Monthly Archives: June 2010

Froyo is in my phone

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If you are an Android phone user,I bet you know what I’m talking about.Since last month,Android 2.2(code name:Froyo) was introduced by Android team and in the past several weeks,some Nexus One users had reported they got some different patches of Froyo.

Some insiders of Google told that they were still doing the testing and bug-fixing and so only app developers and some press were given to try the new version first.However,today has a different story.In the early morning,I had got some information over the Internet that some builds for all Nexus One phones were found in the Google server and the direct links were exposed very quickly.I’m the one who downloaded and installed Froyo manually in my Nexus One by referring the instructions from the comments in Engadget.

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One hour after I installed Froyo in my device,I caught an article from Google Nexus One board declared Froyo is starting to OTA to all Nexus One users from today.Most Nexus One users will receive the notification of upgrade by the end of this week.

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So if you are so patient,you could wait for some more days to get the automatic upgrade;if you are just like me,you can download and install it manually to enjoy the power of Froyo first.

For Build number ERE27:http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-ota-42745.dc39ca1f.zip

For Build number EPE54B:http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-FRF85B-from-EPE54B.75b107d6.zip

Please follow the steps to get Froyo correctly running in your device:

1.Rename the downloaed file to update.zip
2.Put it at the root of your SD-Card and then turn off the phone.
3.Hold down the volume button and then press the power on button, it should go into a boot screen. Wait for a few seconds for it to load up proper and then select "Recovery" with the volume down/up button and press the power button.
4.Once you see an android holding a sign with an exclamation mark push volume down+ volume up + power button _at the same time_.
5.Select "apply sdcard:update.zip"(or something similiar) with the trackball and press it.
6.After the update is finished select "reboot system now" with the trackball and press it.
7.Wait for it to reboot, it can take a long time mind you.

(Thanks the reader afinite in Engadget for the detailed information.)

New Windows Live Messenger beta

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Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 beta just released 7 hours ago and I’m applying it in my laptop already.Windows Live Messenger is the most popular software for me,so I decided to try that first.

The default view has rich contents there,including ‘highlights’,’photos’,’status’ etc.It’s a real mixture of social network tool and instant message software.

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It also has a traditional view aka a compact view to slim the windows.

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Once you open a chatting window,you can find nothing changed except a bar with some functions.

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So from now on,if you want to disappear to some of your friends,you can set to appear offline to the person whilst other people can still see you there.
Here are my rough comments on the very new Windows Live Messenger beta and I think I should take more time to dig out more knowledge on this.You guys could download and install this new stuff to try it out too.It may make you look cool,huh?  Open-mouthed smile

Get it here…

(BTW,I edited this article on the latest Windows Live Writer beta,the experience is much better than the old version.Thumb up!!!)

WordPress 3.0

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As a blogger,I think no one will ask what is WordPress.Now it comes to another milestone WordPress 3.0.This new version makes a lot of improvements and changes.I will just list out the points which are great in this latest WordPress.

  • A sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten.The new theme is awesome.It comprises some modern elements in the design and leaves quite a lot of spaces for being customized by the different groups of users.
  • Merge of MU and WordPress.That means from now on,WordPress could also support multi-users/multi-sites.
  • Lighter interface
  • The better contextual help for every page
  • 1217 bugs fixed and enhancements
  • Bulk updates for plug-ins as well as themes

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Let’s see the introduction from the official:

Just upgrade your current WordPress by a single click and you could then enjoy the fun from the new one. :)

Malaysia’s economy

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The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib claimed that GDP in Q1 2010 is 10.1% greater than the same period of last year.It seems to be very good news as it indicates Malaysia’s economy is walking out of the mess and turning into a right way.However,some people put some arguments out because they see the growth of Malaysia’ economy is based a large deficit and creating a huge amount of debts.

Malaysia government provided RM18.6billion as the subsidies to petrol price,gas price and so on.It is almost 11% of GDP for the year,higher than many other developed and developing countries in the world(France-1.4%,UK-0.7%;Indonesia-2.7%,India-1.6%,China-0.7%).However,the expenses on subsidies are actually only ranking at No.4 of total expenses.The No.1 expense is for salary and other bonus of civil servants-1.22million of civil servants cost RM52.9billion for the last year-it’s around 3 times of subsidies and 33.7% of the total expenses.That means each public servant could get average income for the year at RM43360,at the same time,the Per Capita GNI(Gross National Income) of Malaysia is RM23567(ie. Malaysia has approx. 27.7million citizens in 2009.)

From the points I can see,I suggest the government smoothly cuts down the subsidies,but also need to cut down the number of public servants by increasing the operational efficiency and applying e-solutions and automation systems in order to facilitate the administrations among different departments.

Malaysia might not be another Greece so soon,but if the government doesn’t know how to control the debts and deficit,I don’t think a better future will be close to the people in this land.On the contrary,the whole country will probably suffer the pain later.

iPhone 4

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs pushed out the new iPhone 4 in front of the media several hours ago in the WWDC.

iPhone 4 has a new high resolution screen called Retina Display which shows 960 x 640 pixels in the screen.The phone could support GSM / UMTS / HSPA（HSDPA 7.2Mbps、HSUPA 5.8Mbps）and has 5mega pixel back camera with a LED flash as well as a front camera which could be used on the new app namely ‘Facetime’ by WIFI only currently.

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