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?

Day Old Baby Cats!

My working place resident Cat, the one we all call the "Resident Manager" have given birth to 5 baby cats, of all place, in a giant vase. Here a Picture of them, so small and cute!

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I am surprise by the clarity of the picture, taken by my SE K750i, using the build in LED "Flash", and zoom in by enlarging and cropping the photo.

Hokkian New Year

Last night was the eve of the Hokkian lang (people) New Year, and all the Hokkian lang at my Taman (Housing area) were celebrating, I and my baby girl could not sleep as the people in my Taman made a complete mockery of the No Fireworks regulation. The fireworks seems to be extra noisy. Somehow or other regardless what have been done, fireworks seem readily available during any festive period.

It started off at 10pm till after 1.10am plus, banging away on the right, on the left, in front and the back of my rented house, with the peak at midnight till 12.30am. Thank god it is only once in a while we have cultural festival that involve fireworks (6 times a year). I went to bed at 10pm but gave up and watch TV, (Dateline) and had some ice cream, of the F&N Magnolia Vanila Verity. I must that say that Magnolia tastes better then Nestle, Walls, Carrefore Brand of ice cream which I have been buying. (note, the cheaper verity of RM5 to 7 per 1.5 to 2 lt pack ) , it seem creamier and does not melt till it in your mouth, however with a “jelat” or full feeling, actually I eat less of it. Enclose are photos of some of the Fireworks taken by my SE K750i, right from my bedroom window. It has not been a smooth day today.

Nokia BH-320 Bluetooth Handfree ear phone

Some time in November, After much research and along wait i finally got my self a Bluetooth Handfree via lelong.com as a companion to my SE K750i hand phone.

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When i first started my research, at the handphone shops, the listed price for any bluetooth hands free is all above RM100+, which is a bit out of my budget. I then shifted to Lelong where i found out that there are those above RM100+ and those below RM100. Checking out the forum i found out that those below RM100 are call "Made in China" and give a lot of problems. Unfortunately for me Budget call for a below RM100. To cut the story short after a few fail bids on a large verity of Bluetooth Handfree i finally manage to get the Nokia BH-320, for RM60 plus postage.

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The Package was neat, and it came compleate with a Manual, a Ear Hook, and of course the charger.

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The Manual, in english while informative, does not cover all, I was left guessing but perseverance paid off and i finally manage to switch it on and pair it to my K750i after about 2 hours.

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Clarity, well it is much better then the handfree, at least on my side,

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Overall, Having use it for a few months now, when i am on the road, i have to say that it is convenient, though a times my ear hurts, the power cell life span is good (for me with my occasion calls) but the relief in not getting fine for answering a call make the purchase worth while.

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Verdict , i am keeping my fingers cross, that this purchase will last, with the reputation of "Made in China" but then 1) most OEM are from china actually, (the HP printer is made in china) 2) it is a matter of luck, but experice with Made in China genaric brands have been good so far. I am happy with it

More National Flag

This grouping of National Flags is flown at Kampong Jawi, a Chinese New Village in Penang (Mainland), Seberang Prai Selatan to celebrate Malaysia 50th Independence Day in 2007.

Photo Snap on the move

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Unidentified Spiders

Some thing caught my eye the other day, Spiders, in fact 3 types of spiders I did not see b4, here are 2 of the spiders, did not manage to get a clear picture of the 3rd spider. Can any one identify what spider they are?

Taiping International Lantern Festival

Photos of the Taiping Lantern Festival

Arabian Castle

Malaysian Kampong I

Malaysian Kampong II

Fish out of Water !

Line of Cartoons

Kuala Lumpur Highlight , The Twin Tower, the Highest Twin Tower

Twin Dragons

The Taj .........

The Taj II ........

Close up of the Dragon......

Chinese Festival

Twin dragons close up ......

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Wau ..... Malaysian Kite

Chinese Pagoda

Effile Tower, Paris all lighted up

A close up of Effile Tower .......

Egypt ...... what that in the back ground ....

Fairy Tale, The Shoe

Putrajaya i think........

More Egypt, ........

The Grand Entrance

Putrajaya Mosque ? ..........

Toyland ........

Big Bugs ....

Pride of Lions on Safari

Cute .... Nice Pussy .......

Fairy Land

Back to the Past

Dinoland .......

Hello Mr Rex, just passing by

Cloudland .......

From the Entrance ....

Just when for a short tour around the world in around 45 min! Snapshots taken with Sony Ericsson K 750i, some of the snaps did not turn up too well but do you expect in this light conditions and a camera phone? .....

Penang Flee Market

At Lorong Kulit Flee Market you find Old and New Side By Side. This Flee Market use to operate at Rope Walk at Downtown George Town, Penang Capital, were move to the Penang State Stadium(Island) main carpark a number of years back. This Open Air Market is open daily from 8am + to around Midday, where most of the Stalls will close. It draws a large crowd daily which will double during the week end.

Here you can find all sorts of stuffs, as i said Old stuffs or Junk or New Items such as replica watch, electronic gadgets, cloths, etc and in my humble opinion is a good place to bring the tourist to, except you will not find any here.

I will let my Camera Phone do the talking except for a few comments here and there.

Cheaper Cloths for sale! Don't forget to Bargain!

Bonsai and Plants for Sale!

Hardware, Electronic Items and stuffs!

Fruits! and they are Cheep!! Load up on Grapes and other fruits.

Junk?, Antiques and such, The main Stay of Lorong Kulit! See that Esso signage.

Odd and Ends, Old Electrical Stuffs and such.

Brass Items!

Worn out Electrical and other Goods.

More antiques!

Pets to take home.

Thief Market?

New Handphones, and Goodies, MP3 Players as well.

More Junk?

Money Changer? Nope, Money Collector, Coins, Notes, Stamps etc ........

To me this is the Unique Equivalent of KL Petaling Street! that the MPPP is trying to create at Campbell Street at night! I will finish this Post off with a saying, One man Poison is another man Meat, One man Junk is another man Treasure! See you there.....

Comment: SE K750i, camera seem to work better in the daytime then night.