Trying Out Blogging Using An Iphone

By Ancient1 on Sunday, August 16, 2009

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Filed Under: Boys Toys, Personal Stuff, Technology, mobile

Well I am just trying out to blog using my Iphone and the free wordpress application that can be found at the apple app store.

It kind of seems difficult to type compared to the normal laptop keyboards but I belive this would be good for on the go.

Incredibly the genius of the apple keyboard is that it finds the correct alphabet to make a word even though if you wrongly type it.

Let’s see how the picture uploading does in my next post.

Lightning Fast Internet Connection

 Hey guys, I know it has been a long time since I have last wrote on anything here. Have been quite busy with work and all. Yes I do have a life outside of this blog. I was also away on a holiday in the United States visiting a long lost friend of mine. Havent seen him for the past 12 years since we graduated.

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He is actually a surgeon now based in the Big Apple. During my duration there I came across something that I thought I should share with you guys. Dont you get frustrated most of the time with promises from your ISP provider. They always say that their internet connection is the best but the truth is it is always expensive for nothing.

Most of the time my internet connection goes according to timing. Work time is always the best as well as from late night till early morning other than that the speed is more like a dial up connection although the price is more of a DSL line.

What am I talking about you might ask. Well it is Satellite Internet. This is more of a broadband service that uses a two way satellite connection. It is more clearly knowned as  Satellite DSL. The speed using this service is by far the best I have seen. Using it was a breeze and it was very good especially when I did a lot of video conferencing. I know by know you guys would say that this is great but is way out of my budget.

Well there is surely one thing I can tell you guys. It is within means. There is this company called HughesNet that supplies the equipment and the connection for this type of broadband facility. So far the pricing that I have seen them quoting is very cheap. It is only about USD 79 per month and there is multiple types of facilities that they are providing.

I would surely recommend this service to anyone who is seriously using the internet or even in fact to anyone who is using the internet paying for a service and not getting what they expect.

Head on down to their website which I have provided in the links above and you would notice that this is surely a service to get. Hopefully they will bring such a thing down to Malaysia as soon as possible as I am clearly down hearted with my service provider.

The Fitness Mobile Phone

By Ancient1 on Friday, March 7, 2008

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Filed Under: Boys Toys, Diet Gadgets, Fun Stuff, Health Gadgets, Technology, mobile

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 This is surely the gadget for the fitness concious people. The healthy diets and 1 hour jogging trip in itself wont work. But with this phone in hand you would know what is actually happening. 

As far as I know Adidas is well known in producing sport wear or fitness products. What does Adidas have to do with mobile phone? Of course, these days, it wouldn’t be a surprise those specializing in fashion or sport wear products are venturing into cell phone business too. So, now Adidas and Samsung somehow have teamed up to produce cell phones. And their first product is known as miCoach (F110), which is a fitness-centered cell phone.

The miCoach is a quad-band slider phone that features a dedicated fitness button that furnishes you with the details of your heart beat, distance covered, and running time, when hooked up with a heart monitor or a step counter. You can view the running information by tapping the cellphone’s screen without needing to hook it up to a PC. It’s loaded with over 220 fitness programmes which you can choose from. And the cellphone will feedback to you with your heart beat rate whether you’re going too fast or too slow according to the chosen programme.

Cheap Thrill Headset

By Ancient1 on Tuesday, March 4, 2008

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Cellphone strap is normally just for decorative purpose. But Brando has released a few cellphone straps here which come with quite useful function. The Brando’s cellphone straps work as a universal 3.5 mm earphone adapter for both Sony Ericsson and Nokia cell phones.

The Brando’s cellphone strap has two versions, which on one side is either the connector to attach to Nokia’s pop-port or the connector for Sony Ericsson’s fast port. And one end is a universal 3.5mm earphone connector that allows you to connect to any standard headset. It’s definitely handy, as long as the strap is attached to your phone, you could make use of it to connect to any standard headset to listen to your favorite tunes or use it as your hands free. How many of you have lost your original headset after a few months of purchasing a new cellphone? The universal adapter handy straps eliminates the hassle of having to pop around many shops to look for one that suits your phone’s port.

The Love Of My Life Philips

By Ancient1 on Sunday, March 2, 2008

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Filed Under: Inventions, mobile

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 Have you ever wanted a handphone that does not run out of batteries. No way you are going to get one unless it is solar powered and even so I am not so sure when it will be made available. But here is one that runs on normal AAA batteries. So when your power is low just go to the nearest 7/11 and get yourself that needed power.

Philips’ latest handset – Xenium 9@9j, which they have demoed at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is also another mobile phone that has excellent battery life, which can last more than a month on standby, similar to other Philips cellphones in the 9@9j series. Besides, the long battery life, the cellphone can use standard AAA battery as the alternative power source. This is a great idea, as AAA batteries can be easily obtained from any grocery shops while your phone is running dry of battery during emergency.

Actually, the Philips Xenium 9@9j does not operate on the AAA battery. It uses advanced power management technology that makes use of the standard AAA battery as a backup only to lengthen the life of its Li-Ion battery, which is the battery used for its operation. Once the Li-Ion battery is running out of juice, the standard backup AAA battery will start kicking in and feeding the Li-Ion with power so your phone operation will not be interrupted.

The single AAA battery can boost the talk time and standby time from 2 hours to 8 hours and one week to a month respectively.

Cool GPS Phone By Nüvifone

By Ancient1 on Friday, February 1, 2008

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Filed Under: Cars, Fun Stuff, Technology, mobile

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What a cool GPS device but it is also a phone. When you think of Garmin, definitely you’ll relate it with GPS devices. But now, Garmin has a role to play in the cellphone or smart phone market. Their newly announced smart phone, nüvifone, is a phone equipped well with all the GPS functions that you will surely need in a big city in order not to go missing. Some people claim this Garmin’s new smart phone looks like iPhone because of the touch screen UI resembles what iPhone has.


The nüvifone smartphone supports full-fledged GSM HSDPA, runs on its own properitary OS and of course loaded with GPS navigation as the core. Besides, it’s also equipped with email and web browsing functionalities and also a built-in camera (Does it support geo-tagging?). It sports a 3.5-inch LCD display. And equipped with wireless capabilities including WiFi and Bluetooth.

Other eatures at a glance

• Google local search
• Garmin Online services – traffic, weather, fuel prices, hotel discounts, etc.
• nuvi-like navigation on the road or in pedestrian mode
• Email, text, IM functions
• Camera, video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC

No info on the pricing and carrier. But Garmin promises to deliver it in the 3rd quarter and says the PND market is not dying yet and the phone sure will have a role to play.

Vibrating Bracelet with Bluetooth

By Ancient1 on Tuesday, January 1, 2008

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Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Inventions, Technology, Weird Stuff, mobile

vibrating Bluetooth braceletIt’s important to always stay alert with the incoming calls on our cellphones. I think you may have been into the situation that your significant other kept calling you for several times and you never noticed the calls and you two finally ended up with a big quarrel? Even though you’ve set your cellphone on vibration mode but sometime you’ll leave it away from you, so you can’t feel the vibration either.

Anyway, here comes a vibrating Bluetooth bracelet from LM Technologies, which you can strap it on your wrist or your ankle to keep you highly aware of the incoming calls by vibrating. Having this bracelet, you can even leave your cellphone more than 5 meters away from you.

Flying Car

By Ancient1 on Tuesday, December 25, 2007

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Filed Under: Cars, Weird Stuff, mobile

Making of Moller M400 SkyCar at risk of being discontinued?
When I first heard of flying car, I knew that it wouldn’t be that easy to build one, and finally we wouldn’t get any solid one in the market. How many times, we’ve heard the delay or uncertainty of release of these flying vehicles before?

Moller International Inc., a company that is developing the flying car, Moller M400 SkyCar, seems to be in a financial deep shit that will jeopardize the completion of their M400 flying car. The company nows has run up more than $40.5 million in accumulated deficits. They have even auctioned the M400 prototype on eBay with a 3.5 million dollar minimum bid, hoping to generate some money for its debts.


The M400 is a flying car that relies on a computer controlled autopilot, and 8 new rotary engines which rotate for a change in axis of flight from forward to hover. Behind all these great engines and system, what you need is a strong financial support.

The company is now desperately looking for other sources of funds or loans. In the event that the company fails to source such funds or loans, the M400 will most likely be discontinued!

Portable Bluetooth Speakers

By Ancient1 on Thursday, December 20, 2007

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Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Inventions, Technology Feeds, mobile

Portable speakers for an avid traveler. This device can connect to your cell phone wirelessly using Bluetooth and play your favorite music from your phone.
Bluetooth Speakers for your Cell Phone
This pair of speakers takes the advantage of Bluetooth connectivity and uses it to transfer voice/music signals from your phone. It also allows you to record through the line-in socket and transmit to your phone.

Once you have activated Bluetooth and connected this device, you can use these portable hi-def speakers as speaker phone, hands free (It has an inbuilt microphone) or for just listening to music.

These speakers have a power rating of 1.5 W each. It is powered by re-chargeable batteries and can work for about 8hrs in single re-charge. In standby mode, these speakers can stand as long as 300hrs.

Here are the specs :

  • Bluetooth Version: v2.0
  • Profiles: Headset, Handsfree, A2DP, AVRCP
  • Operation Range: 10M
  • Talk Time: 8 Hours
  • Listen Time: 8 Hours
  • Standby Time: 300 Hours
  • Compatibility/Pairing: All Bluetooth devices V2.0and under
  • Stereo Output: 2 x 1.5W (8Ohm)
  • Power Source: Built in Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries or DC 5V
  • Dimension: 45×146×45 (LxWxD)

DoCoMo for Kids

By Ancient1 on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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Filed Under: Fun Stuff, mobile, news

DoCoMo is far ahead in the race of setting up a better lifestyle for the future generation. This time they have worked on a child friendly mobile phone that has lots of in-built security features.

NTT DoCoMo F801i Child Friendly Mobile Phone

The new F801i is an improved version of the popular FOMA SA800i model that DoCoMo released in March 2006. This new model can be easily held by kids in their palms. The waterproof phone never restricts the kids from playing in water fountains or beach.
NTT DoCoMo F801i Kids Friendly Mobile Phone
You will surely be surprised to know the security features of this cute little phone. The F801i has an emergency alarm that yells out a big “HELP” (approx 100 dB). The LED blinks up with a bright light once the alarm is activated. This helps anybody nearby to identify the kid’s position.

Moreover the alarm ON state (means your kid is in danger)can be automatically notified to loved ones. By pre-setting this, it can even send the current position of phone to them. Just by clicking the button on the side, the phone will send the location message to the registered i-mode subscribers as well.

When the mobile gets switched off due to zero power, a pre-setting can bring the power back atleast to message a registered DoCoMo phone about the incident and location.

The bracelet that comes along will help you to find out the phone in case it is misplaced. A presetting can even switch off the phone from a distance as well as send a lost phone message to registered DoCoMo phone user.

The design of F801i mobile phone symbolizes safety, peace of mind, creativity and the future. This phone is all set to go on sale by December 20th. Surely if you care very much for your kid, can you find a better Christmas gift for your little one?


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