Asus has introduce their first Tablet : Eee Pad Transformer, COOL !

Asus has recently announced their first tablet for consumer market. The Eee Pad Transformer is the most inovative design i should said. It's the same idea that Motorola implemented for their Android phone the Atrix. But, Asus implement the idea for a tablet. The full keyboard docking come with 2 USB port, multi-touch  touch pad and a battery to extend your Eee Pad battery lifetime. Eee Pad Transformer will be available on May 2011. Stay tune ;)

Specifications

Display	10.1" LED Backlight WXGA (1280x800) Screen*1 10 finger multi-touch support Scratch resistant glass
CPU	NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2
Memory	1GB
Storage	16GB/32GB Unlimited ASUS Webstorage*2
Wireless Data Network	WLAN 802.11 b/g/n@2.4GHz Bluetooth V2.1+EDR
Camera	1.2 M Pixel Front Camera 5 M Pixel Rear Camera
Audio	SRS Premium Sound Stereo Speakers High Quality Mic
Interface	1 x 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-in) 1 x mini HDMI 1.3a 1 x Card Reader (Micro SD)
Sensor	G-Sensor Light Sensor Gyroscope E-Compass GPS
Application	Multi-Task Support : Yes Flash Support : Yes *3 Software : - ASUS Launcher - MyLibrary - MyNet - MyCloud*4 - File manager - PC Sync
Battery	9.5 hours; 24.4Wh Li-Polymer Battery *5 16 hours with dock *5
Dimensions	271 x 171 x 12.98 mm
Weight	680 g
Mobile Docking	Keyboard Touch Pad 2 x USB 2.0 2 x Docking port (Host + Client) 1 x Card Reader (MMC/SD/SDHC) 1 x 24.4Wh Battery

LG Optimus Black coming to Malaysia next month

Last week, Celcom has launched the LG Optimus 2x, the world first dual-core Android available with a very low price (for a dual core phone) of RM 1899 with no contract and from RM 978 for 18 month contract. Today, let's talk about the upcoming LG Optimus Black. THe phone will be available to local market by May 2011 (no news about the exact date). Below are some of the features of the phone :

Processor : 1 Ghz  TI OMAP 3630
Memory : 512 MB RAM + 2 GB internal storage
OS : Android 2.2 with Optimus UI 2.0
Screen : 4.0 inch NOVA 480x800 display (the brightest of them all for smartphone)
Camera : 5 MP rear with LED flash and the first 2 MP front facing camera
Thickness : 9.2 mm


Now imagine if LG Optimus 2x is selling for RM 1899 (no contract), i'm expecting a price rage of RM 1599 - 1799 for this LG Optimus Black. Interesting, anyone want to buy my LG Optimus 7 (only 4 month old) ?

In the mean time, see the video below for the phone features (look for the G button)

Sony Xperia Arc : Maxis offer from RM 1499

Maxis has updated their website with the latest offer. This time it's for the Sony Xperia Arc. They got roadshow from 6-10 April at Mid Valley East Entrance Atrium (ground floor). They got some interesting xtra item to be give away for Xperia Arc buyer on the road show.

It's a 24 month contract for the price of RM 1499. RM 1599 for 18 month contract. RM 1749 for 12 month contract or RM 2099 with no string attached.

For the contract, user need to choose any rate plan + any data plan bundle for the contract term period.

Those are the FREE gift item worth RM 429 exclusively for Xperia Arc buyer (While stock last !). If you are a serious buyer or a Sony Ericsson fan and want to buy the phone, this is a good time to buy one. You got a Hi-Fi wireless headset with radio + compact car charger + HDMI cable (to connect to LCD TV) + a screen protector (original off coz)

The New HTC Flyer : Maxis will bring it to use in Malaysia

The video below give us a very interesting features that i'm personally can't wait to test on. The HTC Scribe technology is the first on tablet and any other kind of personal digital assistant (PDA). Well, enough reading, enjoy the video below and start saving now if you are into it. ;)

Buy 1 Free 1 Blackberry Curve 3G / Bold 9780

In conjunction of U Mobile new flagship store opening, there are doing a 30 days offer (23 March to 22 April 2011). The deal is including the buy 1 free 1 Blackberry Curve 3G / Bold 9780, a daily lucky draw for postpaid subscriber and a free 7.2Mbps modem with a rebate. Please read below for more info.

This is the most attractive 30 days offer from U Mobile. We need only to pay the price of the first Blackberry (Curve 3G / Bold 9780) then the second one is FREE (for your own or your friend). Both must subscribe the BlackBerry^® Internet Service ^® + 5G Data which cost you RM 68 per month. Bare in mind that voice / sms / MMS will be on be on the Pay-as-you-use plan. To get the phone bundle, we need to pay RM 400 deposit for each of the phone (total of RM 800) + RM 68 first month fee (total RM 136) + the Blackberry price (RM 500 for Curve 3G / RM 1000 for Bold 9780). Added all to a total of RM 1936 for a pair of Bold 9780 with BlackBerry^® Internet Service ^® + 5G Data bundle or RM 1436 for a pair of Curve 3G with BlackBerry^® Internet Service ^® + 5G Data bundle. The contract is for 24 moth. More info on the package and voice plan please visit here

To be qualify for the lucky draw, we need to subscribe any of the U Mobile postpaid plan (voice / data).

Last but not least, a free 7.2 Mbps modem for subscriber of U Mobile Mobile Broadband plus a RM 150 rebate.

Cool Droid dancing to the groove.

Celcom offer : New Samsung Galaxy SL with RM 100 off

Source : Celcom

Guys, Celcom has did it again. But this time the discount is not the lucrative like what i got from Celcom last LG Optimus 7 first 100 offer. You need to be the first to pre-register to get that RM 100 off. the details about the package is as follow :

CE50 + 38 CE50 + 68 CE250 Monthly Commitment RM88 RM118 RM250 Data FUP 1GB 3GB 5GB Package Price RM1,198 RM1,148 RM818 Upfront payment RM300 RM300 RM600 Early termination penalty RM500 RM500 RM500

* 18 months contract

* RM100 discount for 1st 100 customer who register online

Key features of the phone :

• Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4" 16M-color Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution
• Slim 10.9mm profile
• 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset; 478MB of RAM available to the user
• 5 MP autofocus camera with face, smile and blink detection
• 720p HD video recording at 30fps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; Digital compass
• 16GB internal storage, microSD slot
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Secondary video-call camera
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) with TouchWiz UI customization
• FM radio with RDS
• Adobe Flash 10.1 support for the web browser
• Document editor
• File manager comes preinstalled
• Samsung Apps brings a few nice apps for free
• Battery has increased capacity (1650 mAh) over the original Galaxy S (1500 mAh)

For the phone review please visit GSMArena. To pre-register with celcom visit Celcom

RM 1 Auction : PC Expo 2011 Mid Valley

Starting from today (4 March 2011), a large PC Expo were held at the Mid Valley Exhibition center. The Expo will also be held this week at The Summit (NEW LOCATION) in Batu Pahat, Johor and Village Mall in Sungai Petani, Kedah. Below are some of the details from the email that i've received.

Announcement

ALERT: Happy Hour & RM1 Auction items at low prices
Samsung Galaxy Tab, Apple iPad, Nokia N8 & more to be auctioned at PC Expo 2011 KL starting at RM1, Happy Hour items include wireless printers, digital audio systems, storage devices & more

SHOP at PC Expo 2011 KL this week at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (11.00am to 9.00pm, March 4 to 6, 2011) and take advantage of promotional offers and value deals! Hundreds of exhibitors are participating, featuring cool tablets, sleek smartphones, LCD monitors, netbooks and notebooks, GPS devices, compact digital cameras, mobile broadband services and more.
      Remember to take part in our Register&Win contest and Lucky Draw! We have two Samsung Galaxy Tabs and three Apple iPads to be won in our Register&Win contest while five Toshiba AS100 netbooks await Lucky Draw winners.
      After you've made a purchase, show your receipt (more than RM100 in a single receipt) at our redemption counter and spin our Sure-Win wheel to claim your cash vouchers!
     Our RM1 Auction is held twice a day at 3.00pm and 8.00pm. You will enjoy our auction as we have lots of great items going under the hammer including Samsung Galaxy Tab (top), Apple iPad, Nokia N8 (right), HTC Desire HD (left) and HP Laser Printer 1102. There are also digital cameras, netbooks, digital photoframes, desktop PCs, 42-inch LED TV, GPS devices and more. All items are auctioned with a starting bid of RM1. The winner goes to the highest bidder.
     Make your presence felt at our Happy Hour, where we are offering awesome devices at fantastic prices. Happy Hour is held three times a day at 1.00pm, 4.00pm and 7.00pm. The items offered duringHappy Hour include external storage devices, Logitech Wireless Mouse M215, HP Deskjet 3000 Wireless Printer (right), notebook sound bars, desktop audio speakers and more. 

There's also a FREE give to give away when you subscribe the PC.com magazine (1 year @ RM 155). The free give is quite good you know, it's a 500GB Imation Apollo Portable HDD. The free gift is available on a first come first serve basic. Make sure you arrive there first before some one else does.

4th March 2011 : 50 units (first 50 subscribers)

5th March 2011 : 100 units

6th March 2011 : 100 units

See you there ;)

U Mobile 42Mbps Internet Broad Band : Fastest mobile broadband ever

It's looks like YES 4G has a serious contender here. U Mobile has recently releasing their latest mobile broadband package. Notice the speed increased, from 7.2 Mbps to a whooping 42 Mbps. This is a good new to me as i'm currently using the 7.2 Mbps package with the same RM 68 monthly from them and my house got a full HSDPA coverage from U Mobile. The only thing make me thing twice to subscribe the 42 Mbps package is the upfront payment that i need to invest. RM 518 is far too much for me to invest. The price is due to the modem price of RM 450. But at least, we got a RM 20 / month for 5 monthly rebate. This will reduce our monthly commitment to only RM 48 / month for the first 5 month. Go here for more details http://www.u.com.my/broadband/42mbps-promo 

GREAT News : iPad price has been reduced. Now every one can have an iPad

Credits : Apple store Malaysia

With the launching of the 2nd version of iPad which is iPad 2, Apple Malaysia has make up something for everyone. The price on the iPad (first gen) has been reduce to a very attractive 'all-can-buy' price. Please see below for details.

You can make your order from here http://store.apple.com/my. If you made an order from the site, you will get free engraving service from apple, great for give ;)

iPhone 5 : Product showcase !

Some folk has made a product showcase video of the upcoming iPhone 5.... MUST SEE !!!

HTC Desire Family to get Gingerbread update.

Source : Slash Gear

Good news. By Q2 2011, all HTC Desire (Desire HD, Desire Z, Desire) and also Incredible S can get their long waited Gingerbread update. Some says that gingerbread is somehow not stable, but i guess HTC has overcome that bugs before releasing the update. Have fun updating your phone Desire's owner ;)

Special gift from dad : Playable Angry Bird Birthday Cake.

The video below shows how a father construct a birthday cake for his 6 year old son named Ben. Enjoy ;)

Must see : iPad 2 Full review

Some guys has posted a full review about the coming iPad 2. Well, i don't what their intention is. But it is surely worth the time. Have a happy laughing time guys ;)

Tour : Android both @ Mobile World Congress 2011

Entrance

Floor Guide

Crowded !

Hi you earth creature !?

Google Lava lamp

Google shirt. Free ?

Yeaaa... lets go slide !

Dare !

Yeaaahaaa

What ?!?! Free smoothie ;)

Your order please !

Droidshi (android + sushi)

Giant Nexus-S

Android pin. 86 design to collect. i like ;)

Free drinks ;)

Stick it ;)

A view from the top

For more pictures please go to http://www.businessinsider.com/google-booth-mwc-2011-2#google-isnt-goofing-around-here-a-huge-sign-on-the-building-tells-you-to-come-inside-and-meet-the-android-community-1. Thanks BI ;)

The Battle of Android tablet : Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad

Here a table to begin with :

	Samsung Galaxy Tab	Motorola Xoom	LG Optimus Pad
OS	Android 3.0 Honeycomb	Android 3.0 Honeycomb	Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor
Screen Size	10.1"	10.1"	8.9"
Display	1280x800 WXGA	1280 x 800 WXGA	1280x768
Weight	599g	730g	630g
Network	HSPA+ 21 Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900	EVDO Rev. A (4G Upgradeable) GPRS/EDGE Class 12 HSDPA 10.1 Mbps HSUPA 5.76 Mbps	HSPA+ 21 Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Connectivity	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS
Memory	16 GB / 32 GB	32 GB	32 GB
Camera	Rear : 8 MP, Front 3 MP	Rear : 5 MP, Front : 2	Rear : 2x 5MP, Front : Unknown
Port	Proprietary	Micro USB, Mini HDMI	Micro USB, Mini HDMI
Memory slot	None	Micro SD	None
Good	Lightweight, 8 MP camera	Connection option micro SD card slot Good Build	Record 3D video 15:9 acpec ratio, great for watching movie
Bad	No USB / HDMI port Use the Proprietary	A bit heavy	Relatively odd and small screen size
Score	6 (7-1)	8 (9-1)	4 (6-2)

As you can see, from the table above (it's just my way of comparing them, result may vary by individu), Motorola Xoom has manage to get the most point (my pointing system). Notice the Micro SD card slot on the Xoom, although Android 3.0 doesn't support   micro SD card, Motorola told that, they will immediately push the update when the OS become micro SD card friendly.

My Summary :

Those number were for illustration purpose only. There's no clear winner until we get the device on our hand. By then, we can know which is good and bad. Sometimes, good thing seem like a bad things. It depend on how people see's it.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the most lightweight. In term of handling, it's reported to be very pleasant. Motorola Xoom, despite being the heaviest of those 3, it's pack with a lot of features and connectivity options. While LG Optimus Pad is so obvious with it 3D capturing capabilities, but with a slightly smaller screen size. All in all, all those 3 look great on paper, but can they perform similar ? That we need to wait. With several opponent coming their way, like the HTC Flyer, things should be interesting by then. I'll surely blog about them when there's one available.