SDXC Card for Quad HDTV (Next thing after BlueRay)

There are many exciting things happening this year.
Recently Toshiba and some other Monitor Company release the next generation Quad Full High Definition (QFHD)(3840 x 2160) LCD screen. Basically, it is 56 inch in term of size.



Finally, it reach to a stage of decent definition for watching movies. I think it need some decent storage media. I hope SDXC (Up 2 Terabyte for Storage) will be the storage media for this level of definition. No need to worried about the scratches any more.



Hmmmmmm 2 Terabyte for storage. My current biggest hard disk is not even there yet. It would be interesting to carry one around and store lots of rubbish in it.

I am a Linux

Yup! I use Macbook pro as well as IBM thinkpad. I run Linux on both of them. Well ....

let's start with Mac first then
Mac 01


Mac 02


Mac 03


Mac 04


Well here is a cool one!!!!!!!!!!!!


So fun right?
Let see what Microsoft Says
PC 01


PC 02


PC 03


Sometime I like to be Mac.




Sometime I like to be PC.


Well I used Linux quite often as well.
Novell 01


Novell 02


Novell 03

Go2 Netbook

There are many choices for Notebook. Well there are also many choices for Netbooks as well. You can purchase a Intel Go2 Netbook through Amazon for US$400.


They can run both XP and Linux that comes with 1.6Ghz CPU, 1GB RAM, 9" LCD, with up to 40GB Harddisk.

Or you can choose to look at the other alternatives.

Well here is a web site (liliputing) that compares most of the various Netbook out there in the market.

iPhone 3G

Getting your iPhone 3G soon? Well, Here is something that you need to be aware of....



If you have been following with arstechnica news, the antenna is working fine. With the firmware patch and the network working fine. The only possibility is the chipset.
I hope they figure out the issue soon enough. Well I still hope to get iPhone 3G myself.

iPhone 3G's infineon Chipset.

Qik for National Day Rally

If you have seen the National Day Rally on Aug 18, you would have seen this footage.



Here is the story from Straits Time, and Here is the Story from Qik

So are you on Qik now? iPhone is Supported too! Well, if you own a Nokia Phone S60 Service Pack 3, you can still check this out!

最美打工妹 iPhone Girl

It has quite sometime that we update this blog. If you been following up news on Apple iPhone, the latest news is of course iPhone Girl.

Here is the Original Story.

Click Here for the chinese version of the story from another site.



Of course, the other side of the story is iPhone has reached Singtel. We have checked that some Singtel iPhone 3G does not have iPhone Girl. I think it may come from a different production line.

HTC Touch Diamond™

Recently, a friend of mine recommended me a phone, which is called "HTC Touch Diamond".
After visiting the website and read the review on it, I have decided to recommended to all readers out there as well.

HTC Touch Diamond:

This touch phone has the best capabilities compared to other touch phones I have seen so far. It's touch-screen interface,named, TouchFLO™ 3D, and the efficient HSDPA internet connectivity allow users to get connected to the internet easily and instantly,without any problems, just like a normal notebook. You will not need to keep hitting the screen in order to navigate the phone menus.

With the "TouchFLO 3D" function, accessing photos, videos and etc will fun and better to look at!

Here's more:
- 4GB of Internal Storage!
- 3.2 MegaPixels Auto Focus Camera
- 2.8 inch Touch Screen
- VibrantTouchFLO 3D User-Interface
- HTC Weather
- Integrated GPS
- Talk Time (270-330 mins)
- Standby Time (285-396mins)
- Video Call Time (145mins)
- ETC (it's for you to find out!)


I have one word to comment about this home: MARVELOUS

IPhone 3G

According to Apple, 1 million IPhone 3G has been sold in just the first week. Woah! 10 million software has been download from the apps store for first 3 days according to Steve Jobs.

Well here is how IPhone 3G looks like from the inside.


There are something fun from New York Time for IPhone 3G as well.

The IPhone Song.

I have been very busy lately, and probably will not have time to update any post. Well I found a nice song to entertain all of you. Hope you like it.

AMD's "Puma" & UMPC

AMD has been trying to catch up with Intel in mobile platform. Until recently, they have not been very successful. AMD has recently announced "Puma" platform that utilizes ATI graphics card that allows them to match Intel's Platform.





Well the most interesting part for this product is the it allows user to connect to a external graphic unit. This is known as ATI "XGP" that allows multi monitor support, and better 3D graphics.

Fujitsu Amilo Graphic Booster
* First external graphic box solution on the market worldwide for extreme gaming and 3D performance
* Run up to 3 external displays simultaneously (with AMILO Notebook Sa 3650)
* Two additional USB 2.0 ports for keyboard and mouse
* ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 with 512 MB GDDR3 dedicated video memory
* Interfaces: DVI-I (incl. HDCP), HDMI (incl. HDCP and S/PDIF out), USB 2.0
* Small dimensions and stylish design: 180 x 130 x 33.5 mm
* Weight: only 0.5 kg

Well for gamers, the ATI 3800 series support DirectX 10.1.

A new AMD UMPC is also announced at the same time by Raon Digitals Ever Run



If the UMPC would work with the Graphic Booster, that will be of interest to many people. Please note that the UMPC is running on the older platform, so I am just speculating the possibility.

Intel Atom

Recently Intel roll out 2 types of Atom CPU for mobile devices.


There will be 2 version of mobile devices for the new CPU. They are netbook and nettop. The new netbook will sell from USD$250-300. This is meant to get IT to people in third world countries.



Here are some example of Netbook that is 7 to 10" screen.

Second Life on Mobile

Like to play second life on your desktop? Well you can now play it on your mobile. Vollee just managed to squeeze the client of that game into various mobile platform.



Here is the video for it.

Samsung F700

Want to get a new phone?
You can decide getting Samsung F700 if you are a M1 subscriber!
Some photos to share:

Highlights
-Hybrid Input - Touch Screen & Qwerty Keyboard
-3.2" WQVGA TFT LCD
- 3 Megapixel Camera with Auto Foucs & Power LED Flash

Specifications
-Weight 139g
-Size 112.0mm x 56.0mm x 15.9mm

Features
- Java Enabled
- 3.5G
- Video
- MMS

- Bluetooth
- Camera

-EMS
- MP3
- GPRS
- WAP

Samsung F700 and Xperia X1 have similiar features; Touch Screen & Qwerty Keyboard.
This is something which is new in the market i guess.
isit it cool!?

Samsung F700 and Xperia X1,
which will you go for?

Ying Yin

Xperia X1

Sony Ericsson recently presented a new phone Xperia X1, which is quite interesting. It is not just only it's look (3" screen with a resolution of 800 X 480, 3 Megapixel camera), it's feel (qwerty keyboard, touchscreen), it's flow (GSM, GPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, WLAN, aGPS, bluetooth), but also it's heart (625 Mhz CPU and hardware 3D)




The video is slow, hence be patient.



Hope you enjoy the video.

Apple technology

I present you 1 of the coolest mobile phone in the market right now! The Apple iphone!
It has either a 8gb storage or a 16gb storage. It also has a multi-touch 3.5 inch display(480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi). Although it only has a normal camera of 2 megapixel, but it have both bluetooth and wifi built in thus you can connect to the internet easily.





Or if you are not interested in mobile devices you can take alook at the virus free OS. The apple MACBOOK!

Technical Specification:
2.4GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz, or 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
6MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed
1066MHz frontside bus
1GB (one 1GB SO-DIMM) or 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

Are "PSP" and "DS-Nintendo" the improved version of "iRiver U10"?

Hello all!
Came across a website selling a portable MP3 Player name "iRiver U10 hands-on".
In my point of view,
this product seems to be the earliest version of 'PSP' and 'DS-Nintendo'.


Some photos to share:

It's small, portable and sleek!
Don't you guys think so?


This product which is called "iRiver U1o", is lauched in Hong Kong in October 2005.

Basically, it provides the same functions as an MP4 today.
It has :
- an 2.2-inch, 320 x 240 pixel LCD screen
- comes with either 512 MB or 1 GB of memory
- an integrated FM tuner
- "playable games"
- support for playback of MPEG4 video files and MP3, WMA, and OGG audio files.

Prices of it are:
-512MB : $199
-1GB : $249

In Aug 2006, Japan improved "iRiver U10" to have an internal memory of 2GB and the price of it was around US$200.

Ain't technology cool?

From just a small and simple device like "iRiver U10", it has become something more advanced such as 'PSP' and 'DS-Nintendo'.


Technology never fails to facinate me.

[YingYin]

GP2X F200

Good News!!! GamePark Holdings lately release the new GP2X platform to Mobile Gamers.

It comes with the following games in build (Blocked, Ruck-Man, Ghostpix, Phishy and WindandWater) and another 19 games (Beat 2X, HexBattle 2X, Blox, Camelot Warriors, Cave Story, Chess 2X, Cyber Dog, Enigma, Flobopuyo, gnuGO 2X, Kobo Deluxe, Minigame Project, Znax, PowerManga, Rick’s Dangerous, SqDef, SuperTux, UniColor and Sudoku 2X) on CD.


A few years back, I have a group of student doing a Major Project project on GP2X, any students who are interested doing a project writing a game can get in contact with me.

Int 13 Vs micro SDHC

A decade ago (1998) seems like yesterday for a 30plus. I remember I have just completed my first degree and was preparing to go for my second degree then. I wanted to throw my first PC and prepare to contruct a brand new second PC to bring over to UK.

So much as for the second. How about the first then?
Somehow it was also a year for many first time in IT industry.

It was the year that AMD K6-2 running on Super Socket 7 is faster than Pentium 2 running on Slot 1. For memory was also the year where by finally moves from EDO RAM to more reliable SDRAM. It was the first time I purchase a CD-writer. That was the first time CD-writer is afforable (SGD$200 plus), fast and support rewriterable CD. For the first time no more ugly ISA and totally moves to PCI and AGP. Hence For sound card it was Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI and for AGP it was S3 Virge GX2. 3dfx Voodoo was too expensive for me then. The PCI slot also contain my 3Com Network card that connects to my Cable modem (Broadband) for the first time too!
For storage, it was a 8GB Harddisk the mainboard bios has not longer having the Interrupt 13h problem. The PC was huge and heavy and weight more than 10kg.

wiki on Int 13h problem


2 Days ago I bought a SAN micro SDHC 8GB for my mobile phone. It cost less than SGD$90. My mobile phone is small, light and I bring it everywhere I go. The mobile phone that runs the storage probably is having the similar kind of CPU processing power, memory capacity, graphics capability and network connectivity. Hence, as you can see mobile computing isn't a very far fetch thing and it is something that is real.

So what do mobile computing can do then? Well, what does people want then?

With 8GB of storage,

1GB for you to store your genome and all you medical record
2GB for you to store 1 season of TV series (22 episodes of flash video format 320x240)
2GB for you to store 80 CD of music (22 songs of 64bit wma format)
1GB for you to store 1000 novels (word format)
1GB for you to store 2000 photos (2 Mega Pixel)
0.5 GB for you to store all your e-mails with attachments (3 years)
0.5 GB for you to store all the mobile application (200 games and application)

Hence we can say many business today runs on Mobile Computing. Many business today are using e-mail to do confirmation. You can store all you e-mail in your pocket, that allows you to access to your business, at any time, any where, including viewing your attachment.

Hence there are many jobs for a mobile and wireless specialist to help to make the businesses tick. Click HERE to see the list of jobs that a fresh mobile and wireless specialist can apply.

Did not see any word on Mobile or Wireless in the list of jobs? It is given and it is part of the job.

1) Network Engineer/System Administrator
Most company have Enterprise Wireless Network to managed beside their Wired Network.
Hence Network Engineer refer to Wired and Wireless Network Engineer.

2) Application Developer/Software Engineer
Most application is now either on Laptop, Mobile Phone or PDA.
Hence Application Developer refer to PC/Internet/Mobile Phone Application Developer.

Phones and Tabletops

When I first applied to enter MWC, it seemed like a programming course.
Then it turned out to be a course without prospective career opportunities.
And finally, now it is the future.

The future as we envision it to be is one where people own gadgets sensitive to movement and touch, just like the movie 'Minority Report'. In fact, there are phones and tabletops under development or even fully developed for market sales currently.

Also, take a look at the recent LG Viewty, which I have seen since a week ago. Touch-screen, touch keypad, the way technology is advancing in.

Mobile, wireless, sleek, and cool, if you ask me.

leewei

Skype Phone

Currently I am teaching a subject on Voice over IP. One of the famous product for Voice over IP is skype. When we talk about skype, normally we will think of using computer to chat with one another there are actually many other implementation of skype that does not need to switch on the computer!

1) Skype Mobile Phone (Only in UK)

This basically is a mobile phone that all calls go through skype. Well this is not so good as it is only working in UK and does not work else where.

2) Skype on PSP

This is a great product for many students who own a PSP. Not sure how this fair, can any one update me on this?

3) Skype on Windows Mobile

I have not got a chance to try out this even though we have quite a few of Window Mobile device lying around. Has anyone using this now?

4) Skype on Nokia Tablet

Well even though it is linux based, I still think that Nokia Tablet is too expensive to own and moreover iPhone now has a SDK.

5) Skype on WiFi

This has been selling in Sim Lim square for quite sometime. Not sure how it would fair. The problem with this is the screen is too small and not sure whether it will support WPA2.

6)Skype Desk Phone (This is what I want!!!! wait for delivery .....)

It cost me USD $170 not including shipping.
I think it is a good present for my parents who does not know how to use a PC, and often need to make long distance call.



Well there is a skype scheme that I think is quite cheap if you make alot of calls. It is call unlimited world. If you only want singapore only they also have unlimited country.