I wonder how much Alfred is being paid for writing this kind of bullshit (“3G is the real deal”). It’s not about how cheap the service has become or how broad the pipe is. He entirely (or conveniently) forgot about the user experience on mobile devices, which is the key factor deterring people from signing… Read More »
Sometimes I wonder. Should our government weed out all the middle management civil servants and listen directly to the people? But then another thought struck me. Something even more cynical and scary. What if, the government has already heard but does not care? Such seems to be the case in the casino “debate”. Will the… Read More »
Published by Creative O Pte Ltd, Chaotic Thoughts From the Old Millennium reads very much like an ego trip by the Creative Technology founder. Worse, fillers suspiciously ran the course in this book. Although the author tried to justify the liberal dose of amateurish babble disingenuously passed off as Philosophies & Theories (“Marriage Is Like… Read More »
Despite Apple’s best intention to tout the design similarities between the iPod and the iMac, the two are essentially different monsters. The best way to describe the new iMac G5, to borrow a phrase from Sun Microsystems, is that the display is the computer. Like the previous generation of iMac, the iMac G5 follows the… Read More »
In some ways, the push towards digital convergence can be pretty divisive. Ask any spokesperson from any technology company about how convergence is going to take place, and you will probably end up with different visions and scenarios. This view was reinforced when I hopped over to Bintan Island for the ITJourno Asia Forum some… Read More »
No bigger than a Zippo lighter, the Korean-made XCENT XT-100 epitomises the old adage that nice things come in small packages. Weighing just 45g with the built-in Li-Polymer rechargeable battery, the XT-100 features a minimalist design with aluminium housing and indigo blue navigation key. But what really catches the eye is the 4-line OLED display… Read More »