Skype is a wonderful thing. After so long, I got a Skype account to speak to the US-based Musketeer for free. Superb. There is audio and video (if you have a webcam) and the whole thing is just full of presence! (...to use the theoretical construct of messrs Lombard and Ditton...)
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Recently there's been an 'explosion', if you may, of mobile phones that include the PDA function. They were quite prevalent a few months ago, but rather expensive. Today however, things are looking much better. With the anticipation of the iPhone, folks like Samsung, Nokia and HTC (never heard of them previously) came up with their own take on iPhone-like phones like the Omnia, N95/N96 and Touch Diamond respectively, and are relatively more affordable if you get the phone plans with them.
This is good news for people who want an all-in-all device - a digital organiser that's a phone, camera, music player and eye candy. No need to hold many things and your pocket bulges like you got 3 or 4 bananas inside. (Hello, I'm talking about real bananas here.)
Sure, there might be technical problems with such an arrangement, such as the software hanging on you and what not. But with each successive generation, there will be tweaks made and things will get better.
Of special note is the Samsung Omnia - it's a gem. It has a Windows Mobile interface, making it possible to sync with your Outlook Express. It has a 16 GB storage version, that's more than enough space to put all kinds of things inside. It can play movies and MP3s, and it has a maps function so that you don't get lost when you want to go to places like Toh Tuck avenue. Good job Samsung!
This is good news for people who want an all-in-all device - a digital organiser that's a phone, camera, music player and eye candy. No need to hold many things and your pocket bulges like you got 3 or 4 bananas inside. (Hello, I'm talking about real bananas here.)
Sure, there might be technical problems with such an arrangement, such as the software hanging on you and what not. But with each successive generation, there will be tweaks made and things will get better.
Of special note is the Samsung Omnia - it's a gem. It has a Windows Mobile interface, making it possible to sync with your Outlook Express. It has a 16 GB storage version, that's more than enough space to put all kinds of things inside. It can play movies and MP3s, and it has a maps function so that you don't get lost when you want to go to places like Toh Tuck avenue. Good job Samsung!
2 comments:
Good job on the skype experience :)
Yeah ... it beats from just reading an email or hearing someone's voice at the other side ... now you can see!
haha ya man... I went to get the headphones and what not. It's really cool, this free, videoconference thing. I wonder if there can be multipple ppl doing it? Like Esa joining us etc. Should have lah, I suppose.
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