Things That Go Against Inflation

Inflation is a constant thing.
Petrol goes up.
Housing price goes up.
Groceries expenses go up...

However, despite the constant inflation, certain things in life remain cheap.

I've just got a nice wall clock for $2 at a "2-dollar shop"!
Now, that is dirt cheap!

The shop sells many daily life's essentials at a low $2. I do not know what's their profit margin like, but I'm sure happy with the purchase.

Android Button Layout Inconsistency

Android handset manufacturers just can't standardise the buttons layout. Even for the same company. Now the button layout for the HTC One X differs completely from its Beats audio branded predecessor, HTC Sensation XE!
Come on, Google needs to standardise things to improve user experience Apple is capturing market share back in the US!
Can't wait for iPhone 6!

A Technology Irony

It's amazing how technology is going forward. Well, unless you're talking about the Galaxy Note.

Some years back, every vendor was trying reduce the size of phone such that the smaller it is, the more expensive it will be.
And a few years back, we were so glad we were able to get rid of the infamous stylus as an input device to a mobile device.

Now the reverse is seen in Galaxy Note.
What irony!

There Will Not Be an iPhone 5!

Well, I'm not seeing any iPhone 5 coming at all in the future!

Let's go through the naming convention for all the previous iPhone models.

1st gen: iPhone
- yup. Appropriately named

2nd gen: iPhone 3G
- Apple went for the mobile network protocol (i.e. 3G network) for this model. And so, there goes iPhone 2 into the bin.

3rd gen: iPhone 3GS
- it's a minor bump-up in terms of specs with no external visual differences. Yes, appropriately named here as well.

4th gen: iPhone 4
- Apple made a naming convention change and give a "model generation" number to it as the 4G network is still not supported. Logical.

5th gen: iPhone 4S
- Well, this should have the iPhone 5 that many were anticipating. But, just like the iPhone 3GS, Apple classified this as a bump-up not in the external visual department and appended an "S" to it.

Now we come to the next unreleased iPhone model, the 6th gen.

Exercise your "IQ Questions" skill here.
What comes next?
a) iPhone 5
b) iPhone 4G
c) iPhone 6

As mentioned in my title, I'm not betting on (a). As the next model is not the 5th model but the 6th.

If the next model supports 4G LTE, answer (b) looks likely.

But personally, I'm guessing it to be (c), iPhone 6!

Can't wait for the iPhone 6 release!
Can you?

I am Staying on With iPhone For a While More

I've this intention previously of switching to the Android HTC Sensation XE from my current iPhone 4S.

Now this intention has been put on hold after I've got the New iPad.

One prominent thing when you got the new iPad package is the outstanding "iCloud" logo at one side of the box.
And "Photo Stream" is one of the built-in features that utilises iCloud.

What I'm using it a lot about Photo Stream is this:
I took photos using my iPhone 4S camera. With Photo Stream set to on, whenever I'm back home with my home WIFI connected, the photos are uploaded to my iCloud account automatically. No user intervention.

When I'm settled down after a good evening shower, these photos would have already been automatically downloaded to my New iPad's Photo Stream section.

I would then use my current favourite photo editing tool, PicCollage to create some leisure "photo art" albums.

Sure, Android may have similar cloud-based, but its implementation is not as "transparent to users" as Photo Stream.

Is Your Android Phone Really Capable Of True Multitasking?

There is this popular statement we heard frequently, "Android OS has true multitasking".
Well, the software probably is.
But, is an Android device running Android OS offers "true multitasking"?

Well my Galaxy S WIFI 5" certainly doesn't! And I will tell you why.

I have this habit of surfing the net, reading emails, news on my hand phone while I lunch or dine.

So, today while I lunch, I whipped out my Galaxy S WIFI 5" to have some lightweight news catching up while I eat.

Guess what, I gave up using the device after 1 minute. The device is so wide that it takes a good acrobat artist to access the various buttons such as the back button, menu button using one hand without making the set drop down and drink my soup.

As expected, I replaced it with my trusted iPhone 4S after that.

Now, this is multitasking!

P.S. So now you know why I resist the Galaxy Note as my phone.

The iPad 3 Comes to Singapore First

So Apple announced the latest generation of iPad, "The New iPad" or iPad 3 as we commoners call it. A surprise for me is that Singapore is one of the countries to get the shipment of iPad 3! That's a first!

I went to pre-ordered online yesterday and was given the delivery date from 16th March to 22nd March.   The home page Apple Singapore site was showing the delivery date as from 16th March.

A day later, today, in the same web page, it's now showing delivery date as "after 18th March".

So, is this iPad 3 flying off the shelves?
I think it is!