Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

My Dream Laptop – A Challenge to Manufacturers

I’m always searching for my dream laptop, and I can’t seem to find the perfect one. The closest to perfection is the MacBook Pro 13″, or the Sony Vaio Z, but each has some small quirks. So here’s what I’m looking for. 13″ LED (backlit) Monitor 1920 x 1080 resolution (like the Sony Vaio Z) [...]

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Why Adobe might fail with Flash 10.1 on Android

Adobe Flash 10.1 was officially released at the end of June for Android phones. However, I have not seen any existence of a release even up to now. The reason? Adobe decided to let the phone manufacturers release Flash 10.1 with their Android 2.2 update. Original Plan When Google announced the capabilities and availability of [...]

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3 Singapore Telco’s iPhone 4 Plans Comparison

Here’s a quick comparison chart for each telco’s plans for the iPhone 4 launch on 30th July 2010 in Singapore. Comparison of lowest plan iFlexi Lite (SingTel) Value (M1) 3G SmartSurf 100 (StarHub) Monthly fee (w/GST) $39.00 $36.00 $38.00 Outgoing Local Calls 100 mins 100 mins 100 mins Local SMS/MMS 500 500 500 Local Data [...]

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iPad and iPhone launch dates in Singapore

Friday, 23rd July – iPad Wifi and iPad Wifi+3G iPad 3G Micro-SIM cards available at all 3 Telcos – SingTel, StarHub, M1 Or you can cut your existing SIM card - From SIM to Micro-SIM by JustinNg.sg Friday, 30th July – iPhone 4 (Black) and (White) iPhone 4 will be available on all 3 Telcos – Register [...]

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iPhone 4 and Gyroscope – What, Why and Possibilites?

A lot of people started asking me various questions regarding what a gyroscope is after the Apple’s WWDC 2010 Keynote was done.  So I thought I’ll try to collate my answers into this blog post. What is a Gyroscope? In layman’s term, it measures the position, angle, orientation of your iPhone 4. Not only that, [...]

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iPhone 4 in Singapore – Are you getting it?

The iPhone 4 was announced last night with an obscene amount of features, major changes to the hardware, and of course as we all know, iPhone OS 4 which is now renamed iOS 4. Here are the features covered during the keynote: Feature 1: New hardware design 2 aluminosilicate glass on the front/back with a stainless [...]

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iPad Apps Usability Studies from Nielsen-Norman Group

You think the iPad is really “usable” and “intuitive”? Read this report from the leading Usability experts of Nielsen-Norman Group written by Jakob Nielsen himself. You’ll be surprised at his findings and might even agree with him. If you don’t want to read the long report, Jakob has written a summarized version of his findings [...]

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High-Level Analysis of iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking

Apple recently announced iPhone OS 4.0 enabling “multitasking” of a sorts. I want to dig slightly deeper into understanding what they actually mean by this “multitasking”, without talking too much about the nitty gritty details. There are 7 kinds of “services” they expose for multitasking: Background Audio Voice over IP Background Location Push Notifications Local [...]

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Do Not Be Alarmed – Be Back Soon

Hey, just thought I’ll update everyone. My MacBook Pro 13″ Mid 2009 is in the Apple Care Service Center and I’m trying to get the screen replaced because of a defect as mentioned: “White Ring of light in the middle of blank white screen“. The Apple Care Service Center is saying it isn’t a defect [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6 Review from Ars Technica

Let’s just say this is the mother of all reviews. Counting at 23 pages, it gives an indepth review from the beginnings of time, through the entire installation process, to everything possible you can think of. It is an extremely good read if you want to know everything about Snow Leopard. Original Article: Mac OS [...]

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