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. 
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.
So it’s been quite a while since my last blog post and quite a few things have happened and arrived since then.
I remember last month telling you that I had ordered one of the new MacBook Pros with the core i5 processor and a high resolution screen. It took about 3 weeks to be delivered but it finally arrived and I am really pleased with it. The new processor makes the laptop much faster and run smoother than my old white MacBook.
Last Friday the UK saw the international launch of the revolutionary iPad. I hadn’t decided that I was going to purchase one until the Sunday after the launch day. So I phoned around desperately trying to get one but I was having no luck, iPad’s seemed to be scarcer than dogs with 6 legs. I eventually managed to secure one at curries just off Junction 9 of the M6 after getting the managers personal number from an un-cited source.
It’s now Tuesday evening at the time of writing and I am fairly pleased with the iPad and I a looking forward for more apps and games to be made available as in my opinion the selection is sort of lacking at the moment.
I will be posting a full review of the iPad in about a months time when i have had enough time to play with it and more apps have been made available on the UK app store. In the meantime I will be revising for my last set of AS level exams which are going to be taking all my time up over the next two weeks.
Well it’s that time of year again, the time of year when you are about half way trough the school year and coursework deadlines are looming… Again!
So I have my easter holidays planned, I will be typing my English Coursework essays ready for a coursework session in the second week of the holidays and revising for the exams I have in May/June. I have 750 words commentary to write on a piece I have wrote based on The Picture of Dorian Grey, plus I have 1500 words to write on Jayne Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. Not only do I have coursework to write, I also have 6 exams to revise for. So at this point it looks as if i will have no easter holiday!
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!
I’ve just got to roap learn thease equations, no if, ands, or buts!
