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THE NEW DESERT MECCA
Dubai offers more than just the temperate shores of the Persian Gulf. A
tasteful mix of East meets West, a once-in-a-lifetime experience awaits at
this desert paradise
By Paula Story
Sleek, ultramodern skyscrapers dominate a rich azure skyline. Silvery smooth roadways lined with
designer boutiques and sumptuous restaurants lead to velvet-rope nightclubs and cutting-edge sports
centers. In the distance, a fantastic, futuristic hotel in the shape of a billowing sail rises from the
shoreline – an iconic nod to the city’s seafaring roots and a spectacular symbol for all this Arabian
Desert paradise has become. Welcome to Dubai, one of the world’s most opulent and unique travel
destinations.
While this modern Arab metropolis found its fortunes in oil – and earlier as a pearl gathering
community and trade crossroads – today’s Dubai is living a post-petroleum dream. Thanks to
innovative real estate investment, a friendly tax environment, thriving trade and financial services and
a reputation for money-is-no-object infrastructure and architecture, the second largest of the seven
United Arab Emirates has become a cosmopolitan hub for international leisure and business, and one
of the world's most desirable real estate markets.
About that sail-shaped hotel? At 1,053 feet, the Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) seems to float atop
its own private island and offers guests a butler, the latest computer technology en suite (ahem, there
are no rooms,) a chauffeured Rolls-Royce and a helipad for drop-in visits. Tiger Woods famously
drove golf balls into the Persian Gulf from atop the cantilevered structure, and tennis greats Roger
Federer and Andre Agassi played an exhibition match upon the fenceless structure.
The Burj Al Arab will lose its title as the world’s tallest hotel with the imminent opening of Dubai’s
Rose Tower, but it remains one of the most recognizable landmarks in a city that is reinventing itself
by the minute.
Here, efficient transit and automated toll roads connect a multicultural metropolis where everything
is possible and anything imaginable can be built, bought or attained. Need more land? Dubai is
creating a series of artificial, palm tree-shaped islands that is already visible from space.
Bigger, grander, taller, faster, brighter, better – the new Dubai offers the bright city lights of Las
Vegas, the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong, the sophistication of Singapore and the entertainment
options of Disneyland designed for a more discerning clientele.
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From exclusive suites and spas to state-of-the-art sporting venues, entertainment, indoor skiing and
ice-skating centers, desert safaris and world-class shopping, there is simply more of everything in
Dubai. A once tiny pearling village has transformed itself into one of the world’s hottest – and coolest
– desert destinations.
November 8, 2010— I recently read an article pondering the long term affects of the iPad on the
newspaper industry. For years we have been hearing that print media is dead; however, now with the
advent of this hybrid digital print medium which has offered a new avenue to consume news we are
left to wonder what the future holds for newspapers. I believe the new tablet technology and recent
mass market introduction will force newspapers to once again adapt. The iPad and other tablets are
exactly what newspapers need right now to continue to be a game player in our world of free, easily
accessible news. In addition to news consumption, consumers are reaching to these new devices for the
next big thing in real estate. Many real estate companies have begun developing apps for property
searches so consumers can easily access and digest market information. The days of MLS books are
long gone and computer based searches are falling quickly in line to be out dated. Tablet technology is
exactly what the real estate market needs right now to efficiently guide consumers through the buying
and selling process.
So what do you think: Is the iPad really the savior of the newspaper industry and how are you using
your iPad to navigate the uncertain real estate waters?
— David Boehmig, president and founder, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty in Georgia
Bob Mitchell @ Home
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11/26/10 4:06pm
Note on Flash:
I too, was hot for the iPad until I test drove one. Our SIR website uses
Flash to play the great hi-def slide shows of our listings. On an iPad
there’s a prompt to download Adobe Flash but when you do, you’re told
that is not compatible. No Flash makes the iPad a no-go for me.
Tablets are iffy as well. After trying a bunch, it seems that any tablet
running Android 2.1 or less won’t work. The Samsung Tab (Android 2.2)
worked well but at a price around $600.
There’s also an alternate browser that I bought for my iPhone (no Flash
there either), which does play Flash files. It’s called Skyfire. It may be
compatible with some of the non-Flash tablets as well but it does not
support the Flash used on the SIR site.
Another concern is the tablet size. They seem to fall into the iPad 10” size
or the tablet 7” size. I wonder if PowerPoint on a 7” screen is too small.
On the other hand is a 10” tablet a little too big to be with you all the
time?
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