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Firefox 3.0 Final
Was alerted that Firefox 3.0 Final is available on Mozilla’s download server. I’ve been running FF3 since RC2 and it’s been stable so far. No reason why not to use this over the aging Internet Explorer. Check out Firefox’s cool plugins while you’re at it. Plenty have been upgraded to play nice with the latest and greatest version of this browser.
Update: Download counter
iPhone 3G Announced
Live updates: http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/steve-jobs-keynote-live-from-wwdc-2008/
OMG. Pretty crazy stuff being demoed.
SDK & iPhone 2.0 firmware related: 3D accelerated games, medical applications, Chinese & Japanese language support, push notifications for background-like alerts (looks like no true multitasking for iPhone), an Exchange-like service and a suite of new Web 2.0 apps. There’s also a lot of bashing of Windows Mobile (specifically its multitasking and Activesync 
).
And finally, the 3G iPhone was announced. $199 for the 8GB, $299 for the 16GB model. Starts selling July 11th.
First Intel Atom Benchmark
Benchmark Result courtesy of Technophone
MSI Wind PC e Asus EEEPC 900, Atom VS Celeron, tempo di benchmark!! | Tecnophone.it
I swear to you that means something in Italian. Lucky for the non-Italian speaking folks (that’s you and me), the benchmark result is pretty universal in showing the Intel Atom getting its back whooped pretty good by a Celeron CPU. Looks like the power-saving features does not come without a pretty hefty price. So I guess it’s a toss between performance and power (and maybe heat).
Personally, I can’t really decide if I want a faster performing unit, or one that doesn’t bloody burn my lap after a few hours on the net. Also keep in mind that despite what Intel wants you to believe, namely shaving off a couple of watts from the CPU will result in dramatic improvements in battery life, that’s not really true. A hard drive and large screen will also draw quite a lot of power, so much that it whatever energy-saving you use might matter less. That is one reason to consider the eeePC still since it uses a fairly small screen (7″ & 9″) and a solid-state drive.
HTC Touch Diamond Launching In Malaysia - 27th May
Photo sourced from Mobile Hornet
This post in MyPDACafe alerted me that the Touch Diamond will be launching on the 27th May, for the price of RM2799. Here are the specs for this smartphone:
| Processor | Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional |
| Memory | ROM: 256 MB RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM Internal storage: 4 GB |
| Dimensions | 102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.35 mm (T) |
| Weight | 110 g (with battery) |
| Display | 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution |
| Network | HSDPA/WCDMA:
Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.) |
| Device Control | TouchFLO™ 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control |
| GPS | GPS and A-GPS ready |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one) |
| Camera | Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera |
| Audio | Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS Ring tone supported formats:
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| Battery | Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 900 mAh Talk time:
Standby time:
Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA |
Truth to be told, I can’t be bothered. There’s on so much you can cover up Windows Mobile or let me put it this way, there’s only so much sugar you can coat a piece of sh*t to make it sweet.
Vodafone Struck Deals to Distribute iPhone in 10 Countries
This post over at Engadget says Vodafone releasing iPhone in Australia, Italy, India, and seven other countries. I wonder if Celcom will be the first telco in Malaysia to bring in an iPhone. Hmm….
