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Jun8

Exams and iPhone 4

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So it’s exam season again and we have just entered the last 6 weeks of the summer term of school, where has this year gone! It seems only a few months ago when we were back in year 11 just about to start our final GCSE exams. I specifically remember us all fretting (well at least I was) over how hard we thought the exams were going to be, looking back on it now they were so easy compared to A-level exams. They say the jump is the biggest you will ever make, they’re right! So with 5 exams sat totalling 8.5 hours so far, I only have another 1.5 hours to go before I can sit back, relax, and enjoy the good old british weather (at least while it lasts).

As all us Apple fans know, a huge announcement was made by Apple yesterday at WWDC. Apple introduced us to the brand new iPhone with an all new design, Steve calls it the iPhone 4. :D The new iPhone brings some amazing new features, such as:

  • FaceTime (AKA Video Calling) – At the moment it’s going to be only made available over a wifi connection (in the US, don’t know about the UK).
  • 5 megapixel camera – New camera capable of recording 720p HD video at 30FPS.
  • iMovie app – Pretty self explanatory. It’s the iPhone equivalent of the desktop application of the same name.
  • Brand New Design – The new design consists of stainless steal edges to the phone which double as antennas and a glass front and back.
  • 24% thinner than the current iPhone.
  • Retina display – a display that has 4x the pixel density for the same area. The pixel density is so high the human eye cannot distinguish between the pixels like it can on other displays.

The new iPhone starts to ship on June 24th, thats in 2 weeks time, pre-order will be available from next tuesday. Hopefully the phone will come out on pay as you go at launch because I am not willing to enter into another long contract when I am happy on my O2 iPhone simplicity tariff. So lets keep our fingers tightly crossed for some good news closer to next tuesday. If all goes to plan you can expect some sort of review/post on the iPhone 4 hands on in a few weeks time.

Other Updates
I am currently in the process of writing my review for the iPad 16GB 3G model which I expect to publish sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Apr16

Lots of things to do!

Posted at 12:05 AM • No Comments

It’s coming up to the end of the easter holidays. Having had lots of time to sleep, revise, and enjoy the weather, I have come out of the holiday somewhat refreshed and surprisingly ready to go back to college.

I have a really busy next week, here is a list starting from sunday:

  • Sunday – Volunteering at the hospital and then work.
  • Monday – College then work
  • Tuesday – College (english coursework deadline) then work
  • Wednesday – Imperial College Open Day
  • Thursday – College then some relaxation in between homework and perhaps a driving lesson.
  • Friday – Driving Test (fingers crossed that ill pass)
  • Saturday – Some relaxation

To top things off, I have a very long to-do list to complete with revision tasks and homework:

Feb18

Imperial College London Open-day Application

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A few weeks ago I applied to go to an Imperial College London open day in April 2010, earlier this week I received a conformation letter saying that I had been accepted onto the open day! I look forward to going to the open day in London as this will be my first university open day and should be very interesting.

Jan11

Revision and Exams

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Thought I would post and detail how my busy week is going and its only monday. As some of you may know there has been lots of panic over weather AS-Level, A-Level and GCSE exams are going to be able to go ahead because of the severe weather conditions we have been experiencing in the UK over the past couple of weeks. I am now well informed, since exams have already started at my school that my Biology, Chemistry and Psychology exams will be taking place next week.

I’ll be really glad when all these exams are over so I can get back into learning the stuff for the next modules and exams in May/June. I also have english coursework that needs to be in for April, may sound a while away but what I have to do and the amount I have to write makes it a really short amount of time.

Right, 15 more minutes of revision before I go off to work! I tried to get the night off but I’m the only one in on the department so I failed, just means I have to work extra hard and drink extra coffee tonight to keep me awake!