Digital age

This year  2009 starts with a cool breezing feeling, normal temperature in Saigon rarely drops down to 16 degrees or below but things totally have turned  a new page this year. First time of my life in Vietnam, i have experienced the cool air at night, as if i was in some place else. Riding out at night could have never been fun like now. My throat starts to act funny to compensate to the good feeling i have about the air.

New year always comes with new things being purchased or made. The same rule is applied to my family this year. After a huge process of consideration and a long journey to every electronic shops, me and my dad have decided to go for a 32 inch LCD. At first, the big names like Sony, Sharp came to mind but due to high season right now as well as the shops are trying to slow down the sales to boost up the price on the new year eve, we could not find desireable price that fits our budget. Besides, we know too well how things are run in Vietnam, nothing is certain and reversable once things are made. Therefore, our expectation was lowered down few knots, LG and Samsung were the next candidates. At last, something caught our eyes, the LCD LG 32LG60. I would not be so surprised when i first saw it, LG electronics  are not to be making fun with since the stuff are marked to be in good quality. I learn from it through feedbacks and media.

Just by the look, i knew that i must have it. Well, we did buy it anyway in the end. There we go, new thing to add in this wonderful year. I have never owned a big LCD screen like this before, the best i had was 19 inch LCD used for my computer but my bro is using, so still i am back to zero as usual.

I cannot wait test it out with my computer. Maximizing the image quality becomes much easier now thanks to LG. I always fond of connecting my PC with big screen TV because the visual output is always nicer and more solid. So by using the RGB cables and the S-Video port from my kick-ass graphic card, the power of a small home cinema is vividly becoming true. I know that right now, it is nothing near there yet but hold on for a bit later, i will have my hands on the best technology out there in the market, my dream is not too far ahead.

A small note though: the model in the picture is freaking hot! I gotta search for her now. I know she is an actress, i have watched one of her movies before. That’s just great, chicks and technology… the most powerful combination that has ever been created.

Sony Ericssons P1i

Finally, i proudly announce to the public that i have upgraded to the very first Symbian phone, the first of its kind in my life. Some civilization at last some might say. Why? Because i never had anything up to a normal camera phone whose tasks simply are just for making phone calls or taking some lousy shots. Now with the new P1i, i confidently can say that things can pretty much be done faster and easier.

Integrated with the ability of surfing web, installing applications and 3G, this phone is such an ideal phone for tech people. I repeat, ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND PASSIONS IN TECHNOLOGY. If not, please stick to your current phone.However, i would like to spend this moment to show some sympathies for anyone who have bought this phone before with a **** expensive price. May you learn this painful lesson later on that best phone does not mean it has to be expensive. By the way, i traded in my old Nokia 6270 and got the price of RM800 for this P1i, to me it is a good deal and surprisingly enough that Nokia phones are worth so much more than Sony Ericssons.

No more spending time searching for comps in campus nor waiting for the stupid labs to be free to use the turtle-speed internet and god knows why it’s so slow, i finally can enjoy my peaceful time surfing the net whenever and wherever i desire. Sigh, i wish i were in Singapore but Malaysia is fine too.After few days using it, allow me to point out some of the pros and cons just in case any one of you are planning to get one:

Pros:

1. Beautiful design, sleek look.
2. Sensitive touchscreen that could detect almost any movements that happen on the surface on the screen.
3. Nice package which comes along when purchasing the phone: charger, charger stand, usb cable, headset and extra point pen
4. Widely supported by the community which means you can find almost anywhere on the web topics related to this phone and that also means good troubleshooting.
5. 3.2 mp camera is a non-complaint part. I could never ask for more. Auto-focus is another plus.
6. Good at taking video.
7. Operated under Symbian OS.
8. Supported by a wide range of 3rd party application. Java supported.
9. Wifi implemented.
10. 1Gb memory stick

Cons:

1. The size is quite big.
2. No protection for camera lens
3. QWERTY keyboard which has never been in the list of my favorite things about mobile phone
4. Can be very complicated for the first time user
5. Music player is hard to use.
6. Cannot view some languages namely Vietnamese unless a specified application is installed.

There you go, i wanna stop here since i like this phone and do not want people to think that this is bad phone. In fact, it is way good enough for me. So go ahead, get one and be amazed.