Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 coming Q3, disappointingly runs on Android 1.6.
The Xperia X8 is officially announced as the latest Android device from Sony Ericsson. This will be a mid-ranged device that joins its siblings the Sony Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro.
Despite being the latest, the X8 which will only be sold in about 5-6 months time is still running the aged Android 1.6. This is a big problem with Sony Ericsson as they keep releasing new phones running old OS versions while the rest of the Android players are busy upgrading their handsets to 2.2 (Froyo). By the time X8 is on sale, this could be the oldest running Android phone sold in the market.
Check out the comparison with the X10 Mini and hands on preview of the X8 after the jump.
TM has put up an announcement on its website to tell subscribers that there has been a disruption of its Internet services due to circuit faults on the Asian American Gateway (AAG) submarine cable network at Lantau in China and at the domestic international link at Genting Sempah, Pahang, linking Malaysia to the United States (US) and Hong Kong.
If you’re keeping count, the last time TM put out an announcement about some cable fault in some sea somehere was about a month ago.
So TM subscribers can expect slow browsing while accessing content hosted in the U.S. and Hong Kong. That means, people using TM internet services, you’re screwed
Though, TM did say that they have rerouted some link to alternate routes to improve connectivity.
TM says that they’re working on a fix but as usual, they didn’t set a timeline on when it will be completed, so for all you know, it might take forever.
If you’re on Streamyx or UniFi, can you tell us how bad your service is affected or if you haven’t noticed any problems at all.
We don’t know about you, but we think testimonials are lame.
Don’t get us wrong, we don’t mind the genuine article from people who are really happy with a product or service. But in most cases, testimonials are so obviously fake. Fluffy, made up statements coaxed out of strangers in a feeble attempt to convince other strangers to buy or like something. It just doesn’t work.
Let’s say a stranger stopped you in the middle of the street and started babbling about how good some cockamamie product is, would you believe that person? We don’t think so. So why do companies trying to sell us stuff still think that these kind of things work on consumers?
Perhaps it’s wishful thinking or maybe it’s the marketeers that lack creativity and have no clue on how to engage their customers. Whatever it is, the real reason why testimonials are still a persuasion tool of choice is something we will never know.
That’s why when P1 started a program where they offer one month free Internet to anyone who gives positive testimonials about their service, we were like, what were they thinking!
No one is going to buy into this crap! It’s not even a real testimonial. It’s more like a “say-something-nice-about-P1-in-the-most-creative-way-possible-and-win-a-free-month-of-Internet” contest. From the get go, anyone who’s going to give a testimonial about P1 is only doing it to get free stuff, so why bother?
We seriously don’t know what the people at P1 hope to achieve with this. Anyways, if you’re interested to give your own testimonial, check out the details here. There’s a video of dude telling you how good P1 is for him, but man what a waste of bandwidth!
iPhone: It’s not about tech or the specs. It’s about the experience
To most, Bob Borchers may not sound as familiar as Steve Jobs but he definitely had an important role to play in the development of the original iPhone all the up to the 3GS.
He was in town recently to talk about innovation at a conference, though Borchers is no longer at Apple working on the next magical product, he shared with local journalist what is it that makes anything coming from Apple so desirable.
For starters, less is definitely more. For example, when it comes to marketing the iPhone, Apple made a conscious decision to say very little about the product. Instead the company wanted customers to get to know about the product through videos and tutorials.
To Apple, the tech and the specs of a device doesn’t create teh desire as well as the experience that the device offers. With the iPhone, it is the experience that made users become “engaged with it and really fell in love with it”.
Borchers said in an interview while he was here that is definitely helped that Apple had strong, loyal following “but what makes a product great, whether you are looking at the iPad, iPod or the latest iPhone, comes back to great experiences people have when using the device”.
Sexy and innovative design helped considerably as well but Borchers believes a successful product need not be the one with most features but one that a few features but does them all well.
Hit the link to read the full article from The Star’s TechCentral website
Does Malaysia need cheaper broadband, or a change in mindset?
BERNAMA reports that the Government is looking into the possibility of reducing broadband access fee nationwide to ensure that the people, especially those in the rural areas, can afford to use broadband.
Speaking at the sixth Ministerial Forum on Information, Communication and Technology, our minister of Information, Communication and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said Internet services in Malaysia can be cheaper. Rais compared local brodband prices with Singapore where broadband providers there can offer 2Mbps line for the equivalent of RM20. Here, the same speed is offers at a hefty RM130 – RM199. Rais said that local operators should look at how other countries within the region, like Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand set broadband prices.
With all due respect to the minister, we don’t think broadband prices are hampering progress of broadband subscription instead it is a matter of priorities. For the majority, broadband can be free in Malaysia for all they care but the reality is they will never use it.