The right way to use iPhone?

I saw this on a telco website.

WT* is the right way? The link actually go back to Apple's iPhone manual website.
Is there really a RIGHT way to use your iphone? I thought that as long as it belongs to you, you can use it anyhow, anywhere, anyway you like it? No?

Here a poll, put your opinion here:




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Digital photo for the future

Someone at lytro created this technology, you can change the focus to any place of the photo. So called life photo, because for conventional photography (either film or digital), the photo is fixed once it is being capture on film or memory card (well, unless you photoshop it).



There is another one for you to play with after the jump. Click read more.





To summaries, it is like manipulating the light field and make the photo become alive. Well, sort of, go to link below to find out in detail. :)

For more example, go to http://www.lytro.com/picture_gallery


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How green is your internet?

How green is your internet? Do you think that turn everything to electronic based would reduce the CO2 footprint? Think again. This video after the jump tells you why......






Time to switch off the youtube when you not using it? :)

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via: http://www.crackajack.de/2011/06/22/how-green-is-your-internet/

Irfanview is my favourite photo viewer

Irfanview is always my favorite photo viewer. Why? Because it is fast and very light weight. While some photo viewer software claim that they can view so and so format, I don't like most of them trying to take over my Windows settings and boy I hate that. Also you need to pay a fee to use some of them legally.
With less than 10Meg (including additional plug-ins), I can view 99% of the photos and video and flash video using Irfanview. And I always like to see the EXIF data of photo that I view. With just typing "e" while viewing photo with Irfanview, I can see the EXIF instantly!

I am too lazy to print screen, so just go ahead to the Irfanview website to download the latest version 4.3 and install it. Remember to download and install the plug-ins as well.

If you like portable version, download from PortableApps.com.


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Something on Google Maps you should see

Arg...... Monday again! To cure your Monday blue, there is something you should see at Google Maps. We have seen many special stuffs on Google Maps, but this one will blow your mind away! Click read more to find out......

A ship on Google Maps? Yes, absolutely correct, a ship.

World Discoverer, a cruise ship originally built in Germany (year 1974) on Sunday April 30, 2000, 4pm local time, hit a rock that was not in the Solomon Islands charts. Since it is (the ship) too big, the people just left it there and Google Maps pick it up. If you don't believe me, go ahead click on the Google Maps link below:
Google Maps link

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source: gizmodo.com

Nokia N9 - what you need to know!,

Nokia first Meego phone is here! The Nokia N9 is first Nokia meego phone that will be available this year. How will it perform? See the video from engadget after the jump......


Nokia N9 hardware and GUI review:

Note: very cool!

Nokia N9 NFC connection


Neat? Let's go get one. :)

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source: all video in this post are from engadget.com!

Nokia X7 - review

It is another busy week for me, so I am just going to post some video that I grep from WWW. Should have change my blog title to to "outdated and lazy Uncle" :P
Anyway, Nokia is trying very hard to compete to other smartphone manufacturer, but somehow still lagging behind. See the Nokia X7 review video after the jump to find out how. Boy, I look at the spec at gsmarena and it really an outdated stuffs Nokia put in it.



Why do I say it is bad smartphone design, coz it is running Symbian Anna OS with 680 MHz ARM 11 processor. That is really slow! However Nokia compensate it with a very good quality build.

Nokia X7 Unboxing review:


Nokia X7 Hardware review:

Note: incredible slow power up at time 6:45!

Nokia X7 Software review:

Note: super slow web page loading at time 11.55!

Video sample of Nokia X7


So what do you think? Nice or not? Probably you want to get it because of you like Symbian so much.
I still going to get Samsung Galaxy S 2 or HTC Sensation. :D


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source: all video embedded in this post are from pocketnow.com!

What happens on the Internet every 60 seconds

What happens on the Internet every 60 seconds? What have you done for last 60 seconds? :P

More detail after the jump, click read more......


Here are what happens every 60 seconds:

• Search engine Google serves more that 694,445 queries [I contribute to this :) ]
• 6,600+ pictures are uploaded to Flickr
• 600 videos are uploaded to YouTube, amounting to 25+ hours of content
• 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on social networking site Facebook [I contribute to this :) ]
• 70 new domains are registered
• 168,000,000+ emails are sent [I contribute to this :) ]
• 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on social networking site Twitter [I contribute to this :) ]
• iPhone applications are downloaded more than 13,000 times
• 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr [I contribute to this :) ]
• Popular web browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times [I contribute to this :) ]
• Popular blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times
• WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times
• 100 accounts are created on professional networking site LinkedIn
• 40 new questions are asked on YahooAnswers.com
• 100+ questions are asked on Answers.com
• 1 new article is published on Associated Content, the world’s largest source of community-created content
• 1 new definition is added on UrbanDictionary.com
• 1,200+ new ads are created on Craigslist
• 370,000+ minutes of voice calls done by Skype users
• 13,000+ hours of music streaming is done by personalized Internet radio provider Pandora [I contribute to this :) ]
• 1,600+ reads are made on Scribd, the largest social reading publishing company

I am sure you are contributing to more than one of these. :)


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source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/16/6874191-what-happens-on-the-internet-every-60-seconds and http://www.go-globe.com/web-design-shanghai.php

Find your stolen camera

First of all, camera in nowadays is refer to digital camera. Second, always make sure you have bring everything with you whenever and where ever you go, then you don't need to use this website that I am going to introduce after the jump, the stolencamerafinder website.

By detecting the serial numbers in the exif data on the photos posted on WWW, this website supposedly help you to locate your stolen camera.

The website:
http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/

Just drag and drop your sample photo from your stolen camera and it will do the job, I hope.

Unfortunately not all camera store serial number in the exif data, example non of Sony camera is in the list!

Here is the summary of camera that store serial number in exif data
1. Only Canon EOS cameras, non-EOS? sorry.
2. Many Koday cameras supports this function
3. Many Fujifilm cameras supports this function
4. Many Leica cameras supports this function
5. Nikon DSLR cameras supports this function, others? sorry
6. Many Olympus cameras supports this function
7. Many Panasonic cameras supports this function
8. A few Pentax cameras supports this function
9. Some Ricoh cameras supports this function
10. Some Samsung cameras supports this function
11. Some Sigma cameras supports this function



The full list of camera that store serial number in exif data:
http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/listmodels



Summary, keep your eyes on your camera, and make sure you bring it together with you all the time! :)

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Disadvantages of touch screen

Start with smartphone, and then the famous iPhone, and then iPad (tablet was introduced before iPad but never take off :( ), everyone now is crazy about touch screen. But touch screen has it disadvantages. Find out why in the video after the jump......





What is the moral of this video? Keep your house clean to get rid of the fly of course! :P

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iPod magic

Hmm... Mr Magician must be very boring with pigeons and poker cards already. So he decided to use iPod for his magic act. Why not he use iPhone? Maybe iPhone might have phone call or sms (text) come in during his act which will be annoying, so use iPod touch instead. :P
Click read more for the video......





When Steve Jobs is gone, I think Apple should hire this guy to introduce the new Apple products during the press conference. :P

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Motorola Droid X2 - Everything you need to know

It's Monday again. Monday blue? Here is something to cheer you up. Beside HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S 2, Motorola Droid X2 is also a dual core smartphone. The body is quite thick, causing it become no.3 if I want to sort these 3 phone according to my preference. Who is my no.1? Click the link on the phone mentioned above to find out. ;) For Motorola fans, see the video after the jump......


Once again due to laziness I just embedded review video from pocketnow.com. You can find the full review at pocketnow.com. :)

The unboxing review of Motorola Droid X2


The hardware review of Motorola Droid X2


The software review of Motorola Droid X2


Motorola Droid X2 720p sample video


So how now? HTC? Samsung? or Motorola? I will still stick with HTC at the moment. :D


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source: pocketnow.com

Ancestor of Transformers or Terminator?

With the hype of Transformers movie showing at cinema right now, I can't help to post something related to robots. Introducing KiloBot!
Well it does not sounds great and a bang when you hear it. Anyway, see the introduction first. One thing to note, each of these guys cost less than US$20, that is super cheap!



See more action after the jump......


They can be program at same time and they can interact with each other.


I hope they are not and will not be the ancestor for those robots from Cybertron or SkyNet or Zion.
Have a nice Sunday! :)

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source: youtube!

SlideIT Keyboard for Windows Mobile is free now!

SlideIt keyboard is the competitor for Swype. Just like Swype, you can tap or slide to write on your touch screen smartphone. Previously you need to pay for SlideIt for Windows Mobile, however now it is free. For how long? I am not sure, I have downloaded it as soon as I found out it is free now. It cost US$5.99 for Android version and €3 for Symbian version.

Detail of SlideIt click here.

The download link for Windows Mobile click here.

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source: mobilism

IBM is 100 years old

IBM is celebrating 100 years old birthday this year. Many things has been planned for the celebration, such as a dedicated website and many merchandise (T-shirt, mouse pad, etc). I hope they don't spend over a million dolar on just a facebook fan page. ;)
More detail after the jump......

The website here:
http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/

And to explore what has IBM been up to these 100 years, click the link in this box:

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source: IBM

How to waste 5mins on Friday

YouTube is amazing place, you can upload anything, well almost anything and if you have the luck, you will be famous overnight! Here is a compilation of some famous YouTube video after the jump.





This is how you wasted 5mins on your lovely Friday! :P


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source: internet!

Malaysian Government websites are down

Cyber Attack of Malaysian Government websites that happen on early morning on June 16 2011 causing a few Malaysia Government websites are down at the moment.

Fellow Malaysian, what do you think of this attack?
Fellow non-Malaysian, what do you think?

I am not pro or con for this issue, but I think these hackers should make use of their skill into good use, instead of bring down websites. What if someone is waiting for some help (like donation or organ transplant) but with the server down, the information is gone and they are the one being punish.
You should hack the personal website or blog or facebook fan page or twitter of those politician that you want target, please don't involve civilian.

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source: rant

Swype 3.0 - More Choices, More Power, More Magic

What is Swype? It is a on screen keyboard for smartphones and now they are going into tablets. You can type just like normal on screen keyboard or sweep your finger across the key that you supposedly typing. See the video to find out more after the jump......




You can purchase this apps from your smartphone marketplace, but some get lucky since some smartphone and tablet makers include this apps as default apps for the smartphone and tablet.

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source: internet

Die faster with iPad and iPhone

International Air Transport Association (IATA) posted a statement of using iPad, iPhone and other portable electronics devices on flight has could cause more death due to interference with electronics flight system. This mean that you have higher chances of crashing the plane if you use iPad or iPhone or smartphone or other portable electronics devices while on the plane.


More detail here:
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/06/13/electronic_device_pose_risk_to_airplane_safety/
And here:
http://www.ictransaction.com/201106/iata-ipad-threat-electronic-products-aircraft-flight-safety.html

Now, could you please leave your iPhone/iPad/smartphone power off while on flight?


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How to waste 8mins on Tuesday

Another useless machine? This time build with LEGO that will waste 8 mins from your lovely Tuesday. Click read more to see the video. :)





Have a productive Tuesday :P

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source: youtube
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Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook Teardown

It is Monday again. Monday blue? Fear not, how about teardown something to cheer you up? What is hiding inside the Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook, click read more to find it out. Enjoy!




Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook Teardown

With so little of HD, this is really good for web surfing and do everything on the cloud. Do you want to get one for yourself?

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source: www.ifixit.com

Can you see my robot?

Robot in disguise, watch the video after the jump......




We are not too far from Transformer (if good luck) or Matrix day (if bad luck). :P

Enjoy your sunday! :)

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HTC Sensation - everything you need to know

HTC finally come out with its flagship smartphone for 2011, which is the HTC Sensation. Packed with a dual core processor, somehow it is not as fast as Samsung Galaxy S 2. See the video review from pocketnow.com after the jump......


The unboxing video of HTC Sensation, as usual:


Follow by hardware review video of HTC Sensation:


The software review of HTC Sensation:


Indoor 1080p video sample taken by HTC Sensation:


Outdoor 1080p video sample taken by HTC Sensation:


And now, head-to-head comparison between HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S 2:


I am still go with Samsung Galaxy S 2 if I have to money to buy, how about you?





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source: pocketnow.com

Learn about Browsers and the Web

Someone at Google created this HTML5 website to let everyone to learn (or re-learn) stuffs regarding Web browsers and the World Wide Web and also the hottest WWW technology right now, which is Cloud Computing. Find out the link after the jump......

It is good for children to learn using this website as well as got nice pictures and some animated pictures.
Multi-language has been created, click on the link for the language you interested:
English-US
English-UK
Deutsch
Spanish
French
Bahasa Indonesia
中文（简体)
中文（繁體）
日本語
and many more, you can change the language at the website also.

Enjoy reading! :)

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source: WWW

new Wii U controller

Nintendo recently announced new type of Wii controller, which called Wii U controller. Quite exciting kind of game controller, you can swap the game play between TV and the controller. See the video after the jump:




Honey, now we have more reason to buy Wii. :)

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Does our brain has limit?

Apparently we are still trying to understand the brain organ that we use daily to create so many amazing things in this world, yet we know too little. Anyway, here is a infograph about the brain, read more after the jump......


Click the picture to see in full size.

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source: http://dailyinfographic.com

How to counter attack "LIKE" button?

Facebook "LIKE" button is too powerful that Google has to be afraid, so what Google did? They created the "+1" button, and it has been default for all blogspot since blogger owned by Google. Here is the snapshot of my +1 button on this blog. Nice?

You don't need to do anything to enable it, that's why I have Google is desperate already, hehehe. As long as you enabled "Show Share Buttons", +1 button would appear with other sharing button like email, facebook, twitter, etc. :D

Now Google, let me join adsense. :P

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source: me and the WWW

Touch-optimized Windows 8

Microsoft has announced more detail of Windows 8 recently with many touch-optimized GUI. Looks like Steve Jobs always set a standard for everyone. Microsoft has to follow Steve again. More info after the jump......

Here are some of the stuffs listed by the press release:

•	Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.
•	Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from your apps.
•	Fluid, natural switching between running apps.
•	Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so you can really multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
•	Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.
•	Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

Looks more like Windows Phone style than typical desktop Windows. Sounds familiar? Yes, there are news on the WWW that next generation of Mac OS would be more iOS than the original Mac OS. Mobile computing is really shaping up the future, including the desktop computing.
See the video to find out more:



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source: microsoft for the Win8 features, and me coz I wrote this!

Is there a social media bubble?

Do social media company like facebook, twitter and linked-in worth that much on the papers. Find out more with the infographaph after the jump......

Have a nice weekend! :)

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Overclock for Samsung Galaxy S 2

XDA is just a wonderful place. You can find all sorts of apps for your smartphone (they even have a section for certain dump phones), all for free! So to overclock your Samsung Galaxy S2, read more after the jump......

The apps actually also support overclock for Galaxy S series as well, so if you have a Galaxy S and would like to try some adventurous apps, here is the one for you.

Find out the detail and instruction to download to your Galaxy S and Galaxy S 2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101355

You also need to root it first.

WARNING: Overclock can be harm to your hardware. Use at your own risk.

Here are the list of supported Galaxy S and Galaxy S 2 family:
Available Galaxy S 2 Family
*GalaxyS2 (GT-I9100, Gingerbread 2.3.3)
*GalaxyS2 (SHW-M250S, Gingerbread 2.3.3)
*GalaxyS2 (SHW-M250K, Gingerbread 2.3.3)
*GalaxyS2 (SHW-M250L, Gingerbread 2.3.3)

Available Galaxy S Family
*Captivate (SGH-I897, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Captivate, Rogers (SGH-I896, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Epic 4G (SPH-D700, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Fascinate (SCH-I500, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Fascinate, Telus (SGH-T959D, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy S (GT-I9000, Gingerbread 2.3.3, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy S (GT-I9000M, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy S (GT-I9000B, Froyo 2.2 /2.2.1)
*Galaxy S (SHW-M110S, Gingerbread 2.3.3, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy K (SHW-M130K, Gingerbread 2.3.3, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy U (SHW-M130L, Gingerbread 2.3.3, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Galaxy Player (YP-GB1, Froyo 2.2.1)
*Galaxy Player (YP-GB70, Froyo 2.2.1)
*Galaxy S Hoppin (SHW-M190S, Froyo 2.2.1)
*Giorgio Armani Galaxy S (GT-I9010, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Mesmerize (SCH-I500, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)
*Vibrant (SGH-T959, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1 )
*Vibrant Plus (SGH-T959V, Froyo 2.2 / 2.2.1)

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source: XDA

Samsung Galaxy S 2 screen problem?

 Not too long ago this GS2 is my dream phone, see this and this to find out why. But somehow there is always a fault finder in this world. More detail after the jump......

A members from XDA found out that there is a display problem on GS2, that there is a yellowish on left side of the screen if you turn down the brightness of the GS2.
Detail at XDA forum.


I hope Samsung would quickly fix this problem at least on new device have haven't come out from the factory. But do hope also that Samsung would replace for anyone that own this GS2 with a new and fixed screen of GS2. Anyway, I don't think GS2 users will notice the problem unless they use the phone in dark all the time with low brightness. I am still gonna get this phone if I strike a lottery. :P
Just my 2 cents.

Update: To check the hardware functionality of Samsung Galaxy S 2, do this:
1. Bring up dialpad. 

2. Key in *#0*#. 

3. LCD TEST application will be loaded. 

4. Test SUPER AMOLED Plus display in red, green, blue, white and black colour. Make sure that your AMOLED screen has a perfect colour. 

5. Can also test the front and back camera functionality.

6. Test sensors like accelerometer, proximity, lights, gyroscope and magnetic sensors. 

7. Test the touch screen sensitiveness, etc.

Thanks jayceooi.com for this update

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Handphone is harmful to human after all

WHO (World Health Organization) finally admitted that handphone/cellphone is possibility harmful to human after all. I am too lazy to re-write all of them, here are some sources (that you can trust) for your reading:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/31/cellphones-are-dangerous-not-dangerous-the-who-changes-its-mind/

http://gizmodo.com/5807049/cellphones-deemed-possibly-carcinogenic-by-worlds-leading-cancer-experts

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/05/31/who-assessment-puts-cell-phone-use-as-possibly-carcinogenic/


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