Black Friday Do's and Dont's

Whelp its that time of year again....Black Friday is here!

When Black Friday comes around you know there are going to be tons of deal on electronics especially at big box stores like Wal-mart and Target. But we cant forget BestBuy!!

Since Black Friday is one of the most hectic days of the year retail wise HERE is a list of vital black Friday DO'S and DONT's

Black Friday DO's

Do your research, use print ads, internet ads, and tv ads to find out the best deals. Within the next two days an influx of sales information will be available.

Do your Homework! Stores have a markup percentage so even with those sales, purchasing on-line or retailer direct may be alot cheaper anyways. Don't be fooled by advertisements.

Do go to your favorite online stores. Many online stores are having Black Friday deals as well. Like amazon!

Do make a list. This list is vital it will help you know what your searching for

Do plot a path. Know where your going when your going, what lines you need to be in. Remember this day is a madhouse. The early Bird Catches the worm

Do plan your route. The stores aren't the only thing that will be busy. Plan your driving route to avoid major jams.

Do stay calm! People become frantic on this day. Take a deep breath. remember if you touched it first its yours!

Do dress for the occasion. Sneaks and comfy clothes you never know when you'll have to leap after something.

Do bring your ad's. Many stores will meet  competitors prices!

Do buy yourself something. After all that work you deserve something special!

Black Friday DONT's

Don't stay up late thursday night. Make sure to get plenty of Zzz's and be well rested. Grab a cup of coffee to go before those early bird specials. A tired person makes for a grumpy annoyed person later in the day

Don't bring family or friends. If your alone you can focus on what you need and when, without having to worry about someone else.

Don't forget to rest. Grab a bench and catch your breath

Don't forget to eat. You'll need your energy.

Don't get ripped off! Watch your bags. Thieves can spot a vulnerable person and will take advantage of you.

Don't get in a fight. Its only a material object. Breath and let the other person make an ass of themselves

Don't rip off the tags

DO HAVE FUN!! Black Friday comes but ones a year and for the shopaholics its the best day of the year.

HAPPY SHOPPING!! and Happy Thanksgiving!

To Kinect or to not Kinect?

By far the coolest/ most impressive thing out on the market as of last Thursday the XBOX Kinect. To all you naysayers out there yes Nintendo Wii  led the path for motion sensed gaming, but the Kinect provides the most unique experience. Not only does XBOX/ Microsoft rock at their technology advances but they have blown Sony and Nintendo out of the water with this one.


Microsoft uses an advanced sensory system that pinpoints 48 key points on your body and can track two players. It uses four microphones and three video lenses to locate your body along with advanced infrared technology. This piece of equipment is awesome, with no remotes you can play games or control you video and audio settings. You can command the Kinect to play movies as easy as saying play or reaching up and pressing a virtual play button.

This game system is not for those lazy arm chair gamers it gets you up and moving. Kinect is packaged much like the Wii, with a Kinect adventures game that had some pretty fun interactive games. My favorite the kickball like one. Kinect even remembers your voice and body. Its a game system for anyone of any age.

On the style side of things the camera is sleek and black and not bulky like some systems. Its an ad on to Xbox 360 , however Microsoft has incorporated an updating system that will automatically update your Kinect when new features come out.  Also with the Kinect you do not have to worry about remotes and cords laying around.

Not only does the Kinect look sweet and get you moving but it has a feature like Skype that can allow you to talk through XBOX live and windows live messenger. The Kinect is the first step into the virtual world. While playing with it you can only imaging future gaming systems. I cannot wait to get one! There are so many neat workout and dance move games. And if you like those shoot and kill games theres some of them too. Its even fun to watch people play.

The biggest plus to this system is the no remote/ voice activation feature. For me I know I hate when you cant find the remote or don't want to un-snuggle. Whelp this solves that problem just tell it what to do or wave your hand in the air. Truly a GREAT family gift or a gift for the person that has everything!

I hope Santa brings me one!

Actually I want the bundle!!

iPad or iFad?

Many people will be rushing out to get an  iPad during their holiday shopping...My question is whats the big deal?

So I researched it....

Yes the  iPad has some pretty cool features, its a convenient size and if you had one everyone would want to test drive it. So in a sense you could be miss popular or the "oohh look at her" girl for a short while. In all reality it is just a giant iPod. They do nearly all the same things and an  iPad can't fit in your pocket or be attached to your shoulder while at the gym. Realistically its just a giant iPhone or a super thin computer without a keyboard. Besides the really dorky name it is a pretty pricey gift. The one to the left was the cheapest I found on Amazon.  But I suppose if you are the type of person who owns everything and has money to spare why not. It has some fun Apps and is more convenient than lugging your laptop all the way to your couch. The woes of laziness....






Positives

• Sleek and small
• works better than the amazon kindle as an e-reader
• Runs all iPhone apps 
• More functionality with larger screen
• If you’re mainly a web surfer, note-taker, social-networker and emailer, and a consumer of photos, videos, books, periodicals and music—this is for you.
• The iPad is thinner and lighter than any netbook or laptop 
• It has a decent speaker, and even a tiny microphone.
• Long battery life
• Very High Speed
• easy typing
• Generally the iPad apps are much better than their iPhone equivalents, but more expensive
• there’s no contract. (By tapping a button in Settings, you can order up a month of unlimited cellular Internet service for $30)
• It gives portable game machines from Nintendo and Sony a run for their money.
• Apple expects more than 1,000 iPad-specific apps to be available at launch

Negatives

• Basically is a giant I Pod touch
• No physical keyboard
• no Webcam
• no USB ports
• no multitasking.
• No headphones with the device
• Not as good for writing or editing longer documents
• Not good for anything that requires Flash.
• battery is sealed in and nonreplaceable
• Memory, also sealed in and nonexpandable (ranges from 16 gigabytes to 64 gigabyte)
• no stand but $39 iPad case works well.
• iWork works well, a “serious content creation app”, but exporting to Microsoft’s formats (which only Pages can do) doesn’t work so well.
• No Weather, Clock and Stocks apps.
• iPad heavier than Kindle
• Most people need two hands to use iPad
• The iBooks app also lacks any way to enter notes, and Apple’s catalog at launch will only be about 60,000 books versus more than 400,000 for Kindle.
• email app lacks the ability to create local folders – email app doesn’t include rules for auto-sorting messages
• email app doesn’t include group addressing
• No tabs in Safari
• Wifi only version lacks GPS.
• Wide screen view can be awkward. Either you have black bars in wide screen view or you get some of your image cut off in fill screen view.
• There’s an e-book reader app, but it’s not going to rescue the newspaper and book industries says Pogue
• At 1.5 pounds, the iPad gets heavy in your hand after awhile (the Kindle is 10 ounces)
• You can’t read books from the Apple bookstore on any other machine — not even a Mac or iPhone.
• When the very glossy 9.7-inch screen is off, every fingerprint is grossly apparent.
• You can’t read well in direct sunlight
• Pogue: “The bottom line is that you can get a laptop for much less money — with a full keyboard, DVD drive, U.S.B. jacks, camera-card slot, camera, the works.”
• The new iBooks e-reader app is filled with endearing grace notes.
• Apple says that 150,000 existing iPhone apps run on the iPad but many appear or small and dead center on the screen — or, with a tap, doubled to fill the screen, a little blurry.
• Skype (even voice calls, through its speaker and microphone). Just no video
• Pogue: The iPad is not a laptop. It’s not nearly as good for creating stuff.
• Pogue: It’s infinitely more convenient for consuming it — books, music, video, photos, Web, e-mail and so on.
• You will have to buy into the iTunes ecosystem, of course, to watch movies, read e-books and sync up the apps.
• You have to purchase a $29 iPad Camera Connection Kit, which lets you connect a USB camera or import photos via an SD card.
• Baig: “Many people will still need a more traditional computer. You can’t edit video on an iPad. And the virtual on screen keyboard that pops up when needed is fine for e-mails or scribbling notes, but I wouldn’t want to regularly write articles using it. “
• No coverflow in iTunes

Most Definitely a FAD

So if you just want an e-reader Get a Kindle its a much cheaper price 

If you are looking for more iPod features I recommend the Apple iPod touch . Its more convenient and you can do all the same things plus take it in your gym bag. If that does not tickle your fancy go for it. Its only money after all and you only have one life to live. Just remember to be happy with what you get!

<3 Modish Tech

Next.... Xbox kinect

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/04/01/neat-complete-list-positives-negatives-ipad-handson-reviews/