IPad mini

A few days ago started selling the most controversial of the tablet from Apple recently and least expensive in the history of iPad. For a long time, the company rejected the idea of ​​building a small device, although some models produced all the major manufacturers. Nevertheless, already in 34 countries can buy the new product, which will be sold along with iPad 4G and iPad 2nd generation. Total, with the current lineup three devices similar purpose with different price tags, the manufacturer is easier to keep the buyer, allowing him to choose the solution that fits into his budget.
The first compact tablet Apple came at the time when manufacturers of similar devices on Android complained that small models are sold considerably less gadgets with larger screens. Call and figures: on average, small devices sold is 4-5 times less than their larger counterparts in the model number. Interestingly, as the fate of the new items. Apple products are traditionally popular, despite the high prices and limited functionality iOS. However, iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone devices, the market remains a favorite for years. At the same time it should be noted that the characteristics and value of iPad mini does not get an unusual, innovative product, which usually are bright and fresh solutions from Apple.

 It is therefore particularly interesting, how people will reacted to the device when there is a lot of unique at an attractive price based on Android. We should not forget about the decisions on Windows, although it is models that can compete on equal terms with a small tablet Apple, based operating system, Microsoft is not represented in the market. Thus, we can assume that the main competitors will be products from manufacturers such as Samsung and ASUS, in the face of Google Nexus. The latter has recently received the latest version of Android 4.2, updating with 3G and an attractive price tag.

 As usual, the start of sales was marked by bursts of America, Russia, the model once again appears with a decent margin from other states, what a shame. At the same time, the gray market helps everyone to part with money and afford a new toy. It is worth noting that it is not on sale a version that supports LTE, they will appear after 2-3 weeks, are currently only available model with Wi-Fi and different memory.

 Key Features

Operating system: iOS 6.0.1

Screen: touch screen IPS-display with a diagonal of 7.85 inches and a resolution of 1024 x 768, 163 ppi

Processor: Apple A5 (ARM Cortex-A9), 2 cores, 1 GHz

Graphics: PowerVR SGX543MP2

Memory: 512 MB

Memory: 16, 32, or 64 GB

Camera: 1.3 megapixel front FaceTime, the main iSight F/2.4, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, video recording 1080p, Face Detection

Data Transfer: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n (2,4 GHz and 5 GHz). There are models with support for GSM / EDGE / UMTS / LTE and CDMA / GSM / EDGE / UMTS. GPS / GLONASS (the only version with LTE).

Connection: Lightning

Battery: 16.3 Wh, 4430 mAh, up to 10 hours on the Internet at Wi-Fi, up to 9 hours on the Internet via the mobile network

Optional: gyroscope, light sensor

Dimensions: 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm

Weight: 308 g (312 g - a version that supports LTE)

Price: from 329 euros in Europe, from $ 329 in the U.S., prices in Russia can be found on the cplaza.ru (company Computer Plaza)

Equipment: cable, charger, quick tutorial

 Trim

Apple is the same generosity, complementing the device only the most necessary. That novelty was only with the standard cable with a new interface connector and power charger, like the iPhone. No pleasant things like cheholchik here to find it does not, accessories need to buy separately. And no headphones, as this is not the first time the case with the products Apple: tablets do not receive it. And sorry, the new Apple EarPods would be a nice addition.

 Screen

Perhaps the most controversial of the new product was its screen. And it's not diagonal, which is 7.85 ", which is 2 inches less than the older model. No, many worried about the picture quality associated with the resolution of the display, which is 1024 x 768. This is exactly the same numbers as for the iPad first and second generation, which means that you can not wait for the same stunning quality as in past versions.
 In my opinion, for the Internet and reading you can use iPad mini, but the video is more convenient to look at the device from ASUS and Google. At the same time, a small tablet for many can be a mobile gaming platform, so, here again, wins the product from Apple, it is available for a lot more high-quality and useful software.
 Despite of the rather small size, use the tablet with one hand is physically impossible. Maximum - it can hold, if the fingers spread apart, but it is inconvenient, the hand gets tired easily. The tablet is light, but remember that the back surface is smooth, and a feeling that the iPad mini could slip. It's best to use the device in landscape mode, as in the upright position there is no room for resting fingers on the sides of the frame is very thin.

 Speed ​​and functionality

With the transfer of data will be a problem, since Bluetooth is still not able to send music and pictures to other devices. It is useful only for listening to music on wireless headphones or use the tablet as a modem. All synchronization data is through iTunes, the application can connect via a cable, and use Wi-Fi, but it will take considerably more time. In the tablet has Wi-Fi 802.11n, supports video calls via FaceTime. With the amount of available memory is no problem, everyone can choose convenient for modification of 16, 32 or 64 GB. But the cards are traditionally not provided, so it is better to think in advance before buying the script using the device.

 Camera

ISight camera allows you to take a 5-megapixel quality, using the auto-focus and spot focus. The tablet is not lifted at a high level as the iPhone 5, and it does not hold up to iPhone 4s. Nevertheless, good quality and a mobile device, which is likely to be used to shoot immediate scene is decent. There is also a module in the front, it's HD-camera, which will be useful in communications, via FaceTime. Also, it would make a self-portrait.

 Media

Apple is famous for his shop, which turns any iOS device to the real center of happiness. Here there are lots of software for all tastes, ranging from training programs and finishing games. You may want to turn your tablet into the console, the benefit here is fully compatible with applications for devices earlier generations.
So you can be sure that no problems with the software will not. And updates are released regularly, respectively, 2-3 years the device will get the latest firmware. Probably, the main point of concern would be forced synchronization with iTunes, a program like no other. But no choice, this method of data Apple is not going to give up.

 Battery

Apple has a very impressive performance of battery life for iPad mini, it should work the same 10 hours, and the older model. Of course, the battery here is much more modest than the iPad in the third and fourth generations, and body sizes against older devices simply miniature. Given the excellent performance of autonomy in the other tablets Apple, it must be admitted that this model will be able to take the lead in its class for part-time work. Sorry, but the small plate received the same power supply as the iPhone 5. And this despite the fact that his power only 5 watts, while a new power supply for the announced with it on fourth-generation iPad provides 12 watts (at the third generation iPad 10 W). Accordingly, the charging takes longer than we would like, about 4.5 hours. By the standards of the class that's fine, but it would be to think that moment and to please by the accelerated process. Supports charging from the USB-port.

I love IPad mini  and I think that is the most comfortable tablet from Apple :)

RESORT 2013 Chanel

Twelve months of planning for Chanel's 2013 Cruise presentation and, the week before the big day, current events conspired to completely recontextualize the show, injecting a delicious layer of irony into the time and place. His succinct summation—"Versailles in a Socialist France"—said it all. Up until last week's election, which restored a left-wing government to power, Lagerfeld's collection was a gleeful mash-up of hip-hop edge—à la his favorite Azealia Banks or M.I.A.—and Louis Quatorze's eighteenth-century court at Versailles, the focal point of a period that history recognizes as France's last Golden Age, with Louis the Sun King at its pinnacle. Soundmeister Michel Gaubert dubbed the hybrid "Ghetto royale." He obliged Karl with an M.I.A. track whose refrain, "Live fast, die young/Bad girls do it well," might have been Marie Antoinette's musical signature if she'd lived a couple centuries later. She might even have joined Alice Dellal and Karla Lagerfeldas, who played an exuberantly retro-punk set at the post-show cocktail.
Lagerfeld has proved himself a master of this high-low hybrid in recent times. Here, formal eighteenth-century details, like panniers and fichus, were re-created in casual twenty-first-century fabrics—chambray, tech denims, even plastics—dressed up with frothy lace ruffles and cuffs, and dressed down with gold platform trainers and short shorts. Occasionally awkward though it may have been, the lightness, the girlishness, of the clothes had a balletic quality, reflective perhaps of Louis' own love of dance. Lagerfeld said he wanted something floating and frivolous. "Frivolity is a healthy attitude," he said after the show. "I know people who were saved by frivolity."
But the levity of that declaration was lent some provocative weight by the election. Clearly equating President-elect François Hollande's incoming government with a general shriveling of the French jeu d'esprit (although that is, in itself, something of a myth), Lagerfeld went on to say, "I don't want the rest of the world to think of France as a sad, gloomy country. They won't come to buy our products." A worrying prospect for someone who never fails to crowd his catwalk with an overabundance of clothing and accessories. "Too many ideas," wailed Inès de la Fressange jokily as she leaned in to bestow a congratulatory kiss. "Too creative." Lagerfeld glazed one tweed in gold, sequined another in pale blue, embroidered a tiny sundress with gold bullion, and applied the most delicate floral beading to snowy white handkerchief linen. Watercolor florals suggested Watteau maidens; male models Brad Kroenig and Jon Kortajarena were dressed in britches as their swains. "It's nothing that literal," Lagerfeld insisted, but the Rococo echoes added some charm.The show took place around three of the furiously spouting fountains for which Versailles is famous. Guests then trained through the grounds to the cocktail at the Bosquet des Rocailles, where Louis staged theatrical productions. (Could it be true that Marie Antoinette's "farm," the private playpen where she'd go to play-act ordinary folks, was just through the trellised fence?) Speaking of imperial whim, look no further than the gall of the guy who persisted with plans for a ginormous outdoor spectacle while the heavens were blessing Paris with six weeks of nonstop rain. Guess what? Glorious Sol came out on cue. So who's the Sun King now?

The Little Black Jacket

This exhibition is amazing. There you can see photos from Karl Lagerfeld book «The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL’s classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld».The audience will doscover 113 photos of Karl Lagerfeld.In everyone photo you can see a black jacket , but on each photo it will look differently.  This jacket will be on the shoulders of the singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, complete with a “dress-skeleton” Milla Jolovich, or turned into an extravagant hat for actress Sarah Jessica Parker. The exhibition will be held in different cities like Seoul, Berlin, Paris, Sydney, Moscow, London, Hong Kong, Taipei, New York, Tokyo. More information you can get in official web site http://thelittleblackjacket.chanel.com