OLED

remember that little 11" oled screen from sony i've posted up a while back?

not long after, samsung came up with this oled which is ... big~! not 19, not 22, not 24, but straight up to 40" ~! in hd format~! it's so big n so thin, when it was on display without the frame over in an exhibition it literally flap around in d air ...

great stuff ...





btw, chi mei EL (CMEL), a taiwanese display manufacturer, has also launched it's oled products but it has managed 25" oled display in hd ... very impressive :)

go asia go~!

e-ink newspaper

watch this ... might be in one of ur newspaper soon :o

hp mini 1000

hmm, d netbooks jus couldn't stop coming :)

this little thing captured my attention though ... hehe, wonder when will it be available here ... hp realized d trend n finally switched to intel's atom processor (1.6Ghz N270), running on either 1gb / 2gb ram, 10.2" display at 1024 x 600 resolution, 60gb hdd / 8gb or 16gb ssd drive, and an option of XP (only 1gb) or hp's propreitory ubuntu-based linux MIE OS (something similiar to touchsmart pc software). it comes standard with an SD slot, vga webcam, 802.11b/g wifi, ethernet, usb port n optional bluetooth as well. estimated price would be around USD$399 ...



i could use 1 of this little thingy :)

google earth

i'm sure most of u heard of this n installed this in ur computer or at least played around with it before ... recently, google has made it's awesome google earth application available in iphone/ipod touch version ... what's so cool about it u might say? d whole world is in ur handheld device~!

it's more towards iphone coz it has the a-gps function available when u press the locate me button, it will use the a-gps to locate where u are exactly when u get a fix. but what amazes me would be the tilting function. when u tilt it straight 90 degrees, the whole view will turn into a flat 3d mode and u can also read any wikipedia posted notes from users around the world by jus double tapping the icon on the map. nice...

btw ... it was a great quarter for Apple, including 6.8 million iPhones sold in June, July and August alone ... not to mention the remainding months ... and AT&T (a telco in US) reported about 2.4 million iphone 3g was activated in US alone ... heard the ratio for an iphone user is about 30 : 1 ... there's already 6 iphone users at d place i'm working alreadY~!! 4 of them 3g ... anyone else wanna join the group?

wow

hehe, it's been a few days but there's so much goin on around the world ... so many new things coming up, so exciting n wonderful ... but when there's things going up, there'll be things tat're coming down ... hehe, d market's coming down although so many things coming up ... sleepy d ?? :p u won't be, after i show u some of d nice things i'm posting up

remember a few posts back when i wrote about d e-ink stuffs? seems tat oprah winfrey got 1 as a gift n is loving it so much she says tat it's her new favorite thing in the world! behold, the amazon kindle e-reader

it's wireless, it's small, it's easy to use, it's EXPENSIVE~ for blk n white screen!!! USD$359...but if u purchase from amazon, juz type in OPRAHWINFREY n she'll pay USD$50 for u ... seriously, valid till 1st of november hehe.


secondly, there's this new 3.1" OLED screen phone from casio ... spotting a wide-angle 8.1mp camera with 9pt autofocus, antishake, youtube videomode, flipscreen, a thin 110 x 50 x 17.4 ~ 22-mm body and a 3.1" 480x800 OLED screen as gorgeous as the 3.8" htc touch hd phone. but sad to say, it's only available in japan ...


next up, the new motorola premium model similar to nokia's 8800 arte sapphire series ... the motoaura ... wat's it? remember the rotating phone? v70?

ring any bells? not many ppl was captured by it though...

well, they're d one who started rotating phones ... n now they're going further into it ... perfecting it. targeting a different class of audience, motorola added in 130 rotating ball bearings made by one-and-only swiss manufacturer, a special high res 1.55" screen size(similar to a QVGA screen, which is very very nice), built-in antenna, A-grade 62carat hard lens (claims to be scratchable with diamonds) with a sapphire glass, runs on LJ platform (a different version of software), air-grade aluminium keypads, small size, big fonts, a very cool opening mechanism gear view at the back, exclusive screensavers for motoaura only...so wat do u expect?? an EXPENSIVE~but pretty damn cool phone~!!! approx~ RM5k above for this baby

as far as other specs go, the motoaura will come included with a 2 MP camera, radio application, dazzling E8-grade audio quality, 2 GB of bundled storage (although it'll lack a slot for memory cards) and a 810 mAh Li-Ion battery (BC-50, 245 minutes/225 hours).

hmm, i wonder how many teams of developers n software engineers do microsoft have ... they juz launched windows vista ... then service pack 1, after a while came the windows xp service pack 3 ... then upcoming would be the windows 7 (which will be introduced in a few hours in microsoft professional developer convention, mpdc in US), and they will also launch windows vista service pack 2~! hah, what a bloody sentence tat was ... see what microsoft has to offer la ... so complicated

netbooks are quite popular nowadays, small, easy to carry, cheap n nice to use ... asus with it's first, then now a whole lot of new manufacturers joining the race to b the best ... there's lenovo, hp, msi, acer n now ... dell with it's new inspiron mini 12 ... better aesthetics n design...does this interest u ?

or this?



in the meantime, i'm still quite happy with my iphone 3g :D heard there'll be a 2.2 firmware coming up which supports a whole lots of new features ... good good, can't wait for d beta testers to try it out...hehe, so late already ... hope u didn't fall asleep really all these bullshits~! c ya nxt post~!

bangkok dangerous

went to watch bangkok dangerous midnite movie with a few frens over in cineleisure damansara. d movie was okay but it turned into bangkok jam in d middle coz d movie jus stopped halfway n a picture of a doctor came up showing they're experiencing technical difficulties after about 30mins from start. d doctor came up again after another 30 mins later, cutting off d excitement. hehe, watched it out of boredom. still managed to get 6 other frens to watch together...

why?

why is it core i7? and not core i8 (coz of 8 logical processors)? hehe, why is it windows 7 and not 9 (coz of yr 2009)? funny, what's with the number 7?? hmm, david beckham? nooo, intel is not from uk ... and us isn't pro soccer either, why why??

a guy from intel jokingly said, why core i7? coz of windows 7 lorrr ... oO

erm, can anyone tell me why???

intel core i7 summit

went to a 2hr intel summit today (during work hours) at intel office, hp tower damansara at about 2pm, with a colleague of mine (who's off for d day) to get an update on the upcoming n claimed to be very powerful core i7...saw some interesting slides and also demo from intel with come comparison with the previous core2 extreme processor n looks like the numbers were quite amazing...but of course, good things do come in great prices :D

an overall summary, the upcoming processors will have a brand new socket lga 1366 n onli works on ddr3 rams which is under 1.65v n make sure ur power supply is at least 500w and above with 80+ efficiency.

there will be 3 types of core i7 available at launch, namely core i7 920 (2.66Ghz), core i7 940 (2.93Ghz) and core i7 extreme edition 965 (3.2Ghz). i won't be goin into details but there's always the good-ol wikipedia to help unsolve any mysteries in ur mind :)

a colleague said i write too much words, so i better stick to more pictures this time. some pictures i took from the demo set by intel. enjoy~!





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e ink

ever thought about it or even heard of it at all ? it's a technology still very tender n young at the moment but has a very large potential in terms of its capabilities n possibilities in future.

wat's e-ink? hv u seen harry potter? there's a very cool moving newspaper/photo frame tat he has? it's one of the things that could really be done here in real life, seriously! it's actually a very thin sheet of electronic film (called e-paper) that can actually reproduce images with an ultra-low power consumption level. it was developed n meant for e-book (which is digital book for those of u who hvn't heard of e-book) devices. currently some strong contenders in d e-book devices are sony, iLiad n cybook ... some with different screen size, some with touch screens, some even integrate wi-fi to enable online e-book purchase through online stores n it doesn't come cheap. ranges from rm600 - 2000+ depending on model n features. unfortunately ... e-ink currently supports only b&w (black n white ...)


sony touch screen ebook reader


plastic logic e-newspaper with gesture based touchscreen n ms office document support


closer look of plastic logic

not onli in e-book devices, motorola has been d 1st company to employ e-ink into it's mobile phone series ... d motorola f3. not many ppl use it or even heard of it but it's been around since 2006 n it didn't really take off although the battery life was said to last for quite a long long time ... few reasons to tat, which is

1. no upper case / lower case
2. limited functionality
3. black & white
4. limited non-alphabet characters
5. limited lines of words

hmm, sad to hear it ? well, tat's all in 2006 ... today, we're close to 2009 and here's what we have. the readius, by polymer vision, a company developing e-ink partially owned by philips. initally meant for e-book device that comes with a foldable screen, re-designed n repackaged by philips again to become an ultra cool mobile phone. philips says tat this cool thingy will feature an 8" colour touch foldable screen tat could even play video, but i guess tat would take a bit of time until this ultra cool technology really matures :)

there's also d 1st magazine who features e-ink on it's october 2008 cover n advertisement, esquire. wanna see it? try googling through my search bar for it ... or mayb head straight to youtube n try e ink esquire ... you'll never know wat u can see in newsstands in the future :)

here are a few pictures of the prototype readius :-

爱的路上只有我和你

刚才下车前听的最后一首歌 :

爱的路上只有我和你
演唱:任贤齐
作曲:阿弟
作词:阿弟


不知道什么时候开始喜欢这里
每个夜里都会来这里看你
你长的这么美丽叫我不能不看你
看不到你我就迷矢了自己
好想牵你的手走过风风雨雨
有什么困难我都陪着你
直到天长地久直到天荒地老
爱的路上只有我和你
不知道什么时候开始喜欢这里
每个夜里都会来这里看你
你长的这么美丽叫我不能不看你
看不到你我就迷矢了自己
有时候你很调皮总是让我着急
一颗心总是为你跳不停
只要一闭上眼睛总有千百万个你
你的影子装满我的脑海里
不能够不想你也不能够忘记你
总是在梦里一直看到你
多想对你说句我是真的爱你
对我的心不要再怀疑
好想牵你的手走过风风雨雨
有什么困难我都陪着你
直到天长地久直到天荒地老
爱的路上只有我和你
好想牵你的手走过风风雨雨
有什么困难我都陪着你
直到天长地久直到天荒地老
爱的路上只有我和你



唱出我心声，但是还是侧田的歌比较适合

侧田 - 三十日
作曲：侧田(On Your Mark)
填词：方杰
编曲：Ted Lo
监製：雷颂德

逐晚倒数為见你準备
愿你快点又与我一起
寂寥足足一个月 由电话减少距离
而偏偏竟不知怎说起
是太想念你 超过了预期
隻想可拥著你 然后吻你 让你惊喜

由这一分鐘我一生就隻有你
明日纵使不堪 阻不到我用心爱你
让我终於都明瞭 明白你比生死重要
连话语 也没法盛载得起

I'll give my life to be near you in every way
For I have nothing left to be here on this earth today
让我终於不动摇 这改变因你
原谅我却试过伤害你

逐秒扩张 惦记你滋味
合上眼睛像与你一起
為何分开一个月
如像孤岛给隔离
寻不到 飞得走的客机
是太想念你 超过了预期
张开手保护你 游歷世界 让你惊喜

由这一分鐘我一生就隻有你
明日纵使不堪 阻不到我用心爱你
让我终於都明瞭 明白你比生死重要
连话语也没法盛载得起

I'll spend my life here beside you in every way
For I have nothing left to be here on this earth today
让我终於不动摇 这改变因你
如若你欠信我的力气
我唱这首歌 為你...

MacBook

as expected, after several rumours n spyshots surfaced on the website. Apple finally released their latest model of Macbook utilizing the "brick" manufacturing process where the whole frame of the notebook is cut-out entirely from a single piece of aluminium which means the new Macbook now uses a fully aluminium chassis similiar to MacbookPro compared to the previous models using plastic chassis.

Apart from the chassis, Apple has also added a discrete graphics card for the Macbook series, the nvidia 9400 mobile gpu compared to the intel mobile gpu, going 5 times faster. Not only that, the screen has also been upgraded to a 13.3" LED screen which is brighter and better power efficiency. The touchpad now features a multitouch function and also has a larger surface compared to the previous models.

last but not least, there's also a backlit-keyboard available for the mid-range model onwards (as usual there will b 3 different models offered by Apple for end-users) and pricing wise, the new Macbooks will start from USD$1,099 onwards. mid range model will be priced at USD$1,299 and the high end model will be at USD$1,599. there's also an SSD model with an unstated price

the plastic model (the older models) price will drop down to USD$999 (wow, big difference). hmm, still expensive :p but it's still a very nice laptop to have ... i don't mind surprises ... hEhe

Windows 7

new version of windows will be launched soon, well it's d 7th version of the windows operating system. don't wanna b fancy bout the naming convention so conveniently they chose to name it ... windows 7 :D

currently beta versions will b available to test-outs n until then we'll hv to c how the windows soon.

htc launched

2 of their new touch products available locally

htc S740 RM1,999



htc touch viva RM1,299




sony ericsson bluetooth watch MBW-200



Bluetooth™ Watch MBW-200 collection features:
Bringing together contemporary design and cutting edge Bluetooth™ technology

1. Reject or mute call through the watch
2. Vibrates on new SMS/MMS - and an out of range warning – when 10 m away from your phone
3. Discreet yet clear caller ID - OLED display
4. Play, pause, stop or skip a track on your phone’s music player
5. Quartz movements for exact time keeping – both digital and analogue
6. Auto pairing™ - easier to connect the watch to your phone
7. Water resistant up to 3 ATM
8. Allergy safe stainless steel
9. Mineral crystal scratch resistant face with antiglare coating

Local pricing details not yet available. Too bad, headphones not included :D

so which wan u wanna buy? haha

R.I.P

after a mth together, d time came ... it was an accident, not foreseen ... it happened within a few minutes time ... and nothing could be done ... a picture in memory of ... my purple i-tech bluetooth headset




a car ran over it as i was crossing d road, not noticed that it fell off between my fingers ... rest in pieces :p


in other news ... i was walking around and i saw this funny thing so i juz snapped a picture of it, see if u can notice it or not ? haha

BenQ MID S6

phones are getting more n more complicated nowadays ... hehe, BenQ S6 Aries will b launched in Europe soon ... 4.8" screen, 3g, wireless, 800mhz atom processor, 2gb SSD storage, microSD expansion slot, 512mb of ram ... amazing ??




very hot selling T-Mobile G1 using Google's Android platform ... made by HTC (again)

360 view and live demo

eagle eye

juz came back from the movie "eagle eye", felt like a long long time ago since i last watched a movie. haha, a saturday so decided to organise a movie outing with a bunch of colleagues n ended up in 14 of us watching this movie in 1utama. for a bonus, it's a midnite movie~!

d story's quite nice actually, if u continue to read this n everything below it ... u will know d story already ... juz not to take out half d excitement, pls do not read~!!! hehe ... juz a WARNING




it's a bit about terrorism, a bit about a plot to wipe out the current government using a very high tech bomb developed by the us military and all these are deviced by a supercomputer developed by d us military themselves! ironic right? hehe, after watching this movie u might be a bit afraid of wat's ahead of u in future...things like this might happen. computers are smarter than u n as u can see from many other similiar movies, like resident evil ... irobot ... juz to name a few, computers can outsmart u n take over any electronic device tat they might hv control over n who knows what they might do?

hehe, overall it's still a nice movie to watch in the cinema ... getting late though so i guess i'll b goin off to bed right now :)

have a nice day~!

bOo

it's been quite a while since i last posted anything here, hehe. not back home so early so therefore not much time to post on d blog. right now, i'm now quite free though at work and i hv a bit of time to browse through d web reading news n stuffs around.

there've been quite a number of huge exhibitions goin on around d globe ... hmm, juz wondering if i hv d chance to visit any of these exhibitions (definitely nothing like pc fair in m'sia which is more to trading compared to a proper exhibition). we hv CEBIT in Germany, COMPUTEX in Taiwan, and CEATEC jus ended in Japan during d end of last month...juz to name a few (with dozens running in US). these events or exhibitions showcases d latest in technology n also technologies that might b available for us in future.


jus one of the many exhibited products in CEATEC japan ... hehehe


nokia's latest express music 5800 s60 touch phone


imagine what chinese people can develop now :)



anyone want a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Sony Ericsson?? SE X1 Xperia