MacWorld 2009

MacWorld 2009 much anticipated event going to be debut at January 5-9,2009.

Each Apple will take this opportunity to introduce a new products to the market. 

Here are some of the rumuors that spreading around for upcoming Apple annoucement:-

1. Apple Iphone Nano [source: Macrumours]
2. Apple mini replacing the 2 years ago model
3. Steve Jobs will no longer host this session MacWorld, and will be the last year Apple participating as well.

Well, we shall wait and see....

HTC MAX 4G in Russia Yota WiMax Network

HTC MAX 4G as it is exclusive to Russia for Yota WiMax Network, with price tage of USD $1300 to get hold of one.

The HTC MAX 4G incorporates 8GB on board Flash memory, two cameras, WiFi, tri-band EDGE, an FM Radio and most importantly, WiMAX support. The HTC MAX 4G is in some ways not too dissimilar to the HTC Touch HD. More images can be found via the source.

[Source: wmpoweruser]

Sign of Iphone 3G in Malaysia Apple Store

Is this a sign of Iphone3G in Malaysia, Malaysia Apple Store now have a link label 'Shop Iphone', what could that mean? After clicking inside, the link is not complete or redirecting to Asia general site at this moment

Is long awaited going to be landed in Malaysia soon? Currently Apple Iphone is not on the list of upcoming country, could that be a next year Q1 release?

Many questions has yet being answered, such as which telco carried the phone? un-lock or lock version? pricing structure? contract, prepaid or outright purchase is allowed?..etc

*****Updated: "Shop Iphone" link has been taken down from the Malaysia Apple Store site*****

Apple overtakes Microsoft as world’s #3 smartphone OS vendor in Q308, Gartner Report

With the introduction of Apple Iphone, the handheld market industry has make a leap from traditional usage of smartphone. By far, iphone is still consider the most advance smartphone devices despite it lacks of basic feature, their multi-touch screen has been a revolutionary design that chance a consumer browsing a page on their smartphone devices.

In this Q3 2008, Gartner report, we saw a change for OS dominations on the 3rd placing which dominated by Microsoft Windows Mobile has been replaced by Mac OS X, while Symbian(owned by Nokia) & Research in Motion (by Blackberry) still the stay on their 1st and 2nd place. Growth for the Nokia sales has been decline of 3% due to the expansion of growth for Blackberry & Apple devices.

Stiff competition ahead or decline of market share for symbian platform next year but will maintain their leading position on the market according to Gartner.

For full review, please visit source at:-

Source:

[MacDailyNews]

How to Jailbreak Your 2.2 3G iPhone Using QuickPwn (Windows)

Recently found a good guide for jailbreak the Iphone 3G.

Snapshot of the guide,

Source: Please visit, http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1881 (Iphone 3G) or http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1880 (Iphone 2G) for complete instruction

Download:-

QuickPwn 2.2 - Dev Team

Link 1 Link 2

Firmware 2.2 Downloads

3G iPhone Firmware Firmware 2.2

2G iPhone Firmware Firmware 2.2

Bootloader Images 3.9BL, 4.6BL (For 2G iPhone Only)

Iphone 3G in Malaysia, when?

Is being sometime since i update the site.

Today, i'm gonna look into something that Malaysians wanted it to be on our shore for so long, but yet our hope is yet to be materialize.

Guess what, our neighbouring country Singapore and Thailand (coming soon), has got/getting it.

If you read mind title earlier, you probably have know what products i'm talking about.

Yeah, Iphone 3G... much awaited official phone has yet got any news towards the end of the year. Probably would have to wait till next year.

This site shows the countries that available or soon to be available, http://www.apple.com/iphone/countries/

List of wireless carrier that support activation,

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

N95 classic firmware 30.0.15

Hooray ,another firmware upgrade for Nokia n95.  Auto-rotation has been a default feature in this latest firmware. Well, the rotation is not that smooth though. Nokia Maps 2.0 built in. Noticable user interface improvement, but yet to try it. Prefer Garmin XT with Malsingmaps at the moment.

Full N-Gage client also install by default, i'm not a fan of N-Gage games. Have my PSP for that. Probably it is a good one for those N-Gage fans. 

Others feature enchancement include Share online 3.0 easy upload to Vox, Flickr and Ovi) and Nokia Search (now includes Google as an option). 

To upgrade to this version, visit Nokia website to download Nokia Software Updater and follow the on screen instruction.

** Beware, "ALL Data will be erase" backup your phone data before attempting to upgrade the firmware.**

Google Chrome - Another open source browser by Google

Google Chrome yet another new browser that provide competition to IE, Firefox, Opera which is no available for windows xp/vista user. MAC and Linux user will be coming soon. It is a open source browser which you can download it for free over here. (http://www.google.com/chrome)

Some key feature highlight of the browser includes:-

Incognito mode -  A private browsing feature that will not store any history in the computer.

Application Shortcuts - Certain apps like facebook, yahoo mail, gmail, friendster are being treated like computer apps for certain ppl. With "application shortcut", one can launch it in the desktop like real apps without the address bar and all other unnecessary add-on that is not needed.

Simpler Download - Google has make it easy to access download files by placing shortcuts at the bottom of the page, without forcing user to search through folder.

One box for everything - Which is also called "omnibox" is a both address & search bar. It incorporates a feature that fills in the blank, remembering sites where you go regularly. 

Dynamic Tabs - The ability to drag a tab to become a seperate windows or gather multiple tabs into one windows thus making it convinent to re-arrage tab as dynamic as the user preference. A feature that missing in IE 7.

Best of all Google Chrome is open source, point your mouse to this link to try it out (http://www.google.com/chrome).

P1 WiMax - 19 August 2008

P1 WiMax Launching

WiMAX - P1 Beyond Broadband in PC Fair

Had a quick drop by in PC Fair 2008 in KLCC yesterday. It was so crowded.

Probably for most of Malaysian that live on the internet world, you would probably heard of WiMAX. Among the 4 licenses that has been awarded by the goverment (P1,AsiaSpace, Redtone, YTL-e), so far P1 has the most publicity on the role out in the market.

If you live around the following area, you can sign up for the 2 weeks trial:-

1. KLCC
2. Gombak
3. Setapak
4. Sentul
5. Subang Jaya
6. USJ 1 and USJ 2

You can sign up during the PC Fair 2008 (1 Aug to 3 Aug) or register yourself at their P1 WiMAX website (http://www.p1w1max.com/).

Check out their website for more information http://www.p1w1max.com/ or http://www.p1.com.my/

N95 LCD Screen Crack

My, Nokia n95 screen crack. Sent to the Nokia Care Centre which is located at Plaza Berjaya, Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. Upon showing my phone to the customer service, she check the condition of the phone and told me the LCD Screen Crack does not cover under warranty.

Despite explaining that the screen crack is not due to negligence (it realized it was crack when I pull the phone out from my trouser to make phone call), it still does not cover under warranty.

Have to wait for them to get me a quote in 2 days time. Need to fork out additional expenses to get it fix now.

[30/7/2008] Got my phone back. That make a RM164 (for the LCD Screen)damage to my wallet not inclusive of transportation fees(parking, milleage).
Labour charge was excluded as my phone is still under warranty period.

iPhone 3G hits US market today - Maxis Malaysia offer at competitve price below RM1000?

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 ─ Apple today begins selling the iPhone 3G to replace earlier and slower models.
Touted as twice the speed, half the price, the 3G model has the same 8GB capacity as the EDGE iPhone but comes with new features such as enterprise applications and GPS.
The phone was Apple's entry into the crowded and competitive mobile phone sector dominated by Finnish giant Nokia and several Korean and Taiwanese makers.
But the iPhone integrated Apple's successful and iconic Ipod MP3 player with touch screen features and the company's famed industrial design to gain market share and appeal to a younger set.
The iPhone 3G will be available in a few Asian nations soon, most of whom have already cracked earlier sets which were tied to US provider AT&T.
Its understood that Maxis will offer the iPhone 3G in Malaysia at a competitive price below RM1,000.

[source] http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/headlines/42-lead-stories/1640-iphone-3g-hits-us-market-today

Latest 3G operator in Town - U Mobile

U Mobile, the latest 3G operator in town. Do check out their unique U38 Plan & their 1sec prepaid billing mechanism.

Huawei E220 USB DataCard

Finally i got myself an Vodafone USB Huawei E220 Data Card. This small device allows me to connect to any HSDPA, Edge, GPRS network on Malaysia(Celcom, Maxis, Digi, Umobile).

This device has been make available on the market since August 2006. That time Malaysia operator network has not aggressive on UMTS connection & the bills to pay for it is steep. Recent months, competition among telco is strong, thus bringing down the subcription fees for mobile broadband.

Finally I got myself subcribe to the mobile broadband from one of the telco provider in Malaysia. Bought myself a Huawei E220 USB DataCard from a dealer. (If interested to get datacard off the market standard, do contact me).


1. Main Features
HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM
HSDPA packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 3.6Mbps
UMTS packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 384kbps
EDGE packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 236.8kbps
SMS service
Auto installation, convenient for use Windows 2000 and Windows XP Operating system

Software has been upgraded to support 7.2mbps HSDPA and Windows Vista. (Mac Driver is on the CD installation & Linux support is available for kernel above 2.6.20)


2.Specifications

Technical standard
HSDPA/UMTS: 3GPP R99, R5 GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 3GPP R99
Operating frequency
HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz
External interface
Mini USB interface: supporting USB 2.0 Full Speed
Antenna: Internal antenna
SIM/USIM card: standard 6 PIN SIM card interface
Dimensions
89 mm (D) x 43 mm (W) x 14.5 mm (H)
Weight
< 50g




For more information:- http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/products/view.do?id=282