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FASHION BRAIN • Personal Digital Assistants

Written by Darren Ho
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Tags: mobile phone | O.2. | pda

O2 XDA IIs BlackExcellent connectivity, roomy memory and features galore!

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ometimes you have to wait a year to see if some new toy is actually worth it. O2's latest PDA/phone-hybrid, the Xda IIs, has proven it's mettle, with a slide keyboard, Wi-Fi, a quad-band antenna and better battery life than its predecessor.

A true jack-of-all-trades, the O2 XDA IIs is one of the most fully fledged communicators available, capable of carrying out a flurry of functions.

Offering superb connectivity, solid performance and a spacious amount of memory - of the right kind, no less - the IIs is truly impressive.

Admittedly, it is quite sizeable, but not more so than the previous generation of high-end communicators. As an office in your pocket, it's not so damaging to your personal bottom line.

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Written by Jeffree Benet
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Tags: pda | portable reader | Sony

SONY PORTABLE READER SYSTEM PRS-500

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lectronic gadgets allow you to do all sorts of things that weren't possible not that long ago: You can listen to music, hold conversations, and surf the web while you're on the go.

The Sony Reader now adds digital reading to the list. This portable reading device displays a wide variety of e-formats and holds up to 80 books in its memory (and more if you add removable memory cards).

The Portable Reader weighs in at a light nine ounces, and it's compact, measuring just under five by seven inches mall enough to fit in the palm of your hand.


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During the early sixties there were great changes in America, particularly, in the civil rights movements.

This meant black popular music became a lot more accepted. Soul and Motown were the main musical styles providing good fast music with a catchy beat which people could easily dance to.

These artists who sang for these labels such as Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson performed in good suits and always appeared very stylish carrying on the tradition of the jazz musicians of the decade before.

Clubs in London picked up on the popularity of this music and started to provide venues where young working class people could go to and dance. The youngsters who were attracted to by this style of music would naturally imitate their idols kicking off a trend of always dressing very stylish. Fashion was of most importance to these working class people who were known as the Mods...

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