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Facebook “Home” and HTC First

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Yesterday Facebook held up an event for Android platform.Many people guessed that Mark Zuckerberg would release a Facebook phone and they were curious how would that phone differneciate with other smartphones.Now we know that Zuckerburger is not really building a Facebook phone with sort of Facebook OS,he’s making a phone with Facebook-centric app(launcher).

Facebook is cooperating with HTC to push out this middle range Android phone named HTC First,optimizing Facebook “Home” working on it seamlessly as the default launcher.Facebook chooses to make this happen in Android platform because that’s the one with open source and highly customizable compared to iOS and WP8.


 

The main concept of Facebook “Home” is to focus on social status which has been the most important part of life for people enjoying the connections with family and friends.When you unlock your phone,you will immediately get the latest Facebook status and respond to that by simple clicks.

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4G spectrum had been allocated by MCMC in Malaysia

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The telecommunication industry regulator in Malaysia,MCMC(the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Comission) announced last night that they had assigned 2600MHz(2.6GHz) to 8 companies for deploying 4G LTE(Long Term Evolution) wireless technology.

The 8 companies are Celcom Axiata Bhd, DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd, Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd, Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd, REDtone Marketing Sdn Bhd, U Mobile Sdn Bhd and YTL Communications Sdn Bhd.

From the aforementioned list,you could find that Celcom.DiGi,Maxis and U Mobile are the existing mobile telcos;P1 and YTL Communications(YES 4G) are running Wimax networks;REDtone is a MVNO(Mobile Virtual Network Operator) player currenting riding on Celcom network;Puncak Semangat is a new face in the industry,but the boss is well-known local billionaire,the richest Bumiputra corporate figure – Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary.

MCMC wants the existing telcos to take their experiences to build up reliable 4G networks while the new players may seek some innovative and create ways to compete with others.Well,the idea is good,but applying into Malaysia,I think it’s not good because Malaysia only has 28 million population.8 companies have to divide a small cake into tiny pieces and so perhaps no one could get full at last.

Anyway,they may go to consolidate the service later or share the infrastructures to improve the financial performance.At this moment,we could just wait for several months to see how they will make it done nicely.

 

iPad mini,4th Generation iPad and more…

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After weeks of rumors,iPad mini finally landed to the stage hours ago.

iPad mini is said to be the smaller size of iPad,but not less powerful.It also has around 10 hours battery life and HD FaceTime and iSight cameras.As its smaller size(7.9 inch display),now it could be held in one hand(of course,it should be a big hand.)

iPad mini is only 7.2mm thickness(23% thinner than iPad) and 308g weight (53% lighter than iPad).It supports dual band(2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz) Wireless N technology(up to 150Mbps) and has the option to support cellular data network(such as HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA/LTE).

iPad mini starts to pre-order from 26 October 2012,selling from US$329.You can go through more details here.

iPad mini is not the only star in the last special event.Apple also released a 4th Generation iPad with new processor A6X,doubled the processing power compared with A5X which used in the last 3rd generation iPad.The latest iPad adds lightning port instead of the traditional 30-pin port.The size is almost the same as the predecessor and pricing from US499 for 16GB WiFi version and US$629 for 16GB LTE version.

The new line of iMac gives a lot of shocks to us,especially its thickness.The thinnest side is only 5mm.Yes,you didn’t misread it.

There are two sizes of display to choose:21.5 inch(1920×1080) and 27 inch(2560×1440) with different specs.The latest iMac is working on Fusion Drive technology,making a mixture of 128GB SSD and 1-3TB traditional hard disk perform closer to be a pure SSD.

The 21.5 inch iMac is priced from US$1299 with i5 2.7Ghz processor,8GB RAM,1TB hard disk and Nvidia GT640M GPU.The 27 inch iMac is priced from US$1799 with i5 2.9 processor,8GB RAM,1TB hard disk and Nvidia GT660M GPU. Continue reading →

Motorola RAZR M 4G & Droid RAZR HD

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Yesterday was really a busy day for those mobile companies.Motorola also chose this day for their new product release.

In the event called “Motorola. On Display”, two new devices caught my eye.The first one is RAZR M 4G LTE.

It has a 4.3 inch qHD(960*480) Super AMOLED Advanced screen with Gorilla Glass.It also backs with the popular Kevlar cover and very slim screen borders.As a mid range smart phone,it works with Qualcomm S4 dual-core 1.5 Ghz Processor,800 mega pixels main camera(1080P video),8GB internal memory with extended memory slot,NFC etc.Well,it also supports GSM / UMTS / HSPA+,reducing the troubles of roaming.

Droid RAZR HD has a larger screen(4.7 inch,720P) and a bigger battery etc.It also works on 4G network and probably comes to the market by the end of year.

If you wanna know more about these two,you could take some time to watch the last night’s video.That should give all you wanna know.

The best news from the event is Motorola will try their best to help their Android phones releasing after 2011 to upgrade to Android 4.1(Jelly Bean) by the end of this year.If some devices can’t get the upgrade because of the limitations of hardware,Motorola will offer $100 discount to the customers for buying a new Motorola phone.It sounds quite nice,but I don’t know it’s only for US or for worldwide.Well,let’s wait for it.

New iPad will land in Malaysia on this Friday

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After a month of waiting,Apple’s fans in Malaysia finally could get the new iPad in hand on this Friday(20 April 2012).

The prices in Ringgit haven’t been released yet.However,according to Apple’s tradition,they should be labeled from RM1599 for 4G LTE version and in the meantime,iPad 2 will reduce the price too.

Machines-the authorized Apple store in Malaysia just released the prices for the new iPads:

  • iPad 16GB WiFi RM1,499
  • iPad 32GB WiFi RM1,799
  • iPad 64GB WiFi RM2,099
  • iPad 16GB WiFi+4G RM1,899
  • iPad 32GB WiFi+4G RM2,199
  • iPad 64GB WiFi+4G RM2,499

Obviously,it’s a bit expensive than iPad 2.But according to some third party’s findings,the material costs for the new iPad is definitely higher than iPad 2,I think we could understand why Apple tags a higher price on the new ones.

There are some people waiting outside Machines over night.They all want to get the new iPad once it opens to sell tomorrow morning.

How many of you are waiting to get one?Will there be another long queue outside the authorized stores?Let’s see!

NEW iPad

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Yes,it’s just simply called as ‘the new iPad’,not ‘iPad 3′ or ‘iPad HD’.There are some great improvements,but some Apple fans may feel disappointed as the changes are not so significant.

Retina Display will be one of the greatest improvements.As an iPad 2 user,I’m never satisfied with the display quality on iPad 2,I think many iPad 2 users think it in the same way.Well,now on the new iPad,four times more pixels means much sharper texts and colorful pictures can be shown on the screen.The experience of watching HD movie or playing HD games on iPad will also raise to another level.

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The Tomorrow Network from DiGi

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DiGi recently announced that they are doing some major upgrade work throughout the whole country to solve the network congestion issues and extend their high speed broadband coverage.Also,by upgrading the network,DiGi will have a LTE(a sort of 4G technology) ready and can be working as soon as they get 4G license in Malaysia.DiGi named that upgraded network as ‘The Tomorrow Network’.

DiGi also promises that after the upgrade,more than 95% of the most populated area in Malaysia will have high speed broadband access(EDGE&3G).

DiGi informs that the upgrade will be site-by-site and so some area may have service interruptions during the work and normally it will be at off-peak hour.DiGi users can check when you will be affected by this link.

There are many friends around me using DiGi’s service as it’s known to offer the most affordable phone plans in Malaysia.Well,the complaints about the service quality of DiGi(expecially on rate of drop-calls,slow 3G speed etc.) never stop.

I wish with the deployments of the new network,DiGi could get better reputation and really be the smart choice of their consumers.