My Life With IT

Apparently, mobile phones these days can’t really last till your contract ends or even longer. My Omnia is screaming overwork ever since I started making full use of the data plan. Opera Mobile 9 gave me problems with logins after a few weeks, so I decided to install Opera Mobile 10 Beta to test it out. It worked beautifully until just a day later that the processor is unable to take the heat, literally.

Omnia keeps hanging or lag terribly. I am at my wits just to use basic functions like Plurk, Twitter, Facebook, Gothere and FourSquare! Just surfing using Opera Mobile 10 Beta only! How can do this to me? In addition, IE for mobile is acceptable. Not that I’m complaining but I like to use the keyboard to hit “Enter” and it does nothing. Neither did Opera Mobile 10 Beta react except appear a cursor.

Since it’s nearly 2 years that Omnia has been with me, I have to find a replacement. Unfortunately, Nexus One and HTC HD2 have 1GHz processor with 512RAM. Looks like it’s still quite some time before processors and RAMs can shrink small enough for mobile phones. To think I thought Nano technology was the hot stuff in 1997.

Therefore, I’m uploading photos via mobile and checking road maps for now. There must be a way to have an easier time using Omnia to surf!

While it’s well known that some companies recycle mobile phones and computers, it’s rare for a company in Singapore to have an IT solution and able to help us recycle at the same time. C.Cenex Private Limited is a company that provides IT solutions and takes part in being green at the same time.

The recycling programme helps us in getting rid of spoilt laptops, computers, gadgets, etc and even pays us for the remaining resale value. I don’t know what other recycling programme does that. It also provides the assurance that our data will be wiped out before being recycled.

Time to collect the unwanted or spoilt IT gadgets for recycling!

I haven’t been able to connect my Omnia to the Starhub broadband at home. Although I don’t have any problem while connecting to the Wireless@SG. After some discussion with Lycan Times, I will be sifting through the links for the settings here.

I got myself an impromptu slot to attend the event at Samsung in Vivocity. All thanks to DK and Rinaz who both helped to extend the invitation to me

It’s Samsung’s first blogger event and I must say, I was impressed because there was free food like, pizza, salad, drinks and my favourite, Ruffles chips! After the dinner, Daniel from Samsung started off the event formally. Next up was the quick overview of Samsung Innov8 and its functions. I love the 8 mega-pixels, smile and blink detection. These features for capturing beautiful smiles and all opened eyes are not available in most cameras. I know even my beloved Canon S5 IS doesn’t have them either. Shucks!

The phone shown on the slide.

The hunt for photos that are inspired by Innov8.

The event was fun as I got to know that Rinaz had a great concept for the inspiration and she won the phone. I think it was a little bit weird that all 3 winners were girls. How come I didn’t win? I also girl!

I hope to be able to attend more of the events by Samsung and get chances to trial run the gadgets. I have Omnia, so I qualify! (Shameless self-promotion).

On a side note, I was really honoured that Nadnut (who also won the Innov8) lent me her Pinky for photo taking. Unfortunately, I was printing the photos and there really wasn’t enough time for more photoshoots after that.

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After using the Samsung Omnia for more than a week, I can safely say that I love it. I love the slimness and its sleek looks. I like the auto brightening of the display based on the surrounding lighting. I am use the auto function. So far, it seems to work fairly. I’m not a good gauge at the display.

I like the way Samsung built in the keyboards. They are not too tiny like the default keyboards that comes with Windows Mobile. I can press the keys using my finger and that is why I dislike iPhone despite its sleekness

Windows Mobile 6.1 has threaded messages and it makes it so much easier to continue the SMS if you key in halfway and have to answer someone else. I don’t have to save the message and read the message that I was trying to reply too. Unfortunately, deleting a message also means deleting the whole thread and you can’t save just one message from the same person.

I tried the mass sending of SMS and sent blank messages instead. I don’t know if that’s what it was supposed to do but I wasted a few good long SMS that way. Thus, I won’t be attempting the stunt except using the email. The volume is quite good but the vibration is a wee bit too weak. Perhaps it’s the size.

Overall, I love it a lot because I can take quite decent photos with the 5MP camera. The dim lighting will cause the photos to go dark but when I tried using the flash, the photos turned out too white. Looks like my S5 IS is a better option for such condition.

There is a slight lag despite turning off the Samsung Widget programme. I feel that the processor speed is alright but the RAM should be increased since it doesn’t seem to match the processor speed.

I still haven’t used the Wifi because the last time I connect to Wireless@SG, I didn’t manage to surf the net except the error page.

Did I mention that I’m on the hunt for a replacement? I now have a few replacements in mind. Besides iPhone. It’s always a good idea to have a list of items for such purchase. I don’t want to end up with the wrong mobile and end up complaining too many times.

i-Mate Ultimate 9502 – PDF Specification list, Ubergizmo review

E-Ten Glofiish M810 – CNet Asia Specification, Gatzet quick preview

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 – CNet Asia

I’m a little curious about MWg Zinc II as it’s a successor to XDA Zinc. It does look a little like iPhone. Anyone has something to recommend for PDA phones?