Time changes everything.
Oh great. Just when I was about to type this entry, a task call started ringing my phone. Have to get things settled back in company line, once my 8-6 holiday is over. Bleh. Well.. I guess things are getting warmed up as I settle into my appointment taking over from the old guy.
Oh yes, I have officially updated my phone from SE W810i to Nokia E51! Really liked the functions available in the Nokia phone, being able to go onto Wi-Fi and leech all those Wi-Fi spots. Hahaa.. Find it too much of a hassle to constantly switch from a non-camera to camera phone vice versa. As such, a decision was made - and poof! Got it from Starhub at Tampines Mall for $38 with contract, using a $100 discount voucher. Permanent phone till national service is over for me.
Another major update will be that I'll be moving over to the Loyang area from existing Sengkang in December tentatively. Really liked this current location, being in the North-East and freely accessible to the transportation like NEL. Want to go to AMK also easy, want to go Pasir Ris also easy. Now heading back to Pasir Ris once again after 10 years here. Living at the extreme is real mafun I feel. Bleh! Oh well.. This is a good time to upgrade the home I guess, with property market rallying. Bleh.
Anyway, I have just updated my website to bring the Twitter to the main content page from the side bar. It's currently being used to update my Facebook status. So yes, I find that these tools are much more useful in making this site somewhat lively again, rather than my once-in-a-blue-moon blog updates. Hahaa.. National service really kills the mood you know. Micro-blogging rules!
Technology News of The Week!
Creative has just released a developer version Zii Egg player. Its specifications looks darn awesome, and better than iPod Touch in fact:
• Capacitive 10-point multi-gesture touch display
• 3.5" 320x480 true-color display
• Up to 32GB internal plus SDHC slot (supports up to 32GB of external SDHC Card)
• Supports: MP3, WMA, AAC, WMV, H.264, MPEG-4, AVI, and MOV
• X-Fi audio processing
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 3-axis Accelerometer
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Hardware GPS receiver
• 32MB NOR (Linux Kernel Boot ROM)
• 256MB Mobile DDR RAM
• Supports 720p and 1080p HDTVs via HD cable
• Headphone socket, built-in speaker and microphone
• Dual cameras: Forward-facing HD camera & Rear-facing VGA camera
• 1200mAH rechargeable lithium-ion
• 115 x 62 x 12 mm (108grams)
So you might guess what's the big fuss about this player, with it looking just like an iPod Touch clone. Well.. It runs on Zii chip, which is rather similar to Nvidia's Tegra chip (used in the upcoming Zune HD player) and as such, it processes applications 1000x faster than iPod Touch. Will Apple able to find a chip that can do things way faster than currently? Who knows.
But the main selling point is that it can actually handle Android OS which was demonstrated in a CNET Asia video. This means that it is actually the first music-centric player that can run Android, commonly used in phones at the moment. This player itself just shortfall of a SIM card capability in becoming a phone itself, perhaps this is the reason why this very product targets developers, in hope that they can do something with it for a bigger cause. With Android itself, this opens up the player into the Android Market community that is similar to the iTunes application community.
A big storm's coming... But nevertheless, all eyes are now on Apple with its upcoming 3rd generation iPod Touch rumoured due in September - heard that it's now smack on with a camera too. Hmm.. No more use for camera sensitive personnels I guess.
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