Sony Xperia Sola - Προτείνεται!

Μπορεί στις μέρες μας να κυκλοφορούν ήδη τετραπύρηνα κινητά και να τραβούν την προσοχή του καταναλωτικού κοινού, δεν πρέπει όμως και να μας διαφεύγει το αρνητικό της όλης αυτής υπόθεσης που δεν είναι άλλο απ' την απαγορευτική τιμή τους. Για το λόγο αυτό σας προτείνω το Sony Xperia Sola που ναι μεν είναι διπύρηνο αλλά δεν παύει να είναι μια συσκευή με υψηλές προδιαγραφές κι επιδόσεις σε σχετικά χαμηλή τιμή.

Σας παραθέτω τα χαρακτηριστικά τού τηλεφώνου:








 

Χρόνος Ανακοίνωσης Μάρτης του 2012.
Χρόνος Κυκλοφορίας Μάης του 2012.Διαστάσεις 116 x 59 x 9,9.
Βάρος 107 γραμμάρια.
Χρώματα Οθόνης 16 εκατομμύρια.
Ανάλυση Οθόνης 480 x 854 pixels.
Μέγεθος Οθόνης 3.7 inches.
Λοιπά Χαρακτηριστικά Οθόνης Επιδέχεται αποτελέσματα αφής 4 δαχτύλων και διαθέτει γυαλί ανθεκτικό στις γρατζουνιές και τις αμυχές.
Ακουστικά Στερεοφωνικά 3.5mm
Κάρτα Μνήμης Διαθέτει εσοχή για κάρτα μνήμης microSD μέχρι 32 GB.
Αποθηκευτικός Χώρος Συνολικά 8 GB με 5 GB διαθέσιμα.
RAM 512 MB.
Επικοινωνία WiFi, DLNA, Bluetooth v3.0, SMS, MMS, Email.
Κάμερα Πρώτη 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels με αυτόματη εστίαση, LED flash, check quality, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama και image stabilization.
Κάμερα Δευτερεύουσα Δεν υπάρχει.
Βίντεο 720p στα 30fps με continuous autofocus, video light και check quality.
Λειτουργικό Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), προγραμματισμένο να δεχτεί την αναβάθμιση της έκδοσης 4.
Επεξεργαστής Διπύρηνος (Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9)
Λοιπά Χαρακτηριστικά Adobe Flash Player, Ράδιο Stereo FM, multi player (mp4, wmv, mp3, wma, wav), gps, google search, maps, youtube, calendar, document viewer κ.α.
Μπαταρία Λιθίου στα 1320 μιλιαμπερόρια.
Χρόνος Αναμονής Μέχρι 470 ώρες περίπου.
Χρόνος Ομιλίας Περίπου 5,5 ώρες.
Χρώματα Διατίθεται σε μαύρο, κόκκινο κι άσπρο.
Αξία Στα μαγαζιά που συνεργάζονται με το skroutz.gr και το bestprice.gr η τιμή του είναι κοντά στα 230 €...

Βροχή Από «Διάττοντες»

Ένα ακόμη Αύγουστο οι διάττοντες αστέρες Περσείδες θα εμφανιστούν στους ουρανούς του πλανήτη μας - άρα και της Ελλάδας - ως τις 24 Αυγούστου. Το αποκορύφωμά τους, με έως 100 "πεφταστέρια" ανά ώρα, αναμένεται σε λίγες ώρες από τώρα, προς τα ξημερώματα, με μια «βροχή» μετεώρων που θα είναι ορατή, αν κοιτάξει κανείς στον ουρανό σε κατεύθυνση βορειανατολική - κι εφόσον δεν υπάρχουν σύννεφα.

Επειδή συμβαίνουν στην καρδιά του καλοκαιριού, παραδοσιακά οι Περσείδες θεωρούνται η βροχή διαττόντων που συνήθως έλκει τους παρατηρητές περισσότερο από κάθε άλλο ανάλογο φαινόμενο με «πεφταστέρια». Μάλιστα, όσο πιο καθαρός είναι ο νυχτερινός ουρανός, τόσο και αυξάνονται οι πιθανότητες για ένα πιο εντυπωσιακό θέαμα...

ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΗ: Όπως θα μπορούσε πολύ εύκολα ο καθένας να φανταστεί, οι αναρτήσεις για τους διάττοντες στην παρούσα ιστοσελίδα είναι ... επιβεβλημένες...

Τα 10 Καλύτερα Κινητά Τηλέφωνα!

Αρχές του 2012 ψηφίστηκαν ως τα 10 καλύτερα κινητά τηλέφωνα. Μπορεί τώρα, βέβαια, να έχουμε Αύγουστο και κάποια νέα μοντέλα να έχουν παρουσιαστεί στην αγορά αλλά έχω την εντύπωση ότι οι συγκεκριμένες συσκευές δεν παύουν να συγκεντρώνουν το ενδιαφέρον του καταναλωτικού κοινού. Γι' αυτό το λόγο σας παρουσιάζω και το παρακάτω βίντεο... Στη φωτογραφία εικονίζεται το Samsung Galaxy S II ως πρώτο στη λίστα...

Otis Spann - Moon Blues

Το ότι το Blues αποτελεί ανώτερο μουσικό είδος είναι κάτι που δεν τίθεται σε αμφισβήτιση. Σ' αυτήν την άποψη μάς οδηγεί ο μεγάλος πιανίστας Otis Spann.

Στο audio που ακουλουθεί με τίτλο "Moon Blues" έχουμε την ευκαιρία να απολαύσουμε την ... επιχειρηματολογία αλλά και τη φιλοσοφία του σπουδαίου αυτού καλλιτέχνη... Ο χαρισματικός Bluesman χρησιμοποίησε στην ηχογράφηση ακόμα και φλάουτα...

Yank Rachell With Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - Starvation In My Kitchen (1963)

Yank Rachell III ... (third post in a row)

Like many bluesmen, Yank moved north to St. Louis, where he worked with Peetie Wheatstraw, but often traveled back to Tennessee to perform. He got married, settled down and started raising a family. Even during the peak of his musical career, Rachell kept his day job and did not lead "the life". After Williamson's murder in 1948, Yank drifted away from the music scene, relying solely on straight jobs to make his living. He moved permanently to Indianapolis in 1958, but after his wife died in 1961 he decided to resume performing.

He re-united with Estes and Nixon in 1962 and began playing colleges and coffeehouses. In 1964 they recorded for Delmark Records as Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug Busters on an album entitled Mandolin Blues, which also included guitarist Mike Bloomfield. During the folk-blues revival of the late 60's and early 70's, they played major festivals in the U.S. and Europe such as the Newport Folk Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, and the Festival of
American Folklife.

In 1973 Rachell recorded an eponymously titled album for Blue Goose Records. In 1986 he recorded Blues Mandolin Man for Blind Pig Records, where Yank is joined for the first time by a rhythm section (including his granddaughter Sheena Rachell), which was his accustomed way of playing for many years. Also in 1986, Yank appeared in Louie Bluie, Terry Zwigoff's documentary about fellow musician Howard Armstrong.

In his later years he also made albums for JSP, Wolf, and Slippery Noodle. By the mid 1990s, Henry Townsend and his one-time collaborator Rachell were the only active blues artists whose performing lives stretched back to the 1920s. In 1996 he recorded three songs with John Sebastian, formerly of The Lovin' Spoonful, for an album entitled "I Want My Roots". In his last years he suffered from arthritis which shortened his playing sessions, though he managed to recorded an album just before his death, "Too Hot For the Devil"...

In the last post in this short tribute to the Great Bluesman Yank Rachell, we enjoy him in an perfect audio. It has the title "Starvation In My Kitchen". It was recorded in 1963 and along with Rachel (vocals and mandolin), you may also listen Sleepy John Estes (guitar) and Hammie Nixon (harmonica)...


Blues... Great Music... The only kind which is close to perfection!...

Yank Rachell & Homesick James - I Got The Blues (1993)

Yank Rachell II ... (second post in a row)

Initially Rachell and Estes teamed up with harmonica and jug player Hammie Nixon and played through Tennessee and the South as a jug band before relocating to Memphis in the mid-20s. Then, in 1929, Rachell, Estes, and pianist Jab Jones formed the Three J's Jug Band and became a popular attraction in clubs on Beale Street during the lucrative jug band craze in Memphis. That same year they recorded for the Victor label. Their first recording, "Broken - Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too," sold well enough that Victor brought them back to record five more songs, including the blues classic "Divin' Duck Blues" (which was covered by Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins and even Jelly Roll Morton for the Library of Congress). The group recorded a total of 14 sides credited jointly to Estes and Rachell.

With the onset of the Depression, the Three J's broke up and Rachell moved backed to Tennessee to try his hand at farming (and later got a job with the L&N Railroad), while Estes moved to Chicago. During a stopover in New York Rachell recorded 25 sides with guitarist Dan Smith for ARC in just three days, though only six of them were issued.

Around that time, Yank Rachell discovered a young harmonica player in Jackson, Tennessee named John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. The two became friends and starting in 1933, began working at the Blue Flame Club in Jackson. They remained musical partners until Williamson's death in 1948. Williamson moved north to Chicago and after the success of Williamson's 1937 recordings for Bluebird, Rachell joined Sonny Boy in Chicago for sessions in March and June of 1938. They appeared on each other's records, with Rachell's steady mandolin and guitar playing giving Williamson a solid base from which to launch his frenetic harp solos. In 1941 they recorded 16 more songs together, including some of Yank's best - "It Seem Like a Dream", "Biscuit Baking Woman" and "Peach Tree Blues" all of them successes for both Rachell and Bluebird.

We will continue with the legendary Yank Rachell in the next post, the last one. This time we enjoy him in a live perfomance in 1993. The song has the title "I Got The Blues". It must be said that the Giant of the Blues was 83 years old in that gig! You may also see "Homesick" James on guitar, another Blues Legend!

Yank Rachell - Up North Blues (1941)

Yank Rachell (March 16, 1910 – April 9, 1997)

James "Yank" Rachell had a career as a performer that spanned nearly seventy years. Known primarily as one of the few masters of blues mandolin, he also played guitar, violin, and harmonica. His guitar and mandolin playing on John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's records, with his driving, rhythmic style on the mandolin and his cropped, guitarlike phrases, were certainly an influence on a lot of musicians.

A gifted and innovative songwriter, Rachell's hits of his own were 'reworked' by artists such as Jimmy Rogers and Blind Boy Fuller. "She Caught The Katy" which he co-wrote with Taj Mahal and became one of Taj's most famous tunes, became a blues standard performed in, among other places, the movie "The Blues Brothers."

He was born on a farm outside Brownsville, Tennessee, on March 16, 1910, and reportedly traded one of his family's pigs for a mandolin when he was eight years old. He taught himself to play the instrument, which probably accounts for his unique approach. As a teen he often worked house parties and fish frys with his mentor, Hambone Willie Newbern. It was at one of those parties where Yank met guitarist and singer Sleepy John Estes, and the two formed a musical partnership and friendship that lasted until Estes' death in 1977.

We will continue with that legend of the Blues in the next two posts. For the time being, we enjoy him in a song with the title "Up North Blues", recorded in 1941 (Sonny Boy on harmonica).