My Dream...

HTC Dream to be precise. Also goes by the name Google Phone or gPhone however you want to put it. But, more pictures have been leaked about it. While it may not be a looker, it certainly is going to be one heck of an iPhone competitor. I think...

Images from Gizmodo

My Android

Ok, so now that the new iPhone 3G is out. I'm torn. Literally. The new iPhone is faster, cheaper AND its gonna be available in more countries INCLUDING Singapore which is damn near this time around. BUT, Android still has my heart. If only they package it nicely, it'll seriously be a strong contender to Apple's iPhone. Please, some company go out there and hire someone like Jonathan Ives. Pretty please.

Anyway, here's another Android vid to whet your appetite. Google rocks!

My Dilemma: Software vs. Hardware

Ok so this whole iPhone sim unlock thingy is really getting serious now that Apple is actively preventing people from unlocking their iPhones. The current iPhones ship with Firmware 1.1.2 and also come with a new bootloader which makes software unlocking almost impossible right now. The best solution so far is using hardware such as Stealth Sim but I would have to modify my sim card (as in cut out a portion of it). The downside is, that it is costly. Something like $100+ USD!! Ok, so the situation is like this...

Software Unlock

Pros:

• Free
  
• Relatively easy to do

Cons:

• Can't unlock FW1.1.2 Out of the box
• Not upgrade friendly (as in I have to wait for a new unlock everytime a new firmware is released)
• There are paid solutions which cost about the same as the hardware ones but you have to give your IMEI number to a third party

Hardware Unlock

Pros:

• Quite easy to do also
• Most of it is plug and play
• Upgrade friendly

Cons:

• Expensive!
• Have to modify sim which might get me in trouble with my telco

Anyway, to get an idea of how easy it is to actually use something like Stealth Sim here's a short clip on it...

My My, What Will These People Pirate Next?

Seriously, this has got to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

Sometimes I wish that Apple would just like sue the crap outta them. But I realise that there are gullible people out there who would actually buy crap like that. All in the name of being "spend thrift". But honestly I still think the age old Chinese saying is true "You get exactly what you pay for" or "One unit of money, one unit of goods"(direct translation... I think)

My Brief Interaction with iPhone

I got to play with it. Nothing more to say. Too ecstatic right now.

My Taunted Self

I saw this video on YouTube just now. Its exactly how I feel right now >_<