Nexus One

Cool phone yeah? I seemed to be really mesmerized by this uber cool phone! Plus, its from Google, HTC, and the OS in it is powered by the latest version of Android!

The whole phone from the exterior design, its thin, sleek with cool curve edge that makes the whole phone really wow-ed itself. The Nexus One has a trackball just below those buttons that should feel very familiar to Hero users.

Wow! so its time for me to purchase one right? haha!

GoogleNexusOne Webpage!

Although it has many complains by users, which has been highlighted by people:

Google has come under fire since the launch of the Nexus One after hundreds of messages were posted with complaints or questions about the phone. Many customers said that after calling T-Mobile they were referred to HTC, the phone’s maker, or the reverse. Google does not have a customer-service phone line, and customers sending e-mails were being told to wait one or two days for a reply.

In response to queries from people having problems ordering, Google also posted a message saying that it has had a problem with orders from some countries. More than 450 messages in one topic describe how some customers have ordered the phone but even after days have not received a confirmation of their order. “Our system choked on a certain number of Singapore and Hong Kong addresses and they’ve been held until we could fix the issue. We’ve worked these kinks out and things should be smoother from now on,” wrote Google employee “Ry Guy” in response to those queries.

Google also acknowledged an issue that some people say they have with their phone maintaining a 3G connection. While T-Mobile has already said it is looking into the issue, Google late on Thursday posted to the forum that it is investigating the issue. “Also, just definitely be aware that if this issue can be solved by a software fix it will be addressed on an over-the-air systems update. If we find this is the result of a hardware issue, it’ll be covered by the Nexus One Warranty,” Google employee Ravi wrote.

Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/187011/google_begins_replying_to_more_nexus_one_complaints.html

Last but not the least,

Nexus One: “Web meets phone”

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URL: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/

Other related videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syY6w-Fqmy4&feature=fvw

total bad news. you guys should read this report! this means that Office 2010 might be delayed.

Office workers of America, enjoy your Christmas break. Because come the new year, things could get a little hairy around the office. Microsoft Word is now scheduled to be prohibited from sale beginning January 11, 2010. That’s less than three weeks away. The good news: Microsoft has promised a fix, one which will be rolled out before the deadline arrives.

If you don’t understand, you might have simply missed this story, or dismissed it as something that Microsoft would ultimately use its considerable clout to have pushed under a legal rug.

But it’s no joke. In August of this year, a court sided with a small Canadian company called i4i that holds a 1998 patent on the way the XML language is implemented, finding that Microsoft was in violation of that patent. The result: Microsoft was told to license the code in question from i4i or reprogram it, or else Microsoft Word would have to be removed from sale in the market. The original ruling gave Microsoft until October to get its legal affairs in order, but appeals pushed that out a bit.

Now a federal court has upheld that original ruling — plus a fat, $290 million judgment against the company — imposing the new January 11 D-Day on the matter. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office will both be barred from sale as of that date — though naturally you’ll still be able to use copies of Word and Office that you already own, and Microsoft will be allowed to keep supporting those copies.

Unless Microsoft ships the promised technical workaround very quickly, things are going to get extremely dicey in the computer world, and fast. Not only will retail outlets selling shrinkwrapped copies of the software be affected, computer manufacturers (who complained loudly about this injunction when it was announced) who bundle Word and Office on the computers they sell will also be seriously impacted by the ruling.

There’s always a chance things will change again as the January 11 deadline approaches, but if your company requires Word or Office to keep operations running, it might not be a bad idea to stock up on a few extra copies now.

Source: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/158160

Office 2010 Sneak Preview
brought to you by SPIC

went back to SP today to attend SPIC’s Office 2010 Sneak Preview to see whats the major improvements for the office applications.

So, are you still using Office 2003 and lagging behind the rest who can make compelling communication through files created using Office 2007? Time to make a move… or rather ahead of Office 2007.

Welcome to the Office 2010 beta.

Now you can catch a glimpse of the refined user experience and better productivity experience that everyone else can expect to touch it next year.

Now.. Reviewing Microsoft 2010

Looking into Office 2010, the file menu is totally different from 97 – 2003, and even the latest 2007 that is out in the market. It still uses Ribbons,but there is quite a number of UI enhancements, which made it different, as well as the implementation of Backstage View in 2010.

Confirmed features of Office 2010 include:

• Refined Ribbon interface and Backstage View across all applications
• Background Removal Tool
• Letter Styling
• New SmartArt templates
• New text and image editing effects
• Screen Capturing and Clipping tools
• Live collaboration functions
• Jumplists in Windows 7

In Powerpoint 2010, it has been changed quite alot, with new themes of course, plus new transitions, which made it near, and similar to Mac iWork Suite’s KeyNote.

With these, I’m pretty sure Office 2010 will be doing well if the production is done smoothly, with no bugs or errors hindering it.

We could see from the launch of Windows 7, and Office 2010 Beta, Microsoft has been trying to improve its so called ‘laggy’ operating system and office applications, to a all new experience for the users.

To get a copy of Office 2010, please visit this url, http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

we all commonly know about the free Wireless@SG service, but it will be free till december 2009, but however, iDA extended it! yay! that should be good news to all free Wireless@SG users and also for those who does not have internet access at home. which its till 2013.

that would also save me money in getting the vodaphone M1 wireless or the Starhub Maxmobile wireless. hahah. thats great.

next up, wanting to experience optic fibre high speed network up to 1Gbps? yeah. thats the Singapore’s Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN).

This fibre optic platform will be the key foundation of the NGNBN, which is part of the Intelligent Nation 2015 or iN2015 blueprint to turn Singapore into a sophisticated city with seamless connectivity. OpenNet will deliver a resilient and robust fibre platform at least two and a half years ahead of schedule of the iN2015 vision, positioning for completion by 2012.

Being the foundation of the NGNBN, OpenNet will provide a competitive, yet neutral environment for all downstream operators, enabling the delivery of ultra-high speeds network of 1Gbps and above.

thats about it. OpenNet got the bid, which is a joint venture of four partners – Axia NetMedia (Axia), Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and SP Telecommunications (SPT).

That means, it would be expensive subscription again. and i prefer starhub, as it would be alot cheaper, and yeap.

*Disclaimer: This is what from what i inferred, which is not expressed by this blog, and is a personal comment.

More about:
Wireless@SG: http://www.infocomm123.sg/view.123?page=wirelessmain
iDA press release: http://www.ida.gov.sg/Infrastructure/20060919190208.aspx
OpenNet: http://www.opennet.com.sg/

then i overslept on the train and went to admiralty, and so i took the return train back to woodlands. after alighting at woodlands, was wanting to meet jieying. so yeah. she was like in the toilet, and the fire alarm rang…

i was reacted normal, since it might just be a small incident as normally you do hear false alarms in school, shopping centres, even commercial buildings. and yeah. was waiting outside long john silvers.

then yeah. saw xinli with her, and yeah. so we walked out of causeway point, and at the same time, we heard over the public announcement saying that “We are accessing situation, and ask the people in the mall to stay calm and do not use the lift till further notice.” so i treated it as a false alarm. so  jieying wanted to come my house to do RJ and spend some time.

at about 5:40PM so yeah. xinli wanted to top up her ezlink card, and thereafter, we saw smoke coming out from the mall, and one aunty beside us was saying that the alarm sounded the third time. i was like thinking …. hmm… the management accessing the situation, then smoke coming out from the building at level 4~5 at the carpark area, and they can treat it as a “calm situation”? omg. and yeah. we carried on to see whats happening, so we went around, and still see people walking in and out of causeway point, as if nothing has happened.

thereafter, about 5 mins after we walked to the other side of the building, near metro area, we got the feel of the bruning smell, it seems to be some machines being burnt? so thereafter, the fire-engines from the civil defence came. was so cool. lol. haha. but it seems that they are really slow in respose, all at their own pace. so then after, the management, seems to do something, by asking the metro staffs to evacuate out of the building. so after that, we got kind of bored, and walked into causeway point, to see whats really going on. since there was no sign of smoke after awhile. so we went in to causeway, and i rang simply.shamus. hahaha. so yeah. that was like 6:05PM, people still in the mall. LOL! then was like. cool ah. see people rushing down, but seems that there was no fire? and yeah. the side where popular, timezone.

heard it was from raffles dental clinic, and some blogs can even say that was from level 2~3, but to me, confirmed! level 4~5, since that was the place on fire. look at the photos:

location outside timezone, near raffles dental clinic

then we walked over to the metro and courts area, only seeing that these few areas, the “fire safety measures of the building was then put in place. the evacuation of the whole mall only take place at about 6:10PM and yeah. at then was like i saw the police talking to 2 guys, seems like the police was holding some “fire hazardous stuffs” not sure if they were culprits or assisting in investigations.

people was like asking the security guards and management about the fire, but however, the security guards are so rude and answered a probably curious man “This is a real fire. How many times you want me to tell you.” This was what the security guard replied. I seriously find it disturbing, since they should at least answer the questions from the public. Another security guard answered another lady, “…. This is so much I can tell you, I won’t answer anything more.”

after that i headed back home, and yeah on the way back, passing by civic centre, seems that lots of people queuing up for lerk thai, macdonalds, and also the cafe in the library, seems that food really does matter to us! haha. lol.

thats about it.

links to other passer-by’s blog.

- http://woshiitcy.blogspot.com/ (credits for the photos, since i was lazy to take any.)
- http://bikejourneys.blogspot.com/2009/05/10km-run-to-causeway-point-and-back.html
- http://theinvincibleviolets.blogspot.com/2009/05/causeway-points-carpark-on-fire.html
- http://thlastmoments.blogspot.com/
- http://abovecloudnine.blogspot.com/2009/05/weird.html
- http://syahidah-withlove.blogspot.com/

lets have a break down.

november 2008 – after o levels. yay!

18/11/2008 – since it was play time, and went wild wild wet with my ah girl and her sis and her sis friend.

18nov2008 – me, ah girl, kairou and peiyu

december 2008 -  working like …

was not having a fun time working that month, was like misery, but yeah. its was working at a student care centre, busying in and out, looking after kids.

when kids are behaving well, and reading books, having fun playing, it was all worthwhile.
however, if they were noisy, irritating, not listening to you, im sure most of us will get pissed off.

and after i left, another partner of mine, colin, who was also working there before i started work this year also quitted for other carrer paths. i didnt really took photos there, since was busy almost everyday.

before x’mas, when to watch mr men show, hahas, with my ah girl at cwp. hahas.

Mr Men Show @ CWP

also went to sat the singapore flyer before it broke down.

Singapore Flyer Tickets

Singapore Flyer Outlook

before quitting also, i went to meet benjamin, for seoul garden. hahas.

Seoul Garden Ice Cream

after x’mas, after quitting, went out one day with simply.shamus. hahas. was cool and also we got similar shirts at ZARA vivocity. and here are the photos i took in the dressing room. haha. no obscene photos. LOL! dun worry.

ZARA Men Shirt @ Vivo

after buying shirts, we were damn bored. set off to henderson waves where we saw it on the way out. LOL! so random ah. since we wanted to go previously, but never had time.

Henderson Waves

on 31dec2008, went out with my yingying to see fireworks, hahas. the one in marina barrage, which is opposite  image from the one you see in marina bay floating platform.

Fireworks that is too bright. View from Marina Barrage.

thats  the end of dec 2008! welcome to 2009!!!!

january 2009, started work at a new environment. hahas. working fine till now. and im happy with it.

although there were many instances which made me so unhappy, like people not throwing away wrappers after eating, and left it on my desk? and keep wanting to win? sian ah.

on 31jan2009, went to vivian house to bai nian. lol. sat her mum car with darryl, her “unoffical” boyfriend. LOL! (jkjkjkjkjk. before later she kills her twin here. lol!. jk.)

then went to her house, her dog was like barking so loudly when the cute cute doggy see darryl. lol. but suddenly, i fell in love with the doggy. LOL!. then i was like carrying it, while watching the tv, hahas. damn  interesting ah.

and yeah. left and went to look for my yingying where her house invited her cousins and yeah. went to eat dinner also.

thats all about the round up. if you find that why this time the photos are so little, cause i have made them into one album. so yeah.

its here. the album gallery.

Be part of Firefox’s Download Day!

yes. no mistakes. TODAY is the big day. Firefox 3 Download Day is today! Help Firefox to set a Guinness World Record today for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!

“The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Join our community and this effort by pledging today.” – Firefox

Click any of these buttons to download it. ;D

Don’t forget to be part of Firefox’s Download Day!

Mark your calendar, wrap a ribbon around your finger or write a little sticky yellow note. Download Day will start on June 17, 2008.

hahas! thats the day, you readers will support firefox. hahas. i will put up the buttons on the day itself again. ;D see that post that day to download it. ;D its just 2 days away! ;D

UPDATE: The Messenger team speaks: “it was only a bug.“

A weird white box or Office logo.

Hey Messenger users, Aaron here. We are seeing an issue where Messenger versions 8.1 and 8.5 are experiencing a technical issue that is causing a blank white box to appear in the conversation window. If you are the 9.0 beta you might be seeing an Office Logo. Believe it or not this is the same bug. The issue does not impact your ability to send and receive messages. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working hard behind the scenes to lose the box and the logo. Hang tight, it should be back to normal before you know it!

LOL! that was the quote from Messenger Team Blog. and its now being resolved.

Source: yeoterence.com, mess.be & Messenger Team

(credits: mess.be & uploaded to this blog)

You might have realised these:
- It’s not present in all conversation windows, just with certain contacts. not all.
- It appears in Windows Live Messenger 8.5 and 8.1.
- UPDATE: In Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta, it’s not a box but the Office icon (screenshot).

It doesn’t do anything when clicked, there are no options, and it just sits there next to the webcam and option buttons.

At first, i thought it was a bug of MSN Plus! or StuffPlug that i have installed on MSN, but after goggling and looking into some sites, i got theses few conclusions, that is not a bug of the 2 plugins install.

So, what could it be? A new feature? A secondary DP? Is it a new advertising space? A webcam preview? A status icon or display picture? Is it just a bug?

Let’s just wait and see how Microsoft/MSN explains this.

Source: yeoterence.com, mess.be & clibra