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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 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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Show Links after the jump

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 32: Tablets, Tablets Everywhere and HTML5

mikefoong — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:08:49 +0000

Well, we are back with more tablet stories and how it affects our lives. We also talked about HTML5 and could it be a saviour for all you Flash Video haters out there?

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1. Google Tablet

http://gizmodo.com/5461948/is-this-how-a-google-tablet-will-look-in-action?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/chrome-os-tablet-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

2. The Malaysian Tablet with JooJoo

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/2/4/technology/20100204140856&sec=technology

http://www.entrepreneurs.my/the-malaysian-joojoo-pad/

3. Malaysia’s Broadband Situation and the HSBB Rollout

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/02/do-we-really-have-broadband.html

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/02/tm-high-speed-broadband-hsbb-exchange-boxes.html

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/02/high-speed-broadband-in-malaysia-only-for-the-super-rich.html

4. HTML 5 video

http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/YouTube_Embraces_HTML5__But_Stops_Short_of_Open_Web_Video?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))

http://gizmodo.com/5454115/first-youtube-now-vimeo-how-html5-could-finally-kill-flash-video?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/02/adobe-cto-kevin-lynch-defends-flash/

http://gizmodo.com/5461711/giz-explains-why-html5-isnt-going-to-save-the-internet?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 31: Demystifying the iPad and the porn industry has spoken

mikefoong — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:18:23 +0000

Well last week’s hottest news was about Apple’s newest lineup to world domination – the iPad. It is definitely a force to be reckoned with or a really disappointed magical device. Looking at Apple’s track record, if you are not one of the early adopters and really want bargain for your money spent of a device you might not really need, it is better to wait it out. Wait for the 3rd iteration before it gets to a usable and satisfactory stage.

In other news, the Porn Industry decides to support 3D TV or 3D web by making the very first 3D porn movie. Now, 3D is going to take off right? Well personally i don’t think so, but to many men out there and in here, it going to enhance err.. the watching experience….

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So here are the links and the topics we talked about:

1. Apple’s iPAD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs&feature=related
http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/01/press-release-apple-ipad.html
http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010012703135NWRLAP
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/28/top-10-reasons-ipad-kindle/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/kobo-e-reader-first-on-ipad/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ten-things-missing-from-the-ipad/

Apple Copied a China Made Product
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_483815.html
http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/bandit-gadgets/media-players/339-feats-in-cloning-shanzhai-clones-non-existent-apple-tablet

Micro-Sim Conversion
http://9to5mac.com/micro-som-iphone-iPad-conversion-365465756

2. iPhone finally supports VoIP over 3G
http://gizmodo.com/5459260/fring-iphone-app-allows-skype-calls-over-3g
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/fring-for-iphone-now-lets-you-call-with-skype-over-3g/
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/01/28/why-carriers-didnt-want-to-allow-3g-voip-before-and-why-theyre-now-setting-it-free/
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_483811.html

3. The Porn Industry has spoken
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i662cd5cc93e73343b847af9b6d6f0fca

4. Malaysians asked to Innovate
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/22/technology/20100122100321&sec=technology

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theITChannel Episode 18: The crew is back and refreshed

mikefoong — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:09:39 +0000

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We came back with a bang with Toh of http://www.mytechnews.info/ Sheldon Goh – http://sheldongoh.deviantart.com and Andrew Kok – http://www.twitter.com/andrewkjs/

We took a look at the “Its only Rock and Roll” Apple event and didn’t think it was that eye opening, jaw dropping as its usually is. We ended up talking more about Norah Jones than the event itself. How weird is that?

http://gizmodo.com/5356723/apple-roundup-ipod-nano-video-cam-itunes-9-jobs-gets-healthier
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/steve-jobs-says-ipod-touch-didnt-get-a-camera-because-its-a-g/

We also talked about the premium content and how google is helping newspapers to use micropayments to charge for their premium paid content.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/google-plans-tools-to-help-news-media-charge-for-content/

Pixi wasn’t that impressive and yes the Palm Pre is not even in our shores, yet we urge Palm to reconsider the markets beyond the US and how asia can help them sell more.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/the-palm-pixi-is-official-headed-to-sprint-this-holiday-season/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/08/source-palm-to-unveil-pixie-phone-this-week/

We took a swing at the unnecessary statement from Symantec urging users to think twice when using freeware. No advice was really given and there were no compelling reason as to why we should not be considering a freeware program when it comes to security or any other software that Symantec meant to say.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/9/technology/20090909164516&sec=technology

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