Dell Phones and Tablets

Dell has announced or leaked out quite a few phones and tablets. They may be late in the smartphone race but I would say that the phones are looking really cool with the slim form factor and their customised Stage UI and now with the new Flash 10.1 for mobile phones, you can watch videos on the phone. Most of the phones and tablets will be out towards the later part of this year. This may just make me want to switch back to a touchscreen phone. ^.^

Dell Streak Tablet

Andriod 2.1 OS

7" and 10" versions

Dell Looking Glass Tablet

Andriod 2.1 OS

7" Display

TV Tuner

4GB RAM

Expandable Storage up to 32GB

1.3MP Camera

Dell Lightning

Windows Phone 7 OS

4.1" OLED Display

5MP Camera

Flash 10.1 enabled

8GB storage

Dell Thunder

Andriod 2.1 OS

Dell Stage UI

4.1" OLED Display

Flash enabled for videos

8MP Camera

Dell Flash

Andriod Froyo OS

3.5" Display

11mm Thick

5MP Autofocus Camera

Up to 64GB MicroSD Storage

BlueTooth 3.0

800MHz Processor

Dell Smoke

Andriod Froyo OS

2.8" OLED Display

12mm Thick

Dual Mic Noise Cancelling

5MP Autofocus Camera

Samsung Phone Multitasks 62 Apps

Multitasking seem to be the topic nowadays for phones, especially since iPhones can now multitask with the new iPhone OS 4.0. Earlier this year, Palm Pre Plus came forward with their WebOS and showed the world that their phone can handle 50 apps running simultaneously.

Just as we're wow-ing at that feat, along came Samsung and the i8910 HD (Omnia HD), with a little help of a custom ROM, managed to blow everyone away with a stunning 62-apps multitasking with only 256MB RAM.. And the best part is that the phone is still running relatively smoothly, considering that 62-apps are running, when at the moment most phones and even computers cannot even run properly with this number of programs open and the iphone can't even open 2 apps at the same time.

Watch a demo here.

3D Movies at Singapore Discovery Centre

I went to watch Clash of the Titans in 3D at the Singapore Discovery Centre.
Why?
1) $7 ticket everyday, compared to $10 - $12 at GV and Cathay.
2) 5 storey-high screen
3) Most comfortable 3D technology (RealD compared to Dolby 3D)
4) Empty cinema
5) Free parking
NB: Only Shaw Lido and CCK and Singapore Discovery Centre, uses RealD tech to showcase 3D movies in Singapore. Unlike GV and Cathay, which uses Dolby 3D, RealD uses circular polarisation to bring out the 3D effects, so the 3D glasses are much lighter and more comfortable to wear for long periods of time, and the images are not dimmed too much.

The 5 storey-high screen. I�m at the 3rd floor seat.

The 5 storey-high screen. I�m at the 3rd floor seat.

The 3D glasses. A little worn out though but doesnt affect the view much.
At the end of it, I say its worth the money to watch a full length 3D movie at SDC cause of the reasons above, although the projection was slightly dimmer than I thought was comfortable. The cheap $7 ticket for a 3D movie, regardless of which day you watch, is really attractive. But of course, with that amount of money only, don�t expect top notch quality stuff, though it decent enough for most people. The only drawback I say is that you cant book tickets in advance, but the cinema is rarely half full anyway.
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Tumblr

In addition to my Facebook, Twitter and Blogger accounts, I'm now on Tumblr.

It's a cross between Twitter and Blogger. It allows "following" and "tweets" like twitter and blogging, video and photo sharing like blogger. Tumblr has nice and simple themes and handles micro blogging very well..

So... I'm goin to ditch Twitter and leave Blogger for long posts, everything else will be on Tumblr. ^.^

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Biggest Show Ever?

Have you noticed that after every IT SHOW, PC SHOW, COMEX or SITEX, the news always report it as the biggest show ever or made record sales?

Well, I did, for the past few times. And I wondered why is that so, more so about the increase in sales profit. I believe it is because the items being so are more expensive now. So even with the same number of consumers, it is these consumers who are spending more money to buy the things they want, thus the increase in sales profit after every show.

Eg. Just 2 years back, people wouldn't dream of buying a laptop dedicated to gaming and would buy cheap value for money notebooks and netbooks. However, these days, gaming laptops are everywhere and people are willing to spend $4000 - $5000 for it. So the sales are increased.

Impatient Taxi Driver?

Yesterday, I was walking from Sultan Plaza towards Suntec City with the Testimony of Light group. We came to this junction, between Victoria Street, Beach Road and ECP. The traffic light was red and we waited. As soon as it turned to green, we began to cross the pedestrian crossing. Less than 10 secs later, a Union Gas cab that was turning honked at us.

It was unbelievable. That was the ultimate impatient taxi driver I've come across. Honking at us while we just started to cross the road and even though the green man wasn't flashing yet. And mind you, we were walking at a normal pace. It wasn't as though we were strolling and taking a long time to cross.


Question: Have you encountered any disgraceful taxi driver? Leave your answer in the comments.

Are The Misfortunes of Others For Your Entertainment?

"What would you do if you see someone who is going to walk into a puddle of spilled drink on a marble floor?"

Today, I was at Suntec City with the Testimony of Light group. We were on the third floor in the My PLAYGround section. While my friends were busy playing with the soft toy "claw machines", someone spilled what I believe was some chocolate bubble tea sort of drink all over the marble floor. Now, that corridor had many people walking pass it.

Now, any humane person would know to warn passer-bys that the floor is slippery and to watch their steps. But there were two mid-twenties looking ladies, presumably from the neighbouring shop, who stood by a pillar, which was 3 meters away from the puddle, and just watched as unsuspecting people walked and slipped. Thankfully, none of them fell.

As much as it is bad enough that they stood and watched, I even overheard these two ladies, if I would still call them ladies, talking about and seemingly predicting which person would slip and fall. Such anti-social behavior. As much as we try to deny it, such people do exist around us. And it's a pity that they are more plentiful than we expect.

The least we could do is to not be like them.

Question: What is your opinion of such people? Leave your answer in the comments.