Time for a New Phone! I hope a S60 Smart Phone

The Price of this new model smart phones are way out of my reach, however reach i may want them, so i started listing down what i want, A Smart Phone that have wifi and able to open words, excel and power point. Why Wifi, its because it is now so common, even at the Kedai Mamak, the Humble Coffee Shop, Restaurants, Hotel you have Free Wifi, and the Dap State Govt of Penang want to blanket Penang with Free Wifi ;-). Any other feature will be a added benefits.

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Sony P1, Initial the P1 look attractive, as a colleague use one, i manage to lay my greasy hands on it and play around, did some research, and hey it look nice, touch screen, open and edit words excel, 3.15 camera with zoom, Qwerty input, why not i said, Cost around RM1400, which is the same with new model G900 said the salesman, then i heard that the op system is being stop, Is this true?

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S60 device, Friends introduce the S60 range of Smart Phones, they say lots of software out there, to customize your phone, and lots of New Model Handphone use them, not like the sony op system, Nokia, Samsung etc use S60.

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Nokia N82, After a bit of net research, I opted for a Nokia N82, its "boaring" candy bar look good to me, I am a bit of a conservetive person, dont like flip / slide etc as i am also a butter fingers, and Being a gadget freek, i think i will love the GPS, TV out capebility, 5 MP camera. Xanon flash, Cost = RM1280 (for a new AP set) but getting in the assecories like, car holder, car charger, case and Gamin map will cost me more. Not Cheep, but when compared to the P1, giving up the "not so functional" qwerty key board and the touch screen, for the extra goodies . Its not a new model, that why its cheep! and its a proven model, that being conservative again.

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I did think to get a 2nd hand set, but when comparing the phone only price of around RM900, then getting in the original accessories, plus what i want it will come up to the same as a new one, so no point. Time to start putting the money to one side, as long as there are no emergencies, i am thinking early Jan 2009

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Now i am already wondering what free software is out there that i should put in. Calling N82 / S60 handphone users out there, any suggestion and where to find this free software?

Initial Photos taken with the Fuji Finepix S5700

Most of the photo here are taken using the Auto Setting, I am just enjoying the Camera as it's my first time using it. Photo of a Bird Nest with Baby Birds inside!

Mummy Mummy I am hungry! Still life

Mini Fountain

Zoom at Zero

Zoom at Max 10X Optical

Zoom at Max Optical and Digital!

Still Life Open Air

Still Life Open Air

A Swing

Golf, Sandy Greens

Zoom at Max Optical Hand Held

Zoom at Max Optical and Digital Hand Held

Conclusion:

I am Happy!

All Photo's resize as to Maximise my google account

Gadgets - Fuji FinePix S5700

This is my latest gadget, a 7.1mp Fuji FinePix S5700, with a 10 X Optical Zoom, 5 X Digital Zoom. Now I can start taking more serious photos. The SE K750i is a adequate camera phone but not in low light conditions, and it cannot zoom. Once i can get the hang of it i will start another blog for special photographs. Frankly I use to love taking photo in Low Light conditions, 25 years back.

The Camera Fuji FinePix S5700.

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I purchase this from Lelong, from a Merchant "kohwp's Online Store" at this link http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/default.asp?userid=kohwp. for a serious discount of the usual retail price. The Camera is a demo set, as such, i have to consider it use, and i "won" the auction just below the Quick Grab price.

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The Package On arrival

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Now usually i will not indicate who i purchase it from especially if it from Lelong. but I have to make a exception this time as frankly this person deliver what he promise. I email asking for additional details, reply within 4 hours, I Bank in the Money and e mail him at 1pm, by 9pm he e mail back that he has posted the item (Poslaju) and gave me the trekking number (Thu). I receive the item two days after that (Sat) because the item arrive at the local pos laju distribution center after the Posman have left on Friday.

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Inside the Package (well protected)

What i got is the Camera, a Usb cable, a CD, and a User Manual. There is No Camera Case, No Lens Cap, No Strap, No Memory Card, No batteries. The Camera arrive with a slight Mark on the Side see photo below. (Which is to be expected for a demo set).

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The Camera, Slight Mark at the Side

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I purchase 4 AA Alkeline Battries, a card reader and a 2 GB SD card to start off. My additional shopping list will be, camera case, lens cover, camera strap, rechargeable battries and charger, lens hood, & a polarize filter. I will reuse my old trusty tripod which is 25+ years old if i can find it>

Ching Ming, The Chinese All Souls Day, Part 2

More Photo's from Ching Ming at the Village Grave Yard. These Photo's was taken on my way to work on Sunday 1st of April 2007. Due to the Traffic Jam, I have plenty of opportunities to snap away with my K750i.

Ching Ming, The Chinese All Souls Day

Ching Ming, The Chinese All Souls Day The Time of the year to visit our ancestors grave, at least for the chinese is here again. As in the Chinese custom, we have around 20 days to do so, as such those who wish to beat the rush have begin visiting their ancestors graves at various location in and around Malaysia. Unfortunately for my self, due to work (i need to work during weekends) and my daughter schooling we cannot go early but on the actual weekend it self, next sunday which is the only time i can take leave.

The Chinese believe that if our ancestors grave are well kept, the living descendants will prosper, as such it begin customary during this time of the year to offer prayers, and to spring clean our ancestors grave. Photo taken here are from the a Village Grave Yard, in the State Of Penang. Such scenes are not common, and are not witness by the City folks who have started to use crematoriums due to the lack of place.

Further it is also customary for the Entire Family, from Grand Parents to the Grand Children to visit, to burn offerings from Paper money, Paper Cars, Paper Servants, Paper Credit Cars, Paper Hand phone and many more, as such you will notice smoke in most of the pictures.

Its also a custom to go early at first light to avoid the Malaysian hot weather, especially at grave sites which presents a challenge to any camera, as it is a low light condition, with out any adjustment in settings, to add to the challenge i decided to take the photo from my car, while driving by. So please excuse the quality of the photo's you see here. It is meant as a test for "Snapshots" Photos in Low Light / High contrast situations.

K750i Zoom Mode

K750i Zoom Mode Today I tried out the K750i, Zoom Mode. For your information, the camera zoom do not work when set at the maximum setting of 1632 x 1224. It give a maximum of 2.5 zoom when set to the middle setting of 640 x 480 and the maximum of 4 zoom at the lowest setting of 160 x 120.

Photo at setting 1632 X 1224, No Zoom

Photo at setting 640 X 480, Zoom x 2.5

Photo at setting 160 x 120, Zoom x 4

Comments: When view on the computer (not on the blog), At the 640 X 480 setting, there is a noticeable difference in the size of the building, though the sharpness is loss, as it is digital zoom. However the 160 x 120 setting photo, the building look the same size, however the sharpness is about the same. On the Blog, with auto reduce size photo, there is a difference.

Verdict: Zoom Photo is hopeless, as you cannot zoom at maximum setting, and not much difference in the zoom in my opinion in a small picture, however I will not be using this function (much) as I am going for snaps, or candid shot, where I will not have time to set the camera. Having a worth while zoom would be nice for those shot where I have plenty of time.

Next will try out the “Light”, & the Night Mode, & the manual adjustment for Night Photography.

Snapshots with the K750i

Snapshots with the K750i As i will be using the camera phone K750i, for Snap Photos for this Blog, I decided to take photos without adjusting the camera settings, or by using the flash to see the camera capability. This the results

Close Up shot, in a building, with Natural Lighting, camera about 3 ft away, RESULT: Clear and In Focus Photo.

Outdoor Shot, in Bright Sunlight, RESULT: In Focus, Clear

Night Shot 1, RESULT: In Focus, Quite Sharp, Grainy

Night Shot 2, RESULT, In Focus, Grainy, Lights, over expose

Shot "IN TO THE SUN" It was a Hazy day, RESULT: Not too good, Under Expose, no details

Shot taken from Moving Car, RESULT, In Focus

K750i Macro Mode

K750i Macro Mode

The camera in the K750i in the macro mode is quite good. See attach Picture. This photo was taken at night, with the aid of a Florescent Light, with the camera not more then 3in away from the watch. The camera was set on fine at 2Mp size. This watch fill the entire frame, and the focus is very sharp, in my opinion in consideration of the distance it was taken. Bad point is that the photo seems to be a bit grainy when view on the computer.

This is one of the K750i strong points and make this a well worth purchase. The watch in the picture is a BREITING 1884 Navitimer WATCH, Digital Analog Model, which I purchase off

www.lelong.com

, Malaysia answer to E-Bay. I must say that this handsome watch is another well worth purchase, especially after a malfunction digital analog casio from a “friendly white ghost” and an “OK” Lady Polo watch for my wife.

Purchasing Items through the net carries it own risk especially with the many items available, Buying from reputable sellers is an answer, but some time one have to take risk. However it is the only way to obtain bargains. It will be interesting to obtain bargains for a Bluetooth Headset, a 2G Memory card for the K750i.