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 download them all to my iPhone.
Magazines are not synchrnozied though.
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. But it ran into all sorts of problems after resumption. First with the fingerprint sensor and then the Bluetooth radio. I don’t know whether it is a driver issue or simply the fact that those two hardware components had taken their time to wake up. The problem with the mouse is obviously a software issue with IntelliPoint. Since the mouse was already working at the login screen.
Tags: Windows Vista, umpc, Fujitsu, Lifebook, U1010, notebook, origami, mid, umd, Intel, suspend, resume, power save, bluetooth
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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 a true computer running Windows Vista. The beautiful thing about PC is that there are so many manufacturers out there and the demand is so great (90% of the entire population on planet earth that does some sorts of computing), it never ceases to amaze me how the industry as a whole has kept "inventing" and hyping new designs and form factors that on rare occasions, do rise up to their hypes. In this case, the UMPC. It’s small and light. Granted, it’s slow but its battery does give me at least 2 full hours of operation with both Bluetooth and WiFi turned on between charges. It does a decent job on running Microsoft Office and browsing the Internet. I can use it anywhere to connect to the Internet through a Bluetooth connecion with my 3.5G Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone acting as a modem. How many times a day do you loathe your 3.5G PDA that can’t access your, say, online banking site or your faviourite AJAX sites? Depending on the price, I might get its optional 3.5G module when it comes out later this year, that is, of course only if the new generation hasn’t come out yet. In the meantime, my UPMC lives happily with my MacBook.
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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 that can be viewed quickly. The high resolution video created in the podcast can be viewed at my .Mac Web Gallery.
Video sharing has never been easier.
Tags: .Mac, Apple, iLife, iMovie, Mac, Streaming, Video, Web Gallery, YouTube
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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, Dell said it would provide x50V owners with an upgrade to WM5 when it became available. Knowing my XDA Mini from O2 was not going to get an upgrade, I ordered myself the x50v. I made sure a Dell saleswoman in Hong Kong confirmed with me in a July 15 e-mail that I was indeed entitled to the free upgrade before I confirmed the order.
Dell announced in October the new x51v PDA, which is basically an x50v with WM5 pre-installed. I asked the same saleswoman about the promised upgrade. She replied on October 4 to say Microsoft was holding it up. I could wait no longer, and ordered myself an x51v.
Things started to go downhill from there.
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 in Hong Kong on Eolasia.com last month, I am now ready to embrace the digital music experience to its fullest.
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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 digital content delivery. Time will tell if BWA technology can live up to the hype. Meanwhile, I am a flesh-and-blood example of his claim that “no single technology can meet all user needs”.
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