Teach a Technophobe – Challenge #2
Challenge #2 of Nokia's Teach a Technophobe arrived on Friday: teach my mom to snap a photo with the E75's 3.2MP camera and email it to me. This one was more about feature discovery, since she picked it up quickly.
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What I Like About Infocomm123?
iAsk, iAnswer is Infocomm123's platform to post any infocomm-related question or help peers by answering theirs. Whether asking or answering, you stand a chance to win a Microsoft Xbox 360, so your curiosity could pay off nicely.
Li Xiang’s Blog Moved
I've moved Li Xiang's blog from Blogger to our own domain on WordPress. I imported all posts successfully without using WordPress's default Blogger importer; instead, I backed up the Blogger site first and worked from that export.
Cybercrime Uncovered By Symantec
I was invited to Symantec's Cybercrime Uncovered event at the Pan Pacific Hotel, arriving on time since it's near my workplace. I was surprised to see Wilfrid there, now sporting a Nokia N97. Sadly I forgot my camera.
Reminder: iLike.iLink & X-Box Xtravanganz Contest
Just a reminder, the iLike.iLink and Xbox Xtravaganza contests both close on 27th July 2009, with eleven days left. For iLike.iLink, simply write a blog post of 250 words or fewer to share with your readers, among three easy steps.
Teach a Technophobe – Challenge #1
My first Teach a Technophobe challenge arrived on Friday. I chose my mom, Jas Ngan, a businesswoman who often needs email on the go. I'm using the excellent free Symbian app Best Screen Snap to capture screenshots on the E75.
SingTel iPhone 3GS Launch Event
Last year I queued at the SingTel iPhone 3G launch as an ordinary consumer; this year I attended with a media pass. I arrived early, around 1:30pm, since I had errands at Funan, and the media event began about 3:30pm.
Command & Conquer 4 Announced
EA has announced Command & Conquer 4, shipping sometime next year. Behold, disciples of Nod, the end is near! After almost fifteen years and 30 million games sold, EALA brings the award-winning Tiberium series to an epic conclusion.
Tampines 1’s SWOP Party For Charity
Tampines 1 holds its official opening ceremony next Friday, 17th July 2009, and on Saturday 18th there's a SWOP party at its Roof Garden. The SWOP party encourages recycling, letting anyone come exchange their clothes and accessories with others.
Infocomm123 iLike.iLink Contest
I'll be endorsing Infocomm123's iLike.iLink contest and the Xbox Xtravaganza from 8th to 27th July 2009, blogging once every three to four days. In this post I introduce three things: Infocomm123, the iLike.iLink contest and the Xbox Xtravaganza.
Google Chrome OS
Google has announced Chrome OS, though it won't ship until the second half of next year. It looks set to challenge Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter Edition on netbooks. Chrome OS is an open-source, lightweight operating system aimed initially at netbooks.
SingTel iPhone 3GS Price Plans
SingTel has released its iPhone 3GS prices for the iFlexi plans. This post also links to my pricing write-ups for the later iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5c/5s, 6/6 Plus and 6s/6s Plus on SingTel, for easy comparison across generations.
SingTel Launches iPhone 3GS On 10th July 2009
SingTel will launch the new iPhone 3GS on Friday, 10th July 2009, and I'm hoping it won't be during office hours. They've emailed to say I have a date with my new iPhone 3GS that day.
SingTel iPhone 3GS Teaser
Looks like SingTel's iPhone 3GS launch is getting nearer; I got this in my mailbox yesterday. It thanks me for my interest and assures me that, having registered, I'll be among the first to receive pricing and launch event details.
Site Traffic June 2009
My June 2009 site traffic stats: 12,353,277 hits, 928,925 pages and 238,957 visits from 174,547 unique sites, with about 47.9 million KBytes transferred over the month. Another consistently strong showing as the site keeps drawing steady traffic.
Firefox 3.5 Released
Firefox 3.5 is here, built on the Gecko 1.9.1 platform after a year of development. It brings plenty of changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies while improving both performance and ease of use across the board.
PHP 5.3.0 Released
The PHP development team has released PHP 5.3.0, a major improvement in the 5.x series with a large number of new features and bug fixes, including namespace support. A welcome update for anyone building modern applications in PHP.
YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener
Ozh and I have released YOURLS, Your Own URL Shortener. I run it on lc.sg and Ozh on ozh.in. YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that let you host your own TinyURL-style shortening service, private or public.
Michael Jackson Pass Away At The Age Of 50
I grew up on Michael Jackson's songs, so it's sad he's passed away at just 50, still young. Despite his recent scandals, my perception of him hasn't changed. Rest in peace, Michael; you'll always be remembered.
My Top 20 iPhone Apps
My top 20 iPhone apps, in no particular order, sorted by price. The free picks include TweetDeck, Facebook, WordPress, Skype, SG Buses and Wikipanion, while paid favourites cover BeejiveIM, FTP On The Go, Byline and Bejeweled 2.
Nokia E75 – Teach a Technophobe
WOM World has shipped me two Nokia E75 sets from the UK for a project called Teach a Technophobe. My task is to coach a user, my mom, on using the E75 for email, across several challenges.
LG Press Conference at Communica Asia 2009
I took a day off for LG's press conference at CommunicAsia 2009 at Singapore Expo, billed as the world premiere of LG's newest feature-packed smartphone. Three phones featured: the LG GD900 Crystal, the GM730 and one more.