2007
11
iPhone lives up to Apple fan's hype
E m m alie C ox
Staff Reporter
When iPhones hit the
shelves on June 29, Apple
anticipated selling one
million units by the end
of September, but in only
74 days the goal was met.
Now, with a price cut
poised for the holidays,
Apple hopes to sell even
more.
It comes equipped
with a high resolution
touchscreen which has
a sensor that will lock
your phone when it is
close to your face. It is
also equipped with
a 2.0 mega pixel
camera, up to five
hours of talk/
video /browsing
memory, and up
to 16 hours of
audio playback
memory.
What people
seem to like
best about the
iPhone is the
4 to 8 GB
of memory
available.
about a user's habits and
frequent misspellings as it
gets used. The big screen
is great for videos, pictures
and album art. All of your
text messages, both sent and
received, are saved in the
text balloon so a string of
past
v e v e r,
Youtube.com by posting a
minute long video of her
opening and skimming
through her bill. However,
what these customers did
not know is that the detailed
bill they receive can be
switched to a paper-based
summary bill, or they can
even access it online. All
customers need to do is
call customer service or
tap into their account
from the AT&T web
site.
Other problems
with the iPhone
include frequent
freezing, an
overly sensitive
touchscreen,
limited storage
and a slow Edge
network, but
customers still
love it.
"The
touchscreen is
amazing. And I love
the interaction with
all of the applications,"
Ian Watson, sophomore,
said. Watson waited in line
with many other customers
th e d a y th e iP h o n e w a s
some
people are
complaining that it simply
isn't enough. The iPhone
also comes ready to make
a phone call, text message,
surf the web, take pictures,
send and receive e-mail,
watch videos, and best
of all, rock out to music.
Further it allows you to
sync your content from the
iTunes library on your PC
or Mac.
The iPhone seems
like the perfect phone.
An easy to use keyboard
makes typing simple, and
it seemingly gets smarter
conversations
can be
referenced.
Most buyers thought
it was perfect, that is
until they received their
bills. AT&T was receiving
numerous calls from
consumers complaining
of the 300 some pages
included in their bill, having
a detailed transaction of
every text message sent
and received. Some even
received their bill in a box,
because it simply would not
fit in an envelope.
One customer earned her
fifteen minutes of fame on
released at an AT&T store
on McLoughlin Blvd.
Since the June release,
there has been a price cut
in the iPhone. The once
$599 price was reduced to
$399. To make it fair, Apple
insisted on giving those
who already purchased the
phone $100 back.
"I was upset about the
price cut, but at least Apple
gave every iPhone owner
$100 back. The AT&T
network is a little slow, and
I wish it had more capacity,
8GB isn't enough, but
overall, I love it," Watson
said.
Beatles tribute provides wild ride
K ©A
-ft
Staff Reporter
Anti-war, drugs and
a tribute to the Beatles
contribute to the strong
and powerful love story,
"Across the Universe" now
in theatres. With stellar per­
formances by Evan Rachel
Wood, Jim Sturgess
and Joe Anderson, p
the film sets it­
self apart from
an ordinary
musical with
an out-of-
this-world
vibe that
m akes it
feel as if you
are be in g
pulled out
of your chair
and into the
movie itself.
"Across the Uni­
verse" begins its jour­
ney in the 1960s with
characters from all different
locations and backgrounds.
As they're dropped into
the movie one by one, their
stories intertwine. Together
they help one another over­
come challenges, show­
ing that "All You Need is
Love."
With the Beatles as their
muse and the 60s as their
setting, the two teenagers
played by Wood and Stur­
gess fall in love. War, drugs
and the fight to keep their
love alive shows they know
that "It Ain’t Easy."
I found myself tapping
my feet to all the familiar
Beatles' songs that were
pieced cleverly into the
movie's plot. Al­
though there is a
confusing
c o m b in a ­
ti on of
imagery
in the
m ovie,
it oddly
makes
sense with
the songs and
the characters.
Almost like a
piece of art, the mu­
sical creates a unique
feel and its very own tempo
that’s very enjoyable.
Overall, the movie is
beautiful and exotic. It is
completely different from
the familiar plots that most
movies contain. For Beatles'
fans, and those with open
minds, "Across the Uni­
verse" deserves to be on
your must see list.
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Techno appeals to all audiences, history in American music
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D alton K u epker ______________
Columnist
We hear electronic music
every day. Although it is
not necessarily Techno (a
sub genre of Electrónica),
it is nevertheless electronic
music. From Cascada to
The Chemical Brothers, to
Eminem, electronic music is
all around us.
But what is electronic
music? It's music
made from any form
of electronics. It can be
from synthesizers, drum
machines, or even circuit
bent toys (Like the Speak
'N Spell). Electronic music
is definitely a creative and
original genre of music.
Electronic music
dates back as far as the
1890s with Thaddeus
Cahill's Telharmonium. a
Telharmonium is an organ
with tone wheels that
uses additive synthesis. It
weighed
over seven
tons and
is one of
the first
synthesizers
to use a
keyboard
interface.
Later, in
the 1950s,
composers
found a way to record
different "real world"
sounds with tape recorders,
and Musique Concrète
was bom. They arranged
the sounds and changed
the pitches so it sounded
like music. It was an old
form of sampling, and a
huge feat for electronic
musicians.
Then, in 1964, Robert
Moog invented the
Moog Synthesizer. It was
revolutionary at the time
because before 1964, people
had to use giant computers
without a keyboard. The
Moog didn't take up as
much space as a computer
did, and it had an organ­
like keyboard that could be
played in real time.
When the Mini-Moog
(smaller version of the
Moog) came
out, many
famous
music groups
used them.
Groups
like Pink
Floyd and
Kraftwerk
used them to
their fullest
extent, and
their music is still popular
today. In 1974, Kraftwerk
released one of the first hit
singles to use synthesizers,
"Autobahn."
During the 1980s, synthe­
sizers became increasingly
popular and practical for
modern day usage. Now
you can produce electronic
music with just a computer,
provided you have the right
software (Reason3.0, Cubase,
etc.). Now there are liter­
ally a few hundred genres
of electronic music, and new
ones are being thought up
rapidly.
Some may argue that
Electrónica isn't the most
original genre of music.
This could be because it
is made with electronics,
which means there is a limit
to originality. That is true.
But if you dig deeper and
discover different genres
like Trance, Drum 'N Bass,
Intelligent Dance Music
(IDM), and even Happy
Hardcore, maybe you'll find
one that you like.