Monthly Archives: December 2010

Adios

  By Calvin | December 31, 2010 - 11:45 PM | Shorts 2 Comments

In the blink of an eye, things have changed so much. Just one year, and it looks like I’ve become a totally different person.

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Hello everybody, most of you should be at Pavilion, Curve, etc for countdown and all. Yet I’m at home.

So anyway, I’m just going to make me a post to close the year, and welcome the new year with a bright insight into the future!

ADV: Celebrate Christmas with Maxis

  By Calvin | December 28, 2010 - 12:55 AM | Adverts Leave a comment

In conjunction with the year-end festive season, Maxis brings cheer to its customers with Hotlink Hot Tickets that come with even more talktime and SMS.  From today until 31 January, customers are entitled to a “Family Favourite Personal Pan Pizza” from Pizza Hut for only RM1.00++ with every two RM10 Hot Tickets or one RM15 Hot Ticket. The RM10 Hot Ticket comes with RM31 worth of talk time and SMS; while the RM15 Hot Ticket comes with RM60 worth of talk time and SMS.

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Maxis staff in a festive mood with Hotlink Hot Tickets

When customers activate the Hot Ticket, they are immediately given free access to the specially customised Christmas WAP portal which contains festive and fun content including MMS Greetings, HIDUP2 and Vuclip. HIDUP2 is a mobile social game which enables customers to create and manage their own characters in a virtual world – whether it is acquiring a house, making new friends or growing wealth. In addition, customers may enjoy free video clip downloads (up to five clips) on their mobile devices via the Vuclip® video search portal.

What does this mean, you ask me? It means more value, more talktime and more texting for us these festive holidays! With every RM15 Hot Ticket you get 120 minutes of calls (worth RM39) and 300 SMS (worth RM21) and you can purchase a Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut with your used Hot Ticket and only extra RM1!

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From today until 31 January, customers are entitled to a “Family Favorite Personal Pan Pizza” from Pizza Hut for only RM1

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A sample screenshot of the Maxis Christmas portal which offers lots of goodies for customers

So what are you waiting for? These Hot Tickets are only available from now till January 31, so be quick to grab these before they are sold out!

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This post is made possible by Maxis.

Verdict | Samsung Galaxy 5 Review

  By Calvin | December 16, 2010 - 6:21 PM | Reviews Leave a comment

So, what do you think about the phone?

In a nutshell, I shall summarize the pros and cons of this phone for you.

Pros

    • 600MHz processor
    • Android 2.1
    • Price
    • Hardware keys

Cons

    • Horribly tiny 2.8” screen
    • Inconvenient USB driver installation
    • Lack of multi-touch
    • Glossy build attracts fingerprints
    • Tiny keyboard
    • Non-backlit keys

Now, for an entry-level phone like this (RM699 RRP), these specs are really amazing. The 600MHz processor trumps the HTC Wildfire’s 528MHz processor, and considering that it is a more expensive phone, this is a good sign. Being on Android 2.1 is also a big plus as some phones like the ones made by Sony Ericsson (Xperia X10, X10 mini) are still stuck on the pathetic Android 1.6. Then there’s the price. So far, it is the cheapest Android phone in Malaysia, with only the LG Optimus One coming in at a close RM100 difference.

Android 2.2, 3MP, all for RM799, RM100 more

Essentially, at this price point, you can not go wrong with this phone. It’s powerful enough even if you throw quite a lot at it – the processor is simply a whiz, although that may be linked to the small screen it needs to power. Android really does this phone good, as at this price range, this is currently the only phone you’ll come close to ever having your data stored in the cloud safely.

Design-wise, this phone is another winner. Though it may look like ‘just another modified Corby’, the features on this phone doesn’t fail to impress.

And then there’s the cons. The screen is just too tiny to be productive with. Worse off, people with bad eyesight, namely the older generation, will struggle trying to read the tiny words on the screen. Along with that comes the amusingly tiny keyboard too. Sure, Swype may solve the problem, but what if I don’t like Swype, and want a true-blue QWERTY? Enjoy making mistakes, and mistakes in mistakes then. Flipping it to landscape mode works brilliantly though.

As mentioned in my previous post too, the USB driver was a pain in the neck to get up and running on my computer. Then the browser was a pain because all you could do was double-tap and it goes to 100%, then back to Auto-Fit. And the fact that the whole phone attracts fingerprints like a huge magnet.

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Ignore the cons, and you can clearly see that Samsung has pulled its strings well – making a good phone like this at such an affordable price. If you’re in the market for a budget phone that does the job brilliantly, this is the phone for you.

This review is made possible by Advertlets and Rebecca Saw.