For those who own the HTC HD2, there are now several accessories that you can buy for your device.
You can get yourself a nice-looking cradle @ $31. It will charge and sync your HD2. If you enjoy watching movie on your HD2 the extended 2300mAh battery @ $55 will be very useful as it has a kickstand at the back. You may also need a capacitive stylus @ $25 when your fingers are not practical. The carkit @ $85 looks interesting as it has pass-through charging. It automatically launch into navigation mode when you place it in the cradle.
So at last HTC has decided to realease a phone with a front keyboard ala-Palm.
From HTC, a trophy to you:
It took HTC a while but it was said that Palm and HP were the ones that cause HTC to delay the release of such a model. Back then HTC was supplying phones to Palm and HP.
The HTC Trohpy has a front-facing QWERTY keyboard for single-handed usage and a touch-screen – at the same time. Will it be powered by Windows Mobile 7 or Windows Mobile 6.6 when it is launched? How about a camera with autofocus? A capacitive display?
How would you like to have your phone number on one SIM card for phone calls and have another SIM card of the SAME number for your Internet connection use. You can do it for 5 SEPARATE SIM cards of the SAME number. So now you can be having 5 cellular devices sharing one number for different usages.
And you know who is offering all these? MAXIS! They have just launched their UNITY SOLUTION PACKAGES which are specially tailored for small and medium industries.
Anchored on a unified digital platform, Unity Solutions from Maxis offers seamless connectivity across different systems, devices and applications, enabling businesses to manage their employees and attend to customers anytime, anywhere. Comprising a suite of business tools hosted online, it reduces dependency on conventional one-way communications equipment such as fax machines and desktop telephones, going an instantly unified and mobile step beyond to manage emails, calls, conferencing and other means of communication with clients or between employees.
“More than ever, businesses face the challenge of mobilising workforces to keep up with customers’ demands, but lack the essential technologies to deliver real-time service on the go. Maxis Unity Solutions will offer these businesses the necessary tools to have a truly mobile workforce or to streamline and centralise communications – giving them the flexibility, freedom and control they require,” said Jean-Pascal van Overbeke, Maxis’ Chief Operating Officer.
“It is an affordable and easy-to-use technology with four essential package choices. Mobile unified communications is a strong business tool because it reduces infrastructural and operational costs – leveraging on high mobile penetration to reduce traditional costs of business. In order for businesses to achieve greater output and quality, budgets need to be spent on best resources. Therefore Maxis as the leading communications provider is offering a scalable system built on a choice of advanced communications technologies, aimed at unifying all aspects of daily operations across distances, with immediacy and simplicity. All you really need is a mobile phone and a Unity Solutions account,” he added.
For a registration fee of RM10 and a monthly subscription of RM15 for each SIM card I can now use the SAME number for my phone calls on one phone and my internet broadband connection on my Netbook.
Check out the following Maxis Unity Solutions packages:
- Unity Conference -
- (1) SMS alerts and ability to call out to 10 persons at once
- (2) Instant recording delivery
- (3) a single, fixed conference charge of RM2
- Unity Hotline – 1700/017 number with 10 concurrent calls rerouted to 10 team members simultaneously or sequentially
- Unity One Number - consolidating all calls to a 1700/017 number for a consistent business identity
- Unity Reception – intelligent call redirection to up to 50 phones without any set-up cost or need to hire a receptionist
Good news for local uni students! Get the Streamyx Cool Uni package together with a HP netbook for only RM50.00 per month x 24 months.
To be eligible to subscribe for the Streamyx Cool UNI Pack, students must meet the following criteria:
- The students must be from households with a monthly income of RM3000 or less.
- Students must be enrolled as 1st or 2nd year students at any public or private higher educational institution in Malaysia.
- Students must be endorsed by the Student Affairs Unit of the respective university or college.
With only RM50 per month, eligible students who subscribe to the Streamyx Cool UNI Package will get:
- FREE Streamyx broadband Internet access at 384Kbps
- One (1) FREE wireless modem with a 12-month warranty period
- Waiver of activation fee (RM75) and Installation fee (RM88)
- 50% discount on the 1st month subscription fee
One (1) FREE Streamyx Zone account
- 50 songs download per month for 12 months from TM’s music portal, Hypptunes (www.hypptunes.com.my).
- One (1) Streamyx email account (xx@streamyx.com)
- Dynamic Internet Protocol (IP)
- One (1) Hewlett Packard (HP) Netbook with 250 GB harddisk, 1 GB memory plus FREE delivery anywhere nationwide
To sign up for the Streamyx Cool UNI Pack, students would need to bring the following documents to any TM’s Streamyx sales counter or TMpoint outlet:
- A copy of their Malaysian identification card
- A copy of their student identification card
- Application form with endorsement from their respective university or college
BE (wo)MAN ENOUGH – GO GET YOURSELF A PAD!
Whenever you see a prefix “i” you will always connect with an Apple product. Apple has gone one step further, it has electronised the word PAD. Ladies you won’t be alone using your pad, now the male species is going to use the pad too … not once a month … but EVERYDAY!
Honestly I don’t think I will own an iPad. It has too many limitations:
The iPad is a great innovation but the above missed-outs make you stick to your NETBOOK. NO PAD FOR ME, I DON’T NEED IT!
Anyway here are the specs in brief:
- 9.7-inch diagonal LED-backlit glossy touchscreen with IPS technology (1024×768 resoltuion, 132ppi)
- 1GHz Apple A4 high-performance, low-power processor
- Capacities available: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB
- WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR support
- 3G model: quad-band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz), tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100MHz)
- Digital Compass, A-GPS (3G model)
- 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
- Built-in speakers
- Microphone
- SIM card tray (3G model)
- Height: 9.56 inches, Width: 7.47 inches, Depth: 0.5 inches
- 25Whr lithium-polymer battery, up to 10 hours web surfing via WiFi, watching videos, or listening to music
The iPad is going to affect the sales of the Kindle. Without any data plans the price for the iPad is already attractive:
What makes Apple so great? When they launched the iPhone, there was so much fanfare surrounding it. Whether it was the iPhone first edition or the GS, the launch was just explosive.
So what are we waiting for ….
An OLED screen? Multitasking?
Webcams ? iPhone OS? Solar charging?
I just cannot imagine the amount of rumors and wild speculation, including product mockups and videos that is associated with the iSlate. This makes your expectation very high and this launch is going clear all those questions you have in your head.
The new Apple iSlate will include a 3.5″ 1.4mb removable storage.
I expect the iSlate as a potential platform for books, newspapers, movies and other content.
We are just hours away from the truth….
Following Tohsiba announcement, Panasonic will be launching their SDXC card that has a capacity of 64GB and 48GB next month.
- 48GB model @ $550 (RM1,815)
- 8 hours and 30 minutes of HD video can be captured on the card while the same card is also capable of storing 9330 images with a resolution of 4,000 by 3,000 pixels.
- 64GB model @ $700 (RM2,310)
- 6 hours and 20 minutes of full HD or 6,890 images
The cards themselves have a write speed of 22MB/s and so far it appears that they will be the first of this size to be launched. When compared to Toshiba’s similar cards though they actually run slower as the Toshiba cards are capable of reaching write speeds of up to 35MB/s.
THE MOTOROI IS COMING!
Motorola announced that the MOTOROI would be launched internationally in this first quarter. So fellow Malaysians get ready for the ROI!
The MOTOROI is rich on features, and comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive touch screen that is multitouch ready. Unlike the Droid, there is no physical keyboard on the MOTOROI. But its camera will excite you. It features an 8 megapixel, autofocus camera and is one of the few phones that can record and playback 720p-HD Videos.
It has an HDMI port as well to connect directly to HDTVs. Other features include a 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, 32GB microSD support.
The ROI will be using Android 2.0 OS.
Check out the Korean promo video:
Microsoft is so big and yet they fail to deliver. Windows Phone MARKETPLACE which is supposed to challenge iPhone APPSTORE is a failure. Now, FreewarePocketPC has launched their own OPNMARKET which is going to give Marketplace a beating:
OpnMarket
Instant free downloads for your Windows Mobile phone, enjoy installing applications directly on your device !
Features
- Showcase brings you the latest and most popular free apps
- Categories, browse thousands of organized apps
- Search for freeware
- My Apps lets you get updates for your previously installed apps
OpnMarket is compatible with most of the Windows Mobile Professional devices with touch-screens, once installed it lets you browse, download and install FREE applications directly on your device. OpnMarket will use you mobile network connection or a WiFi connection to download softwares to your phone. It’s simple, instant and FREE !
CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE ” OPNMARKET” APPLICATION.
ONCE INSTALLED YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ALL THOSE FREE GOODIES.
iPhone is getting a real bashing this time… from GOOGLE NEXUS ONE to MOTOROLA BACKFLIP. The Android OS is coming in very strong and Motorola is going to recapture their lost tuft with the DROID and the BACKFLIP.
The BACKFLIP is unique. It come with a track pad at the back of the screen so that you can navigate with your fingers at the back. And when the screen is tilted it automatically turns into a desk clock.
I love the NEXUS ONE and I love the BACKFLIP too. So Microsoft please wake up and get your Windows Mobile 7 out before you also lose this hardcore Windows Mobile guy (I mean ME!) too. After all the long years being a diehard WM phone users, it is so refreshing to see Google Android OS being popularised by so many companies.
Microsoft don’t need a fung shui master to tell them that the number 7 is a lucky number and the delay in launching Window Mobile 7 will cost them their position in the mobile world. Give this a thought – 7 wonders of the ancient world, 7-Up, 7 days in a week, 7 seas, Universal birthday of human beings is on the 7th day of the first moon of the Chinese lunar Calendar, 7 ancient planets, Pythagoreans called 7 the perfect number (3 and 4), all the opposite numbers of a dice add to 7, 7 (6+1) is the winning number on dices, the Bible says the Universe was created in 7 days, 7 colours in a rainbow, the number 7 is sacred amongst Islamic, Christian and Jewish religions, etc. Need to say more?
