HP iPAQ 600 Business Navigator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX6e5FJdB8E

HP iPAQs new line

You can view the talk with HP's David Fishman about the newly designed HP iPaq line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X8DrSpsyjI

What do you want to incorporate in your phone?

Mobile phone has evolved tremendously. Now you have camera phones, music phones, gaming phones, smartphones and multimedia phones. And there are phones of varying designs, colours, shapes and sizes. What do you look for in a mobile phone?
DO you remember your first mobile phone? Mine was just a simple phone capable of making and receiving calls and messages during a time when you could only send a message to a person who is only on the same network. Since then, the mobile phone has evolved tremendously. And there are phones of varying designs, colours, shapes and sizes. So many choices! Having plenty of choices is a good thing. But what do you look for in a mobile phone? Do you want a nice-looking phone or a feature-packed phone?Some look at design while others look at features and their bank account balance, credit card or easy payment plan options. Some want a music player in their phone while others want a camera.Eventually, we all will come up with a phone that we’re willing to buy, but it’s hard to find that ultimate ideal phone, one that offers that perfect blend of form, functionality and pricing. It’s always one or the other. A phone with all the features may not be in that slim, cool and sleek feature; a phone that looks cool and sleek may not have all the features. Or if there is that perfect blend of form and function, the phone may not be within your price range!But this doesn’t mean that there are many people who aren’t satisfied with their mobile phone. Still, it’s important to know what you’re looking for in a mobile phone, how you’ll be using it, and what price you’re willing to pay for it. It may not be the perfect phone, but if it has most of the criteria that you’ve set, your purchase should be a satisfactory one.Personally, there are three basic criteria that I look for in a mobile phone – features, price and design. I have a list of things that I know I want to do on a mobile phone, so picking a phone based on this list makes it easier. I know that I want a phone that’s an extension of my computer but not a desktop replacement.Fortunately, it has come to that point in time when a mobile phone can become an extension of my online life. For example, e-mailing and chatting are available and Web browsing is possible, if not perfect. I would like a phone that’s easy to carry around.As for price, eventually I’d have save up enough money to be able to buy it. And that’s usually when a newer phone with better features and a higher price tag becomes available. Of course, that would then be the phone that I now want!

Uncle Chili Amcorp Mall

Not to be mistaken with the other Uncle Chili's at PJ Hilton, this Uncle Chili is located at the basement of Amcorp Mall. It basically serves local dishes especially Chinese style dishes and best of all it's halal. The last I went there with my friends, they ran the place from a double shoplot but now they have expanded. I've tasted their Chinese dishes and find they're delicious, prices reasonable. Most of all, the waiters use Palm PDA to take order!!!

Smartphone marketshare

The statistics were interesting, but I had also asked people to share the reasons they bought a smartphone in the first place, and whether they liked their current model. Most people did in fact like their current phone. The Windows Mobile users probably grumbled the most about their devices, but still, more than half of them were happy with their experience.
Most people bought their smartphones because they wanted to access e-mail, Web browsing, and telephone calls on a single device, as might be expected. I had thought going in to this survey that most respondents would mostly be using their phones for business, but an overwhelming number of people said they used their devices both for business and pleasure.
The BlackBerry users might have obtained their phone to check their corporate e-mail, but that doesn't mean they don't check sports scores in between meetings, or plot directions to the campground on the weekend. This will be the next big source of growth for smartphones, devices that can balance multimedia consumer desires with business needs. People aren't going to want to carry multiple devices for fun and work: that's why they got a smartphone in the first place. Iphone -here i come, baby!

RFID Tombstone

Vandalism of graveyards is a sad but common phenomenon in Scandinavia. These actions are typi-cally performed by bored teenagers in the silence of the night. A lack of resources makes it hard for the churches to protect their grave yards.
Now the Danish software developer Lyngsoe Systems has come up with a solution to prevent dese-cration of the graves. Gravestones as well as valuable artefacts inside the church are tagged with RFID. When someone tries to move a gravestone, a nearby RFID reader triggers an alarm. The same thing happens if someone tries to steal the tagged chandelier inside the church.
The churches are particularly plagued by vandalism, and the available theft prevention measures are inadequate. Some churches have made experiments with video surveillance, but it doesn’t really work at night, and the churches do not want their visitors to feel like they’re under surveillance. The RFID-based solution doesn’t create that feeling. Lyngsoe Systems’ solution could ensure that the dead could rest in peace – at a low cost for churches. RFID - 'REST IN PEACE' - a very dead example!

BlueTooth Printer And How It Works?

Using a blue tooth printer is similar to using any type of ink-jet printer in that it prints a lot of items including photos, letter, and other documents in both color and black and white. Yet, the difference is that any bluetooth wireless technology can be printed using this printer, such as cameras that are enabled by blue tooth, PDA's and cell phones. There is no line or connection that has to be hooked up to the printer, and it can print from up to 10 feet away from the printer itself. It is convenient in that it can be used with a variety of devices, not just one stationary computer. But bear in mind, most handphones does not come with built-in Print icon. You may need to purchase additional software like Cortado Basic print. Some portable printers like Extech do come with its own simple programs for Windows CE / Windows Mobile to print text and barcodes.

RFID Man-hole cover

Three Japanese companies are teaming up in the first project we've ever heard of to equip manhole covers with RFID tags for monitoring critical underground infrastructure such as gas and sewage pipes. Although all the details are not immediately clear, it seems that wireless carrier KDDI along with Pasco and bitcom will be deploying the chips as part of a so-called "Intelligent Manhole System," wherein rescue workers with RFID readers could easily check on the status of critical subterranean components in the event of a disaster. Presumably this would allow them to reach any victims more safely and quickly, as well as helping to speed up the necessary repair projects. Even better, it could finally rid the sewers of adventurous kids seeking out the crime-fighting, pizza-scarfing lifestyle that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been irresponsibly glamorizing for over 20 years now!

Texas Instruments Car Park RFID systems

The other day, i went to Megan Avenue II at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng and found out that the car park is using Texas Instruments LF antennas and those rfid coin tag. The ROI to own these babies is less than a year. Why I sometimes can't even find a car park.

RFID for Roller shutter

This is the system architecture for tracking roller shutter during maintenance in Frankfurt Airport. Custom tag is using 13.56MHz, attach to metallic shutter which the technician will read the tag using mobile RFID device displaying eg. last inspection date. After inspection any defects are noted, later the technician will download data back to SAP back-end server via docking station. Hopefully, Malaysia's own SKB Shutter Manufacturing can emulate this rfid application.