hp iPAQ hx 2110

I used to have one of this model. It was a gift from my wife for my birthday 2 years back...heh..She knew that I love to play with a new "toy", so she bought this for me...heh..

I play with it for 1 day long...heh...never have a pda before...so excited...This hp iPAQ hx 2110 run with Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Secomd Edition...I don't care too much about the other software included in this pda...I'm most concern about how I could use this pda to entertain myself like watching the video and listen to the music or playing the games...heh..

So, this pda does has the Windows Media player (ver 9.0 for Pocket PC) to play the video files and MP3 files...Game...there are 2 games preinstalled in this hp iPAQ hx 2110...most common game is of course - Solitaire...another game is Jawbreaker...(not really an entertaining game but its better than nothing)...

The display size is 3.5" TFT active matrix and its support 16 bit or 64k colors. Maximum resolution of the display is 240 x 320. hp iPAQ hx 2110 has a memory of 64Mb of RAM (SDRAM) and 64MB ROM (Flash memory). Its memory can be expandable as it has one slot for the SD card or a Compact Flash card. It uses Intel 312 MHzXscale as its processor. This model is equipped with a mic as its audio input type and a speaker as it audio output type (maximum speaker sound is not that loud, so you might want to use an earphone if you watch a video or listen to the music).The connectivity of hp iPAQ hx 2110 can be done through infrared, Bluetooth or USB cable.

As my work requires me to travel a lot, I need a medium to play a music file or a video file as my mobile entertaiment. And long before I bought my Mp4 player and my Portable DVD player, I used this pda to play my music and video file. Sound quality for Mp3 file is quite ok. In fact, you could setup your own music library and arrange it as per your convenience. However, I found that watching a movie from this pda is not that good enough. Even though the screen is quite big, most of the time the Windows Media player will automatically resize the screen of the movie to a smaller size. And the screen brightness is not that good enough to watch a video file. In fact, if you watch a video using this hp iPAQ hx 2110 in an open environment, you could see the flash of the light on your screen and its really disturbing...

So now, since I bought my Mp4 player and my Portable DVD player, I hardly use this pda. Now, I just keep it in my cabinet as one of my "toy" collection...heh...

Warehouse Sale - Toys for Kids

Hi again, in this post I'm not going to talk about gadget...but something different..heh...toys for my kid...Recently, there was a warehouse sales for toys. Branded name in toys manufacturing like Hot Wheel, Fisher Price, Matchbox and many other brands. The sales took place for 1 week starting form Monday and end on Sunday.

So it happen the warehouse sales was held nearby to my wife working area. So, she went there first to see what she could find for our son. She felt really excited and gave me a call first, just asking whether I'm ok with her spending some money there. No problem and she spend about RM110.00 (USD30) and she got 1 Hot Wheel, 1 Matchbox (featuring the cartoon character, SpongeBob...heh...I just love to watch SpongeBob) and 3 toys from Fisher Price. But, she still felt disappointed cause there were some other toys that she would want to buy was grabbed first by the others...She told me the price of the toys during the sales was so cheap until it drove the people to go crazy and they starting to grab any toys they saw first...heh...

So come to weekend, my wife ask me to accompany her to the warehouse sales and she wanted to get what she couldn't get in her first visit...My wife really have the spirit in that morning..she urge me to prepare as earlier as 8am (normally during weekend, I just love to have a long sleep in the morning...heh..). She wanted to be the first person standing at the front gate of the warehouse ..hehe...

Unfortunately, I got stomach ache on that morning which made us a bit slower and we just arrive there when there was no more parking space in the warehouse...hehe...My wife felt a bit angry with me...heh...

Finally, I managed to get a parking space outside the building. We entered the building and I could saw there was a huge crowd of people grabbing any toys they can see especially at the Fisher Price counter...heh...I just ask my wife to que along with the other people and just takes whatever toys she would want her son to have...

Me..heh...I just walked myself looking to the other counter untill finally I came to the Hot Wheel counter...I grabbed a few Hot Wheel toys and ran back to my wife...My wife asked me to que in front of the Fisher Price counter nd grab any toys when their staff open a new box...

So, on that day we end up with 6 Hot Wheel toys and 4 toys from Fisher Price. All this cost us only around RM280.00 (USD75)....heh...quite a good price....

This is my son in front of his toys collection - just bought from the warehouse sales...heh...But, he played with the toys just for a while only...then he get bored already...heh...

Samsung YP-T9B PMP

First time I saw this model, I thought it was a mini mobile phone. The T9B looks good with its elegant black color - it also comes in red and green but I like it more in black version. First time holding it, a greasy fingerprints are easily attracted to it and you will find yourself constantly cleaning it each time you use it....heh...

T9B has a 1.8" screen blends in nicely with the rest of the player. On top of the player, you will see a 3.5mm earphone jack along with the built-in microphone for voice recording. You will also find most of the functions button on the side of the player. Obviously, it is designed for an easy navigation even with the use of one hand.

The first thing you will notice upon switching it on is its ultrasharp LCD screen which comes as a suprise to me - small device but has an excellent image display. T9B is a fully equipped multimedia centre with music and video playback capabilities. You could also view pictures, read text files and play Flash-based games or listen to the FM radio on it.

Battery life also is really amazing - nearly 30 hours of music playback on a single charge. This is definitely one music player you will want t have with you when you're travelling long distance.

One thing I need to mention, the transfer of media files is done using Samsung proprietary Media Studio software.

As a music player, T9B does not disappoint. Paired with a good set of headphones, the player produces some remarkably sharp and crisp sounding tunes. Samsung's Digital Natural Sound engine (DSNe) emulates various 3D musical environments like a studio, stage or club. T9B also has a Bluetooth capabilities - it support both AD2P and AVRCP - making it possible for you to listen to the music while the player is in your pocket. But, I did found some difficulties while testing the connectivity with an optional Bluetooth headset. However, once I get through it, I'm very much enjoying a wire-free music experience. This gadget would also allow you to transfer songs with your music mobile phone.

While as a video player, T9B display the best looking videos ever seen on such a small media device. However, the player does not support MOV and MP4 files. The common file likes WMV, AVI, ASF and MPEG4 can be played with this gadget. The video quality is still sharp enough to display subtitles of the movie.

Too bad, this T9B only comes with 2GB of memory and no expansion slot for the memory card. So, you'll have to pick and choose what you want to store in the player.

How would you prefer your Blog will look like?

Hi, in this posting I'm not going to write about the gadget...I just want to discuss about - how would you prefer your Blog will look like?...heh, a simple question, but with a long long answer, I guess...
Well, to me...I love to keep my Blog as simple as it can be....Pehaps that is the way how I live my life today...very simple way...
I just don't like to fillup all my blog space with so much scattered information until the readers feel dizzy when they come to my blog...yeargh! with so many scattered information will make one to lost their direction...same goes to me...I prefer to surf just a simple web or blog with one focus topic or area and has a simple skin...So, in a blog I try to write something that is attractive and focus to one topic...But sometime, we can also write something that is out of our Blog's topic so that it could be just like a refreshment to the readers....One analogy, we work and work and work until we get exhausted and we wish if we could escape the work for a while, like going for holiday or just take leave and stay quietly in the house...The same thing goes to the blog...
I try not to show too much of seriousness in my writing...just a simple word to explain what I'm trying to tell...like telling a story to your friend...I believe that is what we suppose to do in making our blog attractive...
And I believe, most of the bloggers would love to make some money from their blog...this is ok...in fact, this is one of the reason why Google insists people to create their own blog...But just remember...writing your own attractive articles with your own word (an honest writing) could make your blog the most visited blog...
I'm not writting this down as an expert....I'm also quite new to the blog world....I just create my own blog on last Feb this year and I just keep actively writing since March....
What I'm most interested is I would love to share my writing and my personal opinion towards of something which could benefit me and the others......Post your comment....Really appreciate that...

Nokia 6680 - Nokia Series 60 Smartphone ***Written for Renny

So, this is the Nokia 6680. I know, many will realize this is not a latest phone from Nokia...but I am interested to write about this phone as 1 of my blog reader use this phone...heh..

Ok, this model was sold worldwide sometime in 2005...so, it has been almost 2 years this model in the market...Of course, there is a lot of feedback that we could collect from all the users...

First come to its design, most of the users feel that this model probably the best looking Nokia's Series 60. It suits both young users and businessmen. The keypad is convenient and provides very decent tactile feedback...but the silver strips on both sides of the phone easily get dirty with your fingerprints..it is true?...heh...

The phone support fast data transmission in 3G (up to 128/384kbps UL/DL). It also support other 3G services, including 2 way video calls with the use of built in VGA camera located in front side of the phone. It also has another camera at the back of the phone (1.23MP, 6x digital zoom) and hidden under a sliding cover. Just slide the cover down and you're ready to shoot pictures and record video clips.

This model has 20MB operating memory with only 9MB available to store pictures or clips. But you could expand it using MMC cards and the best thing is you could take out and put new MMC card without having it to be turned off.

Nokia 6680 can play the MP3 file with clean and good quality but don't expect to hear too much bass with the headset. The screens (178 x 208 pixel, 262thousand colors) has a very good quality, with a very good contrast and brightness controlled by a sensor. Battery life can last long till a few days even when making real use of most of the phone functions.

Photo Editor provides basic edit functions like crop, rotate, autofix(darken, brighten, balance), insert frame, add text and Greeting card. With Image Print, you could print your pictures on compatible Bluetooth printers (XpressPrint) or even using USB cable with PictBridge printers. Using Video editor, you could add transitions, visual effect and sound to your video clips and you could combine multiple clips in one - all through directly from the phone itself.

With Movie director, you can create "muvees", video clips sytle containing video + music + text. Just select your prefered style and let the program edit the clip automatically...heh...Frankly speaking even with this so much sophitiscated functions in a phone, how many people will make use of this functions 100%...Most of the people use their phone to take call and make call and only a few times I use my phone to take photo...hehe...Anyway, this just a quick review of the model...

Price? Hmmm...In Malaysia, for this model the price is around RM900++...around USD250++...