Saturday, April 30, 2011

Box office preview: 'Fast Five' in gear and ready to drive away with the weekend


Fast-Five-Vin-BrewsterIt’s not even May and summer movies are already upon us. The first big, brash, bro-tastic action film of the season, Fast Five, hits theaters tomorrow, and, by all accounts, it’s poised to leave tire tracks on the back of its competition. Rio, which like Fast Five is also largely set in Rio de Janeiro, will have to flap its wings in order to keep going strong in its third week when faced with the equally family friendly Prom and Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil.
1. Fast Five: $70 million
Much like the series’ need-for-speed wheelmen, the blockbuster franchise shows no signs of slowing down. Last year’s sequel/reunion/reboot Fast and Furious dropped two “the’s” and picked up a cool $71 million in its first weekend. The fifth entry is opening nearly a month later this year, as viewers gear up for summer, but the sluggish marketplace might keep its numbers from exceeding those of its predecessor. Regardless, Fast Five is almost guaranteed to beat out Rio’s $39.2 million to be the biggest opening weekend of 2011 so far. 
2. Rio: $16 million
Fox’s colorful animated flick benefited from decent reviews and spectacular word-of-mouth (and “A” rating from CinemaScore audiences) last week and only dropped 30 percent. I predict that the high-flying film will remain the go-to choice for animation, beating out the smaller-opening Hoodwinked sequel, and will only experience a slightly larger percentage drop from last week’s $26.8 million.
3. Prom: $12 million
Disney is clearly hoping that tweens and teens will be asking each other to take them toProm, but it’s highly doubtful that the film will reach anything near the success of High School Musical 3, which sang-and-danced its way to $42 million its first weekend but opened in almost 1,000 more theaters than Prom’s 2,730.
Tyler Perry’s films are almost always guaranteed a very solid opening, and last week, he only missed taking the top spot from Rio by a measly $1 million. Unfortunately for him, his films are also almost always guaranteed a pretty steep drop-off in their second week. His last Madea movie slipped over 60 percent, and it’s unlikely that his latest will hold on to much more this weekend.
5. Water for Elephants: $9 million
While Water for Elephants only debuted at No. 3 last week, it did manage to take in the highest per-theater average. However, those obsessed with a certain revivified young actor might find that Prom holds equal appeal for their young teenage hearts, and Water could slow down to more of a trickle.
Opening in limited release is Werner Herzog’s documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams, which starts off small on five screens and will force viewers to confront their own mortality and the existential abyss of meaninglessness….in 3-D!

Nokia X7


Nokia X7 smartphone with a 4

  • Dark Steel
    • Dark Steel
    • Silver Steel

  • Size: 119.7 x 62.8 x 11.9 mm
  • Weight (with battery): 146 g
  • Volume: 85 cc

  • 8 GB microSD card included
  • Support for up to 32 GB with an external MicroSD memory card (with hot swap)
  • Use as USB mass memory device for storing photos, documents and more

 GSMWCDMA
Talk-time (max):6 h 30 min4 h 30 min
Standby time (max):450 h450 h
Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum):6 h
Music playback time (offline mode, maximum):50 h

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Screen size: 4"
Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED
16.7 million colours
Capacitive touch screen
Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
Proximity sensor
Ambient light detector
Three customisable home screens:
  • menu
  • widgets
  • themes
  • shortcuts
  • icons
Customisable profiles
Ring tones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Video ringtones
Themes
  • wallpapers
  • screensavers
  • audio themes
  • pre-installed themes
  • changeable colour themes

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BL-5K 1300 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk-time (maximum):
  • GSM 6 h 30 min
  • WCDMA 4 h 30 min
Standby time (maximum):
  • GSM 450 h
  • WCDMA 450 h
Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum):6 h
Music playback time (offline mode, maximum): 50 h
Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.
Internal memory: 8 GB microSD card included
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB
GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Automatic switching between WCDMA and GSM bands
Flight mode
GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
Capability to serve as data modem
Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes.
Requires data service. Data services may not be available in all networks. Data transmission speeds may be as high as HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, but may vary based upon network capabilities and other conditions. The establishment and continuation of a data connection depends on network availability, provider support and signal strength.
Bluetooth 3.0
Micro USB connector and charging
High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
  • USB On-the-Go
3.5 mm Nokia standard audio connector
FM Radio

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Symbian Anna
Java MIDP 2.1
Qt 4.7.3, Web Runtime 7.2
  • HTML 4.1
Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) and Over the internet (FOTI)
Flash Lite 4.0
OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1
Detailed contact information
Calendar
To-do list
Notes
Recorder
Calculator
Clock
Key applications: Calendar, Contacts, music player, internet, messaging, photos, Ovi Store, Maps, Videos, Web TV, Office document viewers, Video and photo editor, Mail, Radio
PC Applications: Nokia Ovi Suite, Nokia Ovi Player

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Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents .doc/ .docx, .xls/ .xlsx, .ppt/ .pptx, .pdf, .zip
HTML support for email
Unified push email client supporting multiple protocols: Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™, Hotmail and other popular POP/IMAP services, Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus traveler
Email web widget for home screen
Unified MMS/SMS editor
Conversational view for SMS
Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and email details per entry with personal thumbnail pictures and video clips
Smart dialling to find phone numbers quickly
Speed dialling, voice dialling (speaker independent) and voice command
Logs of dialled, received and missed calls
Conference calling
Integrated handsfree speaker

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Full web browsing of real web pages
Web browsing with touch control
Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP
TCP/IP support
Visual history, HTML and JavaScript support
Flash Lite 4 will support a majority of Flash Player 10.1 content
Nokia Mobile Search
RSS reader
Support for streaming video
Unified home screen access to Facebook and Twitter through Ovi by Nokia Social client
Social networking profiles visible in phone contacts
Upload and view photos and video and see locations via Ovi by Nokia Social client
Social networking events visible in phone calendar
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Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
Ovi Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation
Wi-Fi network positioning
Accelerometer for correct orientation of display
Use Nokia Ovi Suite to get the latest country maps for Ovi Maps for free

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8 megapixel camera
Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy on-screen touch controls
3rd generation dual LED flash
Face recognition software
Full focus
Focal length: 4.3 mm
F number/aperture: F2.8
Zoom up to 2x (digital) for still images
Zoom up to 3x (digital) for video
Internal memory: 8 GB microSD card included
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32GB
High-Speed microUSB to PC connectivity
Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF
Automatic location tagging (Geotagging) of images and videos
Images automatically taken in the correct orientation
Pinch zoom in Photos image viewer
View photos by tag cloud, month, album, slide show
Photo editor

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Main camera
  • 8 megapixel
  • HD quality 720p resolution
  • Shoot 16:9 videos in HD
Video capture in 720p 25 fps with codecs H.264, MPEG-4
Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone
H.264 (base profile, main profile, high profile), MPEG-4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, Real video 10
Streaming: H.264, Flash Lite 4 (Flash 10 compatibility for video), On2 VP6, Sorenson Spark
Support for download, streaming, and progressive download
Video editing software
Videos application: collection of stored videos
On demand WebTV widgets to watch local and global internet streaming TV
Support for Flash video
YouTube browsing and streaming

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Flick scrolling user interface to browse the albums in your music collection
Ovi Music Unlimited service in selected markets
Nokia Music Player
Ovi Music store
Audio codecs: MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Bit rate up tp 320 kbps
DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz)

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Use the touch interface to play games
Dedicated graphics processor with OpenGL 2.0 enables 3D graphics
Java games
Use the accelerometer to play games

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Power Save mode, ambient light sensor, unplug charger reminder, Nokia Compact Travel Charger AC-10
Available at Ovi, maps for route optimization and pedestrian navigation
Free of PVC, free of nickel on the product surface, free of brominated and chlorinated compounds and free of antimony trioxide as defined in Nokia Substance List.
All materials of the device can be recovered as materials and energy
Made of renewable, 100 % recyclable
Interactive user help in device and online, only Quick Guide in the box, eco tips on Green Page
Full Eco profile

Physical keys (menu key, call key, end key, power key, lock key, volume keys, voice key, camera key)
Finger touch control
On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
Dedicated camera and volume keys
Possibility to use capacitive stylus