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Assignment #4

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1) The article states “Despite the fact that the iPhone costs $500 or so, it cannot yet be brought over to T-Mobile or Verizon or Sprint. AT&T sees this as a feature, not a bug, as every new iPhone customer [|must commit] to a two-year, $1,400 to $2,400 contract. 2) It also states “The iPhone does have Wi-Fi access, which is a giant step forward. Wi-Fi has been kept off American cell phones for years, for reasons that have never passed the smell test ("for security reasons" or "to protect battery life") 3) It also explains “The iPhone's style and user interface are pathbreaking, and (as the iPod proved) aesthetics do matter. But the iPhone is—so far—not a product that will turn any industry inside out”. 4) The stem cell article explains “In recent years, when it comes to stem-cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values,” Obama announced, flanked by six eminent research scientists”. 5) It also shows “From the start of his first term, George W. Bush seems to have been guided more by faith and ideology than by data in resolving scientific questions”. 6) It also states “Groopman met with a researcher named Hans Keirstead, who was figuring out how to use a preëxisting stem-cell line to develop glial cells, which support the spinal cord and nervous system. “We are rapidly falling behind other countries,” Keirstead said”. 7) The cell phone article states “To start with, one of the most interesting things about a cell phone is that it is actually a [|radio] -- an extremely sophisticated radio, but a radio nonetheless.” 8) The movie for gamers article states ”Yet in the midst of the misery comes a ray of hope: Sony's half-dollar-sized Universal Media Disc, which can be used to play movies on the company's PlayStation Portable.” 9) It also says “//Sin// //City////,// like most films that have enjoyed strong UMD sales, shares a target demographic with the PSP: technophilic males between the ages of 25 and 29.” 10) It also explains how “UMDs have filled the void in part due to some clever marketing by Sony. During the PSP's March launch in the United States, Sony bundled UMDs of //Spider-Man 2// into the first million units sold, thereby alerting new owners to the format's existence, as well as to how great video looks on the device's 4.3-inch screen.” 11) It says “Sony also launched an ad campaign in gaming magazines like //Official U.S. PlayStation//. The spots depicted a UMD viewer calmly sitting amid a //Lord of the Rings//-style battle royale, and the slogan read "Immerse Yourself." The ads seemed to promise the sort of interactivity one normally associates with gaming rather than video watching.” 12) It state that the psp has many new game coming out “The PSP's gaming doldrums could end this holiday season when //Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories// is slated for release, along with a deluge of other highly anticipated games.” 13) It states the psp can It would be far more convenient if a PSPer could rip the DVDs he already owns to a form of media that his gaming unit will recognize. And guess what? The software industry is already on the case, with X-OOM's [|Movies on PSP]. The software lets you store movie files on a Sony memory stick, which works with the PSP. So, for all the buzz, UMDs probably won't keep studio executives out of Del Taco.” 14) It also explains how stores are prioritizing the games by “The rush on UMD movies, combined with the lack of big-name games so far, has led retailers such as Best Buy to place the video discs front and center in their PSP displays.” 15) Latly it says how “by year's end, around 90 titles will be available on UMD from virtually every major American studio save Warner, which is stubbornly standing by the Mini-DVD.”