blog.cczy.org » I.T. http://blog.cczy.org Calvin Che's Blog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:39:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Why Apple Fails http://blog.cczy.org/2010/06/why-apple-fails/ http://blog.cczy.org/2010/06/why-apple-fails/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:27:21 +0000 Calvin http://blog.cczy.org/?p=1040

The iPhone 4 is announced. Yay.

Most of you will probably be thinking, if Apple fails, why does everyone still buy their products? I’ll come to that later.

Anyway, the iPhone 4.

First, lets watch the promo video for the iPhone 4.

New Features of the iPhone 4 (from the video):

  1. Video Calling (FaceTime)
  2. Better Screen
  3. Multitasking
  4. Email (Organize by thread)
  5. Better camera, LED Flash
  6. iMovie
  7. More talk-time, and faster
  8. Slimmer, Quality Materials used

Why the features are a bad idea (or not)

  1. Video Calling. Hello? 3G video call existed since I was in secondary school. And don’t ask how long ago that was. And you NEED WiFi for FaceTime? How “convenient” is that?
  2. Better screen. Their better screen? 960-by-640-pixel resolution. Ok, i give it to them. That is one of the things that they didn’t screw up.
  3. Multitasking. I remember that when i was in Sec 2, my classmate had this Windows Mobile O2 XDA. And yes, it multitasks.
  4. Email, organizing emails by threads. The 1st time Gmail came into the world with 1GB of storage when i was in Sec 2, it has threaded emails as well. So does the Android.
  5. Thier better camera? 5MP. That is already taken for granted in phones a year ago. In fact, 8MP do not even have the wow factor. LED Flash? my K750i in Sec 4 has flash. Xenon Flash.
  6. iMovie. Who edits videos on a mobile phone?
  7. More talk-time, and faster. They should have given it more talk-time when they came out with 2G. But its not too late.
  8. Slimmer. My girlfriend complains that my iPod Touch is hard to hold when playing games as it is too slim and falls out of her hand easily. Quality materials? an iPhone is not a lifetime investment. And you just paid 200$ more for those materials when, you will change a phone 2 years down the road anyway.

Wow! Those are some great MIND-BLOWING FEATURES! (So they put it that way.)

My girlfriend told me she wanted an iPhone, even after having a HTC Legend. Why? Because of the apps! So is she putting the HTC at home and taking the iPhone out instead? No! She is taking BOTH out, one to play games, and one to actually use as a phone. No prizes for guessing which phone for which usage.

Right. So why do people buy iPhones? BECAUSE OF THE APPS!
Thats all.

So, instead of marketing the new iPhone 4 with this “fantastic great mind-blowing features”, they should just say, “Hey, we made the iPhone (which people buy only for the apps) more like a phone that you can actually use!”

So since apple really, really sucks at making phones, THEY SHOULD JUST STOP MAKING PHONES! They should, in fact, have an iPod Touch, with a sim card slot (for data connectivity only), and market it as a gaming device. That will work.

Ah, did I hear you say Apple already has a product that has a sim card slot only for data connectivity? Yes, they have, the iPad, BUT IT IS FUCKING BIG! Who wants to lug that thing around?! And since most of the people who play iPhone games are females, they have SMALL HANDBAGS WHICH CAN’T FIT IN SOMETHING THAT IS AS BIG AS AN A4 FOOLSCAP PAD.

Yes, the iPad. It is marketed as a device for web surfing and e-book reading. Web-surfing. Yes. I think the people at Apple doesn’t realise that 60% OF THE INTERWEB IS FLASH.

So, anyway, I am not stopping anyone from buy the iPhone, cause, hey, you want the apps! Go ahead and buy the iPhone 4. But, I will really laugh at you if you put a screen protector on it or you gmask-ed it, as you paid a hugh premium, (possibly 200$) for the anti-scratch fiberglass.

]]> http://blog.cczy.org/2010/06/why-apple-fails/feed/ 0 MJTool v1.3.0.0 http://blog.cczy.org/2010/02/mjtool-v1-3-0-0/ http://blog.cczy.org/2010/02/mjtool-v1-3-0-0/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:23:23 +0000 Calvin http://blog.cczy.org/?p=1016 MJTool v1.3.0.0 is released. Below are the changes:

  • Added customization of “yao dao”, “gang” and “an gang” payout
  • Added an undo button
  • Added detailed statistics
  • Slight interface changes
  • Improved coding

Download via SourceForge

If you have any comments, for example features which you will prefer in the next release, or if you discover any bugs, please do leave a comment :)

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MJTool is now on SourceForge!: http://mjtool.sourceforge.net/

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MJTool v1.2.0 is released. Below are the changes:

  • Added dice rolling
  • Added “za hu” and “bao”
  • Slight interface changes
  • Improved coding
  • Standardized language throughout the program

Download via SourceForge

If you have any comments, for example features which you will prefer in the next release, or if you discover any bugs, please do leave a comment :)

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  • Added “Stay Round” and “Next Round” buttons
  • Optimized codes

Download via SourceForge

If you have any comments, for example features which you will prefer in the next release, or if you discover any bugs, please do leave a comment :)

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Download via SourceForge

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]]> http://blog.cczy.org/2010/02/mjtool/feed/ 0 New Host :) http://blog.cczy.org/2010/01/new-host/ http://blog.cczy.org/2010/01/new-host/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:09:33 +0000 Calvin http://blog.cczy.org/?p=927 I have changed my hosting company from GoDaddy to Singapore Host. Reason being, its really obvious actually:

Due to location, a server located in Singapore will have a faster connection than one in the States. Since all my visitors are mostly from Singapore anyway.

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The Google Nexus One

Released on 5th Jan 10, the Google Nexus One is set to be the iPhone killer. To me, at least. Here are some of the features that sets it apart from the iPhone:

  • 5MP Auto Focus Camera with Flash
  • Quality Video Recording (720p HD)
  • Monster Screen: 3.7-inch, 800 x 480 pixels
  • Noise Cancellation Mic
  • Flash Player for web browser (Yes, this means you can actually play Flash based games: Think Miniclip & Facebook)
  • Multiple Video and Audio Playback Formats
  • Multi-tasking – Open several applications at the same time
  • Do not need stupid application to transfer files – direct copying of files from memory card
  • And the best part, you can get it NOW, ships to US, UK, Hong Kong and of course, Singapore :)

Suck my little chinese nuts, iPhone.

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It can be download here* :)
*Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 must be installed in order to run the program.

nricgen

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Photo-0050 Photo-0056 Photo-0057 Photo-0059 ]]> http://blog.cczy.org/2009/10/random-lala/feed/ 0 1st day of internship http://blog.cczy.org/2009/10/1st-day-of-internship/ http://blog.cczy.org/2009/10/1st-day-of-internship/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:48:32 +0000 Calvin http://blog.cczy.org/?p=750 Came back from my 1st day of internship with The Ascott Group a while ago:) The 1st half of the day was spent on orientation at the Shenton office, and went to the Newton office and got introduced to the people who will be working together for the next 3 months before going for lunch with the staff at Newton Circle. For the internship period i have with them i received a key card to gain access to the office, and a notebook for office use. I probably wouldn’t need to wear a tie most of the time, unless necessary:) Had a short conversation with the Applications Manager, who will be my supervisor for the rest of my internship:) The Newton office is a very nice place:)

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The office blocks, the corridor to my office, and my table :)

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