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Reply #41 Izzana's post
done that... tak lut.. wakakaka  |
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Originally posted by virgomal at 24-1-2008 05:03 PM 
done that... tak lut.. wakakaka
V, u ambik senduk lama ke senduk baru? Arwah isteri M. Nasir dulu curi senduk lama baru dpt anak pompuan.
Agaknya kena curi senduk yang betul2 buruk ke baru dapat? Kahkahkah....ini kan petua org dulu2....entah betul...entah tidak... |
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Reply #45 LoLiPoP's post
wow....terliur banget......hisk |
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March 8, 2008
First cheap 'iClone' phone hits stores here
HiPhone from China goes for $360, compared to iPhone's $800 to $1,500 tag
By Alfred Siew, Technology Correspondent
COPYCAT: The HiPhone, which sells for $360, does not have Wi-Fi for wireless surfing but it has some of the Apple iPhone's other touted features. -- PHOTO: MARC VAN DER CHIJS
CALL it the attack of the clones.
The first copycats of Apple's handheld gizmo, the iPhone, have hit the shelves here, sporting many of the key features found on the much-hyped Apple original - but at a fraction of the cost.
One of the first off the blocks is the China-made HiPhone, which is going for $360, less than half the $800 to $1,500 asking price for the iPhone in the brisk grey market for parallel imports here.
Many more such 'iClones' are set to follow, as retailers in Sim Lim Square cash in on the Apple iPhone's delayed official arrival here.
The American firm has hit a roadblock in its talks with telecom operators here over the business model for its prized gizmo, which demands that telcos give Apple a cut of their revenues.
Meanwhile, the HiPhone is hunkering down and feeding the market.
It is similar in size to the iPhone, but does not have Wi-Fi for wireless surfing.
Its metallic frame does not look as polished as Apple's either.
But its on-board software mimics some of Apple's much-touted ease of use: For example, a user can zoom in or out of a picture by merely sliding his thumb and index finger on the screen.
The screen lock is also like the iPhone's in that one only has to slide a finger to activate it.
These copycat features are a boon for those who cannot afford the real thing or are unwilling to pay a premium for it.
Manager Chua Swee Leng, 34, who uses a China-made parallel-imported phone, said not everyone is brand-conscious enough to insist on an Apple or Nokia gizmo.
She said: 'If you go to Sim Lim and see the vendors selling parallel-imported China phones, you'll see budget-conscious users.'
The handful of retailers who have been promoting the HiPhone at Sim Lim Square said sales have been brisk. They declined to divulge their sales figures.
Indeed, when it comes to hitting the shelves, it has even beat another much-talked-about clone, the Meizu M8, which is due here this year.
The M8 also looks like Apple's iPhone, except that it runs on Microsoft Windows instead of Apple's software.
A much-awaited prototype of the M8 was shown this week at the yearly Cebit technology fair in Germany.
Apple, which has already seen copies of its other winning product - the iPod music player - go on shelves here, will not be impressed. When contacted, an Apple spokesman declined comment.
But fans are surprised at how far some firms would go to clone the iPhone.
Said businessman and iPhone owner Tan Lek Han, 33: 'I don't think people will confuse it with the real thing, but when I saw it, I was still surprised at how similar it was to the iPhone. It was a shock how they copied it.'
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Reply #47 fatz's post
kolig hom pong ada satu gak... memang kita ingat real iphone gak 
new flavour from Cottage Fries
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Industry sources say SingTel will launch iPhone in S'pore in Sep
By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 March 2008 2313 hrs
Apple's iPhone
SINGAPORE: Industry sources said Apple's iPhone will be launched in Singapore by SingTel this September, but the telco has neither confirmed nor denied this.
With its cool functions and design, the iPhone has got millions of American admirers hooked since its debut in June 2007.
Even before its official launch in Singapore, retailers estimated that gadget fans here have snapped up about 10,000 iPhones through different avenues, with some paying over S$1,000 to be the first in Singapore to own the device.
More people will soon be able to get their hands on the iPhone as a local vendor, who works closely with Apple associates in the US, revealed that "SingTel has more or less sealed the deal". The vendor refused to be named.
Observers said such a deal is consistent with Apple's track record of working with top mobile operators.
They said, however, it is unlikely SingTel will agree on a revenue-sharing model with Apple on phone sales, as it is currently done in Europe and the US.
Aloysius Choong, research manager for IDC Asia/Pacific, said: "We've heard an Apple executive coming out to say that they don't necessarily need to go with that model. So it could be, and it will be in the long term, (going) back to a more familiar relationship where you distribute through the operators, you get a subsidy through the operators."
The iPhone that is making its way in Singapore is likely to be the latest model.
Zachary Wong, retail operations manager of iShop, said: "You never expect what Apple is able to pull out. The 3G model could be in Singapore as well. 3G is the industry platform for this part of the world, so I say the demand for the newer model of the phone will be much, much higher."
Retailers expect the phone to be priced around S$690.
Industry players said there will be no shortage of takers.
"When it first started in late June 2007, the demand was extremely high. It tampered down a little bit but demand is still very strong," said Mr Wong.
Mr Choong agreed: "Consumers are looking for... design and brand. And these two are really what the iPhone has in place. And not just that, one great thing about the iPhone is that it goes beyond the usual business of tech early adopters."
"I think you're going to see demand coming from various segments, from the business users to the moms and pops," he added.
Apple has said it plans to sell 10 million units of iPhone in Asia this year. - CNA/ac |
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v try ni last week.. nak tergelak V tengok kaler air dia... kaler purple arr.. dorang amik air kulit dia ke???
ramuan nya letak grapes, mangosteen dgn lime tak silap.. ntah tak ingat
rasa dia tak bes arr.. cam sirap biasa jer, kalau orang jus kan at least ada pulp dia
ni dia kata kalau nak lagi fresh peel it urself.. rather i take the fruit dari minum ni 
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cuba biskut ni last week... tak brapa sedap. maybe pasal masam. Macam biskut lemon arr
still prefer yang ori or cuppacinno punya flavour....
grapes.. tak cuba
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Originally posted by virgomal at 6-4-2008 08:56 PM
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v try ni last week.. nak tergelak V tengok kaler air dia... kaler purple arr.. dorang amik air kulit dia ke???
ramuan nya letak grape ...
da try ni.. tak sedap ajer eh...i tink tak taste pon macam mangosteen langsung |
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Originally posted by dilah21 at 8-4-2008 01:37 PM
da try ni.. tak sedap ajer eh...i tink tak taste pon macam mangosteen langsung
tak sedap eh, reli?? i think last week lagi sikiiiiit nak beli tapi last2 tak jadi. Taknak kena tipu, kata ada mangosteen tapi takde rasa. Kat Giant last week ada lagi satu product flavour mangosteen (tak sure kalau juice ke jelly) tapi tak brani try...takot nama je mangosteen tapi tak rasa langsung |
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HP unveils its smallest notebook to date
By Susan Ferroa, channelnewsasia.com | Posted: 09 April 2008 1901 hrs
What's better than being mobile ? Why, being ultra-mobile of course.
As mobile phones become more like computers that fit into the jeans pocket, computers are also becoming part of the incredible shrinking act, to fit not into your shirt or pants pocket, but pretty close.
In recent years, computing firms have been secretly down sizing - at least in terms of consumer hardware.
The latest is HP, with its Mini-Note.
This new device won't draw the same hyped-up, snaking crowds that hailed the arrival of the iPhone but it will easily find itself as the device of choice for every other tech-loving person, and then some.
Unveiled on Tuesday, the HP 2133 is the smallest notebook PC to date from HP, and is designed for a new generation - - the ultra-mobile users who want to bring their PC everywhere they go.
HP has ambitiously targeted both business executives and students.
And it's highly likely that the target group will target HP's Mini-Note.
A first peek at the device had me pretty much sold, and that was just based on looks!
Maybe it was the brushed metal look from casing to keyboard, to touch pad and wrist-rest that was the attention grabber.
Or maybe it was the size.
The Mini-Note offers an 8.9 inch diagonal WXGA screen, flanked on either side by a panel of speakers standing flush as they all run seamlessly into the casing making the entire laptop some 9 inches plus.
If you're one to carry a novel in your hand or bag, this won't be a great departure from the routine since it's as large as a book and as light, weighing just 1.19kg.
The anodised aluminium casing makes sure the HP Mini-Note stays light and at the same sturdy. You won't want to throw it about as it's really too good-looking to be treated badly. But if you have butter-fingers, the 2133 has been built to withstand a fair amount of knocks and shocks, including falling off the table, so you can safely take it everywhere with you.
But if the looks and build don't grab you, then maybe the pricing would.
Expect prices starting at US$499 (Linux OS) and US$599 (Windows-based OS) when the HP 2133 starts shipping to the Asia Pacific later in April.
The price tag is indeed as small as the device, but without any compromise, as Philip Devlin, Product Marketing Manager (Asia Pacific & Japan) points out.
The HP comes with a 1.6 GHz processor and a 120 GB HDD which makes it a fully functioning PC no matter which environment it's used in, whether a classroom, internet cafe or on a plane.
In fact, having a small 'foot-print' says Devlin, is an advantage when the HP 2133 has to sit on an airline tabletop or cramped school-desk.
Add to that, the long battery-life of the Mini-Note and a full-sized keyboard which will allow users to do more.
As Cheng Chin Hon, HP's Vice President for the Notebook Business Unit in Asia Pacific and Japan sums up, "Connectivity and productivity doesn't get any more mobile than this." - CNA/sf |
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Reply #52 dilah21's post
ha ah.. ingatkan sedap lah
pasal benda baru.. nak try jugak
tapi hampeh
sk...
baik jadi budak baik.. jgn minum air ni |
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May 12, 2008
Apple's iPhone to be sold here by year-end
By Chua Hian Hou
Apple is expected to announce a new, 3G version of the iPhone at a developer conference next month. -- PHOTO: APPLE
THE Apple iPhone will be officially sold here in the next few months.
Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) announced on Monday that it had clinched a deal with the gadget's maker, Apple, to launch the device here later this year. It did not say when it would launch the device, or give any details on pricing.
While rival operators StarHub and MobileOne (M1) did not make any official announcements regarding the iPhone, StarHub spokesman Michael Sim said that 'we expect all three operators in Singapore would be offering the iPhone by the end of the year'.
SingTel, StarHub, and M1 had been in discussions with Apple to bring in the device Time Magazine hailed as 2007's device of the year, but negotiations had reportedly stalled due to Apple's unprecedented insistence on an revenue-sharing model.
Apple typically signs exclusive distributorship deals with one operator per market, pocketing a 10 to 30 per cent of phone revenues from its partner. This is usually the main reason operators in countries like China refuse to carry the iPhone.
When news broke last week that both Vodafone and Telecom Italia would be selling the device in Italy, it sparked rumours that Apple had finally dropped its insistence on revenue-sharing in order to capture a larger market share.
Apple spokesman Jill Tan declined to say if it had a revenue-sharing model with SingTel. |
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May 17, 2008
The iPhone connection
The cellphone is not yet officially available in S'pore but it has a big following already
By Grace Chng
A VIBRANT ecosystem of hackers, software developers and accessory retailers has sprung up to support a growing Apple iPhone user base in Singapore.
This is amazing, given that the most talked-about cellphone is not even officially available here yet.
Buyers buy the gadget at their own risk with no product warranty, and no Apple support if anything goes wrong.
Features-wise, it is not even the latest as it is only a 2.5G device, while most cellphones sold here are 3G and 3.5G.
Yet, conservatively, there are about 60,000 iPhone users here, who either bought their devices when they were in the United States, or asked a friend to buy one for them, or bought one under the counter from shops in places like Sim Lim Tower and Lucky Plaza.
Initially, the iPhones were sold only in the US and with AT&T's mobile service.
They hit stores on June 29 last year.
Subsequently, the iPhone was made available in England, France, Germany, Ireland and Austria. Recently, another 10 countries were added, including New Zealand, South Africa and India.
Singapore will have the official version when SingTel brings in the cellphone before the end of the year.
To date, no 3G version is available but users hope one will be released soon and sold in Singapore.
Users here, in the meantime, must hack their 2.5G models in order to use their own SIM cards and install third-party applications - while a disapproving Apple sits on the sidelines and frowns.
Buyers are willing to cough up a premium for a hacked version. They are knowingly using a device that has not been type-approved by the Government and on which copyright law regarding its legal use here is grey at best.
Hacking know-how, combined with the impatience of buyers, has led not only to a thriving under-the-counter iPhone business, but also to a Singapore-developed software market for third-party iPhone applications.
For example, about 77,000 copies of the Mobile Holy Quran for the iPhone - developed by a local 37-year-old Muslim IT executive - have been downloaded since it became available six months ago.
Biology post-graduate Muh Hon Cheng, 26, created an application last year to put MRT and TransitLink schedules on the iPhone.
A group of tech-savvy users has sprung up to help people who have bought the iPhone.
They use a special code downloaded from the Internet to hack the phones, charging between $70 and $100 per unit.
Some have pocketed thousands of dollars in this lucrative part-time business of 'unlocking' the iPhone for friends and friends' friends.
Read the full story in this week's edition of The Sunday Times. |
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Reply #57 fatz2's post
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kat Brunei dah ada iphone ni... |
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May 20, 2008
SingTel launches new TV-on-the-go channels
By Alfred Siew
SINGTEL phone users will be able to watch 12 more TV channels on the go from this Saturday, when the telecom operator introduces a new slate of mio TV programmes for the small screen.
The menu, which includes Korea's KBS World, China's CCTV4 and local free-to-air channels like MediaCorp's Channel News Asia, is aimed at users who have time to spare, say, in between meetings in town.
SingTel already has an existing service called 3G TV, while rivals StarHub and MobileOne also have similar offerings.
But SingTel vice-president for consumer marketing Wong Soon Nam on Tuesday said its new service will come with a more user-friendly user-interface, which promises to make the experience closer to watching TV at home.
There is an electronic programme guide, which lets users scroll through a few days' lineup. They can also switch channels by clicking on a button the phone, when previously they had to exit the phone's media player software to do so.
The mio TV on Mobile offering, however, only runs on 10 Nokia phone models for now. And users have to download a piece of software over the air before being able to view the programmes on the phone.
The videos are streamed over a cellphone network, which SingTel says has been optimised for the video service.
However, this means they are not as clear as on-the-go TV programmes delivered using the more advanced mobile broadcasting technology, which do not compete for the airwaves with phone calls and SMSes like on a cellphone network. |
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Nokia takes on Apple in music, touch-screen phones
LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc's dominance of the digital music market.
The Finnish company also launched its first touch-screen phone 5800 Xpressmusic to rival Apple's popular iPhone.
Nokia said at an analyst and media event in London it would start selling the phone shortly, pricing it at 279 euros ($395) excluding subsidies and taxes, which it said was roughly half the price of the other main touch-screen phones on the market.
"The price and positioning of the product may result in substantial demand and will undoubtedly put some pressure on Apple," said Ben Wood, research head at CCS Insight.
The price means consumers in large markets will get the phone for free from operators when agreeing to sign a contract. The company also will be able to make a dent in emerging markets.
"We expect it to be listed with most of the (mobile phone) operators," Jo Harlow, head of music phones, told Reuters in an interview.
Nokia said all major music labels and most independent labels will offer their tracks as part of Nokia's 'free' music bundle "Comes with Music," raising the total number of tracks to around 5 million.
"Apple's days of dominant digital music retailer outside the United States are numbered, if they don't do anything radical," said Rob Wells, head of Universal's digital music business.
Apple controls slightly more than half of global digital music sales through its iTunes store.
Nokia said it aims to offer the music service next year on Apple's home ground in the United States, the world's largest music market.
"In a market where price and selection are so much more important than brand to consumers, Apple cannot count on retaining users when competing with an offering which seems free to the end user," said Strategy Analytics' David MacQueen.
"Comes with Music" and similar products from other hardware vendors could help the music industry make up for falling CD sales and cut illegal downloads.
The battle for mobile music is increasingly crowded. Sony Ericsson launched its music package this month in Sweden, and South Korea's LG Electronics plans a service similar to Nokia's.
Nokia's package will differ from others on the market since users can keep all the music they have downloaded during the subscription period of 12 or 18 months. There are no charges for tracks downloaded as the cost is bundled to the phone price.
Analysts and music industry players said Nokia's offering could bring free music to millions of consumers and change the music industry significantly.
"The introduction of mobile handsets featuring unlimited music downloads out-of-the-box will bring about a fundamental change in the way the mass-market consumes digital music," said Rob Lewis, chief executive officer of British digital music firm Omnifone.
PUSH INTO SERVICES
The music download package is Nokia's first major push into the services business. Last year the company unveiled a revamp of its whole organization, aiming to build a new business from internet services to combat slowing growth in sales of handsets.
Nokia has acknowledged the impact Apple has made on the industry with its iPhone over the past year, saying the Cupertino, California-based computer and consumer electronics company had done the mobile phone industry "a big favor."
"We have a new, credible competitor in this business," Nokia Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told the Churchill Club on Wednesday, a speakers' forum for Silicon Valley civic leaders.
"Of course we need to be able to respond to any competitor and we will."
Nokia will launch the package in Britain, the world's third largest music market. UK retailer, Carphone Warehouse, will start selling the products on Oct 16. Nokia 5310 will sell for 130 pounds, while the price for a version of Nokia's sophisticated N95 smartphone with eight gigabytes of memory was not revealed.
Analysts said the choice of a relatively cheap model was a clear indication Nokia was trying to win over consumers who often are not paying for music but getting it through file-sharing sites on the Internet.
"If you have access to everything, what's the need for pirated music?" said Universal's Rob Wells. |
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Post time 24-1-2008 05:02 PM
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