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Video Review - Sony Mylo 2 2008-03-06 06:10:42 [9 January] 3 great vids from the guys over at ubergizmo, link to full article here. Initial specs as follow -
802.11b/g
800 x 480 color LCD touchscreen
Backlit, slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Enhanced web browser with Adobe Flash Lite 3 support
IM via AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and Google Talk
Built-in 1.3-megapixel digital camera
Internet video calls via Skype
Music, video, and casual [...] Read more:Sony
Unboxing and First Impressions - Nokia N810 2008-03-06 06:01:26 Size comparison pic showing N810 next to the N800 on top of an Asus Eee PC, photo from ARS Technica
[26 November] Found a great unboxing and first impression article on the Nokia
N810 Tablet over at ARS Technica with some nice pics. Link here. The author’s verdict on it -
“Overall, I think that the [...] Read more:Unboxing
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Hong Kong ArtWalk - Wednesday, 12 March 2008 2008-03-04 10:34:56 Following is the excerpt from the organiser, John Batten, on the Hong Kong
ArtWalk homepage -
“Now in its eighth year, ArtWalk is Hong Kong’s biggest charity art event. The ArtWalk benefiting charity for 2008 is, as last year, the Society for Community Organization (SOCO) - who received a donation of HK$539,000 raised from tickets sold [...] Read more:March
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We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am 2008-03-04 06:53:18 Ohio and Texas Democratic Party primaries tomorrow and here’s the new music video from will.i.am for Obama. I watched the video a couple times, there’s blacks, whites, Hispanics and Latinos, but where are the Asians, hmm…. makes me wonder. Shame, that really kills the song. Wonder who Al Gore would pick.
[I’m all [...]
First Look - ASUS Windows Mobile 6.1 UI 2008-03-04 06:37:50 Check this all new UI from ASUS, got pretty much everything from the familiar iPhone touch interface to the HTC TouchFLO technology, simply awesome.
Source - engadget Read more:Windows
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First Look - Google2Go 2008-03-03 21:29:53 Google2GO! is a mobile application for Google services, similar to Yahoo!Go. This application is not related to Google in any way.
Requirements:
Windows Mobile (Professional OR Standard) 5/6
Windows Mobile .Net framework 2.0 or greater
Data/Wifi connection
Screen Resolution of 320×240 or 240×240 (required)
Features:
Access to all Google mobile services including:
Google [...] Read more:First
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Hardware Woes - My Fujitsu T2010 Down 2008-03-03 10:35:50 [8:35am, 24 January] The battery of my Fujitsu
T2010 went dead two days ago, not sure why it’s such short-lived (just would not charge up). Was going to take it to the shop for repair (think still under some sort of warranty since it’s less than 6 months old) this weekend and to buy [...] Read more:Hardware
In-depth Review on the HTC Shift 2008-03-11 21:45:32
Pic from Boy Genius Report
The Boy Genius Report published a very in-depth review on the HTC Shift
which we in Hong Kong are still awaiting. One of the notable things that was pointed out in the review was with the HTC Communication software. According to the review,
“We have had a ton of issues with HTC’s [...]
Unboxed Video - Samsung i780 (Blackjack2) 2008-03-10 01:04:29 Tracy and Matt’s Blog posted the unboxed video of the all new Samsung
i780, which now starts appearing in Sintat Centre down in Mongkok. No info on the pricing though rumours from local forums indicated that the English version goes for HK$3,880.
Key features
Unique dual mode touchpad navigation
Built-in GPS with A-GPS support
Large 2.55″ 320×320 pixels [...]
More Details Leaked on ASUS Eee PC 900 2008-03-09 00:54:43 Pic from jkkmobile
jkkmobile got the latest specs on the ASUS Eee PC 900. So far what we know -
CPU will be 900mHz Celeron
no Bluetooth
8GB SSD with the XP version and 12GB SSD with the Linux
1.3 mega-pixel cam
9 inch 1024 x 600 screen
1GB Ram on board
same batteries as the 7-inch models
available in May/June
Check jkkmobile’s article for [...]
First Look - Searchme 2008-03-13 03:34:22 Searchme is a new search engine that shows you the search results as a stack of pages you can flip through. Searchme’s engine delivers results as a browsable stack of “pages” — pictures of actual web pages that users can check out before visiting them. Searchme also suggests categories to users as they type in [...] Read more:First
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Samsung’s New Line of Phones - F490, F700 and Samsung P720 DuoS 2008-03-17 01:29:49 Pics from SlashGear
[28 December 2007]
[Updated: 17 March 2008] The import version of Samsung
F490 is out in Sintat Centre (Mongkok) for HK$4,680. The Cruix UI sure looks pretty sweet. For more pics, check out the latest article (in Chinese) from PhoneDaily, link here. Read more:Phones
HTC Shift Out Finally 2008-03-19 10:32:56 The HTC Shift
is FINALLY releasing tomorrow and price tag is HK$10,880. We covered enough on the HTC Shift so not going to further delve into it. Only one comment, does the 3.6 Mbps 3.5G HSDPA and HTC SnapVUE really worth that much? Hmm… especially with all the small UMPC such as [...] Read more:Finally
Phooey Tech Hole In Need of Major Overhaul 2008-03-19 10:19:37 Major overhaul over at the Phooey Tech Hole is underway and posts will be slow the coming few days. Elements adding to the current My Gears line -
Quad-core PC (really overdue)
Another monitor for dual monitor mode and as second monitor for the Sony Vaio UX-27
External USB hard disk (for that extra storage)
Softwares such as [...] Read more:Major
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HTC Shift Out Finally 2008-03-21 21:32:56 [19 March] The HTC Shift
is FINALLY releasing tomorrow and price tag is HK$10,880. We covered enough on the HTC Shift so not going to further delve into it. Only one comment, does the 3.6 Mbps 3.5G HSDPA and HTC SnapVUE really worth that much? Hmm… especially with all the small UMPC [...] Read more:Finally
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