ElementCase Vapor Dock for iPhone Review

Remember back when PDAs and iPods all came with a charging and syncing dock? These days all you get is a USB charging cable. Yes, I realize that a cable will get the job done, but they certainly lack in the decor department. If you’ve been wishing for a dock that will charge your iPhone [...]

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HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475dn

The HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475dn ($699 direct) has an awkward name, and nobody is going to give it any awards for speed. But it has a good feature set and above-average output; it?s especially strong in graphics. This makes it a very respectable choice as a color laser multifunction printer (MFP) for a smaller office.

The M475dn prints, copies, faxes, and scans; it can fax either from its 3.5-inch color touch screen or from a computer (PC Fax). You can scan to a USB thumb drive, email, or a network folder. It has a 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) for faxing, scanning, or copying multi-page documents without you having to feed each page by hand. It can scan at up to legal size using the ADF.

This MFP measures 19.7 by 16.5 by 19.0 inches (HWD) and weighs 65 pounds, too big to share a desk with, and moving it into place is a 2-person job. The M475dn has a 300-sheet standard paper capacity, split between a 250-sheet input tray and 50-sheet multipurpose tray; a second 250-sheet tray is available as an option ($137 direct). It has an automatic duplexer for printing on both sides of a sheet of paper, which can save you a lot of paper.

The M475dn is capable of running HP?s Web apps and comes with a generous selection of them pre-installed. Their printable content ranges from forms to news feeds, coloring book pages, Sudoku puzzles, and more. The M475dn is also ePrint enabled; HP assigns an e-mail address to the printer (which you can later customize), you can send documents to that address, and the printer will automatically print them out (as long as it?s connected to the Internet).

The M475dn offers USB and Ethernet connectivity. (An otherwise identical WiFi-enabled version of the printer, the M475dw, is available for $749 direct.) I tested it over the Ethernet connection with a PC running Windows Vista.

Print Speed

I timed the M475dn on the latest version of our business applications suite (using QualityLogic's hardware and software for timing), at a rather sluggish 3.2 effective pages per minute (ppm), even considering its relatively low rated print speed of 21 ppm?which should be about the speed you would get if you were to print text only. The Editors? Choice Dell 2155cn ($549.99 direct) finished the same tests at a much faster 5.9 ppm clip, while the OKI MC561 ($750 street) was even faster, at 7.2 ppm.

Print Quality

Overall output quality for the M475dn was slightly above average, thanks to very good graphics quality. Text was slightly below average for a laser, which still translates to very good?fine for any business use except those requiring very small fonts, like some desktop publishing applications, or documents like resumes that need to make a good visual impression.

Graphics were of good enough quality that I wouldn?t hesitate to hand them to clients I was seeking to impress, or?for that matter?use for marketing materials. The only issues I encountered were minor, some blotchiness in a couple of color backgrounds due to uneven toner distribution and some mild posterization.

Photo quality was a little on the high side of average. Photos generally showed very good color, although a couple of them had modest tints. Several showed dithering, and there was a loss of detail in several bright areas.

The Editors? Choice Dell 2155cn is considerably faster than the M475dn, and has slightly better overall output quality and a lower price tag. It lacks an auto-duplexer, and although they both have 250-sheet main trays, the Dell 2155cn?s multipurpose feeder is limited to a single sheet. The OKI MC561has blazing speed and even has a duplexing ADF, letting you copy, fax, and scan 2-sided documents. Its output quality isn?t up to either the HP or the Dell 2155cn, however. The OKI MC561has slightly lower color costs that the other two.

Unless print speed is a strong consideration, the HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475dn is a good choice as a color laser MFP to anchor a small office. It has a very solid feature set, including HP Web apps and ePrint capabilities, and good output quality highlighted by beautiful graphics.

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Real-Time Research: iOS Dominates Over Android When It Comes To Usage, Says Chitika

Android, by most accounts, is proving to be the most popular smartphone platform when it comes to devices getting sold today -- partly due to the sheer variety of devices and price points that are out there. But a new research tool that tracks usage in real-time shows that when it comes to usage, consumers, in the U.S. at least, are far more active on Apple's devices than on any other. The numbers come from the ad network Chitika, which notes that in the last 24 hours, iOS devices, covering the iPhone, iPad and iPod models, accounted for just under 68 percent of all usage on its network. Android, meanwhile, accounted for just under 28 percent. And other platforms were less than five percent of all activity. But there have been periods in the last few days when Android accounted for as little as 19 percent of traffic (on April 19, as it happens).

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The Purdue Live Gabfest

This week?s Slate Political Gabfest was recorded live at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the start of the general election, the Iran talks, and the new HBO show Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and created by Armando Iannucci. They also answer audience questions.

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Mortgage Refinance - Is It advisable? | Real Estate Blog

While using troublesome economy around the world right now people everywhere are thinking about, ?Can anyone help me get money?? This can be a difficult question to resolve in hardship. Many have been down the road of mortgage refinance before, where there are the type that have not. For those it is a difficult decision to make, specifically in these harsh economic times.

What is a Mortgage Refinance?

To refinance ones mortgage is usually to create a loan up against the equity containing been paid into the house. The newly acquired mortgage refinance mortgage will replace that old mortgage about the home and also the borrower is going to be forced to make payments for the loan while they did before. The terms and time permitted to settle the credit may change. It is can be both a brilliant and negative towards the borrower.

Most who?re buying a home search for either a 15 or 30 year fixed-rate mortgage. Which means that the borrower agrees to cover back the borrowed funds in the allotted time in a fixed apr (APR). Just like any home equity credit, the buyer has got the choice escrow their property taxes. Meaning, they will pay the home taxes upfront and incorporate the additional money borrowed in their loan. This is regarded as being a ?conventional mortgage?. Another highlight is what is known as a variable Rate Mortgage (ARM), which often can offer lower initial rates but the interest rate will fluctuate on the given time frame decided before borrowing. These aren?t suitable for most consumers since the interest levels have become volatile because they are using the current lending rates on the credit market. As an example, but if your APR is set to alter every several years so you receive an ARM at 3% in 2005, a person?s eye rates for the current lending market could jump to 10% therefore you could well be stuck for the reason that loan. Most borrowers deter from this kind of loan unless they only decide to borrow the bucks to get a limited time just for them to now you should a small rate of interest.

Good reasons to Refinance Your Mortgage

In addition to the obvious proven fact that the borrower will get a large amount of money, there are tons of reasons which will compel anyone to look into a home loan refinance. One of the most common reasons is termed ?Debt Restructuring?. A self-explanatory usage of a mortgage refinance basically means the borrower intends to use a preferential mortgage to consolidate other debts such as another mortgage, an auto loan, or credit card debt. Bank cards might have mortgage as high as 25% or more, whereas a home loan is frequently less than 5%, hence the good thing about a house mortgage refinance to settle other debts must be apparent.

Some other reasons so that you can refinance their mortgage involve financially savvy people converting whatever they call ?bad debt? into ?good debt?. In this instance, the borrower is either attempting to lower their current monthly interest for their mortgage or convert from a variable rate mortgage to some more beneficial fixed-rate mortgage.

Holiday break, make sure to carry out some searching before diving right mortgage refinance.

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Kris Allen Debuts New Song on American Idol Results Show

Last night's American Idol results show featured what many would consider another surprising elimination. Were you in favor of who voters sent home?

But do you know what did not come as a surprise to any veteran viewer of this Fox hit? That former champion Kris Allen took to the stage that made him famous and impressed once again, this time with the debut of his latest single, "The Vision of Love."

Watch the performance now and then pity poor Taylor Hicks, who helped introduce Allen after awkwardly telling the crowd he'd be performing in Las Vegas this summer... to pretty much no reaction. How did that guy beat Katharine McPhee again?

Kris Allen - "The Vision of Love" (American Idol Results Show)

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