Sabtu, 24 September 2011

Karbonn K5 Price in India, Bright Torch Light Basic mobile phone review, feature and specifications

Karbonn K5 Price in India. Last day company has launched the Karbonn K5 and added it to their k series with expanding it to more phones in it. The phone is just a basic Dual SIM phone but its main feature of extra bright torch light makes it extra ordinary mobile. The phone has 2.0 inches of TFT display Screen with 176 x 220 pixels of resolution. The phone has a basic digital camera but can click pictures up to resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.

Karbonn K5 mobile comes with more cool features including its mobile tracker to find lost mobile with data protection applications. The phone supports Multi Languages (English, Hindi for Input and Display). If you want some entertainment than wireless FM radio is here and enjoys the mp3 songs with loud speaker. 

Karbonn K5 review, feature and specifications
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HTC Raider 4G Price in India, Android Gingerbread touch screen mobile review, feature and specifications

HTC Raider 4G price in India. Company comes out with latest phone HTC Raider 4G after the is recently launched as HTC Rader. The phone is equipped with the dual core 1.5 GHz processor and runs smoothly with the latest Google Android Gingerbread operating system version 2.3. The phone has its decent cool look and it will be a good smart phone of next generation. The phone supports 2G and 3G CDMA networks on various frequencies. 

HTC Raider 4G supports multi touch input with its 4.5 inches of bigger touch screen display. Play various format videos of your choice any time anywhere. The phone comes with 8.0 mega pixels of camera supported with dual-LED flash to capture night vision pictures clearly. Phone has a very decent internal storage memory of 16 GB with RAM of 1 GB and it can be easily expanded up to 32 GB with external micro SD card.

HTC Raider 4G review, feature and specifications
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Jumat, 23 September 2011

Impressions on Windows 8 Developer Preview

I used to think there was some kind of conspiracy between Intel and Microsoft. Intel would create faster processors, and Microsoft would release new operating systems and updates which needed more and more resources. I am sure that someone uses all the new features that they have placed in the new operating systems, but I never really appreciated all the new features. All things considered, I would be perfectly happy reverting to Windows XP. In the end, all I really want is an operating system that boots fast, resumes from sleep quickly, shutdowns in an instant and launches applications quickly and get out of the way as quickly as possible. On laptops and desktops, the operating system is really just a platform to launch apps. It is the apps that we really use to be productive.


With the failure of Windows Vista, Microsoft realized that it cannot continue to expect customers to continue buying and upgrading hardware just to runs Windows. With the need to get into the tablet space, I think Microsoft has realized the need for a lighter operating system. After a few days on the Windows 8 Developers Preview release, it think Windows 8 is shaping up to be a worthy successor to Windows 7. Lets forget about the Metro Interface for a bit, you really should not spend to much of your time staring at your operating system.

This early Windows 8 release boots 3-4 times faster than Windows 7 and uses less RAM. In other tasks it does not really feel all that much faster than Windows 7. But if Microsoft is able to cut down application launch times, that would be enough of an improvement I think. I also have not encountered stability problems running Windows 8 on a laptop natively. 

Going back to Metro. Some will like it, some won't. All-in-all I think Metro is a good next generation interface for Windows. Replacing the start menu with what is effectively a full screen start menu, is beneficial to laptops with smaller screens. 

I think the biggest challenge to Windows 8 is how it will handle the ecosystem of Metro apps and traditional desktop apps. It seems to make a lot of sense to give users the option to actually use it without Metro and revert to the traditional Windows Start Menu, as an option

Weakness and bad parts of websites


facebook.com :
Problem 1 : When user upload a photo to an album, after the user choose the picture from the computer, there are 2 buttons "Open", "Select Photos". Supposly user have to click "Open" button, but most of the user will careless click on "Select Photos" button, it will cause error to the page. See the picture below for reference :


Solution : The "select file" window should appear on top and cover the "upload file" window, so that the user cannot see "Select Photos" button.

Problem 2 : Cannot search older wall posts. If I want to check my older post which was posted by me 1 years ago, how?
Solution : Implement a search feature to allow the users type in any keyword to search for their older posts.

Problem 3 : Cannot share a particular post of wall to other people. How if I want to share a particular post of my wall that I posted few weeks ago? I need to ask the people scroll down many times to find it?
Solution : Facebook should make every post has a unique link. Facebook should show the link at the bottom of the each post, so the user can copy and paste link to other people to share the post.

Problem 4 : Auto update new wall posts on Home page. When I was reading or typing comment on a particular wall post in half way, the post was pushed down and gone suddenly, I can't see the post on the screen while I was half way reading the post or typing comment to the post, because the post was pushed down because there are many new posts come in from the top.
Solution : Do NOT auto update new wall posts, store the counter of new pots onto a button such as "16 new posts" button, after user click on "16 new posts" button, then only all new posts will be show onto the page.

Problem 5 : Facebook pictures are too small. If there are more than 10 people on the picture, sure we can't see the people' face clearly because the people heads are very small.
Solution : Save the pictures as bigger size or full size if face recognize software detected there are more than 5 or 10 faces on the pictures.


plurk.com :
Problem 1 : "My Emoticons" panel is suck. When the user save 2 emoticons with the same keyword, when the user want to show the 2nd emoticon, it will fail to show the 2nd emoticon, it will show the 1st emoticon.
Solution : When the user are saving the new emoticon with new keyword, "My Emoticons" panel should check to make sure the new keyword different from previous existing keywords, should not allow user assign the same keyword.

Problem 2 : "My Emoticons" panel doesn't allow user sort / organize / arrange the emoticons in the way that the user want to be.
Solution : Implement Facebook picture album sorting feature into "My Emoticons" panel.


blogger.com :
Problem 1 : When the user want to edit the HTML code of blog layout, the user go to blogger.com > blog title > template > edit html, then there will be a "loading" animation. The "loading" animation ask user to wait. So the user will wait for few minutes, hours, days, weeks, month, years, but it is stilll "loading". The page just can't finish loading!!! Why? because the user actually need to click "Process" button. The stupid "loading" animation confuse user to wait for loading. Please see the picture blow for reference :


Solution : Remove the "loading" animation from the page.

Problem 2 : Blogger allows us to put password for entire blog, but not allow us to put password for particular blog post.
Solution : Adding a setting option : "private" and "public" on post editor.

Problem 3 : Post editor will not auto save the post into draft after dc or restart modem and browser. You can do a test :
1) Write "abc" on a post,
2) then u go restart ur modem,
3) then u write "efc" on the post.
4) then u wait for 5 minutes,
5) close the tab / browser,
6) then open new browser / tab,
7) go into blogspot again,
8) check and see whether or not the post save "efc" in the draft? Sure u will see it have saved "abc" but not "efc".
I did spend 2 hours to write a post during heavy rain day, so my internet keep disconnected (mean my modem keep restarting), suddenly thunder make my computer shut down, after I restart my computer and go to blogspot, I just realize blogspot didn't save my works since 2 hours ago, it mean I just lost my 2 hours works.
Solution : Jquery runs on the client. AKA browser. If the connection is reset the current browser tab you're on will usually not be interupted (Unless you have ongoing Web service calls to the server). Because of this, you can save anything you want in that browser session, when the connection is back up, save it to the server. IF you want to continue saving the data after the TAB is CLOSED, then the only way you can do that is I guess through HTML5 Local Storage. You can save data to session using javascript, and the session can save up to 2mb of data, WOW!!! Reference at here. So if after modem is restarted, and browser is restarted too, when the user are using firefox 6, he/she will use "restore the previous session" feature will bring back the data that saved on the session previously.


badoo.com :
Problem 1 : It doesn't allow to show the state where the user live. Malaysia has 13 states totally, but it just show 1 state (Kuala Lumpur) only. All users who live in Malaysia are forced to show "Kuala Lumpur" at the field of "State :" in their profile. How if I want to search for the users who stay in "Penang" or other states? I can't do that!!!
Solution : Allow the users to show the state where they live.


ebay.com :
Problem 1 : If the buyer pay money by bank in, no fee will charged. If the buyer pay money by Paypal, some fee will be charged by Paypal. For example, if a product price is USD100, and paypal charge fee USD3. If I put my product price as USD103 (already include paypal fee). When the buyer click "buy" button, it will cut USD103 from the user paypal account. BUT what if the user want to pay money by bank in? The user misunderstand that he/she should pay USD103!!! Actually he/she just need to pay USD100 because bank in method doesn't charge any fee. So how to solve this problem?
Solution : Ebay.com should provide a separate textbox for seller to type in the paypal fee, so the seller doesn't need to mix the product price and paypal fee together.
Solution : Allow the users to show the state where they live.


All kind of browsers like mozilla firefox, internet explorer, chrome... :
Problem 1 : If I want to switch between two words "h&2s!-$*" and "Nes:G$Pi". For example :
Peter's password is h&2s!-$*. Michelle's password is Nes:G$Pi. Then I realise that I put wrong password between Peter and Michelle. Peter's password should be Nes:G$Pi and Michelle's password should be h&2s!-$*. How do I correct them? I think u got the answer! It is inconvenient to correct them right?
Solution : Add "switch" option on right click. With the "switch" option, I just need to select these two words, then right click 1 of them and choose "switch". It will be easier right?!


Post a comment at below to share with me if you found any other weakness / bad part of websites. Thank you.

My Thing's Photo - Part 2

Above picture shows I got Sailor Moon sticker albums, and yes! I love Sailor Moon. Lol.
Above Picture shows My dragon ball stickers collections, I got about 15 albums, can imagine how many are the stickers I have. I wasted a lot of money on that when I was small. Ish
I got a lot of Sailor Moon stickers too. Wakaka.Above picture shows my Dragon Ball card collection. I got about 2000+ dragon ball cards, all are different from each other! Wow!





Above pictures shows my toys collections, they are expensive. They all total cost is RM1200. Ish.







Is it normal that 2mbps account has 0.41mbps uploading speed? Or something wrong already?

Part 1 at http://ye5.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-thing-photo.html.

Is Windows 8 a modern day Janus?

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions. He is depicted as having two faces on his head, facing opposite directions. Symbolically Janus looks simultaneously into the future and the past. Windows 8 represents the most major transition in Windows since Windows 95. Part of it hold on to its past and rich store of applications. Part of its looks to the future, giving a nod to modern touchscreen devices.



Windows 8 adopts the new Metro interface, from Microsoft's own Windows Phone 7 devices. But it is more than that. It is like having two different desktops with their own apps running on one operating system. One example is Internet Explorer. You have Internet Explorer for Metro and the desktop version of Internet explorer. Here is how the two look like displaying the same information.


Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer for Metro

I really do not have a problem going from the desktop apps to the Metro apps, but I spend so much time going from one operating system to another, I am pretty much OS agnostic. With the desktop apps you have your menus, minimize, maximize and close controls on the right side and the familiar task bar at the bottom for multitasking. With Internet Explorer for Metro all the control are hidden and are revealed (on a non-touchscreen device) via a right mouse click. You get fewer options than on the desktop version but get nice big finger friendly buttons.

A user could use Windows 8 with the traditional desktop apps or in the future rely fully on Metro apps. But I think many will use both not realizing which are Metro apps and which ones use the traditional interface. Does Microsoft have a firm eye on its past and its future, or do you think this will just cause confusion among Windows users?

Acer Travelmate TimelineX 8372-484G50Mnkk


Acer has released a very nicely priced thin-and-light laptop in the Philippine market, the 13.3-inch Acer Travelmate TimelineX 8372-484G50Mnkk. The laptop has the following specifications:

  • Linux O.S.
  • Intel Core-i5 480M, 2.66GHZ, 3MB Cache, 1066FSB (35W)
  • Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
  • 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Memory, with two memory slots up to 4GB max
  • 13.3"  HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness LED-backlit TFT LCD
  • Intel® HD Graphics with 128 MB of dedicated system memory
  • Integrated High-definition Audio support with two built-in stereo speakers
  • 500GB SATA HDD
  • 8x DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive
  • Built-in  Fingerprint Solutions
  • 2.1kg (4.63 lbs.) with 8-cell battery pack
  • 87W 6000 mAh 8-cell Li-ion Standard Battery pack
  • Up to 6 hours battery life
  • Integrated Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000, Wake-on-LAN ready
  • Integrated Wireless 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® Network
  • Multi-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
  • Acer Crystal Eye high-def webcam, 1280 x 1024 resolution
  • With Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR
  • Three USB 2.0 ports
  • HDMI™ port with HDCP support
  • External display (VGA) port; Ethernet (RJ-45) port; DC-in jack for AC Adapter
  • Headphone/speaker/line-out jack; Microphone-in jack
  • 13.5 x 9.6 x 1.03 to 1.31 inches
  • 4.6 pounds
  • Multi-gesture touchpad, supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, flip
  • Acer Carrying Bag

At a retail price of Php29,999 it is very reasonable priced even if the pre-isntalled operating system is Linux. Notable are the 4GB of RAM and the 8-cell 6000mAH capacity battery. This is a 2010 model or early 2011 model, and is not a Sandy Bridge laptop. Still at 30K, it is a very good deal.