But before you get too excited check out the price tag at the nike store: $400. But this price is absolutely justified, it comes with SpeedShot RS, a LCD display that shows  the speed, direction and distance of a shot.

Another highlight  is the weight, or the lack thereof. 13.5g, a new achievement of the nano technology “fleeton”, originally developed in AppleLabs in Cupertino. The sharkBight (r) design makes the shoe aerodynamic and increases the running speed by up to 0.0001353%, which gives the player a never seen advantage.

Also check out this article on Yahoo: How Nike turned the World Cup purple and orange

There is even an article on Wikipedia about this shoe

Quarter Finals

Date	Eastern	Mountain	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Fri 7/2	10:00 AM	8:00 AM		Brazil vs Netherlands	A	Port Elizabeth	57
Fri 7/2	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Uruguay vs Ghana	B	Johannesburg	58
Sat 7/3	10:00 AM	8:00 AM		Argentina vs Germany	C	Cape Town	59
Sat 7/3	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Spain vs Paraguay	D	Johannesburg	60

Semi-Finals / Final / Game for 3rd Place

Date	Time (ET)	Mountain	Network	Matchup	Site	Match #
*** Semifinals ***
Tue 7/6	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Winners A vs. C	Cape Town	61
Wed 7/7	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Winners B vs. D	Durban	62
*** Third Place Match ***
Sat 7/10	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Losers – 61 vs. 62	Port Elizabeth	63
*** FINAL ***
Sun 7/11	2:30 PM	12:30 PM		Winners – 61 vs. 62	Johannesburg	64

http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/espns-world-cup-2010-tv-schedule.html

All Charts are FREE: Download PDF>>Print>> Enjoy

Top 10 World cup 2010 Wall Charts

	Publisher: ESPN Format: PDF Language: English Description: Free World Cup 2010 Schedule and Bracket. Eastern Time Zone (EST) Link: soccernet.espn.go.com
	Publisher: www.worldcupblog.org Format: PDF Language: English Description: Bracket, Knock out tree, Match Times in Local time – [GMT+2] / US Eastern Time – [GMT-4]) Link: www.worldcupblog.org
	Publisher: FIFA Format: PDF Language: German, French, English Description: Official Match Schedule, Local Match Times. Link: English Schedule, German Schedule, Programme des Matches
	Publisher: www.mirrorfootball.co.uk Format: PDF Language: English Description: British Time (BST) , Knockout Stage Tree, FIFA 2010 Timetable and Calendar Link: Mirror Football
	Publisher: selectabet.com Format: PDF Language: English Description: Matches by Group, , Match Time inBritish Time Link: selectabet.com
	Publisher: www.foxsports.com.au Format: PDF Language: English Description: Match Schedule in EST. Knock out tree Ugly but does the job Link:.foxsports.com.au
	Publisher: FoxSoccer.com Format: PDF Language: English Description: Matches organized by Day  Match Time in EST Link: Fox Soccer
	Publisher: Lausitzer Rundschau Format: PNG Language: German/Deutsch Description: Matches organized by Day. Knock out tree  Match Time German Time Link: Lausitzer Rundschau
	Publisher: www.worldcupblog.org Format: PDF Language: English “Classic” version,  fill in the scores .All times are in the format (Local time – [GMT+2] / US Eastern Time – [GMT-4]) Link: www.worldcupblog.org
	Publisher: ESPN Format: HTML Language: English Description: Free World Cup 2010 Schedule Link: soccernet.espn.go.com
	Not a Wall Chart – but MUST SEE !!!!! Publisher: marca.com Format: Flash Language: English/Spanish Unique, and probably the most creative World Cup Calendar. Amazing. Link: marca.com

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Features

The Gateway-Laptop (MD2614u) with AMD Turion X2 Dual Core is a  Laptop for people with a small budget: $549 at Best Buy. It has some features that not every Entry-Level laptop can offer: 15.6 “True 16:9″ (1366×768) format, which lets you watch movies without the black bars on the top/bottom of the screen. If you are planning on using this laptop as an entertainment device you will love this format, however since your screen is now wider but shorter, web-browsing will consist of more scrolling. But Gateway has a solution for this: Vertical Scroll, which is on the right side of your Touchpad. Just move your finger up to scroll up, and down to scroll down.

Other features are the HDMI port, which lets you connect your laptop to your HDTV or newer monitors, the built in Webcam (1.3 megapixel), or the ATI graphics card which has 256MB of dedicated RAM.

Windows Vista 64bit

The AMD Turion X2 Dual Core 64 processor (compare to the Intel Core 2 Duo) is fast but doesn’t drain your battery too fast. An interesting fact is that the MD2614u runs Vista 64 but only has 3G of RAM  (upgradable to 4G). Windows Vista 32bit only supports up to 3G of RAM, but the 64bit version supports 3G and more.

Also, the sales guy told me that MS Office 2003 does not work on Vista 64, which is incorrect. Office 2003 (x11) is supported. Please Best Buy, train your sales people – or go back to the commissions- based sales system. Check the Microsoft Vista Compatibility Website to check if your applications are supported.

Drawbacks

Here are some things that are not that great: It’s the keyboard, stupid. I just can’t get used to the keyboard; in order to give  the laptop a modern and hip look, Gateway organized the keyboard, so that it fits exacltly into a rectangle shape. But the designers forgot to think about ergonomics. I have a hard time hitting  the correct letter in the row  where the letters QWERTY are located. Misspelled words are the norm. And the clicking sound of the keys is annoying.

The finish around the keyboard is glossy and you will see every finger print. The illuminated media buttons are confusing, I haven’t figured out how to use the volume button. With 7.1lbs this laptop is not really a laptop anymore, rather a desktop replacement.

Conclusion

Just by looking at the price and the specs (see below), the MD2614u seems to be a winner. But the unusual keyboard is a factor that should not be overlooked. It’s like buying a nice looking car with a powerful engine that constantly steers to the right.

After owning this laptop for about two  weeks, I  returned it to Best Buy, spend $200 more and own now an amazing laptop with a great keyboard. See my review for the HP DV5-1235dx

Related Links:

CNET Laptop Buying Guide

Gateway MD2614u