The Strudel Factory is a startup in San Jose California promising to bring a treasured dessert from Austria that Royalty and Famous people like Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and others enjoyed many centuries ago. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) Feb 27, 2005 – Sonja Thomas is a German Master Gourmet Chef who became surprised by what Americans called Vienna Apple Strudel and decided to introduce the real thing to America. She immigrated to California in 2001. Sonja sold thousands of servings of her famous Old Vienna Apple Strudel in her restaurants in Germany. Sonja says,” When I had my restaurants in Germany people would travel all across the country to buy my old Vienna apple strudel”. The German definition of Strudel means whirl which is why you will always see her strudel with many circular whirls in the dough layers. The strudel you find in America has no whirls in the dough and has nothing to do with how strudel is supposed to be made. Additionally, the dough of the strudel is supposed to be noodle dough and nothing else. During the recent introduction of her apple strudel to San Jose area Sonja had every chef, restaurant owner, and caterer that sampled her apple strudel proclaiming,” This is FANTASTIC apple strudel !” Old Vienna Apple Strudel tastes great just like it is. Its natural sweet taste comes from the apples. It can be served by lightly sprinkling powdered sugar on it or served with whipped cream on top. Austrians serve Old Vienna Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce and / or vanilla ice cream for an elegant banquet dessert. Old Vienna Apple Strudel is decorative on every buffet. Make your occasion special and your party a success. – Delicious and convenient – Ready to eat – Easy to store – Perfect for catering and banquet – Perfect for healthy family eating Old Vienna Apple Strudel is baked fresh daily. Sonja uses only all natural ingredients listed, (fresh apples, almonds, raisins, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla flavor, butter, breadcrumbs, flour, egg, vegetable oil, salt, water). Old Vienna Apple Strudel is easy to store at room temperature for 2 days, in the refrigerator for up to one week, it can even be deep frozen. Once you try Old Vienna Apple Strudel you will be hooked for life! For additional information or a sample please, contact: Sonja or Michael Thomas. Old Vienna Apple Strudel comes in a roll ~ 17in. long, ~ 3 in. wide and ~ 2 in. high and can be cut in to 20 pieces. Prices (C.O.D.) plus freight : 1 strudel (20 to 22 pieces) $ 9.00. Larger quantities with better pricing can be ordered. * Prices do not include state sales tax. About The Strudel Factory The company is a startup focusing on quality Austrian apple strudel and plans on expanding to many other types of strudels. Contact Infoarmation: Sonja or Michael Thomas Strudel Factory 408-287-7515 http://www.strudelfactory.com

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The release of the Apple laptop was the product that helped put Apple back on top in the computing world. For years, Apple had been appreciated by graphic designers, artists, and other visually minded people who appreciated the plethora of graphics programs on Apple’s computers. And for this reason, Apple became entrenched in a niche market and struggled gain footing as a serious competitor in the computing world.

But with the launch of the Apple laptop, Apple was able to finally break free from this restrictive mold. Apple was able to separate itself from the crowd with a visually appealing product that catered to the customer’s needs and wants – a powerful computing machine that was easy to use.

Apple laptops, such as the iBook and PowerBook models, were visually unique also. They stood apart from other laptop designs with their trademark sleek white or shimmering silver color and a curvy design that lacked edges. These laptops appealed to both the upper echelon as well as the common dweller.

The Apple laptop also incorporated accessibility into its design. This Apple product was different in that it could be used with PC and Windows products, which is one of the attributes that helped propel Apple beyond its constrictive refines. Apple users were no longer restricted. Another plus is that the Apple laptop tended to outperform comparable laptop PCs.

The novel design of Apple laptop even included a built in trackball which served to set it even further apart from its competition. No other laptop manufacturers included such a feature that was integrated as well. With the Apple laptop, the trackball was placed in front of the keyboard making it easier to use and much more comfortable will.

Apple even managed to package its laptop into a smaller space than other PC manufacturers. The Apple laptop was less than 2.5 inches thick and only covered an area slightly larger than a letter-size sheet of paper. And in addition to that, it weighed in at only 6.8 pounds, while its PC counterparts averaged well over 8 pounds and lacked many of the features found in even the cheapest desktop system, such as hard drives and mice.

By incorporating features that other laptop PCs did not include, the Apple laptop managed to gain footing in the IT world and propel itself to the top of the ranks. And by remaining on the cutting edge of technology, Apple shows no signs of slipping yet.

Brenda has is a frequent user of the free laptop website.

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Owners of the original Apple iPod clamors for more from the makers of the iPod music experience.
The latest ipod player available in the market comes in a smaller and leaner frame, and is marketed in a rainbow of colors. This is the Apple iPod mini.

The Apple iPod mini has a platform of MAC or Windows OS. Some original Apple iPod users have already seen the Apple iPod mini with a new four gigabytes harddrive space for a US$ 249 price tag. It is not a secret that an additional of US$ 50 will get you a fifteen gigabytes iPod that would store somewhere around 2,700 more music files. That is a lot more than the Apple ipod mini.

This is because harddrive space is so much important for Apple iPod users, the original Apple iPod have so much space available to the user of about forty gigabytes. This amount of space can store more than five thousand songs. Aside from this, the original Apple iPod also has a longer battery life.

However, criticizers should consider the frame of the Apple iPod mini. It is slender and is more styled, that which made it seem more functional and more attractive to the eyes and has a more ergonomic feel to the fingers. To most people, it would not be the ideal music player, but to the 99,000 or so Apple iPod mini users, they beg to disagree.

The Too Sexy Apple iPod Mini

The Apple iPod mini is compared to a US$ 1,200 purse from Chanel. This is because the US$ 249 Apple iPod mini, with its variety of five colors, brings out class and posh.

It has an anodized body made of aluminum and weighs about 3.6 ounces. It measures about 2 inches in width, 3.6 inches in height, and only about half an inch in thickness. It does not look like it at first glance, but the Apple ipod mini is almost like a featherweight than the original Apple iPod.

It is also silky to the touch and smooth. It also fits wonderfully in your palm. This is the reason for the premium price tag.

The Apple iPod mini also has no external moving parts. You will notice that underneath the smaller 1.67-inch LCD screen lie the light touch-sensitive and highly ergonomic Click Wheel. This Click Wheel is the one which incorporates the Apple iPod mini’s other controls. The control’s buttons are located on the pad itself. This is much different than the original Apple iPod’s four function buttons that is located above the scroll pad.

Anyone who is familiar with the software for the iPod knows about the seamless integration of iPod with iTunes. In no time, you would be cruising with the tunes.

The Apple iPod mini behaves just like exactly as other newer generation Apple iPods. It now even packs a battery life of 8 hours. The original Apple iPods have a longer battery life.

Besides the smaller physical dimensions and the new warm minimalist choices of color, which can be gold, silver, pink, green and blue. A major difference observed between the original Apple iPod and the Apple iPod mini is the harddrive space capacity.

The Apple iPod mini has a tiny Hitachi harddrive that can hold about four gigabytes of music. Music files include AAC, Audible, MP3, WAV and AIFF. This is enough storage for a number of Apple iPod mini users.

Apple iPod users usually prefer to carry an entire library of music any time of the day. Rather than manually selecting and transferring specific songs to the Apple iPod mini. The Apple iPod mini can only hold as much as a fraction of the forty gigabytes music collection.

The Apple iPod mini also has accessories that include the earbuds, a USB 2.0 cable and a FireWire dock connector, an AC adaptor, a belt clip, and the Apple iPod mini software.

The Apple iPod mini could have been more lenient by adding a dock or armband to teh package.

The US$ 29 armband is a great help for joggers who want to listen to good music while jogging and carrying the very lightweight and effectively skip-free Apple iPod mini.

Conclusion

To summarize, the Apple iPod mini has a sleek styling, it is a small size and has an excellent integrated Click wheel. It has a possible disadvantage to the user, though, that is the price per megabyte which is much higher as compared to the original Apple iPod.

Clive Harman – has been training people to achieve their ambitions for 38 years off-line and for the last two years on-line. He is the author of several various training manuals edits Salmagundi News and Training Journal that can be found here http://www.cliveharman.com/sign_up.html and his guide to iPods can be found here http://www.how2b.info/ipods.html

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