Personal Computer Xpressionz

Windows 7 has gadgets on the desktop, just like Vista. Or almost like Vista. If you are familiar with Vista gadgets, the main difference in Windows 7 is that there is no sidebar. A gadget is a kind of display gizmo that sits on your desktop. Here are some examples of Windows 7 gadgets:

* Calendar
* Clock
* CPU Meter
* Currency
* Headlines
* Picture Puzzle
* Slideshow
* Stocks
* Weather
* Windows Media

Just in case you get tired of wasting your time with the gadgets that ship with Windows 7, you can download more from Personalize your PC. Some of them, such as the clock or calendar, are useful. Others are a waste of time. But how useful are gadgets anyhow? It depends on how you use your desktop. If it is covered in layers of applications all day, you’ll never see your desktop, and therefore you’ll never see your gadgets.

In this case, some may be of marginal use when you first start your computer, and when you shut it down at the end of the day (assuming you clear the desktop before shutting down). Personally, I rarely see my desktop, so gadgets are not a big thing with me, although I like the idea of them. On the other hand, the could end up being a major distraction. For example, you could spend the day watching headlines and stock quotes. You could click the headlines and read the stories. Or you could just go to the appropriate websites when you feel the need to find out what’s going on in the world or the trading room floor.

Also, the gadgets are somewhat limited in how you can configure them. For example, the headline gadget provides a list of Microsoft news feeds. That’s fine if you happen to like the kind of news provided by Microsoft. But what if prefer headlines from other news services? Or you want RSS feeds from non-news services like your favorite blogs? Unfortunately, the headline gadget is not that flexible. In the end, Windows 7 gadgets are not flexible enough to be useful, and are hidden most of the time, unless you don’t actually use your computer to do any work.

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BlackBerry makes a perfect phone and the Blackberry 8900 Curve (Javelin) will make an even better phone. With the BlackBerry 8900, the user is going to have access to tons of great features. For instance, the Blackberry 8900 offers Wi-Fi capabilities, GPS capabilities, Instant Messaging capabilities, camera capabilities and much more. One of the capabilities that the Blackberry 8900 Curve (Javelin) has is some really great media capabilities and that is what we are going to be telling you about. Within this article review, prepare yourself for learning about the media specifications that will be coming with the new Blackberry 8900 Curve (Javelin).

Listen to Your Favorite Songs:

If you have the Blackberry 8900 Curve (Javelin), then the fun will be going with you. You can listen to all of your favorite songs while you are on the go. You will even be able to play some of those videos you have in vivid color and listen to them in sound that is really rich. The headphones or speakers (yes, you will be able to choose what you want and maybe you will want both the headphones and speakers), you will be enjoying the Bluetooth stereo without having to deal with wires. Thanks to this new BlackBerry 8900, while you are replying to messages on your Smartphone, you will be able to listen to some of your favorite music and you can also shuffle through the songs you have at the same time.

Transfer Your Songs and Videos:

If you have desktop iTunes music files, then you will be able to transfer them from there to your BlackBerry 8900 Smartphone. With the media capabilities on the BlackBerry 8900, you will be able to share your favorite songs and the videos you have with your family members and friends. You can transfer the videos and songs to them in a quick manner. While you are riding the taxi or train to work, you will be able to watch the morning news and catch up on those sports clips. BlackBerry tries to give you even more capabilities than ever before and they are doing a great job at it.

Rip and Share Your Songs:

If you want to rip a CD fast then you will be able to do this by using the Roxio Media Manager that is made for all Blackberry phones. With the Roxio Media Manager, you will be ripping, transferring and converting both your video files and your music to your Smartphone in no time. Those BlackBerry Smartphones that have the media player will also be able to use the microSD card. With the microSD card, there is going to be tons more room for all of your media files that you want on your phone. In order to carry all of your music on one device and carry it everywhere you go, you should add the BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway to your BlackBerry 8900 Smartphone. Many of the Blackberry Smartphones already come equipped with the media player and you should pay attention to this when you are purchasing one.

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The Blackberry Curve 8900 joins the recently released Blackberry Storm from the manufacturers flagship line up, for further details please discover our mobile phones site.