Q9h chinese revelation

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In my last review of Motorola Q9h, I lamented about how Motorola (to be fair, quite a number of Windows Mobile Phone makers as well) could have launched a device without appropiate chinese input method editor (IME) in a multi-racial countries like Singapore.

 Wrote in to Motorola customer service department before, and as expected, I was given excuses like “We do not support third party software” or “None of our Q9h comes with chinese IME”, etc.

Hello? You mean Motorola is not interested at all in the North Asia Market? Plus, I was told that in Hong Kong, they do sell Q9h that supports chinese input. So the official reply, like all other official replies I get elsewhere, is just crap.

Recently, I “come across” a Q9h, which evidently dismiss the claim by Motorola that there isn’t a Q9h that supports chinese IME out of the box. Let’s just say I am 100% sure that the Q9h that I come across, is 100% stock and has no additional software installed.

Incidentally, the software is developed by GuoBi (国笔科技有限公司), the same company that partners with various phone manufacturers in the world for chinese input function, and the same software can be found in Q9h predecessor, Q8. 😉

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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).

谈“康熙来了之艺界破英文大集合”感想

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kangxilaile.jpg最近在报章上获知台湾的一个综艺节目“康熙来了”闹了一个风波，还是跟国人有连接的关系。话说节目的主题是关于艺人如何以“破英文”和外国人沟通。既然是“破英文”的主题，当然会联想起一些“鸡同鸭讲”的笑话。谈到申东靖在新加坡的经历时，所描述的一些例子，再加上其他艺人的反应，既然演变成一个风波的导火线。

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Darren’s creativity

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My first muppetLooking at the beauty and creativity of a child, it makes one envy how innocent and pure they are. They make what they see and feel, not interfered by any other happenings, politics, etc that lingers in the air for an adult. The child innocence is so beautiful and really worth to treasure… here are some creative pieces that Darren my godson has created.

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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?

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台湾一游 之 行程序幕

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仔细一想，我与佩意已经好久没有好好地出国旅行了。自五年前的欧洲之游，最远的也只不过是邻国而已。

有人说：“钱是赚不完的，身体是累得跨的”。在工作岗位上奋斗了那么多年，虽然还是个打工仔，但也付出了不少汗血，所以决定给自己和意一点物质上的鼓励 — 环游台湾岛吧！

去台湾不是一个很难的决定，但行程的安排，确实有一点难倒了我这个懒人。想了一想，还是参加旅行团，省了麻烦的筹备功夫，拍拍屁股就可以上路了吧! 朋友于是给了一些意见，参加旅行团，必须要有因行程紧凑而疲惫的心理准备。鱼与熊掌，不可兼得。我们最终还是报名加入旅行团，但也选择在行程后再延长多两天，一来希望不会把疲惫的心情带回家，二来还可以在台北逍遥自在地逛一逛，一石二鸟呀！

十二月的十二号，就是我们出发的好日子！

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 →