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What smartphones really cost

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Smartphones may be pretty uniform in price at the store, but what they cost to manufacture — and their price without a two-year contract — varies wildly.

Apple iPhone 4 (16 GB)

Component cost: $187.51 Price without contract: $599 Price with contract: $199 Lowest available price: $197 (Wal-Mart)

By David Goldman, staff writer

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Pinoy rock - Franco

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Franco known as the Pinoy rock ‘superband‘.

Franco started as a collaboration project between its members, who are veterans of the Pinoy rock scene. However, Franco’s roots are traced from the Cebu-based band Frank, which Reyes formed in 1996. Frank was one of the bands that boosted the Cebu rock scene, In late 2008, Gabby [...]

 

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History of Bands

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The word “band” comes from the middle French word bande meaning “troop.” The significant difference between a band and an orchestra is that musicians who play in a band play brass, woodwinds and percussion instruments. The orchestra, on the other hand, includes bowed stringed instruments.

The word “band” is also used to describe a group [...]