[Week VII] Comparison: Different handheld devices

BlackBerry and Dopod have different functions and similar features since they both are like miniature computers.
BlackBerry uses small keyboard to type, can connect to the internet for browsing, and it can contact other BlackBerry by using BlackBerry Messenger to chat. BlackBerry is usually used to browse internet when people don’t bring their laptops or they don’t have internet connection. The device is used for chatting with friends like using yahoo messenger unlike text messaging.

Dopod has different functions such as using a touch screen like a Nintendo DS. It also has Microsoft Word to write documents. However, it has low internet connection.
They both have different advantages and disadvantages for its users depending on what they like. Between the BlackBerry and Dopod, the BlackBerry suits me the most.

[Week VII] Glasses vs Contact Lens

Nowadays, people who have a problem with their eyes like near or far sighted wear either glasses or contact lens. In my opinion glasses are better than the contact lenses. I will elaborate the pros andcons of each item in this essay and prove that glasses are better. I will talk about glasses first and then contact lenses.
Glasses have been around for a long time, so they're old. Despite that it has many advantages. Glasses are usually cheaper than contact lenses so more people could wear it even the people with a low budget. Glasses also have many styles to choose from and you can have thinner lenses so the glasses wouldn't look bad on you and you can be more stylish. It is easier to use glasses than contact lenses because you just need wear it. The maintenance cost is also cheaper than contact lenses because you just need to wipe it to clean the lenses. Glasses also have disadvantages such as not good if you are playing sports or swimming. Other disadvantages are the vision is only clear in the area of the glasses and glasses are heavy.
Contact lenses are newer than glasses but it also has its own advantages and disadvantages. Contact lenses are lighter so it is more comfortable. It has full vision because it is placed directly on your eyes. The disadvantage is contact lenses can cause irritation on the eyes. The maintenance cost is more expensive than glasses because you have to buy the cleaner liquid periodically. Contact lenses are also harder to use because you need to be extra careful when wearing them. You also need to store them in their place every night before you go to sleep. The price is also expensive so not many people can buy it.
So with these explanation, it is clear that the glasses are better choice than contact lenses because glasses are cheaper, more practical, and have low maintenance cost.

[Week VII] iPhone 3GS Vs. Satio™

Introducing, Satio™ that is produced by Sony Ericsson to compete with the latest Apple smart phone, iPhone 3GS. Considering from its features and speculations, it is hard to compare which phone is the best since Satio™ has better performance, while iPhone 3GS has very supporting software beneath.
iPhone 3GS is best for those who love exclusiveness. It is highly supported for its fast internet connection since it is the fastest iPhone ever, and obviously everyone knows about this smart phone because of its trusted brand, Apple. It shows a very excellent graphic which would make its 3 Mega Pixel camera looked more that it. It also has a built-in compass that would able you to watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing. iPhone 3GS offers accessibility features to assist users who are visually or hearing impaired. It also has software that is able to show us about financial development. And the last but not the least one of the most interesting software in this smart phone is ones that able to help you find your phone when you`ve significantly forget where to put your cell phone.
While iPhone 3GS is so great about its features, Satio™ still win because of all of its speculations. One that is most significantly would interest you is the 12.1 Mega Pixel camera which would provide you satisfaction inside each photos you’ve captured. What makes Sony Ericsson’s ahead is the Track ID™ application that can recognize a song just by recording the music and with the help of the internet you would gain all of the information about the song you`ve searched. While iPhone 3GS provided with a built-in map, Satio™ provided directly by Google Maps™ which is a trusted company. This time, Sony Ericsson produced Satio™ with Symbian OS that is capable to install any software you want. It also has a feature of hand writing recognition in case you are tired of typing. Despite of all the features above, Satio™ also has most of the features from iPhone 3GS.
To summarize, it is clear that Sony Ericsson Satio™ is more beneficial that Apple iPhone 3GS. But one thing that is a weakness for Satio™ is that it would be further more expensive than iPhone 3GS. Don`t be disappointed first, you would feel the real profit from the money you spend for this smart phone, so it is worth it.

[Week VII] Choosing Laptop or PC

Nowadays, many people have their own laptop or computer or maybe both of them. People can not live without computers because they need computers to make their works become more easy. Although some people cannot have this technology, at least they have known about computer. This writing will show about laptop versus PC so that the reader could know which one is better.

Laptops are expensive things because they can be brought everywhere besides that they consume less space where people could put it everywhere not only those things, each laptops has a battery where people could use it without using cables but make sure that the laptops are charged full. There are some things which laptops cannot do or we can say they have some limits where the owners cannot enjoy some entertainments like playing games, using a software used a high graphic . Besides those things, some parts in laptops could not be changed in computer language known as upgrade like speakers, monitor, video card, etc inside the motherboards. Fortunately some parts can be upgraded like hard disk where you can replace it with larger space like from 320GB to 500GB, the RAM(Random Access Memory) you can also replaced it with better one so that it can make the laptops become faster. Another thing is the optical drivers could also be changed. Overall laptops are very expensive where buyers could get standard laptops with minim performance but if you would like to get the better one you could spend more money for those high performance laptops.

Desktop PC could give users more performance features by spending lower than laptop prices because the users could upgrade everything in the PC. In this case the users could replace all of the external things with better one like the latest VGA for graphic, the monitor where you can buy larger monitor so when you are doing some works or playing games you will enjoy it. Besides all the upgrade things, desktops are durable where you can follow the latest technology that will come in the future. Unfortunately, the electricity consumption of using PC is very large because the parts like monitor and the PC itself consumes a lot of electric besides that people could not bring the PC every where because Desktops are not mobile due to the space used by the PCs are very large.

In conclusion, choosing laptops or Desktops is depending on the users for example like business people they need mobile things to make the easy to do their jobs so laptops are better for them. Desktops are good for people who like playing or doing jobs in one space. Overall PCs are better than laptops because they give more performances by spending less money for upgrading them.

[Week VII] Difference

As we all know that our world is rich of many races that come over the whole universe, gathered and made a unique culture that possessed by every nation in this world. We're now going to be more specific by dividing it between the culture in Indonesia and in western country and make an additional for going a little bit to Asia, especially China.

Here in Indonesia we have many culture. Those native people are usually still get stuck with their tradition. For example just a mundane evidence such as marriage. There is high percentages for people in Indonesia to make marriage as a crucial thing that makes people have to do marriage. In reverse, divorce also a taboo thing to do for people in Indonesia, so it has low percentages for people divorcing, despite involving celebrities which usually do such thing in purpose in order to make them more famous. Same thing also happen in same gender marriage which is still illegal in Indonesia considering the dominant religion point of view. Here also is a must for every mankind who live in Indonesia to have at least one religion.

The opposite things happen in Western country. They are very liberalism of what the society would do because they do appreciate the freedom of a mankind. It doesn't matter whether they have a clear relation ship an that is what makes Western Country has a very low percentages for people to get married and also cause the high percentages of divorced couple, still, despite the celebrity itself. It is also permitted to have a same gander marriage for gays and lesbians. And also it is up to you whether you want to have a relegion and even making your own faith.

Unfortunately, in spite of all the things above the evidence shown us that the western country are more develop than Indonesia because western country are open-minded for all the new thing that has been discovered, while Indonesia would put many consideration before really accepting those new things. If we go a little bit to Asia, China is able to be balance between independence and leadership which lead them to be more develop than any other country especially Indonesia. The are independent but in another way they have their faith to lead them too.

[Week VII] Comparison Essay

The development of technology results in both rapid obsolescence of old inventions and modifications or discoveries of newer and more efficient automated facilities. The 'race' in exploring technologies that are better in terms of efficiency and effectiveness is growing significantly, especially in the domain of information research and production. However, the detection of new automations to fulfill the demands for information also cost some values in form of complacency and the readability of information. For an instance, a case comparing the books and the internet as the better information source could be taken. Taking consideration that for some people, the internet provides much wider scope of information and is also more efficient in terms of money cost, accessibility and time needed; on the other hand, a part of the population feels more 'content' and comfortable in using textbooks as they are able to give emphasize on some significant points and are allowed to write personal notes on the textbook. This essay would discuss in depth the advantages and disadvantages of both internet and text books, and will also analyze the possible discernments to conserve both technological means as information sources.

The internet, which bases on the concept of the connection of network fibres around the globe, was first introduced as the ARPANET by the US military forces in order to match the Russians in obtaining information during the Cold War. The ARPANET which was then renamed as the internet was published to the public and has created or even boosted several significant effects on the development of information transfer. Information exchange includes three types of process which are the production, the retrieval and the direct interchange of the data. As an information source, there are several apparent beneficial assets that internet possesses, for instance, internet is capable of providing broader domain of information, allowing the users to look for information from different sources and enabling them to compare the accuracy and the reliability of a source. This is an important benefactor as the users are encouraged to think critically, to analyze the raw data they have, decide which information is most suitable and to sip in personal ideas to their works. Internet, as an addition, is much efficient in terms of the amount of money, energy and time spent. It is very obvious to see the logic of these advantages as the users who have the access to the internet are not required to spend extra time travelling or to spend cash for the information they need. Unlike books, the internet users have the priviledge to access information from their houses with a continually decreasing internet service costs.

Despite the benefits of using the internet, however, there is one major issue which substantially reduces the reliability of internet as the main information source. The internet, has some extents as far as the credibility of the data is concerned, thus internet users are highly recommended to use the internet as secondary source. The vast number of articles uploaded to the internet produce inaccuracy and redundancy of materials, which unfortunately results in confusion when choosing the suitable info for the users.

Different from the internet, text books are much less 'capable' in handling efficiency issues as the users have to spend extra efforts and money to attain the books. Books are, nevertheless . very different as compared to the internet when it comes to the solidity or the credibility of information. The production of a single text book has gone through long processes including the collection of sources, a numerous edits and the publishing process, which supports and enhances the credibility of information stored in a textbook. Not only have textbooks provide rigid and accurate information, some people prefer the use of books as their main source of inputs as they are able to highlight on some important points and comment on those noted spots. This factor is considerably a big plus point for books as some people are very inflexible in terms of taking note on his or her information source.

The idea of combining the both sources and conserving the old technologies along with keeping track with the new ones is much preferred method according to some. The internet and the textbooks, as previously discussed, are the two examples of significant information sources that can be used together accordingly to the purpose of the research.

[Week VII] Comparison- Japan's Technology and Indonesia's Technology

Japan's Technology and Indonesia's Technology

As we all know, Japan is a developed nation, and on the other hand, Indonesia is a developing nation. We can see the differences in their technology. This essay will explain the differences of their technology such as, their source of electricity, their transportation,and developing companies.

First of all, Japan has many sources for its electricity. Japan uses the nuclear power and natural gas for its source of energy. Not just that, Japan also has a machine which can recycle garbage to be a source of electricity. Although Japan is very energy efficient, Indonesia has not yet have that kind of technology. Most of the electricity in Indonesia is produced by water power which comes from waterfalls. First, the water moves the turbine, then the movement of the turbine moves the generator, and as a result, it creates electricity.

Secondly, Japan has more advanced technology in transportation than that of Indonesia. For example, Japan has both train and subway train for its transportation, but on the other hand, Indonesia has not had any subway train yet, in fact, Indonesia is only using the regular train. It is obvious that Japan's technology in transportation is at least one step ahead from Indonesia's, and with these facilities, Japan enables its people to work more efficient because they can take the subway train to avoid the traffic jam.

Last but not least, Japan has already have much more famous companies such as Toyota, Honda, Sony, Panasonic, and many other well known companies in the world. This gives Japan the advantages to produce and sell more good products and to develop their technology.

In conclusion, Japan has more advanced technology that Indonesia. First, Japan has more sources of electricity than Indonesia which makes Japan can create more electricity and use it more efficiently. As an addition, Japan also has the subway stations which provide people the service to hinder the problem of traffic jam. Nevertheless, Japan has many well known companies in the world to back up its development. From this we can summarize that Japan which is a developed nation is developing new inventions, while on the other side, Indonesia which is a developing nation is still struggling in developing what Japan had already developed.

[Week VII] Comparison

Nowadays,some teacher still force their students to submit their assignment by hand-writing report.As we know , sometimes we are really lazy writing in the paper or he/she has hand writing.Using hand-writing to complete an assignment is such an unefficient job because it consume our time and energy. In order to make our life easier we can use computer to type our assignment. In fact,using modern way is easier than using old-fashioned way.In

Can you imagine that writer should use his/her hand-writing to accomplish their book.It is such a waste of environment because when he/she made a mistake or meet the dead end ,they will throw away the paper and that is really a big waste to our environment. If they decided to erase the mistakes,it will make their job dirty and unefficient. In my opinion,it is also a risky job because if they miss one page ,their book will be ruined or the papers blown away by the wind , it will take time to rearrange it again.

Despite of using paper and hand-writing,we can use computer to do our job because we can stop our job whenever we want.It is also make our job clean and neat,using computer is more efficient than using paper to do our assignment.We can do our job and listen to music at the same time f we using the computer and it will make us more relax when do our job.

In short,using the modern way to write our assignment or anything else is easier than using the old-fashioned way.Because it is cleaner and more efficient than using paper.Using old-fashioned way will consume our tie and energy also we will use more paper and it is a waste for the environment.