Nokia OVI 地圖北京導航體驗

舊的手電壞了，去買了一台Nokia 5230，約港幣一千一百元，使用Symbian 作業系統，功能除了 wifi 上網外一應俱全，算是最便宜的 smartphone 吧。

換手機沒幾天便到北京自遊行去了，順便一試內置的地圖及導航功能。在沒有數據傳送的情況下，手機定位不算太快，導航功能也算可以。加上地圖內建有食店、購物點、地鐵站、觀光點等資料，對一家大小自由旅行的人相當有用。例如我要找我附近的食店，軟件便可以列出食店的名稱及距離，選好你要去的店家後點選“導航“手機便會帶你去；很是方便。

當其他作業系統的導航軟件動輒要售數百元港幣，一千一百元的手機免費送你軟件，Nokia 真的很大方。沒錯 google map 是免費的，內建的資料也很齊全；但卻沒有觀光點或食店資料，也沒有真正的導航功能（有分步行或開車模式，並且能向使用者發出語音指示如何轉向等）。

竹蜻蜓

A very interesting new product!!

Fastest internet connection

at 40Gb/s. Yes, that's 5GB/s, nearly 1000 times faster than my IMS.

This would be real interesting, if music and video start their online distribution channel seriously. Without that, what for?

Mobile (phone) ad

A discussion of how to use mobile ad.

It's suprising that marketers need to be reminded (as in th article linked) that mobile ad is annoying, and it need to provide value to the customers in exchange.....

Back in Hong Kong, the marketers are still in the stage of cold-calling your phone. I am not exactly familar with the situation for other mobile ad formats, but I understand that there are some SMS ad; very little (if any at all) sponsored contents (eg games); and seeming no banner ad on mobile portal sites......

The Hong Kong market is too small in big-corp's eye. But it's a different story in China: mobile ad is very hot in China; and there is a NASDAQ company now pursuiting this market in China.

I don't have the details about the China scene, but I understand people in China are very familar with it - when you call a restaurant to make bookings, they will be very happy to send the restaurant address to you via SMS.

The beginning of the end for books?

The Sony Reader.

It may be a good start, but I won't bet on it's success. It's just huge! Similar function is already offered a decade ago on Palm platform, and the Windows Mobile also have a very nice book reader. For bigger size, you can have the sub-note book. So why border another device?

Skype 測謊 software

Skype可測謊

有冇咁神奇呀? 真係既話可能出現以下skepe 電話對話:
sales: 呢個價已經最平架勒. 再平公司要賠本架
client: skepe 話你講大話... 快d再平d. 唔係同你老細投訴你

大家要小心勒!

WIMAX

Samsung launched a new WIMAX Phone, for the Korea Market.

As I blogged almost half years ago, WIMAX is on the way in many cities around the world, including China. Too bad HK not even started discussing WIMAX. Perhaps the Li's family is too busy in selling PCCW and ditch away from the mess.

乾電池飛機

一個字: 勁!~

不過實用性有限.

WIMAX on it's way

Samsung announced the world's first WIMAX PDA.

Being the next big evoluation in telecom, WIMAX has very little discussion in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is still pushing hard the 3G technology, which would surely killed by WIMAX. Why? Hong Kong is largely controlled by The Lee's Family. Hutchison now only operate 2 3G network in the world, Isarel and Hong Kong. PCCW just launched it's 3G not long before..... if people starting to talk and expect for the WIMAX, they all loss big investment. Well, "they" all named Lee.