Airheads

Reminds me of someone. Don’t ask.

Australia beats the US, and not in the Olympics

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.

Green apples

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.

“Singtel can kiss my ass,” someone says

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).