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JETER
DEREK
The New York Yankee’s captain Derek Jeter, finally opens up and tells how he plans to stay on top of the game. BY KIRSTEN BININGTON Alminar Sagar
erek Jeter-the Yankees shortstop is who isn’t short on talent, his looks, or heart. Though he’s only 24 and many of his teammates at describe him Derek Jeter as a baseball player with maturity beyond his years. His awesome skills on the playing field have earned him an American League Rookie of the Year award and helped the Yankees to two World Series championships in three years. Jeter is rapidly making a name for himself as one of today’s hottest young athletes. Baseball fans can’t get enough of the graceful Yankees shortstop who wows them with his power and speed. Women are mesmerized by his hear-stopping good looks-he was even named on of People magazine’s 50 most beautiful people in the world! Read all about this down-to-earth superstar, from his childhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where his dream of playing for the Yankees began, to his life today, his charity work, his hopes for the future, and why he told GQ magazine, “I have the greatest job in the world.” erek Jeter had always wanted to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. When he was a senior in high school, the Yankees drafted him and his dream came true. In the next few years, he went from homesick minor leaguer to American League Rookie of the Year. Find out how a kid from Kalamazoo, Michigan, became an AllAlminar Sagar
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Baseball fans can’t get enough of the graceful Yankees shortstop who wows them with his power and speed.
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peria X1
What makes Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 so great ? By Nicky Anastasi Everyone from Hollywood to Main St. USA can’t get enough of the new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. With long waits to buy online, and every clebrity clamoring to show theirs off, is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 really worth it?
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ith all of its brushed metal and polished black accents, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 achieves a sort of executive look. The build quality certainly feels solid, which makes sense since the going rumor is that HTC had some hand in the hardware design and build. There are HTC accents throughout the phone’s software, and the device seems to have no more appropriate competitor than the HTC Touch Pro (or HTC Fuze on AT&T). Both phones have large, high-resolution touch screens, though the Xperia X1 tops even the Touch Pro’s VGA screen with it’s high-resolution 800 by 480 pixel display. For months, Sony Ericsson has been promising a lot with their new Panels technology, but it still remains to be seen whether thirdparty developersthey wo would will say prioritize developing applications for the great Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 moving forward. And The most intriguing part of the panel technology is the Java MIDP support it brings with it, enabling gaming wou houses like Electronic Arts to roll out gamingin titles such as Need for Speed on a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone. However, Sony Ericsson has yet to announce any significant partners to take advantage of this. Calls on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 sounded great on AT&T’s HSDPA network. Sideby-side against an HTC Fuze on the same network, the Xperia X1 feedback as well. Callers reported clear, if a little deep-sounding, voices. The calling screens get something of a facelift, and here we start to see the Sony Ericsson brushed metal motif emerge, with a cool faceplate look for the dialing
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