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Iphonized your site.

Uhave you ever wanted to iphonized your blog/site without messing around the code. Intersquash.com lets you iphonized your site in just for simple steps.

1. Go to intersquash.com, enter your rss feeds
2. Enter your blog title.
3. Upload your home screen icon
4. Copy & paste the code provided between your header tags

Instantly, you site will be automatically convert into a iphone format. Now I dont have an iphone and i dont know how my site will look like in iphone.

UPDATE : http://iphonetester.com/ is a site that can emulate the looks of the iphonized content.

Google Phone from Australia?

You got to be kidding mate. Apparently, small consumer electronics maker in Melbourne, Kogan has announced plans to launch a mobile phone based on Google’s Android platform. The best part is, it will be available this Christmas (it will be ahead from Asus(Q1-2009) and Motorola Christmas 2009).

This is the power of open source. Anyone now can build their own Google Phone. Michael Kogan , the owner of the online store said that his Google phone would look similar to the iPhone in that it would be a touch-screen device with no built-in keyboard. He said it would include WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and a trackball to aid in navigation.

“It’s a matter of loading the Android system on to the phone, configuring it, making sure it works very well and then the manufacturing of the few thousands phones that we need to launch it is just a matter of a day or two.”

As far as I remember, they have to modified the source to include on-screen keyboard. I hope this is a great news for us who live in the jungle and doesn’t even have iPhone in the country(Malaysia Boleh!).

For 199(*), this is the great news and look promising for outsiders to obtain a google phone asides from zzzPhone.

Oh, I forgot, Kogan still have no name for his google phone. contact him if have any name that came across your mind.

EDIT : Kogan only deliver the phone within Australia only. Hope that they can ship it worldwide.

More Android Phones in 2009

This is somehow a good news, many big player of handset makers now announcing that they want to make an android enabled phone.

First Asus, their intentions of releasing an Android based handset in the first half 2009. It wont be that long, considering we are at the end of year 2008. More news here

Next, Openmoko, yes the company that bring you FreeRunner, also have their intention to bring android to the codename/projece named GTA02. Some of the details are :

- 400/500 MHz Samsung 2442B Processor/SOC (400 minimum, ARM920T core, ARMv4T)
- 128 MB SDRAM total, 64 MB CPU internal, 64 MB external
- 256MB NAND Flash MCP package.
- Topploy VGA, 16 bit color depth, 480 x 640 pixels, 2.84″ diagonal screen size
- WiFi 802.11 b/g
- A-GPS or GPS
- GSM/GPRS
- 3 axis sensing accelerometer
- Touch screen over LCD is primary data entry mechanism
- Two “hard” buttons
- Internal Li-Ion or Li-Polymer battery included.
- Indicators: an LED indicator visible from the side of the unit will illuminate when charging or have missing incoming call
- 850/1800/1900 and 900/1800/1900 MHz bands must be supported
- Bluetooth (CSR BC4 or later solutions)
- Weight: ~133 grams with battery.
- 4-in-1 laser pen
- 512MB microSD Card (SanDisk/Transcend)
- 1x USB cable Standard A to mini-B connector
- 120.7 x 62.0 x 18.5 mm (4.752 x 2.441 x 0.728 inch)
- Four-ring 2.5mm stereo jack

Looks 2009 will be a a year of handset makers trying to outplay each others on bringing android to their phones.

Life Update 04: Singapore, Raya, iPhone 3G

On saturday evening, my brother smsed me wether wanna go singapore? Sure! It been 8 years since my last visit to Singapore. Why? There is no more limited passpport (remember blue passport?). Nowadays, have to apply for international passport which it cost a bomb. Me, wifey and baby boy. Total damage RM750.

So on Sunday morning, we head to Singapore, with no plan. no singapore money, no autopass. Had to buy AutoPass at Red Lane, my brother exchange money with the people he bumped to. After that, we head to BKE and exit to Bukit Panjang for raya visits. Luckily some part of HDB got free parking on Sunday, but one of my cousins live in Lompang Rd and have to pay parking. Aiya!. We have no parking tickets (remember? no plan). So I suggest my brother that we park in the near shopping complex ( I cant barely remember the name ). Simple just, take receipt and walk about 2 mins to the flat. So after eat and borak, we asked my cousins on how to pay the parking ticket? she said must have cashcard or IU. Aiyo, no cashcard, what to do? So we walked to the shopping complex and went to some pharmacies and ask at the cashier counter, where to buy cashcard? the lady said it only sell at 7 eleven. damn. now have to find 7e summo. My brother then asked the Counter Information, then she said that Malaysian, can use the autopass to pay. what a relief. so we went down to the carpark and get the autopass, check balance only got sgd 4.00, the parking fee is sgd1.90, so we went out and pick my mom, wifey and awal, head to next and last stop for raya visits.

Next stop, orchards rd. with the pack of shopping complex, takashimaya, wisma atria, lucky plaza and so on. We parked at Masjid Al-Falah, and walk down to the shopping complex. First we head to Takashimaya and do some window shopping. Me and wifey are in the middle of buying awal a baby walker. we search hi and lo, there is no baby products at takashimaya and wisma atria. Then we head to Lucky Plaza. Wah… it products and perfume in a cheap-cheap price. If convert to malaysian ringgit still cheap. What caught my eyes, is iPhone 3G. It all on the display of all the shops. Then I asked some of the shop.

Me : Bro, how much arr the price of iPhone 3G?
Shop Guy : SGD 1150.
Me : Is is unlocked or you unlocked it yourself.
Shop Guy : It came unlock maaa, why do we want to unlock it.
Me : Really? damn.

When I am about to leave, the Shop Guy lowered the price.

Shop Guy : SGD 1050.

Just walk away and smile. wah unlocked version of iPhone 3g, legal sold for only SGD 1050. convert it, only RM 2,496.77. Still ok maa. Then I browse another store, selambe they reply SGD 1000. I think if I bargain will get aorund SGD950. tempted. Shops is about to close and we back to the carpark and head back to Johor Bahru. The causeway is clear. Touchdown at JB around 10.15PM. We passed out when reached home.