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Yes Australia is now the most obese nation.
And you thought the US will never be defeated.
Someone remarked that Australia has one of the fastest 2.4 km run timings in the world.
A country of extremes i guess.
iPhone killer, iPod killer. How often have you heard these terms? Have these ‘killer’ devices lived up well and true to their predictions?
Phones like these are great, of course. They do pretty much what the iPhone can do. But wait, it runs Symbian. Isn’t that the same OS run by hundreds of mobile phone models? So if it can ‘kill’ the iPhone, shouldn’t it have happened long ago?
Matching the iPhone specs and beating them (like cutting your weight by six grams) doesn’t make you a killer. For those who are so quick to slap the label “iPhone-killer” or even “Blackberry killer” are missing the point. If you remember, many of the iPod killers of yesterday have killed themselves. Some ate themselves. Remember the Zune? Oh you’ve never seen anyone use one?
I have a name for these killers. They are green apples. They look good but taste sour. Best taken with a pinch of salt.
I can’t say I totally agree with what was said. I didn’t buy the iPhone so Singtel can kiss my ass. In fact I’ve nothing against Singtel.
Ok, something about Singtel irks me.
If the MDA has anti-monopolistic regulations, why is Singtel the launch customer for the iPhone 3G in Singapore? In Australia, Optus, Vodafone and Telstra all brought the phone in the same day. Talk is cheap. It’d be good if talktime was cheaper.
Addendum: The irony is that I bought my iPhone from Singtel’s other company – Optus. But as I type this my phone is on the way to unlocked bliss (that annoying 10 working day wait).
This is definitely something to cheer about.You may ask “what’s the big deal?” It is because it is a Singapore company which is a first to say no to Apple’s iPhone revenue sharing model. I can’t say which is better for Singapore consumers – a revenue sharing model or the traditional Singtel business model. However it is something to shout about because every other telco company outside the States have succumbed to Apple’s demands.Apple, on the other hand, will not let itself be embarrassed. It claims that it is not married to the single carrier model. So the burning questions are:
- Will we get a locked iPhone?
- Will M1 and Starhub offer the iPhone eventually?
- Will Singtel provide support for the features unique to iPhone, such as visual voicemail?
Hi all I’ve moved to my own domain
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Upped the contrast and saturation to particular colors, so the foreground now stands out more.
Agony is when, in your urgency to take a dump in the comfort of your own toilet, you take the wrong feeder bus.
Thank goodness, I’m making up for my mis-convenience this evening.
- Intel’s Robson project will put NAND or flash memory chips on all its desktop/mobile systems. NAND memory is the memory used in your iPod nano’s and compact flash cards. Unlike the RAM you’re familiar with, data stored in NAND chips are not erased when you shut down. This will allow commonly loaded applications and O/S components to be prestored in the flash memory. Result? Your computer will boot in something like 6 to 10 seconds, and common applications take mere milliseconds to load. This will not only make older computers look really sloooooooww, but also improve battery life, since NAND memory consumes much less power than HDD’s. This technology is slated for release early next year.
- Intel released its first generation of dual core processors without including Robson. I reckon they did so for Apple’s sake. Chances are, we will see an update on the Core series of processors to include Robson. Note that changes to Intel’s architecture now affect both PC and Mac users, since they are both (almost) in the same camp. It is unlikely that Intel will license exclusive processor technology to Apple, since Apple makes up a relatively small part of Intel’s chip business. However I am not ruling out the possibility.
- Windows Vista: Unless you’re techno-phobic and feel safer with the familiar XP. It’s worth to wait for the release of Vista. Then you’ll have Vista pre-loaded on your PC.
- 802.11n: The new standard in Wi-Fi, will be featured in new Intel chipsets.
- 802.16e or WIMAX will deliver a linear broadcast range of up to 50km. However real world tests show results of around 5 to 8 km, given line of sight is usually not guaranteed. WIMAX will likely eliminate the trouble of finding wireless hotspots where it is available.
- Intel is in the midst of a chip architecture revamp dubbed the Intel Core microarchitecture. This takes technology found in the new Core Duo and Core Solo mobile processors, and will transcend its entire span of processor types, from mobile processors to servers. So if you’re buying an Intel based desktop, you should wait. Scheduled for released in the 3rd quarter of 2006.
- Intel will feature quad-core processors for it’s new rage of high end desktop processors. Apple’s Power Mac’s – to be renamed Mac Pro – will probably be the first new desktops to feature this chip.
So unless you urgently need a new computer, it is better to hold. Chances are that if you purchase a new computer now, you might it incredibly obsolete in a year.
