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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 33: What would Toh Translate: Pichipichipichi is dirty

mikefoong — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:14:43 +0000

We had an explosive episode exploring the Mobile World Congress with Sherwin Loh (http://www.twitter.com/angelsherwin), a run down on Google Buzz and the Google Personal Babelfish or the Google Star Trek Universal Translator, And Jen-ii (or what was formerly known as the Mak-cik PC. Translation: Aunty PC)

You will hear a slew of new product announcements from Nokia, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Intel, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and new partnerships. Some of the biggest news like Nokia Maemo and Intel Moblin to merge to a new product called MeeGo, HTC Desire – the Nexus one with Sense UI, Mobile Windows Phone 7′s impressive new concept and other product announcement that Sherwin will share with us.

Related to the mobile world, Adobe Air announced that they will develop Air for mobile devices. I think this gave us the biggest “Sigh” in the podcast.

We dissected Google Buzz and what is really mean to us after 2 weeks of usage. Is this going to be a useful tool for gmail users or a lead in to something bigger from Google?

Somehow with all the Mobile World Congress and Google Buzz hype, the Google Speech-To-Speech translator slipped in unnoticed by most of us. So hear what we thing about another game changer that Google is developing.

We then diverted to talk about translation as a whole while expanding on the google’s speech-to-speech translator and ended up having lots of time wasting fun with Translation Party (http://translationparty.com). So if you want to know what the title of the podcast means go here – http://www.translationparty.com/#6616031 and find out what we were laughing about.

We ended with the most crucial technology contribution that Mimos (Malaysia) will bring to the community. The Aunty PC (Jen-ii, formerly known as the Mak-cik PC) A hilarious tickling of the funny bone ensues…

Enjoy!

This Week’s theITChannel Podcast is brought to you by:

Michael Foong
Court Jester and Host of theITChannel
http://twitter.com/mikefoong

Sheldon Goh
Techie Cartoonist Telco Specialist Extraordinaire Masked Super Hero
http://twitter.com/sheldongoh

Andrew Kok
Super Gamer Geek God Techmeister
http://twitter.com/andrewkjs

Sherwin Loh
Correspondent for the Digital Life, Straits Times, Singapore Rabbit Eater
http://twitter.com/angelsherwin

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1. Mobile World Congress

http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/

2. Symbian 3

http://gizmodo.com/5471833/symbian3-will-be-running-on-phones-later-this-year-but-see-what-it-looks-like-now?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/symbian-s-3-officially-announced-previewed-on-video/

3. MeeGo

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/meego-nokia-and-intel-merge-maemo-and-moblin/

4. Windows Phone 7

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/microsoft-phone?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/adobe-confirms-no-flash-in-windows-mobile-7/

5. Adobe Air

http://gizmodo.com/5471766/adobe-air-for-smartphones-wants-to-be-one-platform-to-rule-them-all?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

6. Google Buzz

http://lifehacker.com/5467841/google-buzz-explained?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

http://mashable.com/2010/02/14/google-buzz-column/

http://mashable.com/2010/02/09/google-buzz-facebook-twitter/

http://lifehacker.com/5470104/google-updates-explains-buzz-privacy-setup?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

7. Google Speech-to-Speech Translation (Personal Babelfish)

http://gizmodo.com/5466477/google-working-on-speech+to+speech-translation-phone-aka-your-own-personal-babel-fish?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

8. Jen-ii (formerly Mak-cik PC)

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/2/17/technology/20100217142954&sec=technology

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 30: If the porn industry say so, it must be true

mikefoong — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:19:17 +0000

Usually at times the porn industry leads the way in technology adoption and they can be very disruptive. We have seen it in VHS (Video Tapes vs Betacams – Go google it, we can’t be spoon feeding everyone), Flash, Flash Movie (You think YouTube pioneered this didn’t you?) BlueRay and now 3D TV. Personally I am not so sure about 3D and i would even like the hassle. The panel don’t think so either but it’s still an impressive piece of technology and we think its the TV/Network/Broadcast industry is still trying, in their last breath to conquer the TV.

Let me say it now, the future of content viewing will be on the internet, the web and it will be on demand not dictated by any network or broadcasting company. 3D success will depend on that. Give us your feedback and let us know what you think

update: 19th Jan 2010
#yorais was trending on twitter for the same issues we talked about on the Podcast. Datuk Rais Yatim made a statement that Malaysians especially muslims should not be immersed in Facebook or Twitter and something called L-band. First of all can someone tell us what L-Band is?

Stream It Now:

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News this week:

1. Friendster and Yahoo Tie Up
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/13/technology/20100113103444&sec=technology

2. Maxis Speeds up Broadband
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/12/28/technology/20091228130332&sec=technology

3. Govt Wants Reasonable Rates for Broadband
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/5/technology/20100105100812&sec=technology

4. Malaysians Adviced to stay away from SNS
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/16/nation/20100116175608&sec=nation

5. 3D TV
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/13/3d-porn-the-studios-are-way-ahead-of-you/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)
http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-01-09-analysis-why-you-wont-be-buying-a-3d-tv-until-you-have-to
http://gizmodo.com/5443165/im-sold-on-3d-tvsand-i-kind-of-hate-myself-for-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/7/technology/20100107151157&sec=technology

6. WinMo7 will reinvent the Mobile Market?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/14/urnidgns852573C400693880002576AC00211326.DTL

7. Most anticipated games of 2010
http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/45509-tg-daily-unveils-most-anticipated-games-of-2010

Enjoy

Thats the news this week!

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theITChannel Podcast Episode 24: Windows 7 Launch in Malaysia? Where?

mikefoong — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:36:09 +0000

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Stories this week:

1. Windows 7 finally launched… but where was it in Malaysia?
We talked about the Windows 7 launch and the pricing but did not really find any official local pricing from Microsoft. We also tried to find out what and where was the launch in Malaysia. Was there a Windows house party?

2. Secondly we talked about the 3G and the future of 3G services in Malaysia with the Launch of Digi Turbo 3G.
Digi finally enabled 3G to their regular subscribers. You can now access 3G from your phone. With this introduction, it adds another competitor the 3G scene and we believe DiGi will really drive the competition as they have shown in the Voice and SMS services.

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