The creation of Acura coincided with the introduction of a Japanese Honda dealership sales channel, called Honda Clio, which sold luxury vehicles, joining previously established Honda Verno, followed by Honda Primo the following year. Acura holds the distinction of being the first Japanese automotive luxury brand.[4] In its first few years of existence, Acura was among the best-selling luxury marques in the US. Though sales were down in the mid-to-late 1990s, the brand experienced a revival in the early 2000s, due to drastic redesigns and the introductions of new models
Following a decade of research, Honda opened 60 new dealerships in North America by 1986, to support its Acura automobile division. Acura was the first Japanese luxury brand, introduced under the slogan, "Acura. Precision Crafted Performance."[1] Its initial offering consisted of two models: the executive classLegend and the compact classIntegra, available as a five-door and three-door hatchback. The Legend was the result of Project XX, a joint venture Honda entered into with the UK's Austin Rover Group. It was mechanically related to the Rover 800 series, while the Integra was an improvement of the Honda Quint hatchback.[5]
The success of these models, particularly the Legend, led to competing Japanese luxury brand ventures (Toyota's Lexus that began development in 1983 as the F1 project, and Nissan's Infiniti who began development in 1985 by revising their Japan-only flagship Nissan President; in the late 1990s Mazda planned but never launched its own Amati luxury division). The goal of the Legend was to compete with rivals Toyota Crown and the Nissan Cedric and Gloria, but due to its 1986 introduction worldwide, Toyota, Nissan and other companies like Lincoln took notice of the markets reaction to the Legend and later the Vigor and offered vehicles that addressed the executive size car. Toyota introduced the Lexus ES, Nissan introduced the Infiniti J30 and Ford utilized the Taurus platform and named their new sedan the Lincoln Continental.
In 1987, Acura's first full year of sales, they sold 109,000 cars with the flagship Legend sedan accounting for 55,000 sales and the rest were of the smaller Integra. By 1990, Acura was selling 138,000 vehicles, including 54,000 Legends, compared to Mercedes-Benz's 78,000 cars and 64,000 each for BMW and Lexus.[4]
In 1990, five years after the debut of the Legend and Integra, Acura introduced the NSX, a midship V6 powered, rear-wheel-drive sports car. The NSX, an acronym for "New Sports eXperimental", was billed as the first Japanese car capable of competing with Ferrari and Porsche. This vehicle served as a "image car" for both the Honda and Acura brands, heralding the introduction of Honda's VTEC technology. The NSX was the world's first all-aluminum production car, and was also marketed and viewed by some as the "Everyday Supercar" thanks in part to its ease of use, quality and reliability, traits that were unheard of in the supercar segment at the time. With the release of the NSX, Acura introduced the "A-badge", a stylized pair of calipers—a tool used for exacting measurements to imply that Acura vehicles are built to precise and demanding standards.
The Honda NSX, badged as an Acura in certain regions
Despite a strong start in market acceptance for the Acura brand, sales suffered in the mid-to-late 1990s. Some critics attributed this decline in part to less inspiring designs, which were re-branded Japanese-spec Hondas, such as the Acura Vigor in 1992. Additionally, during this time Acura switched to an alphanumeric nomenclature formula, dropping the Legend, Vigor and Integra titles, following the lead of the NSX sportscar. The 1996 3.5 RL, which replaced the popular Legend, and the Vigor became the 2.5 TL and 3.2 TL, and was regarded by many as the epitome of this problem, namely because the alphanumeric designations were more anonymous than the former Legend, Vigor and Integra titles, which had grown into their own cult followings.[6] Also, the RL's 210 horsepower (160 kW) V6 (later increased to 225 hp).
The parent company, Honda, was also feeling the results of the decline of the Japanese economy, due to the Japanese asset price bubble that took place during the 1990s and into the 2000s. This period is known in Japan as The Lost Decade.
During this time, the NSX also lost sales as Acura made few changes from its original 1990 trim. A year later, the Integra sedan was withdrawn from the Canadian market, replaced by the market-exclusive Acura 1.6 EL, a rebadged Honda Civic/Domani. The Integra sedan continued to be sold in the United States until 2001 (in name only, the model it was replaced with, the RSX, was simply a rebadged left-hand-drive version of the JDM DC5 Honda Integra).
Despite these letdowns, Acura gained prominence in the 1990s with a young group of customers: "tuner" enthusiasts. Parent company Honda's reputation with this demographic as a maker of "easy-to-tune" and "rev-happy" engines rubbed off onto Acura, and the Integra became a popular tuner car.
Beginning around the year 2000, Acura experienced a rebirth which was catalyzed by the introduction of several redesigned models. The first of these models was the 1999 Acura 3.2 TL, an upscale sedan. Critics suggested that although 3.2 TL did not outdo its competition in any one area of luxury cars, it offered a well-rounded blend of sportiness and luxury.[7] These characteristics, combined with the TL's competitive price, proved very popular with consumers. Subsequent Acura models have followed a similar philosophy of offering lots of standard equipment and very few options.
Another refreshed Acura introduced in the early 2000s was the MDX, a popular three-row crossover SUV based on the Honda Odyssey minivan. The MDX replaced the slow-selling SLX, which was little more than a rebadged Isuzu Trooper. The MDX was a car-like crossover SUV with limited off-road capability that catered to the demands of the luxury SUV market. It was given top honors by Car and Driver in its first comparison test against seven other SUVs.[8] Other cars in Acura's line-up during this time included the 3.2 TL, 3.2 CL, RSX (formerly the Integra hatchback), and the NSX. By the late 2000s, Acura had dropped the inclusion of engine displacement numbers in its vehicle designations, retaining a simpler, two- or three-letter designation instead (e.g. 3.5 RL became RL). The 1999-2003 TL have been plagued by transmission and other problems.[9]
In 2001, a new coupe, badged as the RSX was introduced to the Acura line up. It was a replacement for the outgoing Integra. The RSX is a rebadged Honda Integra (DC5) from the Japanese market. As a result, the RSX is technically a new generation of the outgoing Integra. Much like the Integra, the RSX was a hit in the tuner market. However, at the end of 2006, the RSX was taken out of the Acura line up, subsequently in the Japanese market as well. It is not known why the RSX did not continue to be sold as the Integra in Japan, however, the reason that Acura gave for the cancellation of the RSX is that Acura wishes to move up in the luxury brand, thus cannot sell a car that is mostly driven by teenagers.
A new TL debuted for the 2004 model year, featuring sharp, Italianate styling and a 270 hp (200 kW) V6[10] measured by the then-current SAE standards. The new TL increased sales dramatically to 70,943 American units in 2005.
Also around the same time the Acura TSX was introduced. It was essentially a re-badged European and Japanese market Honda Accord loaded with features. This model became the only 4-cylinder sedan in Acura's line-up (with the exception of the Canadian market Acura CSX, which replaced the EL in 2006). ! In 2005, a new RL was introduced with a 300 hp (220 kW) V6, improved styling, and Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD), a system capable of sending almost all of the RL's power to just one wheel in a turn. The second-generation RL appeared on Car and Driver's Ten Best list for 2005, and also garnered an CNET.com "Editor's Choice" When the RL was introduced, it did not perceive Acura as being on par with its German rivals and expected more value from the Japanese marque. The damage from Honda Japan's alleged hubris was done, even though Honda Canada has since reduced the RL's price.[11]
Acura's new models—particularly the TL and TSX—were well received by the motoring press and became Acura's top selling vehicles. The TSX was on Car and Driver's Ten Best list from 2004–2006.
In 2006 Acura introduced a small SUV which was based on its own unique unibody chassis called the RDX with models becoming available to U.S. consumers in August 2006. It is powered by a turbocharged 240-hp 4-cylinder engine and, like the RL, uses Acura's SH-AWD system. The model is available in two versions: Premium (the standard offering), and Technology Package (an upgraded offering with a GPS navigation system). A completely redesigned MDX became available in the fall of 2006 with a 300 hp (220 kW) V6 engine and Super Handling All-Wheel Drive.
Acura re-introduced the TL Type-S for the 2007 model year. 2009 marked the all new TL and TSX models as well as a mid-year model update for the RL; all three made their debuts in the 2008 calendar year. Acura planned on redesigning the RL by 2011 as well as announced the creation of a brand new luxury crossover vehicle called the ZDX, previewed by the concept of the same name.
The ZDX was the first Acura designed in Acura's design studio located at Torrance in Southern California. The ZDX was designed by Michelle Christensen and based on the Acura MDX using that vehicles 3.7 litre V6 engine (300 bhp) and SH-AWD system. A common misconception is that it is based on the Honda Crosstour which was based on the Honda Accord rather than the bigger and more complex underpinnings of the MDX. It is also the first Acura to be completely built in North America. The production model of the ZDX made its debut in the Orange County Auto Show in Southern California on October 15, 2009. The concept behind the ZDX is that it is a "four door coupe," and the design emphasis of the body of the car is like a "pulled back slingshot." Another prominent design aspect of the ZDX is the wide rear shoulders above the rear wheels. The ZDX went on sale in December 2009.
2012 Acura TL
Acura initially had plans for the third generation of RL to be a rear wheel drive V8 sedan for its flagship, but shelved the plans in the wake of the 2008 economic downturn.[12]
Acura announced new TSX wagon in the 2010 New York Auto Show and the car is due to go on sale in Fall of 2010. The wagon version of the TSX is based on the wagon version of the Euro-spec Honda Accord which has been in the European market for some time. However, Acura did not announce any plans for the third-generation RL.
For the 2010 model year the MDX models received some slight exterior changes and increased equipment levels. Mechanically the engine remained unchanged but the transmission was updated from the previous 5-speeds to 6-speeds including steering column mounted shift override paddles. This new transmission was shared with the ZDX.
In 2012, Acura introduced a new model called the ILX which is based heavily on the Honda Civic platform. It shares the same 3 power train variants from the Civic: the 2.0L, 2.4L VTEC and a 1.5L Hybrid. It also unveiled the Acura RLX Concept, a replacement for the RL sedan, at the New York International Auto Show. The ILX went on sale in May 2012 in the United States as a 2013 model.
Also in 2012, Acura "reinvented" another model, The RDX concept. For the new model, Acura dropped the 4 cylinder turbo for a 3.5L V6. When the official 2013 Acura RDX was released, it was relatively similar to the concept but had changes in wheels, taillights, and some other cosmetics. A lot of this Acura looks like its brother the ILX. The 2013 RDX doesn't have the SH-AWD system instead it has "AWD with intelligent control", similar to the CR-V's AWD system. The RDX is now available with BASE, BASE AWD, TECH., and TECH AWD.
In 2013, Acura showed a 2014 Concept of the MDX. Shortly after, it was released to the public. MDX competes with Lexus RX, Audi A7 and many others. For the first time, buyers of the 2014 MDX didn't have to get the SH-AWD. This model also gets the Jewel Eye LED lights similar to the RLX. The trim levels are BASE, TECH, TECH AND ENTERTAINMENT, and ADVANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. All of these can be equipped with SH-AWD.
For the 2014 model of the RDX. Acura drops color Amber Brownstone which was really popular for Kona Coffee Metallic from the CR-V. The new color is a little darker. Changes for the 2014 ILX include the 1.5L engine being dropped and leather now being standard on all trims.
In December 2013, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Acura unveiled a Sport Hybrid SH-AWD version of the flagship RLX sedan. It will be the most powerful and technologically advanced vehicle in Acura's history. This high-end vehicle will come standard with a 310-horsepower 3.5L V6 engine and a pair of electric motors (one for each axle) that generate a combined 377 horsepower through a new 7-speed dual clutch transmission. Acura technology firsts on the 2014 RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD also include an electronic gear selector that replaces the conventional, center console-mounted shift lever with an efficiently packaged push-button array allowing the driver to easily select the desired mode—Park, Drive and Reverse, as well as Sport and Normal driving modes. The new RLX Sport Hybrid will go on sale in mid-2014.
In January 2014, at the Detroit Auto Show, Acura unveiled the all-new 2015 TLX sports sedan. This new vehicle will replace the soon to be discontinued TSX and TL sedans. The TLX in the 2.4-liter comes with Acura’s all new eight-speed dual clutch DCT transmission. Meanwhile, the high-end 3.5-liter V6 model will come with the new nine-speed transmission and Super-Handling All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD). The TLX is expected to go on sale in Summer 2014
The world's first mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Motorola employee Martin Cooper from the streets of New York City. He called his biggest rival. "I was calling Joel Engel who was my antagonist, my counterpart at AT&T, which at the time was the biggest company in the world. We were a little company in Chicago. They considered us to be a flea on an elephant," Cooper told BBC.
"I said 'Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real, handheld, portable cellphone.' There was a silence at the other end. I suspect he was grinding his teeth."
The phone he called on was a prototype Motorola DynaTAC which, a decade later, was to become the world's first commercially available mobile handset. It got the FCC's thumbs up in 1983 and launched in 1984 at a cost of $3,995 -- which is about $9,000 today, accounting for inflation.
As a symbol for '80s yuppie tech, the DynaTAC appeared in Gordon Gekko's hands in Wall Street, and later, Patrick Bateman used one in American Psycho. It was also known as the "Zack Morris phone" because the Saved by the Bell character often used a similar model in the series.
The first mobile phone call in the UK took place in 1985. Comedian and one-half of Morecambe and Wise, Ernie Wise, called from London to Vodafone's Newbury, Berkshire offices, then located over a curry house.
2. The First Smartphone
The world's first smartphone debuted in 1993 at Florida's Wireless World Conference. Launched by BellSouth Cellular and "weighing in at a little more than a pound," it was a phone-come-PDA with an early LCD touchscreen display.
The press release from the launch describes the new handset: "Designed by IBM, Simon looks and acts like a cellular phone but offers much more than voice communications. In fact, users can employ Simon as a wireless machine, a pager, an electronic mail device, a calendar, an appointment schedular, an address book, a calculator and a pen-based sketchpad -- all at the suggested retail price of $899."
With only 2,000 Simons made, the handset is now a collector's item. The Microsoft-backed Bill Buxton Collection of retro tech boasts a Simon, and you can find out more about the pioneering device on the website.
3. The 160-Character Text Message Limit
There are varioustheories about who invented the text message. Short, text-based messaging was developed in a range of telecommunications systems toward the end of the 20th century, but the man credited with creating the SMS -- the mobile phone's short message service -- is German Friedhelm Hillebrand.
Working for the GSM group, Hillebrand came up with the concept of a 128-byte text message to be sent via the existing mobile phone network. The message's shortness was an obvious parameter due to the size limit, but the exact 160-character limitation was a curious creation of Hillebrand's.
The story goes that in 1985 Hillebrand experimented with making notes on his typewriter to come up with the ideal message length. "Hillebrand counted the number of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and spaces on the page. Each blurb ran on for a line or two and nearly always clocked in under 160 characters," the L.A. Times reports.
He ultimately deemed the 160-character limit as "perfectly sufficient," and with two more "convincing arguments" (postcards and Telex transmissions often had fewer than 150 characters), the GSM group created the standard in 1986. Afterwards, all mobile phone carriers and mobile phones were ordered to support it.
Nowadays you can send messages longer than 160 characters, but Hillebrand's legacy lives on via Twitter. The micro-blogging service's 140-character limit was determined by text messaging -- 140 characters for the tweet and 20 for the Twitter username.
Chances are you've received a "phantom" call on your mobile phone, especially if your name begins with an "A." "Pocket (or 'butt') dialing," when a jostled phone calls a number from someone's pocket or bag, is one of the minor annoyances of mobile life.
For the emergency services though, it's a more serious problem. In the early 2000s the National Emergency Number Association revealed that "phantom wireless calls" made up about 70% of 911 calls in some U.S. areas. In the UK the figure reached as many as 11,000 calls per day.
So why is a pocket dial so likely to reach 911 or 999? Although a phone's keypad may have been "locked," these numbers will still dial in case of a real emergency. In fact, many older American mobiles auto-dialled 911 when a caller pressed and held number nine, or two numbers at once.
Phone designers and manufacturers have now disabled such options, but pocket dialing still happens. Last year two men were overheard during a car burglary after one of their phones called 911. In May of this year a drug dealer was arrested after he pocket-dialed the policerepeatedly called the police from his pocket. during a deal. And a Maine man with an arrest warrant was "triangulated" and caught when he
The mobile web refers to access to the world wide web, i.e. the use of browser-based Internet services, from a handheld mobile device, such as a smartphone or a feature phone, connected to a mobile network or other wireless network.
Traditionally, access to the Web has been via fixed-line services on laptops and desktop computers. However, the Web is becoming more accessible by portable and wireless devices. An early 2010 ITU (International Telecommunication Union) report said that with the current growth rates, web access by people on the go — via laptops and smart mobile devices – is likely to exceed web access from desktop computers within the next five years.[1] The shift to mobile Web access has been accelerating with the rise since 2007 of larger multitouch smartphones, and of multitouch tablet computers since 2010. Both platforms provide better Internet access, screens, and mobile browsers- or application-based user Web experiences than previous generations of mobile devices have done. Web designers may work separately on such pages, or pages may be automatically converted as in Mobile Wikipedia.
The distinction between mobile Web applications and native applications is anticipated to become increasingly blurred, as mobile browsers gain direct access to the hardware of mobile devices (including accelerometers and GPS chips), and the speed and abilities of browser-based applications improve. Persistent storage and access to sophisticated user interface graphics functions may further reduce the need for the development of platform-specific native applications.
The Mobile Web has also been called Web 3.0, drawing parallels to the changes users were experiencing as Web 2.0 websites proliferated.[2][3][4]
Mobile Web access today still suffers from interoperability and usability problems. Interoperability issues stem from the platform fragmentation of mobile devices, mobile operating systems, and browsers. Usability problems are centered around the small physical size of the mobile phone form factors (limits on display resolution and user input/operating). Despite these shortcomings, many mobile developers choose to create apps using mobile Web. A June 2011 research on mobile development found mobile Web the third most used platform, trailing Android and iOS.[5]
In an article in Communications of the ACM in April 2013, Web technologist Nicholas C. Zakas, noted that mobile phones in use in 2013 were more powerful than Apollo 11's 70 lb (32 kg) Apollo Guidance Computer used in the July 1969 lunar landing.[6][7][8] However, in spite of their power, in 2013, mobile devices still suffer from Web performance with slow connections similar to the 1996 stage of Web development.[7][8] Mobile devices with slower download request/response times, the latency of over-the-air data transmission,[7][8] with "high-latency connections, slower CPUs, and less memory" force developers to rethink Web applications created for desktops with "wired connections, fast CPUs, and almost endless memory."[7][8]
Further information: Mobile browser, Wireless broadband, and Mobile Internet growth
'Mobile Internet' refers to access to the Internet via a cellular telephone service provider. It is wireless access that can handoff to another radio tower while it is moving across the service area. It can refer an immobile device that stays connected to one tower, but this is not the meaning of "mobile" here. Wi-Fi and other better methods are commonly available for users not on the move. Cellular base stations are more expensive to provide than a wireless base station that connects directly to an internet service provider, rather than through the telephone system.
A mobile phone, such as a smartphone, that connects to data or voice services without going through the cellular base station is not on mobile Internet. A laptop with a broadband modem and a cellular service provider subscription, that is traveling on a bus through the city is on mobile Internet.
A mobile broadband modem "tethers" the smartphone to one or more computers or other end user devices to provide access to the Internet via the protocols that cellular telephone service providers may offer.
According to BuzzCity, mobile internet increased 30% from Q1 to Q2 2011. The four countries which have advertising impression (?) in total more than 1 billion in one quarter were India, Indonesia, Vietnam and United States.[9] As of July 2012, approximately 10.5% of all Web traffic occurs through mobile devices (up from 4% in December 2010).[10] rade more
Also why not check out our video of the top 10 free Android games?
1. Seesmic
There are many Twitter apps on Android - and Twitter itself shook up the scene with the launch of its own-brand app - but we're sticking with Seesmic. Offering support for multiple accounts, a home page widget showing latest tweets and an incredibly slick and professional design, it's one of the finest examples of app development out there today.
Facebook for Android is lacking in features compared to Facebook itself, but a recent update added Inbox support to the Android app, finally allowing its users to communicate in almost real time. The app's fast and stable, with a simplicity that reminds you of the old days when using Facebook used to be bearable.
Faster, new camera and a clever fingerprint reader. But is it enough of an upgrade
For
Powerful core
Touch ID is a real step up
Excellent camera
Against
Expensive
No screen tech chang Battery slightly suspect
The iPhone 5S: a phone that looks like the iPhone 5, but goes so much further under the hood. Is that going to be enough to impress the baying hordes?
We've been here before: the iPhone 'S' conundrum. The new phone comes along, taking the shell of the previous model, adds some new bits and pieces, and then claims to be an entirely new phone.
Scores in depth
Which it is, of course. But also it isn't. Well, mostly is. To be sure, it's the kind of move that only Apple can pull off with any kind of conviction: the notion that it can take the same chassis, have a little tinker, throw in a new CPU, slightly better battery and camera, and call it an all-conquering device.
We're currently updating our iPhone 5C model to iOS 7.1 to track the changes it brings to speed and performance - check back in a few days to see the updated findings.
The iPhone 5C marks a new era in Apple's mobile onslaught, as the Cupertino-based firm finally breaks rank from premium design and price by offering up a device which is slightly more affordable. Slightly being the key word there.
Before you start getting excited about the potential of a "cheap iPhone", be warned that the iPhone 5C is no mid-range Android rival, because with prices starting a £469 ($549, AU$739) for the a 16GB SIM-free handset you're still talking quite a lot of money.
The new iPhone could be one of the most pivotal devices in the Cupertino brand's history - with the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C simple updates to previous models, there's a lot of pressure heaped on the iPhone 6.
As per usual, the internet is awash with rumor, speculation and downright lies over this next-generation handset, which is why we spend our time trawling through each nugget of info, debating its merits and curating it into this easy-to-read hub for all things iPhone 6.
'd hate to be a phone designer these days, trying to achieve unique and exciting features in a jaw dropping package for what is essentially a screen with some extra bits and pieces surrounding it.
So it's all the more impressive that HTC, fresh from making the best-looking phone of 2013, has managed to make the HTC One (M8), a phone crammed full of power and great features while improving the design that won it so many accolades.
The poor naming aside, the One (M8) is a phone that takes the superb DNA of last year's device, improves it in nearly every area and then packs it full of all the latest technology...and still finds space to pack in a microSD card slot.
The Nexus 5 is the best that Google has to offer right now. It is a lean, mean Android machine, beyond the reach of OEM embellishment and carrier bloatware. It delivers a streamlined experience that's stylish, refined, and lightning fast, and it does all this at a jaw-droppingly low price.
You can snag the 16GB version of the Nexus 5 for £299 or you can lay down an extra £40 and get the 32GB version for £339.
Ratings in depth
In terms of hardware the Nexus 5 is a premium smartphone, it just doesn't have a premium price tag. The Nexus 5 can just about hold its own with the top devices on the market, including the iPhone 5S (starting at £550), the Samsung Galaxy S4 (now reduced to £420), the HTC One (which you can find for £430), and the Sony Xperia Z1 (now reduced to £430).
A 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chipset and 2GB RAM place this on the cutting edge. The 5-inch 1080p display is no slouch either, and the Nexus 5 sports the very latest platform update in Android 4.4 KitKat, with the elegant Google Experience Launcher on top.
If you're wondering how Google can offer the Nexus 5 for that much less than its competitors, then you might point an accusatory finger at the camera and the battery life, but make no mistake - this phone is a real bargain
Android 4.4 is on its way to the HTC One in the UK - albeit a little later than expected after some issues caused it to be rolled back by HTC. We're awaiting the software and will update the review as soon as we can!
After months on sale, the HTC One is still our top pick of the smartphones available at the moment - and with all new software, it's now even better.
While it may not have been borne out in sales, the One is definitely the phone that the likes of Samsung and Apple have been
A mini handset has, inexplicably, come to mean a smaller, lower-spec version of a popular big screen device, which does nothing for those that want a slightly smaller display.
So kudos to Sony for taking a stand, crushing down the powerful Xperia Z1 but losing almost nothing on the spec list, giving the Z1 Compact a real chance to fight fight in a fierce market currently dominated by the HTC One Mini and Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, two devices that launched to critical acclaim but with a poorer spec list.
Eagle eyed readers will have noticed that the Sony Xperia Z1's baby brother hasn't adopted the traditional "Mini" moniker but rather comes with the title of "Compact".
Yes, Sony has given the Z1 Compact the smaller screen, but it has kicked diminutive RAM and lesser cores to the mobile kerb. Sony has even allowed the Xperia Z1 Compact to keep the waterproof nature of the Z1.
Hybrids that include detachable keyboards have been sold since the 1990s. Convertible touchscreen notebook computers have an integrated keyboard that can be hidden by a swivel or slide joint. Booklet tablets have dual-touchscreens and can be used as a notebook by displaying a virtual keyboard on one of the displays.
Conceptualized in the mid-20th century and prototyped and developed in the last two decades of that century, the devices became popular in 2010.
As of March 2012, 31% of U.S. Internet users were reported to have a tablet, which was used mainly for viewing published content such as video and news.[5] Among tablets available in 2012, the top-selling line of devices was Apple's iPad with 100 million sold by mid-October 2012 since its release in April 2010,[6] followed by Amazon's Kindle Fire with 7 million, and Barnes & Noble's Nook with 5 million.[7][8][9] As of May 2013, over 70% of mobile developers were targeting tablets[10] (vs. 93% for smartphones and 18% for feature phones).[update]
Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, Saadi Shirazi[2] (Persian: ابومحمد مصلح الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی) better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī (Persian: سعدی) or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has been quoted in western sources as well. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition.[1]
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* 1 Biography * 2 Works o 2.1 Bani Adam * 3 Legacy and poetic style * 4 See also * 5 Notes * 6 References * 7 External links
Biography[edit]
Born in Shiraz, Iran, c. 1213, his father died when he was an infant. In his youth Saadi experienced poverty and hardship and left his native town for Baghdad to pursue a better education. As a young man he enrolled at the an-Nizamiyya center of knowledge (1195–1226), where he studied in Islamic sciences, law, governance, history, Arabic literature, and Islamic theology. Saadi was also among those who witnessed first-hand Baghdad's destruction by Mongol Ilkhanate invaders led by Hulagu during the year 1258.
The unsettled conditions following the Mongol invasion of Khwarezm and Iran led him to wander for thirty years abroad through Anatolia (where he visited the Port of Adana and near Konya met Ghazi landlords), Syria (where he mentions the famine in Damascus), Egypt (where he describes its music, Bazaars, clerics and elites), and Iraq (where he visits the port of Basra and the Tigris river). In his writings he mentions the Qadis, Muftis of Al-Azhar, the grand Bazaar, music and art. At Halab, Saadi joins a group of Sufis who had fought arduous battles against the Crusaders. Saadi was captured by Crusaders at Acre where he spent seven years as a slave digging trenches outside its fortress. He was later released after the Mamluks paid ransom for Muslim prisoners being held in Crusader dungeons. After the Sack of Baghdad in 1258 by Hulegu and the Ilkhanate Horde, Saadi visited Jerusalem and then set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.[3] It is believed that he may have also visited Oman and other lands south of the Arabian Peninsula.
Because of the Mongol invasions he was forced to live in desolate areas and met caravans fearing for their lives on once-lively silk trade routes. Saadi lived in isolated refugee camps where he met bandits, Imams, men who formerly owned great wealth or commanded armies, intellectuals, and ordinary people. While Mongol and European sources (such as Marco Polo) gravitated to the potentates and courtly life of Ilkhanate rule, Saadi mingled with the ordinary survivors of the war-torn region. He sat in remote tea houses late into the night and exchanged views with merchants, farmers, preachers, wayfarers, thieves, and Sufi mendicants. For twenty years or more, he continued the same schedule of preaching, advising, and learning, honing his sermons to reflect the wisdom and foibles of his people. Saadi's works reflect upon the lives of ordinary Iranians suffering displacement, agony and conflict during the turbulent times of the Mongol invasion. Saadi Shirazi is welcomed by a youth from Kashgar during a forum in Bukhara.
Saadi mentions honey-gatherers in Azerbaijan, fearful of Mongol plunder. He finally returns to Persia where he meets his childhood companions in Isfahan and other cities. At Khorasan Saadi befriends a Turkic Emir named Tughral. Saadi joins him and his men on their journey to Sindh where he meets Pir Puttur, a follower of the Persian Sufi grand master Shaikh Usman Marvandvi (1117–1274).[4] He also refers in his writings about his travels with a Turkic Amir named Tughral in Sindh (Pakistan across the Indus and Thar), India (especially Somnath, where he encounters Brahmans), and Central Asia (where he meets the survivors of the Mongol invasion in Khwarezm). Tughral hires Hindu sentinels. Tughral later enters service of the wealthy Delhi Sultanate, and Saadi is invited to Delhi and later visits the Vizier of Gujarat. During his stay in Gujarat, Saadi learns more about the Hindus and visits the large temple of Somnath, from which he flees due to an unpleasant encounter with the Brahmans.
When he reappeared in his native Shiraz, he was an elderly man. Shiraz, under Atabak Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–60) was enjoying an era of relative tranquility. Saadi was not only welcomed to the city but was shown great respect by the ruler and held to be among the greats of the province. In response, Saadi took his nom de plume from the name of the local prince, Sa'd ibn Zangi. Some of Saadi's most famous panegyrics were composed as a gesture of gratitude in praise of the ruling house and placed at the beginning of his Bustan. The remainder of Saadi's life seems to have been spent in Shiraz.
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A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of arithmetic or logical operations automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem.
Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices allow information to be retrieved from an external source, and the result of operations saved and retrieved.
In World War II, mechanicalanalog computers were used for specialized military applications. During this time the first electronic digital computers were developed. Originally they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).[1]
Le verdure sono indispensabili per la nostra salute. Con questa piccola guida di consigli sulle verdure potrete saperne di più su un alimento importantissimo per la vostra dieta e per una alimentazione sana.
Vi forniamo un elenco di consigli suddivisi per tipologia di verdura che vi aiuteranno a cucinare le verdure in modo corretto, per chi volesse approfondire l'argomento con ricette può visitare la nostra sezione dedicata alle ricette sane.
Trovate il valore nutritivo e utili informazioni su come pulire le verdure, tutto elencato in ordine alfabetico.
Mangiare verdure è molto importante perchè contengono vitamine indispensabili perchè il nostro corpo resti in salute.
di seguito trovate le schede in ordine alfabetico delle verdure:
ORA VEDIAMO COME PREPARARE ALCUNE RICETTE SANE PER MANGIARE SANO DIMEZZANDO LE CALORIE:
LE RICETTE SANE PER MANGIARE SANO
Spesso per mancanza di tempo non facciamo caso a quanti grassi ingeriamo duranti i pasti proprio perché vengono cucinati in modo sbagliato. Basterebbe fare solo un pò di attenzione a come cucinare alcuni piatti in modo SANO per avere una vita salutare.
Ecco alcuni piatti che vi potranno essere d’aiuto per mantenere uno stile di vita sano ma non per questo senza dover rinunciare troppo al sapore.
Si elimina l’uso di grassi e si cerca di utilizzare alimenti più semplici e ricchi in vitamine come la frutta e la verdura.
Potrà quindi anche essere utile consultare la nostra pagina che offre utili spunti su come risparmiare calorie; non meno importante è l'influenza degli alcolici nel nostro mangiare sano.
Con i tempi che corrono, oggi è quasi impossibile pranzare tranquilli in casa se non nel fine settimana. Se pensi che il mangiare sano non sia possibile per chi pranza fuori casa ti sbagli. Ci sono molte soluzioni veloci e soprattutto sane da applicare per un sano pasto fuori casa.
Se abbiamo fatto una buona colazione e magari uno spuntino a metà mattina con un frutto non arriveremo all’ ora di pranzo affamati è già questo è un buon inizio. A secondo che si scelga bar, ristorante, pizzeria e self-service, consiglio di mangiare i seguenti alimenti.
MANGIARE SANO AL BAR Risulta una scelta quasi obbligata per chi ha poco tempo magari solo mezz’oretta e soprattutto riusciamo a trovarlo accanto alla nostra azienda od ufficio.
Un buon pranzo in bar può essere costituito da:
1 panino con affettati magri ( prosciutto speck crudo o cotto, bresaola, tacchino) magari accompagnati con la fetta di pomodoro ed insalata.
1 panino con verdure grigliate più una fetta di formaggio tipo mozzarella.
1 panino tipo caprese (mozzarella pomodoro origano e basilico).
1 panino con formaggio magro.
1 toast semplice con prosciutto e formaggio.
1 piadina con affettati magri.
Sconsigliati sono i panini con l’olio e altri grassi magari con affettati non magri come salame o mortadella accompagnati con le salsine a base di maionese, e i tramezzini che non saziano e sono molto grassi.
Per completare il pasto possiamo bere una buona spremuta, o 1 frutto di stagione così il nostro pranzo al bar risulta essere un pranzo sano.
MANGIARE SANO AL RISTORANTE Qui forse risulta più difficile mangiare sano perché i piatti da scegliere non sono tanti e quindi si rischia di mangiare un menù troppo grasso per la nostra dieta. Se riuscite potete mangiare questi alimenti:
مثال :رلیانت رابین را می‌توان به سه دلیل ناخوشایندترین و خسته کننده ترین خودروی ساخته شده نامید. آن سه دلیل هم هرکدام از چرخ‌های این خودرو است. بله این خودرو تنها سه چرخ داشت و دلیل آن هم این بود که بتوان آن را در کشور انگلیس جزء موتور سیکلت ها به حساب آورد. این خودرو حتی وارد بازار کشورهای آمریکایی نشد. اگر به فیلم‌های کمدی مستر بین علاقه داشته باشید به‌احتمال‌زیاد دشمن دیرینه ماشین مستر بین را هم که یک رلیانت رابین آبی رنگ بود به یاد دارید!
حتما برای بعضی دوستان پیش اومده که سیم کارت ایرانسل خودشون رو که ممکنه شمارش دست خیلی از دوستانشون باشه رو گم کرده باشند. در این موقع خیلی ها قید اون سیم کارت رو میزنن. اما حالا بایک ترفند ساده میتونید شماره سیم کارت ایرانسل خودتون پس بگیرید:
مراحل این کار:
1.خرید یک سیم کارت اعتباری شما یک سیم کارت اعتباری جدید می خرید و کد زیر رو در آن وارد می کنید (این روش را هم برای سیم کارتهای دائمی و هم برای سیم کارتهای اعتباری می توانید بکار ببرید)
2.وارد کردن کد زیر: از سیم کارت خریداری شده، کد زیر را وارد می کنیم: ستاره/140/ستاره/3/ستاره/2/ستاره/3/ستاره/1/ستاره/کیت سیم قبلی/ستاره/پوک سیم قبلی/مربع
مدت زمانی است که شرکت ایرانسل ، توانسته است با بهره گیری از شرایط و ویژگی های منحصر به فرد و همچنین ارائه سرویس های قابل رقابت با دو اپراتور دیگر بازار خوبی را در جامعه امروزی موبایل ایران فراهم نماید. همچنین با قابلیتهایی که به تنهایی فراهم کرده است همانند MMS و GPRS توانسته است استفاده کنندگان زیادی را جدب کند. اما این سیم کارت های اعتباری نیز در دورن خود ترفندهای مخفی را دارا هستند! فعال سازی پیامگیر ، فعال سازی ذخیره شماره ، حذف همه سرویس ها ، دریافت تنظیمات MMS ، دریافت تنظیمات GPRS ، این موارد هستند که به وسیله کد مخفی که با آنها داده میشود امکان دریافت آنها از طریق گوشی امکان پذیر میباشد.
کافی است در گوشی ای که یک سیم کارت اعتباری ایرانسل در داخل آن قرار دارد ، کدهای زیر را توسط کلیدهای گوشی وارد نمایید:
اتصال بی سیم موبایل، لپ تاپ و کامپیوتر به اینترنت از طریق GPRS ایرانسل
در ترفند قصد داریم نحوه اتصال بی سیم موبایل و کامپیوتر به اینترنت از طریق سرویس GPRS ایرانسل را بیان کنیم. در نگاه اول شاید این کار خیلی به صرفه نباشد ولی برای دارندگان لب تاپ به دلیل اتصال به اینترنت در هر نقطه ایران بسیار مورد توجه قرار خواهد گرفت همچنین برای سیستم های خانگی در موارد خاص خیلی کمک خواهد کرد ، پس با ما همراه باشید.
طریقه اتصال لپ تاپ و کامپیوتر به سرویس GPRS:
1- بعد از اتصال موبایل به کامپیوتر و معرفی تمام درایوهای موبایل برنامه Sony Ericsson PC Suite را که داخل سی دی موبایل است را نصب کنید.(البته گوشیهای نوکیا و دیگر گوشی ها هم برنامه PC Suite را دارند)
2- سپس برنامه Sony Ericsson PC Suite را از داخل برنامه های نصب شده بروی سیستم از استارت ویندوز پیدا کرده و گزینه Mobile Networking Wizard را انتخاب کنید
3- سپس روی گزینه New Connection یا Creat New Connection کلیک کنید.
4- در این قسمت دو گزینه وجود دارد که برای استفاده از امکانات GPRS ایرانسل گزینه اول به نام Packet Switched Data را انتخاب میکنیم و Next میکنیم.
5- در این قسمت باید مودم گوشی خود را انتخاب کنید که گوشی ما در اینجا از مدل K750 استفاده میکنم. (اگر قبلا گوشی را به کامپیوتر معرفی نکرده باشید نام مدل و مودم آن نشان داده نخواهد شد پس برای نصب درایور میتوانید با انتخاب گزینه Install modem درایو مودم گوشی را نصب کنید)
نرم افزار انوار وحی، یکی از بهترین نرم افزارهای قرآن کریم برای اندروید است. این نرم افزار شامل ترتیل کامل قرآن کریم (با صدای آقای رضازاده) به همراه متن و ترجمه قرآن کریم (ترجمه آیت الله سید حسن ابطحی) میباشد.
نرم افزار انوار وحی دارای امکاناتی مثل نمایش همزمان متن با ترتیل، جستجو، یادداشت برداری، نشانه گذاری، و ... است. در ادامه میتوانید با سایر قابلیت های این نرم افزار قرآنی آشنا شوید.ادامه مطلب
myTV نرم افزاری قدرتمند، جذاب و بسیار کم‌حجم است که توسط آن میتوانید شبکه‌های تلویزیونی و رادیویی فارسی را با کیفیت‌های مختلف و سرعت بسیار مناسب به صورت آنلاین از اینترنت دریافت کنید.
شبکه های قابل دریافت توسط این نرم افزار عبارتند از:
بیشتر شما نرم افزار PowerDVD را میشناسید. سایت سرزمین دانلود قبلا نیز نسخه های مختلفی از این برنامه را معرفی کرده بود و حالا با ارائه جدیدترین نسخه PowerDVD ، آن را برای شما تهیه کرده و در سایت قرار داده ایم.
نرم افزار PowerDVD یکی از باسابقه ترین و حرفه ای ترین نرم افزارهای پخش فیلم در کامپیوتر است. هرچند این نرم افزار قادر به پخش فرمت های مختلف ویدیویی میباشد، ولی شهرت خود را بیشتر به خاطر پخش فیلم های با کیفیت D ادامه ی مطلب
نرم افزار Total Recall Call Recorder یکی از بهترین نرم افزارهای ضبط مکالمه در اندروید است. این نرم افزار محصولی از شرکت اپلیکیشن سازی Killer Mobile است که به صورت تخصصی در زمینه ارائه نرم افزارهای موبایل فعالیت میکند.
نرم افزار Total Recall Call Recorder برای سیستم عامل های مختلف موبایل تولید شده است و در این مطلب میتوانید نسخه اندرویدی آن را دانلود کنید.
نسخه جدید Internet Explorer مخصوص ویندوز 7 منتشر شد (ورژن 11)
هرچند بسیاری از کاربران حرفه ای ترجیح میدهند از مرورگرهای دیگری مثل فایرفاکس و گوگل کروم استفاده کنند، اما Internet Explorer هنوز هم بالاترین آمار استفاده را در بین تمام مرورگها دارد. دلیل آن هم چیزی نیست جز وجود اینترنت اکسپلورر در تمام نسخه های ویندوز!
حتی کاربرانی که از Internet Explorer فراری هستند هم بعد از نصب ویندوز مجبورند از همین مرورگر برای دانلود مرورگر مورد علاقه خود استفاده کنند.
در طی سال های اخیر مایکروسافت تلاش زیادی کرده تا با بهبود امکانات Internet Explorer آن را برای تمام کاربران خوشایند کند. به همین دلیل بر روی امکانات مورد علاقه کاربران سایر مرورگرها تمرکز کرده و سعی کرده است همه قابلیت هایی که کاربران مختلف به دنبال آن هستند را در مرورگر خود قرار دهد.
سبک موسیقی ترنس، برای بیشتر جوانان شناخته شده است. ترنس نوعی موسیقی الکترونیکی است که فقط با کمک دستگاه های کامپیوتری ایجاد میشود و در آن خبری از ساز و ابزاهای موسیقی نیست.
موسیقی ترنس در دهه 90 میلادی توسعه پیدا کرد. این نوع موسیقی دارای ضرباهنگ سریع (120 الی 160 ضربه در دقیقه) و معمولا بدون کلام است. هرچند گاهی از عبارت های کوتاه در آن استفاده میشود.
در کشور ما و در بین جوانان ایرانی، این نوع موسیقی بیشتر به عنوان آهنگ ورزشی که از آن در باشگاه ها استفاده میشود طرفدار دارد. با اینکه ترنس ترکیبی از سایر موسیقی های الکترونیک (مثل هاوس و تکنو) است ولی به عنوان یک سبک خاص شناخته میشود. ادامه ی مطلب
دوست دارید عکس های خود را به نقاشی سیاه قلم (نقاشی با مداد) تبدیل کنید؟ این مطلب را دنبال کنید.
نرم افزار Sketch Drawer میتواند یک نقاشی زیبا از روی عکس مورد نظر شما بسازد. آن هم یک نقاشی حرفه ای سیاه قلم.
نرم افزارهای زیادی برای تبدیل عکس به نقاشی وجود دارند. اما تعداد کمی از آنها قابلیت ساخت نقاشی با مداد را دارند. ضمن اینکه هیچ کدام از آنها قابلیت های نرم افزار Sketch Drawer برای ساخت نقاشی سیاه قلم را ندارند. ادامه ی مطلب
نرم افزار Simply Good Pictures یکی از بهترین ابزارهای کاملا اتوماتیک برای افزایش کیفیت عکس است.
این نرم افزار قادر است بدون دخالت کاربر، کیفیت عکس را به مقدار زیادی بهبود دهد. به همین دلیل برای کاربرانی که هیچ آشنایی با ویرایش عکس ندارند بسیار مناسب است.
نرم افزار Simply Good Pictures از جدیدترین الگوریتم های بهینه سازی کیفیت عکس استفاده میکند و نتیجه آن شما را شگفت زده خواهد کرد. عکس های دیجیتالی، عکس های اسکن شده، عکس های قدیمی، و هر عکسی که از کیفیت آن رضایت ندارید را به این نرم افزار بدهید تا کیفیت آن را افزایش دهد.
با توجه به پیشرفت تکنولوژی عکس برداری توسط گوشی های موبایل، امروزه بیشتر افراد از موبایل خود برای گرفتن عکس یا ضبط فیلم استفاده میکنند. یعنی ترجیح میدهند به جای خرید یک دوربین دیجیتال، موبایلی خریداری کنند که کیفیت عکس برداری خوبی داشته باشد.
در موبایل ها هم مثل کامپیوتر، امکان پاک شدن ناخواسته عکس ها و فیلم ها وجود دارد. اگر برای شما هم این اتفاق رخ داده است، این مطلب را دنبال کنید تا یک نرم افزار حرفه ای برای بازیابی اطلاعات پاک شده موبایل معرفی کنیم. ادامه مطلب
مثال :رلیانت رابین را می‌توان به سه دلیل ناخوشایندترین و خسته کننده ترین خودروی ساخته شده نامید. آن سه دلیل هم هرکدام از چرخ‌های این خودرو است. بله این خودرو تنها سه چرخ داشت و دلیل آن هم این بود که بتوان آن را در کشور انگلیس جزء موتور سیکلت ها به حساب آورد. این خودرو حتی وارد بازار کشورهای آمریکایی نشد. اگر به فیلم‌های کمدی مستر بین علاقه داشته باشید به‌احتمال‌زیاد دشمن دیرینه ماشین مستر بین را هم که یک رلیانت رابین آبی رنگ بود به یاد دارید!
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