest PNIX-SD Mini MP3 Player for the tiny price of around $15. In four colors (black, white, yellow, and pink), this mp3 player has all the features of a standard mp3 player in its tiny, sleek body. The PNIX SD can be said to be a much cheaper (~$50 in total with a 16GB SDHC card) iPod shuffle. Moreover, it supports both WMA and MP3 audio files.

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Specifications:

Storage Capacity	32MB - 16GB expandable / 1 SD Memory Slot
Memory Supported	SD, SDHC (Up to 16GB)
USB	USB 2.0, USB 1.1
Frequency Response	20Hz ~ 20kHz
Media format	MP3(Layer 1/11), WMA Bit Rate(MP3): 8kbps ~ 320kbps, VBR
General	Button : 2button(Short press :+/-, Long press : <>) Battery : Li-Polymer rechargeable battery LED indicator Size: 53 x 34 x 12mm(L x W x H)

Personal Experience:

I ordered the mp3 player on eBay [<-- link to PNIX MP3 Players on eBay] about a week ago. I received it yesterday, which is surprisingly fast for shipping from Asia. I bought it for $15 with free shipping. I added my $35 16GB SDHC card to it, which is also bought from eBay [<-- link to 16GB SDHC Cards on eBay]. The first impression I got when I picked it up is, it is surprisingly well made (for a $15 gadget). It really feels solid in your hand. No doubt, the South Koreans make good stuff. Did I mention this gadget won awards in Australia and South Korea for its sleek, space-saving, and functional design? Well, rhetorical question. The controls are also very easy to get used to. It's minimalistic design consists of two buttons that are used for both volume and track changing. The gadget turns on as soon as you plug in the audio jack/pin. And turns off when you remove it. It retains your last played track. You can transfer the audio files using USB cable. It can also be used as a SD card reader, which is kinda obvious when you think about it. I am still waiting for an English translation of the South Korean user manual from the seller. I'll post it here as soon as I get it. That's all I can think of at the moment. Below are some Hi-Res pictures I took today. Click image to enlarge.

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USER MANUAL
User Notice:
Please read this manual before using the mp3 player.

• Do not leave this mp3 player directly under the sun, or in a hot place.
• Loud audio may be harmful for your hearing in the long run. Please use caution.
• Do not use this mp3 player while driving.
• Do not drop this mp3 player while it is playing, or in any other case.
• Do not put this mp3 player in water, and avoid contact with water (or other liquids).
• Keep this mp3 player away from a dusty environment.
• Do not place heavy objects on this mp3 player.
• Do not use liquid (alcohol) to clean this mp3 player.

Power On/ Standby:

1. Plug in the headphones to initiate standby mode.
2. Press and hold any of the two buttons to start the music/audio.

Repeating:
All the songs will be repeated automatically. The songs in this mp3 player are played sequentially (not shuffled), and after the last song it will go back to the first song of the sequence.

LED:

• The LED will be flashing periodically (~2 seconds interval) when playing music.
• The LED will flicker when it is connected to a computer, and exchanging data.
• In any other case, LED flashes/flickers indicate low battery.

Buttons:

• Press and hold any of the two buttons for the next/previous track.
• Press (and don’t hold) any of the two buttons for volume up/down.

That's pretty much all you need to know to operate this MP3 player. Feel free to comment below if you have any question or suggestion.

PDF version of the USER MANUAL including original translations:
Bbt Pnix-sd User ManualAt Google Docs 

Convert eBooks to MP3 Audio With Spesoft Text to Speech Software

Learning skills to increase our income or just having a moment to read a book for fun is hard to do when you put almost two-thirds of your day toward paying yesterday’s bills. Or am I the only one that feels like that?
I’m trying to get through my Instrumentation Technician apprenticeship as fast as I can, but between my day job and my night gig, I don’t have a lot of study time. But what I do have is a fair amount of time in my truck, traveling from site to site. Hmmm, light bulb, convert my text books into MP3’s that I can play on my iPod. Hmmm, bigger lightbulb! Write an article on that.

Step 1: Get a Good Free Text to Speech (TTS) Program

Of the three Text to Speech software apps I tested with my text file of tongue twisters, the one I liked best was Spesoft’s Free Text To MP3 Speaker. I also tried Speakonia and Ultra Hal Text to Speech Reader. Unfortunately, those two do not convert the text directly to Mp3 format – just .wav. Other than that, they didn’t have as many choices on recording quality as Spesoft’s.

Step 2: Get a Good Book

There is a veritable cornucopia of copyright expired books out on the web. Project Gutenberg is probably the best known. Go on over, search for a topic and find the book you would like to read. Now download it. Please consider making a donation to Project Gutenberg if you can. It really is a great resource that has been going for about 30 years now.
I suppose you could do this with an eBook you own, as long as it wasn’t for public performance and you didn’t upload it on the web somewhere, and you had the express written consent of Major League Baseball, its broadcasters and affiliates. That’s just an opinion – do so at your own risk.

Step 3: Edit the Text as Necessary

You could skip this step if you don’t have the time. Keep in mind that older books often have different spellings or curious characters that might not be read properly by your TTS program.

Step 4: Open the Book in Your TTS

Well, this means that you open the book in your Text to Speech software application.
Okay, here’s more details. Click on the Load Text from File button.

From there, navigate to the text file you want converted. Select that text file, and click on Open.

Now, your text should appear in the main part of the program, just like this!

I take credit for creating the grumbling gremlin tongue twister. It came to me as I was thinking about a gremlin that was, um, grumbling. The car, not the monster.

Step 5: Let the TTS Do It’s Thing

This is the time saver part. Just hit Record and Create Audio File, save it with the file name you want and walk the dog. Don’t have a dog? Walk the neighbour’s dog – just tell them first or it gets ugly, and the neighbour thinks you’re taking the dog for that ritual you had planned for later. Or something like that.

Spesoft Test to Speech software also allows you to choose different voices, adjust the speed, pitch and volume of the voice as well as tweak the recording quality. Everybody seems to have different preferences, so you might just want to play around with that for a bit. Personally, I set the Output Quality and Sample Rate as high as possible. My iPod doesn’t have much on it. Not much of a music guy.
Now you have an Mp3 of the book that you finally wanted to read. Pop it on the iPod, crank up the Shakespeare and get ready to cruise the strip. That’s kind of lame isn’t it? Well, hot librarians might dig it.