Samsung Galaxy Tab – An additional tablet alternative for Verizon

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Verizon Wireless is going to be offering a new tablet computer. The Samsung Galaxy Tab will go on sale soon. A new tablet pc, the Tab could be accessible in early November. Though seems like high, the $ 600 price tag is turning out to be middle of the road.

Verizon can be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is known as an Android-based tablet pc that is 3G. With seven inches, the Galaxy Tab is quite small still. The Verizon iPad which will sell for $630 is much larger. A data plan could be offered with the Galaxy Tab from Verizon. This could be a couple weeks following the iPad bundle starts to sell.

Comparing Galaxy Tab and Verizon iPad

Since Verizon can be marketing the iPad, the choice becomes more difficult. This is the choice between the Verizon iPad and the Galaxy Tab. There are numerous advantages that the Galaxy Tab has. A require a MiFi gadget isn’t required with the Tab which is also half the weight of the iPad and easier to carry around. The Galaxy Tab also has twice the RAM of the iPad. It also comes with an SD card slot and has duel cameras. The Tab also supports Flash, in contrast to the iPad.

Easier studying with the Galaxy Tab

There are many consumers wondering if the $600 price tag of the Galaxy Tab is worth it, given the smaller size. The higher pixel density of the Tab, however, means that reading on it’s much less difficult on the eyes. The iPad does have much more of a screen than the Galaxy Tab does. The smaller screen may have actually cost more for making. The components were more expensive.

Will it be better to obtain the Galaxy Tab or the iPad on Verizon?

You’ve a few opportunities if you are looking for a Verizon tablet. An iPad has a large screen size and more battery life, but a Verizon Galaxy Tab needs fewer accessories and has more program support. What you are hoping to do with your tablet computer will determine if you ought to get the iPad or the Galaxy Tab.

Information from

Engadget

engadget.com/2010/10/20/verizon-to-sell-galaxy-tab-starting-november-11-for-600-world/

PC World

pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/208420/comparing_verizon_galaxy_tab_vs_verizon_ipad.html?tk=hp_new

Social Security users will enjoy no COLA

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Since 1975 when Congress instituted the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security payments, only once has there failed to be an increase. That had been this year. And as the Associated Press accounts, 2011 will be one more non-COLA year for Social Security. The reason for this, reports the Social Security Administration, is that inflation is too low.

The legislature working to make up for lack of Social Security COLA

Each and every year, those retired and disabled Americans on Social Security hope to get their annual COLA. There are more than 58 million that want this. Each Social Security recipient would get $250 with the bill that the House of Representatives could be voting on in November as this is the second year that there hasn’t been a raise in benefits. The AP explains the Senate is pretty opposed to the bill although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hopes to get the bill through the House really easily. Such news will no doubt add to the already heavy burden many retired Americans carry. Home values and savings continue to stay really reduced. Also, the economic recession has caused the cost of living to go up although COLAs have stayed the same.

83 years old retiree Betty Dizik told the AP, "We’re a little bit upset because our bills are going up and our Social Security isn’t," apparently. The $1,200 a month Social Security check coming in for Dizik is her only source of income. And her situation is far from unique. The average Social Security check is $1,072 per month. Based on the Social Security Administration, Social Security checks are the only source of income for 64 percent of those receiving it. This is what was reported in 2008.

Social Security COLA last time was large

Social Security is currently supported by a 6.2 percent payroll tax paid by workers and employers. The tax still applied to a maximum wage cap. This cap is at $106,800 right now. The AP explains that January 2009 was the last Social Security COLA which had the largest increase in 27 years with a 5.8 percent boost. An increase in energy prices led to that abnormally large COLA.

By law, a Social Security COLA will not occur again until consumer prices rise above 2008 amounts. Social Security Administration anticipates that this will occur in 2011, leading to a 1.2 percent COLA that will hit in January 2012.

Citations

Associated Press

msnbc.msn.com/id/39684354/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/

It wasn’t Sarah Palin booed by Dancing With the Stars audience

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Seeing Palin booed isn’t a sight numerous would expect to see. It seemed she was, though. She attended a recent episode of "Dancing with the Stars" and appeared to be booed. It could have also been she was in a room where individuals were booing. Palin attended an episode, as her daughter Bristol Palin is a contestant this season. Bristol Palin isn’t off to a horrible start either, although she is in the middle of the pack.

No Palin booed

Sarah Palin showed up for an episode of "Dancing with the Stars" to look at Bristol compete for dancing glory. Throughout the show, Jennifer Grey got critiqued by the most judges, and a round of boos came from the viewers, according to USA Today. The camera panned and zoomed toward the most judges table throughout the boos, however there sat one of the most famous loser of an election in history. Even Tom Bergeron, one of the show’s judges, said the boos were not for Palin. He insisted, when he was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, the boos were from the score the panel gave Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough. Palin really got applause from the audience.

It is a contest show

Bristol Palin really did pretty good. She scored a 22. Bristol Palin has doing nicely. She is safely in the top of the middle range. There’s a reason why 80s artists like Metallica aren’t on this show, and artists like Michael Bolton are, who scored a grand total of 12, according to the Los Angeles Times. Unfortunately, when a man or a woman doesn’t like someone’s performance, that person gets sent home. That appears to be next in line for Bolton. A score of 21 went to both Rick Fox and Kurt Warner, as the pro athletes on in 2010 are doing well. The rest of the bottom was expected. Margaret Cho, Florence Henderson, and "The Situation" are all good picks for the next person to get booted.

In 2010

This season is shaping up to be good. The appearance of the most famous state first daughter in the nation is certainly going to boost ratings. Nobody, as the line from "Dirty Dancing" goes, puts "Baby" in a corner. It seems Jennifer Grey has her dance skills nevertheless from filming that iconic role.

Information from

LA Times

latimes.com/entertainment/sns-os-tv-dwts-9-27,,627838.story

USA Today

usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/09/sarah-palin-stops-by-dancing-with-the-stars/1?csp=obinsite