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Taking a vacation from
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Most of us take vacation
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Lee Rickwood
escape from technology and Yahoo Messenger preloaded. Marc Saltzman
Chad Sapieha
• and should we even try? Computing and digital technology isn't just about Gene Wilburn

The lowly computer has always had two faces: the busi- business any more. The technosphere has become part
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trip photographs, but I don't remember where I took Later, you can see the path you took on the GPS screen, and if it's In an
- : s : 2'1-o - - e have a general idea, but as "taken last week' drifts into urban area, superimposed on a street map. On some devices, you can also
as: t h e accuracy cf location goes from 'Port Stanley' to download the log file to your computer.
• E r i e ' to Zone cf the Great Lakes. I think." With all that That log file is one of three essential pieces needed for photo geotagging.
e 2 . r. . 2 : : 2 came- ;'ready captures - camera settings, date, etc. Another piece isn't a physical object, but a process - you need to
2- ▪ . ; it v.:_ a'so capture where you took the picture? Like synchronize the clocks on your GPS unit and your digital camera. This is
_ _ m e : o r ice cream met waffle cone, the pairing necessary to let the third piece do its magic. This third piece is a software
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registered in the log file. In other words, if you took a picture of something at
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z:. :e. : 2 2 - d i n a t e s manually by jotting them closest time stamp.
• - - e - e . e- t a - . e b u t that can quickly become a From here, the software might write the latitude and longitude information
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 You could stop there, comforted by the knowledge that ten years from now,
by simply calling up the EXIF information, you'd know precisely where on
the planet that photo was taken. Or, you could join the growing community
of online photo geotaggers and post your trips online. Last year, Flickr
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are now posted. You can click on highlighted points of a Yahoo map and see
photos taken at those co•ordlnates. Flickr now has a special geotagging
group devoted to the subject.
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and camcorders. JOBO (jobotorn) announced a product called the JOBO
photoGPS earlier this year. It hasn't hit the market yet, but is a device that
fits onto a camera's flash hot shoe. Every time the shutter is fired, the GPS
unit logs a track point. JOBO says this method makes synchronization
much faster, since the track log contains only points corresponding to the
shutter firing.
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videos by content, topic or interest.
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If I can dump my computer on a table in a cafe in almost any country in the Before you head overseas, check what options your cell phone carrier
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pt-2-.: 7 3 1 home? Mobile communication is great until you try to make Canada, the cost of local calls in that country and the cost of incoming calls
a co y o u r cell phone from a foreign country. It should be simple, but to your phone. Also, if your carrier requires you to implement international
it isn't. S: • you're travelling overseas this summer and you want to be able roaming, make arrangements to do this before you leave.
to cart z . you'll need to prepare before you leave town. I'll tell you why If the costs are too high, there are other options available. One is to buy a
you're t o encounter problems. explain what those are and what you prepaid phone card either here before you leave or overseas. These cards are
can do to resolve them. freely available in tourist locations, and often in newsagents and post
While most countries use GSM networks, Canadian cellular service offices. They can be purchased in small denominations and used to make
providers 7 s n ' . ! between GSM (Rogers and Fido) and COMA (Bell Mobility calls home and often local calls in the country too. Of course, this doesn't
and Telus . t u ) networks. The two aren't compatible and a CMDA phone solve the problem of having a number so others can call you.
can't be used overseas. If you use Rogers, you're part way to a solution. Tri• If you're travelling for more than a couple of weeks, consider unlocking your
band and quad-band phones used on the GSM network can be used GSM phone or purchase an unlocked phone before you leave or when you get
overseas, however if the phone is locked, you'll be locked [excuse the pun) to your destination. Then, purchase a local SIM card for the phone - visit
into using the overseas provider that your carrier has a deal with. Most cell telestial.com to investigate approximate costs. GSM phones operate from a
phones are locked, so they can only be used with the carrier that sold you small removable card in the phone called a SIM [Subscriber Identity Module).
the phone. Some companies will unlock them for you i f you ask, others You can buy a SIM for any country and slip it into your phone. It will give you
w o n t If your phone can be unlocked, you have additional (cheaper) options. a local number and you can buy prepaid minutes in local currency. People at
home can call you and you can call anyone. Cost is the primary benefit here
- the cost of phone calls in just about every country in the world is cheaper
than here in Canada (with the exception of the US).
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from a local provider - you will have to do this or buy a phone if you're
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Internet, you will have to pay.
France now offers 20,000 public hotspots including 3,000 hotels, 92
conference centres, 4? railway stations, 30 airports and more than 5,000
business centres and most of those hotspots are not free.
Take hotels, for instance (and this applies to all other European countries
as well). Internet access is generally free as long as you use the hotel
computer located in the reception area or in a conference room. But if you
wish to use your laptop, Wi-Fi connection in the privacy of your hotel room
is a different story. Example: only half the rooms at the Hotel Ibis at Paris
Charles de Gaulle airport (Terminal 3) are Wi-Fi covered. Another factor to
keep in mind is that Wi-F1 reception varies from room to room and floor to
floor. Make sure, when you register, to tell the clerk that you need a room
with a good Wi-Fi reception.
There are several ways of paying for your Wi-Fi connection. In some hotels,
the reception will give you an access code to enter when your browser
detects the wireless connection and you will be charged for the time you
use your connection : generally 10 euro for one hour, 15 euro for two hours.
In many cases, however, access to the Internet is provided by an Internet
service provider, and there are quite a number of them: The Cloud, Orange,
Free, to name a few. They offer you packages ranging from an hour to
several hours. You may encounter two problems here.
First, the service provider will likely demand a credit card number and, for
some odd reason, Canadian credit cards seem t o have a hard time
registering correctly, particularly i n Italy. American Express i s often
declined, MasterCard and Visa do not always register and this can lead to
some serious aggravation. To avoid this problem, find out in advance who
provides Internet service at the hotel where you will be staying. Then you
can go to the site of the operator and buy a package online. You will get an
access code that will get you on the Internet the moment the network is
detected b y your laptop. You can also buy time on the Internet b y
purchasing a card at newspaper stands or, at times, at the reception desk in
the hotel. That card will also provide you with the access code you need.
The second problem is that packages from one service provider aren't
honoured by another, so if you only used one hour of your allotted time and
move to another hotel with a different provider, you're just out of luck. You
have to buy another package.
Wi-Fi enabled laptops purchased in Canada generally work well in Europe.
But, it may happen that the card you're using does not cover some of the
wireless channels used across the Atlantic. Most hotspots and Wi-F1
freespots in Europe are equipped with 802.11b access points, but some
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Having escaped from its utilitarian role as a field tool for earth science handheld. The evolutionary path for that two-part solution leads us to the
types, the Global Positioning System or GPS unit, is popping up everywhere Traveler GPS 525.
as a consumer gadget. Plus, the single purpose units o f the past few When the unit initially boots up, the splash screen reads HTC Innovation.
generations are being joined by multipurpose units that incorporate the HTC, or the High Tech Computer Corporation, is a 1 0 year-old Taiwanese
functions of other portable devices. HUB:DL had the opportunity to evaluate manufacturer that makes handhelds, cellular phones, etc. The unit i s
two such products. powered by a 300 Mhz Samsung SC32442 integrated processor plus
The Pharos Traveler GPS 525 is a Windows Mobile PDA, while the Blackberry memory chip, and runs on Windows Mobile 5.1 operating system. The device
8800 is an EDGE-capable cellular phone and Blackberry messaging device. has 96MB of RAM dedicated to data storage and 48MB set aside for program
What distinguishes these particular models is that they also include a GPS use, plus an SD card slot. It also has two wireless radios - for 802.11g
receiver and mapping software. and Bluetooth.
Because this is, at its heart, a Windows Mobile handheld, you can expect all
Pharos Traveler GPS 525 the functions associated with this platform. You have access to mobile
GPS units from Pharos Science and Applications (www.pharosgps.com) are versions of MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Explorer, Outlook (email,
not as well known as brands like Garmin or Tom Tom, but they've been in the calendar, contacts, to-do) and Windows Media.
game for a while. Some Microsoft Streets and Maps products include a GPS What you won't see on other Windows Mobile devices is the Ostia icon.
add-on that comes from Pharos and can be used with Windows notebooks (Ostia is the brand name Pharos uses for its navigation software.) When you
and Windows POAs. A few years ago, HUB tested a Pharos unit that plugged click it, the GPS interface is launched and from this point, you have a GPS
into the CompactFlash slot. We used it with an early generation Windows CE unit in your hands. You can plot and track routes and it will give you turn-by.
turn directions to your destination (including a voice
directions feature that you can turn o n o r off). A
dedicated key on the handeld lets you page through
map view, satellite view (shows how many satellites it
is detecting and which ones it is using) and compass
view. The compass view has a rotary compass dial with
a centre readout that gives angle in degrees. A text
panel below the compass dial shows latitude, longitude
altitude, time, speed and distance.
Pharos provided us with maps on a two gigabyte SO
card. This was enough capacity to hold all of the maps
for Canada and the U.S., as well as a large part of France
(with 113MB still free on the card).
As an in-car navigation system, the unit works quite
well, but isn't as neat and tidy as a built-in unit. Pharos
includes a power adapter that plugs i n t o a car's
cigarette lighter/accessory socket along with a cradle
with a flexible neck and a suction cup on the other end
that you can attach to a car window. The power adapter
is very handy if you want to use the Pharos device as an
in-car navigation system because you'd want the GPS to
be always on, and you need the backlighting set to
maximum in order to see the screen in bright sunlight -
both of which are hard on battery life. However, they do
add clutter to the cabin.
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direct sunlight. It is touch sensitive, which makes it
easy to zoom in or out on a map just by moving the
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view, and also set the route directions to occupy just a
small portion across the bottom of the screen, half the
screen (with the map still visible in the other half) or the
entire screen. The route directions appear in a large bold
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turn directions.
Pharos offers an extra cost web-based service called Smart Navigator,
which includes four services. If you are at a public hotspot, you could use
the GPS 525's built-in Wi.Fi radio to access the service, or Bluetooth to pair
up with a data-capable cell phone and get online that way. In metro areas
that have a Wi•Fi mesh blanketing large parts o f the city, you could
presumably access the service while on the move. I did not try this service,
so the following descriptions are from the help screens on the GPS unit.
Maps on Demand allows you to download a map from the Pharos website to
the handheld if you didn't have the map CD or forgot to load that particular
map before you left on your journey. Point of Interest Finder is what it
sounds like. If you are in a new city, you can go online to find interesting
places, restaurants, etc., and the mapping software will give you directions
on how to get there from your current location. Real-time Traffic ties in with
a city's traffic monitoring system and provides information about accidents,
delays, road closures, etc. Follow Me is similar to a parcel tracking service
that some courier companies use, except you use it to track your friends. It's
an invitation-based service: you invite your GPS-equipped friends to join and
the service keeps tabs on where they are.
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Pearl. The main reason is because the Pearl has a built-in camera which I
never use, while the 8800 has GPS, which I want. While the Pearl is a slim
phone with a truncated keyboard, the 8800 is in the mold of the traditional
Blackberry - broader than a typical phone and with the signature full
OWERTY thumb keyboard.
Just as the Pharos 525's foundation is a Windows Mobile device, the 8800
is at its heart a Blackberry phone. It works on the GSM network, which in
Canada means Rogers Wireless, and is also classified as a quad-band world
phone designed to work on most other GSM networks around the world. For
data communication, it supports high-speed EDGE networks.
Like other Blackberries o f recent vintage, the 8800 has loosened its
business dress and includes some fun features like an MP3 player, video
player and image viewer. It also includes a microSCI memory card slot for
additional storage. I popped a 2-gigabyte Kingston card into the unit, and
had plenty of room for music, etc. When you plug the Blackberry into a PC or
Mac via the USB connection, the card is recognized a drive, so it's a relatively
painless process of dragging music from your computer hard drive to the
Blackberry's memory card. The 8800 ships with stereo earbuds, which
sound quite good. The earbuds also have a
microphone and answer button, which allows you
to interrupt the music to answer a call.
The built-in web browser is very responsive over
the EDGE network. I f you have a free email
account, you can set up the Blackberry browser
to view this account, plus you can set up your POP
mail account, or set up a Blackberry push email
account - a lot of options for staying in touch.
RIM has a service called Blackerry Maps, similar
to Google Maps in that lets you download maps to
the Blackberry. You can download a map of your
present location, or a map from any address in
your address book - which is quite slick. You can
also plot a route between two points, which gives
you turn-by-turn directions in a text file - this
doesn't rely on the GPS radio and so can be used
with non-GPS Blackberries as well.
With the onboard GPS, you get another level of
functions. Rogers Wireless and Santa Clara,
California-based Tele-Nav Inc. announced a
partnership in February to bring the TeleNav GPS
Navigation System to Rogers customers (it costs
$10 a month with Rogers). The TeleNav system is
what you need if you want to use the 8800 as an
in•car navigation system. It brings the same kind
of functionality to the Blackberry that you would
get with a built-in navigation system, including
moving map views that are synchronized to your
progress and text as well as voice-synthesized
next-turn prompts - along with points of interest,
etc. TeleNav also has a pedestrian mode for turn-
by-turn directions while you are walking about.
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Just as it's dc.r,e for real estate shopping, the Internet has removed much of metasearch sites should theoretically dredge up in a single search the same
the mystery from t'avel planning. For savvy bargain hunters, it's also opened discount rates you could find yourself if you had oodles of spare time and
the door to saving considerable dollars. The trick is to Find the best avenues the knowledge to know where to turn. We put kayak.com to the test and
for your own personal needs. found that it consistently snagged better rates.
Indeed, depending on your situation, you may not need the Internet at all. But if you really want to cut out all the middlemen, and if your dates are
tf, for example, you're headed for a destination with which you're not at all flexible and you don't mind putting in a little extra research and work, you
familiar, if you just don't have the time or the desire to get involved or if can piece together a great vacation that's not only fully customized but
you're looking for an all-inclusive, full meal deal package, your friendly surprisingly economical.
neighbourhood travel agent remains a viable option. Let's stick with our Vegas theme. To really save the bucks, you'll want to
But if money is important [and to most of us it is), and if you don't mind a start by heading directly to the authorized website of each of the hotels
hands-on approach, there's a strong case to be made for do-it-yourself, Net- you're considering. The Bellagio, for example, can be found at bellagio.com,
based trip planning. Sure, travel agents can offer discounts for the simple where you'll also uncover links for otherVegas properties owned by the MGM
reason that they, in effect, buy in bulk. But those discounts are often offset Mirage conglomerate, including the Mirage and Treasure Island. Here, you
by the even simpler fact that travel agents must make money somewhere. can check each website manually for current specials and use online
Moreover, they won't always have a deal with the airline and/or hotel you'd calendars to determine availability.
prefer, and they may not be able to go outside their comfort zone to set up More importantly, many sites allow you to sign up for email promotions.
precisely what you want. And finally, if you need only the lodging and/orjust Most Vegas hotels and casinos have similar programs, as do many high-end
the airline ticket, chances are you can source an absolute rock bottom price lodgings throughout North America. From that point forward, the hotel in
just as easily as they can. question will automatically email you specific dates if and when promotions
become available.
Who do you trust?
But where do you turn first? If you need hotel advice, there's plenty of Leave no stone unturned
options online, running the gamut from professional to consumer-level. Can These dates often coincide with cancelled conferences and other group
any of these reviews be fully trusted? Not always. bookings. Truth is that rates can drop 50 percent o r more during these
The pro sites generally assign just a single reviewer per establishment periods. We've seen some Vegas rates plunge from 5225 to $75, overnight.
—someone who might not have the same priorities as you—and that review And these promotions aren't always limited to room price—many o f them
may already be a few months or years old. 'User' review sites such as also include food and drink specials, no-charge suite upgrades, cut-rate spa
tripadvisoccom offer more opinions, but the final results can quite easily be or gym facility deals and even flight deals. Online travel agents and
skewed one way or another. If you're checking out Las Vegas, for example, metasearch engines don't always pick up on specials such as these because
you may run into people who've had a run of bad luck at the tables or despise they're often available for just a day or two.
the shrimp cocktails at a particular property, when none of that means You may even want to use the Internet as a glorified telephone book, and
anything to you. Still, if you take the time to understand the logic behind call the desired hotel to determine whether they can give you a better rate
each review, you should get a good sense of what's right and what isn't. than they can offer on the Internet. They often can. And if you do opt for the
So, what's next? If you initiate a simple Internet search of 'Las Vegas phone, call the hotel directly rather than a central toll-free line—the people
vacation' or -Las Vegas hotels,' you'll get, literally, millions o f hits— at the desk know about the most recent cancellations and are often
predominantly third-party travel agencies and sites of questionable stature. authorized to give one-off discounts. And don't forget to mention car club
Most won't save you any money at all, and many exist merely to rebroadcast affiliations, as many hotels offer CAA discounts.
standard rates, set you up in low-grade accommodations, or stick you with As for transportation, those who have a few extra days may want to skip the
deals that seem too good to be true...and usually are. Few have any real airborne route entirely and instead hit the highway. Sure, the price of fuel is
buying power. Though they might save you time, that's their only advantage. through the roof, but don't think you're not paying a little extra for your
There are, however, a number of noteworthy exceptions. Some of the most airplane seat for the very same reason. In any case, with resources such as
popular, m o s t reputable s i t e s w i t h Canadian operations include mapquest.com and the Canadian Automobile Association (caa.ca) and its
itrave12000.com, expedia.ca, travelocity.ca, and hotels.ca. All of them are provincial affiliates to help plan your routes and stopovers, and then a little
easy to use, and all but hotels.ca, which deals only with accommodations, Internet sleuthing to source more information and dig up even better rates
offer a full array of travel services, including flight, package, and even rental for the hotels/motels on route, driving has never been easier.
car information. For flights, you'll first want to check the metaseach sites and online travel
agents listed above. Then you should hit the individual airline sites, where
Super sleuth you'll avoid the commissions and added fees o f all-purpose sites and
An even better bet is the new breed of metasearch travel websites such as perhaps even take advantage of bonus frequent flyer points. Ask if they can
kayak.com and sidestep.com. Unlike expedia and travelocity, these sites match prices, and most certainly join any email promotion/specials program
aren't mere travel agencies. They instead exist one level above online they might have.
agents, acting essentially as travel-themed search engines, searching Happy trails to you.
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HUB checks out some of the web's most popular traveller networks. Plus, results were sometimes cluttered with canned travel guide entries and
Sure. travel agents are a congenial lot, but you have to keep in mind they're advertisements mixed among authentic traveller authored items. And of the
out to make a buck When it comes to planning that vacation you've spent reviews we did find, many were simply rants about the terrible service
the last year saving for, wouldn't you rather trust the honest opinions of your encountered at this or that hotel or restaurant rather than balanced and
fellow travellers to tell you about good deals, fun places to go and little insightful evaluations.
known sights to see? As a trip planner, TripAdvisor gets high marks, but it doesn't make the grade
That's the theory behind online traveller networks, websites that base their as a traveller network.
business on the popularity of tourists telling other tourists where to go and
what to do on their trips. And, if the millions of vacationers who frequent TravBuddy (www.travbuddy.com)
these sites are any indication, there's something to it. We decided to take a Among the purest o f online traveller
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traveller network scene, providing access cuisine, excellent tips on local customs and smart advice for finding good,
to ,...ser-generated information and tips in cheap accommodations. TravBuddy members simply seem to be enamoured
just a couple of clicks. of travelling.
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section and see shots snapped off by fee'', travelers sorted by city, user comment on other members' reviews and blogs.
and editor's picks. Travelling with strangers met online might sound a little scary, but
On the subject of editor choices, each week ;gouge's administrators post TravBuddy has been operating for more than a year with no (reported)
the 10 best tra4ei deals they were able to scrounge up via their own online traveller hook-up mishaps to date.
searches. Tee top deal on the site at press time was round trip airfare from By Chad Sapleha
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attracts more than 10 million visitors per the oldest travel sites on the Internet. Like TripAdvisor, it provides
W I E M a g g i m a s i n W week. The site's greatest appeal is a robust access to powerful online vacation planning tools, but does a better job
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Have you looked a t Office 200? and hankered after some o f its new
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you c a n use t o illustrate step-by-step instructions or to display other
information.
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illustrate your Word documents and PowerPoint slides. In these steps, I'll use
Microsoft Office Word 2003, but the same steps will work in PowerPoint and
Excel 2003 and earlier versions of Office.
Open a new document in Word and display the Drawing toolbar by choosing
View, Toolbars, Drawing. From the AutoShapes collection, select Basic
Shapes, Rounded Rectangle and drag a rounded rectangle making it two
thirds of the width of the page. Right click it and choose Format, AutoShape,
Colors and Lines tab and then from the Fill Color dropdown list, choose Fill
Effects, Gradient tab. Select the Preset gradient option and, from the preset
colors list, choose Ocean. Set the transparency From value to 0 percent and
the To value to 95 percent, and from the Shading styles select From Center
and then the first variant which has the darker colour at the edges. Click Ok
to close the Gradient dialog. From the Line Color dropdown list, choose a
coordinating colour that is slightly different to the outside colour — for the
Ocean gradient, the colour Aqua works well. Set the Style value to 4.5 points,
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and drag a second copy from the first. Select one circle, right click it, choose
Format, AutoShape, Colors and Lines tab. From the Color dropdown list,
choose White, set the Transparency to 0 percent, from the Line Color palette
choose Black, set a thin line style and click Ok. Right click the second circle,
choose Format, AutoShape, Colors and Lines tab. From t h e Fill Color
dropdown list, choose Fill Effects, Gradient tab and configure the same
gradient and settings as you used for the rectangle and the same Line color
and style. Click Ok when you're done. This shape is partially transparent, so
you'll use the white filled shape to mask it so you don't see the rectangle
through the circle. To achieve this, position the coloured circle over the top of
the white circle. If necessary, right click the white circle and choose Order,
Send To Back to place it behind the coloured circle.
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Grouping, Group to make the two circles a single object. Drag the circle over
the rectangle, select both objects using the Select Objects tool, right click
and select Grouping, Group. To duplicate the shape, hold the Control key and
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 shape and for a brown/orange version, use the Mahogany preset gradient
with a Tan line around it.
You can also create your own custom gradients for the colours you want
to use. Once you've created your objects, save each as an AutoText entry
so you can reuse it later on. To do this, select the shape, choose Insert,
AutoText, New, type a name for the entry and click Ok. The rectangles can
be rotated 90 degrees to appear either horizontal or vertical on the page.
To add text over the shapes, create the text in a textbox and position it over
the shape. •
You can also add a photo over the circle shape by creating a circle using the
Oval tool, right click it and choose Format,AutoShape, Colors and Unes tab
and, from the Fill Color dropdown list, choose Fill Effects, Picture tab anti
configure a photo to fill the circle with. Drag to position the photo filled circle
over the circle in your custom shape.
While the effect isn't as simple to create and change as SmartArt in Office
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costs and read a dozen "How-to set up an HDTV" guides. But with over 34 having a set that simply incorporates the right balance, height, and
brands competing in the worldwide LCD market (according to Jonathan placement of light for you. There is also something to be said about setting
Cassell, iSuppli Corp.), many of them sharing identical parts from overseas the right mood, and complimentary lighting really does the trick.
suppliers, where do you begin when it comes to selecting a brand? Philips is introducing 15 new LCDHDTVs this year, all equipped with either
According to Patrick Pondaven, general manager of Retail Consumer 720p or 10/30p native resolution; five of these incorporate Ambilight
Electronics at Philips Canada, there are three primary areas that technology, with pricing starting at $1299. Pondaven says speakers have
differentiate one HDTV from another: the processor, the design, and in improved enough that it no longer makes a difference whether they are
Philips' case—the lighting. The famous Ambilight line, launched by Philips in placed on the sides or at the bottom of a set, so Philips merged the two right
2003, makes their mark obvious. These LCD and plasma televisions with and left speakers into one horizontal bar below the screen, giving all models
illuminating bars located on the back of the set create a more intense a sleeker appeal. The new models also feature the glossy piano black finish
viewing experience and help reduce eye strain. and come equipped all the inputs and outputs you would expect and/or
Depending on the model, you can have a light emitting from just the right need, including three HOW inputs for high-def equipment. USB ports are
and left sides, the top as well, or from all four sides to create a 'floating' also included for plugging in flash cards and listening to MP3s or watching
effect. "Using the colour information provided by Active Control, the lights JPEG slideshows. There is a memory card slot for quick access to Compact
can actively match over 10 million on-screen colours or create 10,000 static Flash, Memory Stick, SD, and Smart Media cards. The models are also Digital
colours including 6,500 degrees Kelvin; says Yulia Kovalchuk, marketing Cable Ready, and include a slot for a CableCARD. The Pixel Plus 3 HD
manager of Consumer Electronics at Philips Canada. (6500 degrees K is the processor enhances each pixel to create a sharper and more vivid picture,
colour temperature of natural daylight). There are two operating modes: one and the Clear LCD technology increases motion sharpness. (A quick tip on
automatically adjusts the lighting colours to compliment the picture on your testing the sharpness of your screen, says Kovalchuk, is to watch a golf
screen, while the other allows you to set one particular colour for a constant game and see whether you can clearly read the logo on the ball.) The new
glow. There are also two speed settings: dynamic for those blockbuster models are also more energy-efficient.
movie nights, and relaxed for dosing off on the couch to late-night television. Agood example of Philips' new branding strategy —keeping technology
While some refer to backlighting as gimmicky, the benefits of this feature simple — is apparent in the settings assistant, which you use to set
go beyond simple colour coordination. Philips claims that Ambilight brightness, colour and contrast. One sample image is displayed on your
technology emits lighting designed to compliment both your programming screen, which is divided in half. For each setting, all you have to do is look at
and your vision. With appropriate lighting, your pupils don't need to the picture and decide whether you like the left or right side better. No lingo,
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The SoundBar has a built-in DVDplayer, which plays most formats out
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would prefer to keep the unit at a reasonable cost. (The SoundBar is
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