When I first met Preetam more than 4 years back, I was struck by his travels and down-to-earth ways of connecting with people and technology everywhere he went. When he was back in Singapore recently, I had to nudge him for a meetup to know more about how he got started and his thoughts on his work for tomorrow.
He still continues to travel widely, while spreading the culture of open sharing and technology through unconference events like Barcamp in the region of South East Asia. Needless to say, my biggest takeaway was how he connected zen with technology. Let’s hear the chat I had with him on a quiet Saturday evening at the Hackerspace Singapore! And oh! He passed me his lovely Samson U01C microphone – Thanks a bunch!
“Technology is a universal language connecting people” ~ Preetam
Preetam and I chatting at the Hackerspace Singapore library!
Connect with Preetam at twitter, facebook, his blog or Barcamp SG
Posted by sayanee | No commentsLenovo staff, Keith Liu, brings us around their Lenovo’s latest product, the ThinkPad Tablet.
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet is their first business-class tablet, designed as a companion computing device for professionals on the go. It includes a digitizer pen, a full-size SD card slot, and mini-HDMI for connecting to external projectors and displays.
At its core, it is powered with 1.0Ghz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core ARM processor with 1GB of memory. It offers a choice of storage from 16GB, 32GB or 64GB. They all come with 10.1″ WXGA (1280×8000, 16:10 display format, IPS Technology with wide viewing angle and Corning Gorilla Glass. While 3G connection is optional, the rest of the connectivity points include Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. At its side, you can get a 3 in 1 card reader (SD, SDHC, MMC), One Mini HDMI connector, One USB 2.90, One Micro-USB port, One dock connector, microphone/headphone combo and SIM card slot.
There is a front-facing camera and rear-facing having resolutions of 2.0 megapixels and 5.0 megapixels, respectively. A Digitizer Pen is an optional item which fits in the ThinkPad Tablet pen storage slot. It weigh 725gm for WiFi and 730gm for WiFi+3G. With WiFi, the battery is expected to last up to 8 hours. When 3G is enabled, it is expected to last up to 7 hours.
The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet runs on Android 3.1 Honeycomb Operating System
Posted by Mohd Hisham | No commentsWe met up with Blair Powell, Solution Consultant Adobe Systems, 15th August 2011, when he shared his thoughts on the following:
1. The rising trend of digital engagement with customers and within businesses in Asia Pacific
2. How businesses and developers can effectively design and develop applications across multiple platforms for the enterprise and customers
This meeting followed an announcement by Adobe on the launch of the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform
Posted by Mohd Hisham | No commentsSingapore Polytechnic clinched the Tertiary category in the SITF Awards 2011 for the integrated system for civil defense agencies that can determine what an entire rescue operation requires. They named their system, Silver Radar
Their works can be seen at Singapore Polytechnic.
Posted by Mohd Hisham | No commentsYFind Technologies Pte Ltd is a Winner in the Start-up Category at SITF Awards 2011. YFind is an enabler for Indoor Positioning, tapping on WiFi networks. This indoor positioning system provide customers with accurate, affordable and hassle-free indoor localization solutions.
You may find YFind at http://y-find.com
Posted by Mohd Hisham | No commentsPreVVieW is Asia’s first interactive video job portal. In SITF Awards 2011, they are one of the finalists. They share with Tech65, what makes them tick and demonstrated how unique they are.
http://www.prevview.com
Posted by Mohd Hisham | No commentsDuring the sidelines at the SITF Awards 2011 recently, we interviewed the founders for FlickEvents, @Yanphun and @yaoquan. FlickEvents is the Merit Winner for SITF Awards 2011 and we asked the founders the secrets of their success.
You may check out FlickEvents at http://www.flickevents.com
You may follow the founders on twitter @yanphun & @yaoquan
RIM showcase 3 of their latest BlackBerry Smartphone, BlackBerry Torch 9810, 9860 and BlackBerry Bold 9900 last week. Tech65 crews manage to get a first look video on the 3 smartphone at a glance.
Do stay tune for more of BlackBerry Smartphone.
Posted by Justin Ng | 2 CommentsTech65 crew was invited to Tokyo, Japan, for a Press Tour, kindly organised by Sony Ericsson.
During the Tour, the invited media get to meet with the designers and engineers behind Sony Ericsson’s latest Android smartphone, Xperia Ray.
In this video, we get a quick glimpse on some of the highlights from the Press Tour. More videos will be uploaded soon, some of which are very detailed.
Posted by Mohd Hisham | 1 CommentThe LG Optimus 3D takes the smartphone experience into new territory with its Tri-Dual configuration – dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory – which allows for improved performance when multi-tasking, viewing graphics-intensive websites, enjoying a movie or playing graphics-intensive games. This LG smartphone is also a major step forward in the utilization of full 3D functionality in everyday life – users can record and immediately view content in 3D without the need for special glasses.
LG Optimus 3D offers a full 3D experience — creating, sharing, viewing — in a smartphone form factor.
Check out the video for more insight.
Posted by Justin Ng | No comments