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Windows Phone 7 – Revolution

Mark Tan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:56:26 +0000

Caught sight of the new advertisement that Microsoft is launching on their new Windows Phone 7 OS. Such a bold, mysterious attempt, with a catch phrase “the REVOLUTION is coming…”

Not very hopeful and confident after so many fruitless attempt in their previous Mobile versions. Oh well, enjoy the clip…

LG GM730 Problems

Mark Tan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:28:00 +0000

Ever since I started using LG GM730 aka LG Eigen/ LG Joy, I am faced with a series of problems both hardware and software; deteriorating my confidence in using Windows Mobile and LG even further.

First and foremost, I thought iPhone battery life is short; LG GM730 is worst, it drain around 20% – 25% of my battery life in an hour when I am reading news. To better conserve battery, I removed ALC and reduced the backlight to maximum. It works perfectly with my old O2 XDAIIs, however it does not work on this fone.

To make the matter worst, the User Interface sucks… I prefer using LG XT9 keypad input, but everytime I restart the device, it will definitely change to Letter Recognition Input which is something I hate to use (slow and error prone). Besides getting irritated by the input, I am also quite disappointed with the multi-tasking capability. It becomes apparent to me that the advertisement is more or less gimmick. I switched on a few applications in the background, when I have an incoming call, the whole system hanged so bad that I have to remove the battery in order to restart. It happens so many times…

Another problem I found out is the free browser Skyfire which have many positive reviews, actually converts my fone into a heat pack for my muscle sores. I have checked with other brands of Win mobile devices, seems like it happens only on my fone.

Come to think of it! It’s Windows. What can I expect from Microsoft, the same buggy problems since I started using Win mobile 2003. My next fone definitely WILL NOT BE Windows.

LG GM730

Mark Tan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:44:00 +0000

As I am Starhub Hubber, I get to change mobile phone annually.

After browsing through the models, I decided to get LG GM730 (LG JOY), which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1. It has wide 3” LCD panel that enhance surfing,
touch screen interactivity.

The features of LG Joy as follow:

Connectivity: 3G/HSDPA/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
GPS
5MP Camera
LG S-Class UI (A Home Screen Widget built on Windows Mobile)
Display: 240x400pixels, 3”/ 65K Colors/ TFT Screen
Memory: Micro-SD up to 16GB

As I was a previous Windows Mobile user, I realised that the common thing that does not change through the versions is Windows Mobile still hang easily; to make it worst, I need to hard reset the device.

Comparing it with other Windows Mobile device, it is quite responsive when interacting with its UI. It provides quite a wide set of applications including MS Office Mobile and widgetized Calendar, Email and Messages.

One cool features I like about windows mobile is its multi-tasking capability, I realised that iPhone OS cannot multi-task, not sure about Android though.

For more widgets and applications, try out: PPCWarez Forum

Windows Mobile 6.5 Mix-up Session

Mark Tan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:02:00 +0000

My boss, Jas and I attended the Windows Mobile 6.5 development session this evening in Microsoft HQ Auditorium on the 21 floor of the NTUC Centre; the office is overlooking Suntec City, the integrated resorts (IR) and marina barrage. The view is simply fantastic! How I wish I am working in this type of environment.

The session summarizes the features of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the availability of Windows Marketplace towards the end of the year.

Windows Marketplace is an equivalent to Apple concept of iTunes Appstore; it is a central depository of applications (widgets) where users can search, create and purchase. It provides a platform for mobile developers to monetize their applications in the Marketplace with fee.

Mobile 6.5 features include:

Content riched internet applications known as widget
Better user interface; provides better thumb interaction with the device such as scroll, pan, zoom, flick etc… (Single Touch Capability, Only Windows 7 provides Multi-Touch Capability)
Incorporated with Internet Explorer 8.

Most of the 6.5 features are some what similar to Android and iPhone OS applications. In addition, Microsoft has launched a beta version of Microsoft My Phone, which the equivalent of Apple’s Mobile Me.

Microsoft is intensifying the mobile market competition, which i feel that it is beneficial for us as consumers.