At this week's CES in Las Vegas there was announced new tablet device: Giinii Movit Mini. It's an IPod Touch like device but it's runs the same operating system as the G1 Phone: Android. It seems really nice. Unfortunately, it doesn't have as much software and support as the IPhone, but the potential is there. Look at the following links for more information.
In the 1980's, Sony set the standard in personal media content players with its Walkman. Everyone had one. Sony's monopoly on that market dried up in 2000 when apple released its first IPods. Apple quickly refined its technology to not just include music and audio content but also video and web browsing. I for one thought that Sony had given up on this market and let Apple and Microsoft (with is Zune players) have that market. I was wrong. Their "IPod Killer" was announced this week, referred to as "Touchscreen Walkman". Here is a blurb from G4TV's blog:
The NWZ-X1000 features a 3-inch OLED touchscreen, WiFi, noise-canceling and comes in two sizes: 16GB and 32GB. That, my friends, is all anyone knows about it. No doubt Sony is saving the juicy details for the press conference they're holding in the next hour, so keep your browser pointed to G4's CES 2009 coverage for a live blog of all the juicy Sony details.
Personally, I would like more on board memory space. Grant it, it may have SD Card support. I don't know because I haven't seen Sony's Press conference yet. I hope I can see it on G4TV tonight. That is one gripe I have against IPods is that there is no expandable memory capability. This is offset by the ease of connecting a computer to an IPod and seemlessly managing your content, but I admit it: I'm lazy. I'd rather pack music and videos on my personal media player on and on without end. Another thing that lessens my enthusiasm towards the new Walkman is that Sony is rumored to come out with a tablet version of the IPod Touch. It will do everything the IPod devices currently do but with a bigger screen! I love large screens. So unless Sony really impresses us with more features in the Walkman, they should stick to PS3s, PSPs, DVD/BluRay players, and HD televisions!
I came across this video from the Makers of the shows Family Guy and American Dad. It's irreverent and maybe even offensive to people like me who believe that the universe was purposely designed and not haphazardly evolved. For this reason, I'd classify it as not just anti-Christian but also anti-Theistic. Theism is the belief that there really does exist a God. However the mocking of Jesus dying for us is a swipe of Christianity. If you are offended by this video, then I apologize. I'm not posting it because I agree with it, but because it reminds us of the mindset, attitudes, and thoughts that we are up against. It is an awesome opportunity to do Apologetics. This video show Seth McFarlane's worldview. What does God have to say about it? What do you have to say?
Here are the three points and objections raised in the video: 1. Evolution means that we evolved from other animals, and Christianity say that God made us 2. How do we know God is a monkey? 3. How do we know God loves us?
The video shows a little boy coming to his father and asking legitimate questions. The humor is supposed to come from the characters being monkeys giving "religious" answers to good relevant questions. The answers are stock "religious" dogma that does not really answer anything and makes Christians sound like there is no reason why we believe what we believe. No where in the Bible does God entirely equate himself to be like us. It's like asking, "How do we know God is human?". To answer this you have to study what the Bible teaches about God's nature and identity.
The monkey is right. We know that God loves us because of Jesus' died for us redeeming us from sin and total death. It's just tossed out there, like only a moron would except it. However there are good reasons to accept this. You don't have to take the assertion at face value. You can research it for yourself.
Evolution does not answer some major questions. Like where does self-awareness and consciousness come from? Where does art come from. Did it evolve how? The Bible however does give an answer. It says that we were created in God's image. We make art because God is creative. We are self-aware because God made us so. There is no explanation for how the electrical impulse in a human brain give rise to personality or consciousness.
