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The new Ultra Edition Samsung phones look pretty awesome. I was shopping for a cell phone over the weekend and saw the new Samsung Ultra edition 12.9 cell phone and it looks pretty slick! Its thinner than the razor, slides, is ultra small and comes with tons of great features (like a 3 megapixel camera and built in MP3 player). As in turns out there are three new “Ultra Edition” Samsung cell phones. First is the 9.9 (D830), second is the 12.9 (D900), and third is the 6.9 (X820) (all pictured left-to-right).

The Samsung Ultra Edition 9.9 is feature rich. It includes tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GPRS/EDGE, a 2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, a 2.3-inch 240×320 262k TFT main display, Bluetooth, 80MB embedded memory with MicroSD expansion, MP3/AAC media player, and even an MPEG4 recorder with a TV-out jack! The Samsung Ultra Edition 6.9 brings pretty much the same network coverage, camera, Bluetooth, media capabilities, and on-board memory as the 9.9 but had to forgo the microSD card and flash while dropping down to a 1.9-inch 176×220 262k TFT display in order to slip into that world’s slimmest, 6.9-mm, 2.33-ounce package. The “larger” but still very sleek and stylish Samsung Ultra Edition 12.9 squeezes in quad-band GPRS/EDGE, a 3.13 megapixel shooter, 2.1-inch Read more…

Today my friend Shawn and I had to upgrade the computer servers for premiumposts.com because of the tremendous success of the website! When I first started premiumposts.com way back in March of 2006 I was only getting about 2 unique visitors a day (1 from my home computer, and one from my work computer). However, now because of the immense popularity of the site and all my loyal readers I am receiving upwards of 30 unique visitors (from all over the world) every single day!!!!! (Amazing I know). If you look up premiumposts.com on Alexa you will see that it is indeed ranked as the 2,483,449th most popular site in the World! Due to this huge explosion in popularity within the past couple months I have decided to get some new Dell Blade Servers! It ended up costing me just under $90,000.00 dollars but I figure that since I am already pulling in almost $40.00 dollars in ad revenue every month, the servers will pay for themselves within 187 years!

Here are some details about the new blade servers: The Dell blade chassis houses 10 loaded Blades, each consisting of 20 dual-core 2.8Ghz Xeon processors (112Ghz total), 120GB RAM, and 20 146GB 15,000 rpm drives (2.9TB total). I also installed a 48 port gigabit switch, a rack-mounted redundant power supply for the switch, and 2 load balancers (one of which is a hot spare). I am keeping my fingers crossed, and I am hopeful that this will be enough to handle the traffic. What do you think?

In case you didn’t catch my sarcasm it’s not actually me that is upgrading my servers just yet. I have a hosting plan with Bluehost.com that gives me 15 gigs of storage, 400 gb/month of site transfer, and the ability to host 6 Domains on 1 Bluehost Account for $6.95 Per Month So… for now I think BlueHost is a bit more cost effective.

I did however just help my friend Shawn (founder and CEO of digital Point Solutions) deliver and install his new servers (the ones mentioned above) to their new home at the data center in downtown. First we had to lug the equipment down the hall and out to the parking garage. We then proceeded to cram the nearly 500 pounds of computer equipment into his SUV

Once we were there it took a few hours to move around the old servers, hook up all the new equipment and secure everything to the rack. There ended up being about 1.5 hours of downtime were digitalpoint.com actaully had to go off line because we had to physically shut down and move the old servers (pictured below)
and put them next to the new blades on the new rack.

Within a few hours everything was up and running and the installation was complete! Hopefully digitalpoint won’t have to upgrade again any time soon. Here is a picture of the new setup with the 10 blades on the bottom.

In case you aren’t familiar with DigitalPoint.com it is the 5th most trafficked website in all of California, and ranked as the 165th most popular site in the world! Digital Point gets upwards of 1,000 hits every second and sees about 5 million unique visitors every month (That’s even more than PremiumPosts.com)! Digital Point receives more traffic than buy.com, latimes.com, sun.com … (anyway, you get the idea… its big)!

Digitalpoint.com is an immensely popular website for webmasters and internet marketing. It is a great resource for anyone who owns or operates a website. The website offers a number of free tools that help webmasters with Search engine optimization and internet marketing. Digitalpoint.com also has a very popular forum (that actually just logged its 1 millionth post). The forum discusses search engine optimization, internet marketing, digital Point software… If you own a website and are looking to improve your search engine rankings and improve your internet marketing than digitalPoint.com is a great resource.

Here are just a few of the free tools available to everyone:
1) Keyword suggestion tool: This allows you to quickly see which phrases are searched upon the most (for determining the best phrases to target for your website).
2) GeoVisitors: This tool will show you the physical location of the visitors to your website/blog.
3) Keyword Ranking Monitor: This tool allows you to track historical search engine result placement data for any keyword/URL combo you choose.

The “Boostaroo Revolution” is a cool new gadget that actually improves the quality of MP3′s. This portable inline MP3 amp is known as The Boostaroo Revolution?. This cool MP3 accessory is officially described as a Hi-Definition Portable Headphone Amplifier & Splitter. This MP3 enhancing gadget is the size of a cigar. The device actually works by digitally decompressing your compressed audio signals (MP3′s) into three separate audio channels, producing enhanced spatial imaging and a wider field of high definition sound. It also amplifies the volume of your MP3′s by about 400% and adds a surround sound effect, giving your music a cleaner and higher quality sound. This MP3 filter even works to improve low quality files. The other great thing about this MP3 enhancing gadget is that it is also a splitter, so you can share your MP3′s with a friend through the Boostaroo Revolution’s two headphone jacks. The device does run on 2 AAAA batteries but it is said to last for 22 hours.

This is obviously a great addition to your Ipod or other MP3 player. Boostaroo states that “the Revolution works with Read more…

Just came across this company that creates hidden chambers and pasageways. It looks like there are willing to pretty much design anything you can dream up. If you like secret rooms and hidden doors than you’ll want to check this out. They can actually custom design a switch that allows you to activate your automated feature any way you want! I saw everything from a pool table that came out of the floor, to a hidden safe behind a painting that moved when you twisted a vase, and a candlestick that you twist on your mantle to rotate the fireplace and reveal a hidden room. On of my favorites is an animated rendering of a couch were you lift up the cusion to reveal a spiral slide that leads to a secret room!

If you need even more security than just a “hidden room” or “secret chamber” this company can incorporate biometric security devices like fingerprint scanning, optical imaging devices and Read more…

Although the Sony Vaio UX is not much larger than a PDA don’t be fooled. The Sony Vaio UX is a full featured micro PC. The Vaio UX runs Window XP Professional, has an Intel core solo 1.2 GHz processor, a 30 GB hard drive, 512 MB of ram, wireless WAN/Lan, Bluetooth technology, a slide-out backlit keyboard, a 4.5? LCD touch screen, built-in microphone, various media slots and USB ports, and even a port replicator connector and two built-in cameras (one mounted on the front and on facing the user). Amazingly all these features are stuffed into this micro PC that weights only 1.1 lbs! (I want one!)

The Sony Vaio UX costs between about $1,800 and $2,200 depending on which of the three models you get. The three models are:
1) Sony VAIO UX90S (Intel Core Solo U1400 1.2GHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB HD, English WinXP HOME, Bluetooth, English Keyboard, Compact Flash Slot)
2) Sony VAIO UX50 (Intel Core Solo U1300 1.06GHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB HD, English WinXP HOME, Bluetooth, QWERTY Japanese International Keyboard (English with Japanese Subtitles)Compact Flash Slot)
3) Sony VAIO UX180P (Intel Core Solo U1400 1.2GHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB HD, WinXP PRO, Bluetooth, EDGE)

Another awsome feature is that they are equipped with a fingerprint scanning Read more…

I just came across this cool gadget for your iPod. Its an iPod home dock that (like most other docks) lets you charge, sync, and play your iPod through your TV or sound system. However, the coolest feature is that the DLO HomeDock Deluxe is the world’s first iPod dock that lets you view and select your iPod’s music on your TV screen. You can navigate, select, and play your songs using the included 18-button remote control. The iPod HomeDock Deluxe’s small and easy to use remote and on screen TV interface seems to be pretty user friendly. The iPod/TV interface even Read more…

Wanna impress your golf buddies? Cruise the course in style with this Cadillac Escalade golf cart.

This stylish Escalade Golf Car from Sport Electric Vehicles of Chino, Calif. is Based on General Motors’ highly popular Cadillac Escalade SUV, the fairway version was introduced earlier this year and with a 48-volt electrical system, the four-seater can reach 20 mph and travel up to 30 miles per overnight charge, which uses only about 45-cents worth of energy. There are a few different models to choose from including the Escalade Estate Limo with a 4 seat forward plus storage setup or a six passenger 4 seat forward/2seat rear facing version. The Cadillac Escalade also comes with a slew of cool options like a CD and DVD player, a billet grill, bucket and leather seats, fog lamps and more. A few of the most popular options are: Read more…

Are you looking for a new double-din head unit for your car or SUV? The new Pioneer AVIC-Z1 should definitely do the trick! The Pioneer AVIC-Z1 features a 7inch LCD with a built in DVD player and a high tech navigation system… The AVIC-Z1 also gives you touch screen control over the entire system, voice control over several navigation functions, and playback of your DVDs and CDs. Already pretty impressive, but it gets even better…

The Pioneer AVIC-Z1 has an on-board 30-gigabyte hard drive that facilitates advanced satellite navigation and the storage of up to 10 gigabytes of songs to store music it rips from your standard CDs or mp3′s. The unit has voice command capabilities and includes a microphone. It also has a text-to-speech technology that announces the names of most roads, and a learning feature that remembers frequently traveled roads and suggests familiar routes. The smart routing algorithms take data such as posted speed limits and number of turns into account to suggest the most efficient route possible. The Pioneer’s navigation system also has Read more…

The XV6700 is now available for verizon wireless customers! I think this is one of the coolest new phones that I have seen for Verizon Wireless. The Treo 700w and the XV6700 are both great cell phones and both come with Windows mobile but the XV6700 has a larger screen, full hidden keyboard, speakerphone, and much more. The Verizon XV6700 is loaded with Microsoft? Windows Mobile? 5.0, Bluetooth? technology, built-in Wi-FI?, EVDO, and the speed of Broadband. It also boasts a 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash and Windows Media Player 10 and a cleverly hidden, side-out QWERTY keyboard. I have seen them selling in the malls for as low as $279 (After $100 “new every two” savings) If I am able to find them for less online I will be sure and let everyone know.

XV6700 Features and info:

Talk time: 300 minutes
Standby time: 200 hours
Size: 5.2H x 2.32W x 0.93D inches
Weight: 6.5 oz

• Dual Band (800MHz CDMA/1900MHz PCS)

• 1xEVDO/1xRTT

• Microsoft Windows Mobile? 5.0

• Wireless Sync

• MiniSD Card expansion slot

• Connect with Bluetooth (using certain profiles)*

• Side-Out QWERTY Keyboard

• 1.3 Megapixel Camera/Camcorder

• Windows Media Player 10

• Speakerphone