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theITChannel Podcast Episode 43: Google I/O and Freeze your Yogurt on Android

mikefoong — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:32:13 +0000

This week with the gang on HP’s purchase of Palm, Adobe Flash and some iPad stories.

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 42: HP Buys Palm Flashes iPad Jailbroken

mikefoong — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:32:06 +0000

This week with the gang on HP’s purchase of Palm, Adobe Flash and some iPad stories.

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 41: The Next Wave

mikefoong — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:52:50 +0000

We have gone Live! This is our second live show over Ustream and the Broadcasting Software provided by BoinxTV. You can stream our recorded show here or download the audio version.

theITChannel Podcast Live: Episode 41 – The Next Wave from Michael Foong on Vimeo.

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 40: What will we do without Sherwin

mikefoong — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:11:42 +0000

We covered this week’s news and Sherwin’s Experiment on not using any Social Networks for a week. Let’s hear how he fared…

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1. News

- Opera Mobile App for the iPhone

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/opera-mini-iphone-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/skyfire-boss-on-possible-iphone-port-stay-tuned-for-news/

http://lifehacker.com/5516038/browser-speed-tests-iphones-mobile-safari-vs-opera-mini

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/04/opera-mini-on-the-iphone.html

- Twitter acquires Tweetie/AteBits

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/with-tweetie-acquisition-twitter-locks-on-mobile/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))

- iPhone OS 4. Jailbroken

http://gizmodo.com/5518414/iphone-40-beta-jailbreak-tool-released-for-iphone-3g?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://tnerd.com/2010/04/08/how-to-unlock-or-jailbreak-iphone-os-4-0-ih8sn0w-claims-to-have-done-it-already/

2. Can you Live without Social Networks?
Sherwin’s Experiment

3. Make your mobile phone battery last longer
1. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Cell-Phone-Battery-Last-Longer
2. http://technology.inc.com/hardware/articles/200612/cellphonebattery.html
3. http://www.cnet.com.au/extend-your-mobile-phone-s-battery-life-240064190.htm
4. http://nokiae50.info/articles/7-tips-to-extend-your-battery-life
5. http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/23/extend-your-iphone-3gs-battery-life.html
6. http://ipod.about.com/od/iphone3g/tp/iphone-battery-life.htm
7. http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/07/how-to-extend-your-iphone-battery-life.html
8. http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

External Batteries

http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/sg/products/sp2000/

http://www.mophie.com/

http://www.hypershop.com/HyperMac-External-MacBook-Battery-and-Car-Charger-s/91.htm

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 39: the iPAD show

mikefoong — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:29:13 +0000

Yes we’ve got an iPad and we have Toh from http://mytechnews.info to share with us what his experience is with the iPad. This is an exclusive first iPad in Asia and any show

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 38: 1 Year Anniversary Special

mikefoong — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:24:36 +0000

theITChannel Podcast is 1 year old and we are still growing strong. We started on Earth Hour in 2009 and we celebrated our very first anniversary this Earth Hour. We have recorded over 70 hours chatter among us and if you download every episode and play them, you can drive from Singapore to Vietnam and we would still be talking. We would also like to appreciate all you listeners and thanx for your continued support.

This week we covered the Malaysian Unifi Triple Play Service from Telekom Malaysia and how it will affect Malaysia’s broadband usage and at the same time provide some competition to Astro with their IPTV service. Telekom being the monopoly in Malaysia, there isn’t really any competition for a triple play service.

We also talked about the impending iPad shipping and how we can get one here in Asia. We wonder why is Apple making it so difficult for asians to get any of these new tech. Actually almost every company does that to us. Well I hope we develop something in asia that we will not ship to the US until a later date. Go Japan!

The biggest issues or complains users make in most smart phones today is the issue of Multi-Tasking. It’s also a fine balance between functionality and battery life. We have identified situations where we need multi-tasking and when we do not need them the question remains, do we truly need it on a mobile device and should it function like a desktop multi-tasking?

We then talked about Twestival in Singapore. An Amazing event and support from the social network/media community.

Links after the jump

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1. UniFi
http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/03/misery-loves-company.html
http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/03/tm-leads-for-the-briefest-of-moments-then-decides-to-follow.html

2. iPad shipping next week
http://www.apple.com/ipad/

and how to get one in Asia or Wait?
http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/03/the-hour-is-nigh.html

Apple bought the iPad trademark from Fujitsu
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/that-was-easy-apple-buys-ipad-trademark-from-fujitsu/
http://gizmodo.com/5503047/apple-now-owns-ipad-entirely?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

3. Let’s address the issues of Multitasking on Mobile Devices
http://i.engadget.com/2010/03/26/entelligence-mobile-multitasking-is-mostly-a-myth/

4. Twestival Singapore 2010
http://singapore.twestival.com

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 37: Location, Location, Location

mikefoong — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:45:54 +0000

This week we talked about location based apps or location based games like FourSquare and Gowalla. It can be used in a myriad of ways from a gaming system to a location discovery system. Whatever is your motives of using a location based apps, this is definitely something that is up and coming and it could be as big as twitter in the coming months.

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Links to other news we talked about after the jump

1. Twestival

http://www.twestival.com

Twestival iPhone App – http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/twestival/id361454720?mt=8

2. Location Based Apps Heating Up

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/17/location-apps-app-store-apple/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/17/foursquare-gowalla-twitter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://thenextweb.com/location/2010/03/10/tips-trips-side-side-comparison-gowalla-foursquare-updates/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheNextWeb+(The+Next+Web)

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/foursquare-location-apps.html

3. Windows Phone 7 Series

8 things you didn’t know

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9171558/8_things_you_didn_t_know_about_Windows_Phone_7

Multi-Tasking

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-multitasking-the-real-deal/

No Cut and Paste

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/microsoft-on-copy-and-paste-in-windows-phone-7-series-people-d/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/windows-phone-7-series-wont-have-copy-and-paste/

It can make a call

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/yes-windows-phone-7-series-can-make-a-phone-call/

Marketplace can revoke apps remotely

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-marketplace-can-remotely-revoke-app-licenses/

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 36: Apple News Network

mikefoong — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:55:31 +0000

We are back with a spotty bunch of tech geeks rummaging the lives of other tech blogs and news and bring you the local flavor of what we think about the personal technology we use and abuse everyday.

With a Andrew Kok, Sherwin Loh and Toh this week we mainly covered news stories about Apple. Can’t really help it when they are all over the news last week. If you are up for it, this is a great round up for last week’s news.

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Show Links after the jump

Apple iPad Available for Pre-Order and Ship by April 3rd
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/05/ipad-will-be-available-in-the-u-s-starting-on-april-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

E-Reader’s future
- http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/e-readers-future/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))

No tethering on the iPad to iPhone -
> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58238

iPhone Video Calls
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/03/07/iphone-video-calling-revealed-excited/

Steam for Mac
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/valve-confirms-steam-for-mac-debuts-in-april/

Nokia Patents Self charging phones
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/nokia-moving-into-kinetically-charged-cell-phones-files-new-patent.php

Enjoy

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 35: Mobile Phone Updates for the rest of us

mikefoong — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:09:43 +0000

Recording with the 3 of us (Sheldon, Toh and Myself) in KL and Sherwin in Singapore. Missing Andrew this week. We rambled on a few things today about the Nokia N900 which recently had a local bloggers launch. Will it fly? Will it not? [Correction: I mention it is capacitive, it is actually resistive and not capacitive]

The competition is heating up between the 3 consumer giants in the likes of Microsoft, Google and Apple. With Apple having an arsenal of gadgets that wows us, Microsoft and Google is trailing not too far away in terms of the mobile gadgets race to gain market share but apple’s ancillary army of developers and apps is definitely something no other company can rival at the moment. How long will the dominance last?

With the underdog JooJoo delaying their launch date, one wonders if the company can survive the tsunami that is inevitable and this time from top 3 IT fault lines.

We lightly touch on politician’s gripe on Open Source being the Enemy of the State. Wonder who paid them to do this…

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Mobile Phone Updates:
1. Nokia N900 Update by Michael and Sherwin

2. Nokia N900 will be getting MeeGo

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/03/ooooo-nokia-n900-to-get-meego.html

Microsoft – Apple Competition Heats Up
3. Windows Phone 7 vs iPhone

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/windows-phone-7-series-demo-video-reveals-new-apps-screens/

4.Microsoft Courier vs iPad

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/

5. and JooJoo misses the boat and the gap is drawing closer

http://www.inquisitr.com/64205/joojoo-misses-promised-delivery-date-company-delivers-a-no-comment/

Google keeps expanding it’s Web Dominance
6. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/google-buys-photo-editing-site-picnik/story-e6freuyi-1225835960257

Open Source is now Enemy of the State
7. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58042

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 34: Chit Chat on a Slow News Day

mikefoong — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:13:39 +0000

We had a slow news week and so we just rambled on:

1. The State of Mobile Phones and why we are all obsessed with the next iPhone Killer.

2. Apple might be bringing iPhone OS to other devices

3. What is steam and what does it mean when it comes to the Apple Mac OSX

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Topic 1: The state of Mobile Phones and why are we obsessed with the next phone/iPhone killer?

the Phone Market Background

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/gartner-apple-android-and-rim-winners-in-2009-smartphone-os-g/

Windows 7 reveals 3 Phone Series

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/entelligence-windows-phone-7-series/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/lgs-first-windows-phone-7-handset-shipping-as-early-as-septembe/

http://gizmodo.com/5478253/the-three-kinds-of-windows-phone-7-phones?utm_source= feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/enderle/the-microsoft-whoops-phone-and-ipad-the-danger-of- naming/?cs=39559 http://gizmodo.com/5475916/windows-phone-7-and-the-end-of-hardware-choice?utm_source= feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

Where is Palm Now?

http://gizmodo.com/5480452/the-indie-phone-makers-last-stand?utm_source=feedburner& utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/palms-webos-1-4-emerges-screenshots-galore/

Topic 2: Apple bringing iPhone OS to New Devices/Gadgets/Platforms

http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-plans-to-bring-iphone-os-to-more-new-gadgets-2010-2

Topic 3: What is steam and what does it mean to Mac users when it comes to the platform

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/26/valves-steam-coming-to-mac-os-x/

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/25/0640233/Steam-UI-Update-Beta-Drops-IE-Rendering-For-WebKit? from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Slashdot/slashdot+(Slashdot)

http://gizmodo.com/5479978/steam-is-most-probably-coming-to-macs?utm_source=feedburner& utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

Topic 4: Skype Enabled TV! Would you buy it because of Skype?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/samsung-makes-skype-for-new-led-lit-hdtvs-official/

Topic 5: Hulu to charge for on iPad

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2010/02/22/hulu-eyes-charge-for-ipad-users

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