Last night the Tech65 Crew and iMerlion.com came together and discussed some information that Singaporeans who are looking into purchasing the iPhone 4 tomorrow evening might be interested to know. We also tackled some frequently asked questions that were posed at the iMerlion iPhone 4 spreadsheet.
Special thanks to Jimmy Yap, editor at iMerlion.com, for his [...]
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Live Special: iPhone 4 Singapore Launch FAQs with iMerlion.com
Gear65 #60 – Samsung Galaxy Beam
Ever since we posted up our Samsung Galaxy Beam unboxing video, many people have pushed us to post up our Gear65 video for this phone. So much so that we’ve decided to change our programme sequence just for you! So what’s so special about this phone that everyone wants to know more about? Well, it’s [...]
StarCraft 2 Launch in Singapore
Yesterday was probably one of the biggest days in gaming this year. StarCraft 2 went on sale all over the world, and we were there at the launch event in Funan. What you might not know is how long the queues were! In typical Singaporean fashion, tons of people queued up for hours just to [...]
How To: Turn Audio CDs into Audio Books on iTunes
Based on popular demand, I’ve decided to update our classic How To video on creating audio books on iTunes. What’s an audio book, you ask?
It’s a special audio file that is organised separately from your music, and has the ability to automatically bookmark itself so that you can always carry on from where you [...]
Review: Acronis TrueImage HOME 2010 for Netbook
“How much does it cost to replace “… the video of your firstborn child and images from your best friend’s birthday party, your most successful sales-clinching documents and the spreadsheet that details the work you have done …”?”
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 Notifications
Task Completion
Fast App Switching
Among all 7 [...]
Live Special: iPhone 4 Singapore Launch FAQs with iMerlion.com
Last night the Tech65 Crew and iMerlion.com came together and discussed some information that Singaporeans who are looking into purchasing the iPhone 4 tomorrow evening might be interested to know. We also tackled some frequently asked questions that were posed at the iMerlion iPhone 4 spreadsheet.
Special thanks to Jimmy Yap, editor at iMerlion.com, for his time and insight in this episode!
StarCraft 2 Launch in Singapore
Yesterday was probably one of the biggest days in gaming this year. StarCraft 2 went on sale all over the world, and we were there at the launch event in Funan. What you might not know is how long the queues were! In typical Singaporean fashion, tons of people queued up for hours just to get their hands on a copy of StarCraft 2. We were also told that the first guy began queuing since 11am the day before! We don’t know exact how many people were in the queue but I’m very sure there were at least a few thousand.
Gear65 #60 – Samsung Galaxy Beam
Ever since we posted up our Samsung Galaxy Beam unboxing video, many people have pushed us to post up our Gear65 video for this phone. So much so that we’ve decided to change our programme sequence just for you! So what’s so special about this phone that everyone wants to know more about? Well, it’s the first smartphone (Android or not) with a built-in DLP projector!
Read on for Part 2 of this video
Fresh #0.5 Beta – Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro, X8
This is Fresh, the show where you get the freshest take on gadgets in Singapore! While Gear65 lets you have a close look at gadgets you love to play with, Fresh gives you our take on the experience the gadgets have given us so far.
In our first episode, we talk about Sony Ericsson’s latest line-up of smartphones, and their first attempt into the Android space.
Just like Simply Geek, do give us your feedback. For a start we are aware of 2 issues: the length (as usual) and the Skype audio quality. We aim to solve these two together, as the audio quality goes down with time (we blame Starhub for that, which has given us problems with Skype consistently). Our target is to keep the show less than 20 minutes, and based on this show, which tackled 4 gadgets, we think it is possible if we don’t talk about more than 1 gadget per episode. This would also make each episode more focused as well.
But do send us your feedback. Fresh at Tech65 dot org is the show’s dedicated email address.
Enjoy!
- Daniel, Farinelli, Justin Lee
65Bits #175: NOTHINK, nothink is left
It was the iPhone 4 launch week in US when we recorded this. Yes, the hamster is still trying to catch up with all the backlogs. The crew discuss about all the iPhone 4 bugs reports. We also celebrate the end of Symbian on all Nokia N series phone. Moving forward, all Nokia N series will run MeeGo. Symbian lovers can still buy E or X series phones. More people leaving Palm and why we are not really surprised. Adobe Flash is now on Android…. or is it?
Oh, if you are on HTC Hero, you should have gotten your Eclair 2.1 update by now.
Daniel, DK, Farinelli and Justin & Justin
Stories this week:
[1:35] iPhone 4
[5:00] Nokia N8 to be final Symbian N Series device
[11:45] Palm files 8-K with SEC on merger, VP of PR Lynn Fox leaving
[18:05] Adobe Flash gets its full launch on Android
[24:05] HTC Hero Eclair 2.1 Release in Singapore
PS: This episode of 65bits is released earlier than Fresh episode 1. ^.^v
65Bits #174: Licking the lollipop game
It WAS the E3 week when we did the recording. But as you know, this another one of those delayed posting. The hamster have lots of catching up to do. Anyway, we discussed about the 3 big announcement from E3 THAT week. Nintendo showing off their Nintento 3DS which is a portable 3D handheld gaming device. Sony gave us more details on their upcoming Playstation Move. The most exciting news would be Microsoft Kinect which is formally called Project Natal. We also talk about how Apple changes their iOS SDK terms to allow Lua but still no Adobe Flash. And back to Singapore, the Government is planning on giving everyone an email account. So exciting.
DK and Justin Lee
Stories this week:
[2:40] Nintento 3DS
[8:00] Playstation Move (Check out Episode 160 too)
[12:55] Microsoft Kinect
[22:05] Apple relaxes iOS SDK terms to allow Lua but block Flash
[25:30] ‘G’ mail for all govt e-mail
[34:50] Bonus Material: A day with Justin Lee.
Maybe I should explain how this bonus material come about. As you all know, here at Tech65, we review lots of gadget. And since there are so many members, we usually pass the review unit around among the members so that those who are interested can get a few days of hands on. So what happen was that I passed Justin an Android phone after I’m done with my review. But I forgot to log out of my Google Latitude before passing the phone to him. And since I have my Google Latitude History enabled, I got a record of Justin’s whereabout for a day. Wahahahahaha……
Gear65 #59 – Creative D100 + Unbox
Creative has finally begun shipping the D100 after its launch a month ago. It’s a very simple speaker but it’s always good to take a look at what it’s capable of. This pair of wireless speakers can be used as a desktop speaker or a portable speaker, and pairs with any Bluetooth A2DP device, as you can see in this episode.
Link: Creative D100
ASUS NX90 Multimedia Notebook – A Duet of Style and Sonority
ASUS NX90
The new 18.4” ASUS NX90 multimedia notebook was launched today. The NX90 multimedia notebook unique form is designed by Mr. David Lewis, an award winning designer, and technology co-development with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower to provide full surround systems through ASUS SonicMaster sound standard. Read more »
65Bits #173: I’m holding a iPad, can you look at me?
Another catch up entry. This podcast was recorded on the weekend of the week that iPhone 4 was being announced. (Which seems ages ago) And as usual, the Tech65 crew take a good look at the new iPhone and discuss about all the important features.
Oh, by the way, iPhone 4 will be launched in Singapore on the 30 July 2010.
DK and Justin & Justin
Stories this week:
[1:30] iPhone 4
[3:50] Feature 1: New hardware design
[7:25] Feature 2: New Retina display
[12:00] Feature 3: A4 chip + more battery life
[16:00] Feature 4: Three Axis Gryoscope
[20:50] Feature 5: 5 MP Camera + LED Flash + 5X digital zoom + Backside Illuminated sensor + 720p video + iMovie
[25:50] Feature 6: iOS 4
[28:50] Feature 7: iBooks on iPhone
[33:00] Feature 8: iAds
[40:10} Feature 9: FaceTime (video chat)
Samsung Galaxy Beam Unbox
We got our hands on the Samsung Galaxy Beam, Samsung’s first Android 2.1 phone with a built in projector. But before we give you the review, let’s take an early look into the packaging!
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