weblog of roderick kar

I just learned from engadget that Kindle for iPhone has been released. I installed it on my iPhone immediately and my first book was downloaded to my iPhone in less than 2 minutes. I have captured all its glory and posted on Flickr:

I have 28 books on my Kindle Library and I am trying to [...]

At the request of one of the viewers at YouTube, I have recorded how my UMPC had performed at starting up from suspension and hibernation. It’s getting late here in Hong Kong now, so I have only uploaded the suspension video below to YouTube:

As you can see, the computer actually resumed quite fast from suspension. [...]

It is about time to write something about PC. I have had my first UMPC for almost two months now. The latest generation, which should become obsolete by early 2008 the latest, of UMPC offers portability that is almost as good as PDA (depending on how you usually carry your PDA) and the functionality of [...]

Today marked the 1st anniversary of my relationship with my MacBook.

The title says it all. This is my first video podcast and my first entry on my newly created blog, gadgetjunkie.hk. What better subject to blog on than using the just released iMovie’08 to create a video for sharing on Apple’s new Web Gallery. The following is a low version of the video on YouTube [...]

Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 5 (WM5) in May, but I went ahead and bought a Dell Axim x50v PDA in July, which was based on an “older” system. A lot of new and exciting WM5 devices, particularly PDA phones, were announced together with WM5, but none had a definite timetable for release in Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, [...]

Until three weeks ago, my entire collection of digital music had been ripped from CDs bought from brick and mortar shops. When I had an iPod, I wanted to buy music via iTunes, but couldn’t because I don’t own a credit card with a United States billing address. Having made my first digital music purchase [...]

I could not agree more with the views expressed by Au Man-ho, director-general of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, in his article on broadband wireless access (BWA) licensing ( South China Morning Post, March 15).
The list of what BWA promises to deliver seems to grow daily, and it may eventually transcend all means of [...]