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Omnia … Oh my next i-phone alternative

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Yeez had been working late for the last few days, and today was no difference. Instead of going home alone, I decided to drop by Vivo City’s Samsung retail outlet to take a second look of Samsung i780, to spend my time off. . I ended up checking out on the latest Samsung’s Omnia. And I got to say, it was a time well spent!

I got to first put a disclaimer, that the next few paragraphs merely recapitulate my first impression of the gadget, after a brief 20 minutes fiddle. Yes, I was playing with the phone for 20 minutes, oblivious of the people around me trying to get their hands on the demo set.

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A taste of i paq six-one-two

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Had it for 2 weeks, and took a short video of the phone itself. More detail review to come later!

StayUnlock at your peril

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18 months ago, I created a hack utility called Stayunlock, to overcome the security policy enforced by my company, which requires me to use device lock, and disable the ability to turn off the device lock option.

18 months later, I was forced to use device lock on my smartphone because the utility doesn’t work on smartphone platform, and I was too lazy to port it over.

Many weeks back, after I lost my Treo 500v through a theft, I suddenly appreciate the value of security policy. We always take thing for granted until the day the unexpected hit us.

Just yesterday, I ported the hack utility to the WM5/6 smartphone platform, since there has been some requests on the net asking for it. Even though I have the hack utility running now, I have yet to turn off the device lock feature. In fact, I have stepped up the security further by using a more sophiscated passcode. Such is a ‘success’ story of a change management.

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You can download the smartphone edition from this link StayUnlock (Smartphone Edition).

unexpected addition of new ‘kwell’ gadget – MOTO-Q9H

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It was quite a week for me for the last 7 days, just after my birthday.

After a hectic week of night teleconference,s I was greeted by a rude theft shock. One of the lost item was my favourite Palm Treo 500v, which I have sung praises on it despite the mediocre product specifications.

As a matter of fact, for the last 3 weeks, I have been thinking the new Motorola Q9H. There was however no really strong reason for me to change given my wonderful Treo 500v. But now there is, though not something I would have expected or wanted.

So while I was looking around for a new replacement, Q9H certainly topped in my radar list. The sight of iPAQ 900/600 is still fictional, so really my choices were rather limited, based on my personal buying critieras; ASUS 530W, Motorola Q9H, Samsung I600 or simply go back to Palm Treo 500v. 

Not that the Treo is a lousy one, just that getting back another Treo 500v may not excite me like a new toy would.  I can’t bring myself to fork out another few hundred dollars on exactly the same gadget that I have been using for the last 4 months. If I have to spend, I must let myself know explicitly that I got a new toy right?

I finally managed to get my hand on the Q9H. The buying experience was a saga though, but I shall not digress any further since what it matters now most is the toy itself. Continue reading →

PS: thee shall PS-three

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So I had been procastinating from a game console purchase since Xbox 360 first launched in the market 2 years ago. And really for two good reasons; First, I am not a fanatic gamer, or rather I have no spare time to indulge myself in gaming. For the last 4 years, the fact that I only have a handful game titles (Winning Eleven, Fifa 2006, and a very old version of Project Gotham Racing) for my old Xbox console, probably sumed it all. Secondly, I have been wanting to assess if a game console like Xbox 360, can double up as a media extender for my home media network, which I had implemented 3 years ago. Having a rather space-constraining TV console, it means I can’t just add another console equipment without taking out existing ones.

So I procastinated, until  a week ago.

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My Fruits of Labour

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Close-up ChilliChilli Plant“Wealth Plant”Rare Flower

Wow, so much being a non-green finger person. The feeling is so good to see my plants flowered (though many people told me it is rare for such plants to have flowers) and my Chilli plant full of small chilli padi sprouting out of the flowers. It never felt so good before to see plants bloom so beautifully under your own hands. I always believe if one is preservance and patient, miracles will happen. Well, at least out of 3 pots of chilli plants, I still have 2, as one is infested by small furry worms from the soil provided by the garden. The soil I bought from Cold Storage, seems ok and there is no infection. Phew! at least I saved 2 plants, if not my efforts will all be down the drain….:) more to come.

First hand experience of Treo 500v

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With a stroke of luck, I managed to grab a good deal for a “brand new” Treo 500v. Like a 5 year old kid receiving his new toy, I wasted no time in setting it up and have been using it for the last 2 days. So here’s my candid impression of this smartphone.

The first impression of the phone is good. The phone feels well built and showcases high quality finishing, probably perceived by its glass ornament over its LCD screen. The battery cover has a perfect fitment and the phone does not creak as you hold it, as reported. On the otherhand, the QWERTY key buttons do not feel flimsy, every key press is firm but not hard, except maybe for the space bar. The key backlight illuminates the keyboard well in the dark. Interestingly, even the mini-USB charger socket is illuminated, although it is not known to me if this is purposely designed, or “a side effect” by the key backlight. Continue reading →

new ipaq?

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in a report by the::unwired, there’s a news snippet which sneak-peaks on the new iPAQ 600 and 900. There’s even an artists impression of iPAQ 600 rendered probably from the iPAQ 500. How’s that rendered picture compared to this?

possible ipaq-600?

Plus, this might well be the new ID of the iPAQ 900.

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 Watch out this space.

听歌曲后的感言

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        “伦敦玛莉莲　买了件旗袍送妈妈

　　　莫斯科的夫司基　爱上牛肉面疙瘩

　　　各种颜色的皮肤　各种颜色的头发

　　　嘴里念的说的开始流行中国话

　　　多少年我们苦练英文发音和文法

　　　这几年换他们卷著舌头学平上去入的变化

　　　平平仄仄平平仄

　　　好聪明的中国人　好优美的中国话” 

以上是S。H。E新专辑主打歌“中国话”歌词的小插曲. 话说“中国话”其实是要讨好中国市场，也因此成为了台湾社会议论的热门话题。既然能把歌艺和政治混合在一起，真的是佩服得五体投地。撇开政治一边，其实“中国话”里的歌词，其实满有意识的，也反映了国际的局势。一直以来，亚洲人都一直有崇洋的趋向，尤其是在我国，年轻人总把中文当成是犹如被遗忘的历史，是个毫无价值的东东，都把它当成是一种语言累赘。即使是历史古迹，也有它市场的价值，可惜国人都把中文置于比第三语言还不如重视的语言，可想象中文在国人心里的地位。当然，比起前几年（甚至是十几年前），国人对中文的热忱已经大有改善，而“中国话”这首歌其实也只不过表达了我的心声吧！ Continue reading →

Big Bak Kua for Chinese New Year

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not this

but this 😀

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