Gifts from BT Shop - iPods

Gifts for all - the iPod is a suitable gift for anyone who enjoys music. Prices have dropped a lot recently and its possible to pick up a cheap ipod online.

The Bt Shop now has a full range of portable music players and mp3 players on offer so we offer some resources to help choose an iPod

The following guide at Ezine proved helpful in choosing the latest models of ipods including the recent release of second generation of the various iPod models.

When investigating the iPod range currently available remember that there are four types - all of which are ultra stylish and come in a crazy funky range of colours. Compare storage memory and calculate how much "bang for your buck" you will,

Pod Classic - the first of the players and still maintaining a place on the shelf with its awesome storage capacity. Remember it is surprising how much memory storage your music collection can take and for the extra money it may be worth investing in the 80GB or 120GB iPod Classic

New iPod Nano released in 2008 includes "Genius" which allows you to be a super star DJ by assembling playlists from your stored music.

Top of the heap has to be the iPod Touch which hasn't yet the storage capacity of the Classic but offers an amazing range of features so you can listen to music, watch videos, play games and access the internet from this well designed hand held player.

The BT shop has a selection of the latest Gen ipods

Laptop House-Keeping

Top tip from the BT Clean Team - take care of your laptop and it will take care of you.
As you can see following our post about the availability of laptops online there are a lot of reports that laptops aren't being maintained and kept clean.

Five reports here suggest that general housekeeping is straight forward and is easy to do:-

• Laptops
• Good Price Comparison Site
• savebuckets.co.uk Services
• All about Laptops
• Price comparison
• Laptops are replacing Desktop computers

There was a lot of support for this how to clean a laptop video
with all these bloggers agreeing that it is helpful to see how the chap in the video unplugs various lead and effortlessly stops the fans running in order to clean his laptop.

• Laptop I dream of
• The Best Laptop Prices
• How to buy a laptop?
• Bets Laptops
• Laptop
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Others however are simply happy to let dust and dirt accumulate and the oly cleaning they expect to complete is a quick once over with a damp cloth.

• can't live without this.
• Deals on laptops
• Laptops
• Amazing Laptops
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• Laptops and their uses
• Cheap Laptop

Whichever method you think you preferewe urge you to be open minded and give all these a go. Rememeber a laptop is only as clean as you make it.

Laptops and Wifi - Freedom

The selection of a new laptop proves to be tricky for most people especially students who need to consider getting the best value for money. Deciding on what specifications are needed is difficult - few students know what will be required of them during their course and decisions about the laptop they choose tends to be influenced by the anticipated days of leisure - watching dvds and gaming.

Invitations were sent out to the blogosphere and the following responses help narrow the choice - many suggestions were made from personal experience.

St John Strobel gave this laptop review and Sindrone offered suggestions where to get best prices using price comparison sites. BollyWood Celebrity agreed that using price comparison to buy a new laptop was a smart move and gave an example of how much saving there was between different online shops.

Study a buying guide like this "How to Choose a Laptop" is worthwhile offering features to look for such as which operating system suits what needs and encourages you to check if it is Wifi ready. Don't be distracted bu features you don't need is the clear message - better to have more hard drive and RAM than a laptop stuffed with useless software you'll never use.