MAPLE STORY PHOTO 10/10/10

MAPLE STORY photo 10/10/10

"Cool. Did this last night."

by Vincent Tey 빈센트 on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 7:35am

Maple Story !

Maple Story

"Cool. Did this last night."

by Vincent Tey 빈센트 on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 6:21am

KANE AND LYNCH 2 DOG DAYS REVIEW

KANE AND LYNCH 2 DOG DAYS REVIEW

"Kane and Lynch are back to pull off one last job in Dog Days . Expect it to go terribly wrong."

MAYHEM: Criminals fight to escape Shanghai in a scene from Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. - AP

Unique but somehow shaky visuals


Dog Days attempts to distinguish itself from other shooters by using stylised visuals. The graphics look as if someone followed Kane and Lynch and shot a video with a camcorder. It works to a degree. The haphazard shooting - the camera sometimes swings wildly from side to side - adds to the chaotic feel of the game. Or sometimes causes some headache.

To make it look like it was shot with a camcorder, the developer has also added effects like lens flare, out of focus shots and artifacts.
   However, the shaky camera effects can be distracting - it can throw your aim off and even induce headaches and motion sickness.
   Luckily, the effects can be switched off if it's not to your liking.
   However, the home video look can't hide the lack of polish in the game. The character models aren't very detailed and if you look closely, the character's lips don't move when they talk during in-game sequences.

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Pros: Realistic environments; includes local and online two player co-op mode.

Cons: Poorly rendered character models; boring multiplayer mode; cover mechanic doesn't work; short single-player campaign.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
(IO Interactive/Eidos)
Third-person action game for Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PC
Price: RM190 (PS3, Xbox 360); RM160 (PC)

WAR BEGINS: IPHONE OS VS ANDROID VS WINDOWS PHONE 7

WAR BEGINS: IPHONE OS VS ANDROID VS WINDOWS PHONE 7

"This gonna be bloody."

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This is probably the largest battle of smart mobile devices in the modern era. First from the left of the line is the anticipated Windows Phone 7 (WP7), set to launch on a series of handhelds on Oct 11 in New York City. In the middle, we have the sleek Android Mobile Operating System, since launched, this Google platform has more than 70,000 apps in its depot and starting to pick up, and adopted by many companies to be deployed on their phones, such as Samsung and Sony. And finally at the far right hand corner we have the dark knight, the Apple Iphone. With more than 250,000 applications available, this is the crown of Apple Inc. 

So, here is the break down..

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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7)

PROS

1) THE HOMESCREEN

WP7 don't use the sort of graphical user interface(GUI) like most of other platform, besides it incorperates a homescreen made of animated "tiles" which shows live updates. It also boast full multitasking.

2) THE EXPERIENCE

For gadgets fans, the sleek Microsoft Project "Metro" based interface, which is clean, sleek, unique and responsive might be the selling point of WP7 devices. 

3) THE XBOX MOBILE

For Xbox fans around the globe, this is Microsoft entering the Mobile gaming world.

CONS

1)THE LANGUAGE

 At launch, WP7 will only support 5 languages, English, French Italian, German and Spanish. Hence this might be the deal breaker of Asian Users. We need to text in Chinese too! 

2)THE APPLICATION STORE

Windows Phone Marketplace will support the buying and selling of applications in 17 countries and regions: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States, which doesn't include Malaysia, this is the same case as Malaysian Xbox user don't have official technical support in Malaysia, so they have to buy in game Xbox cash from Singapore.

Google Android (2.2 Froyo)

PROS

1) THE MASTERKEY

Google Android is a very open platform. The Google's Android is also a rapidly evolving platform, one could never know what the next version could look like. There are thousands of possibilities.

CONS

1) THE APPLICATION STORE

The android app store screening process is much less strict than apples's, hence the quality and safety of using these apps can sometime be doubtful.

Apple Inc IOS 4

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PROS

1) THE SNAPPYNESS

No doubt that the responsiveness of apple touch technology is still the best.

2) THE GLOBAL "APPLElisation"

Apple inc. is entending its wing into a lot of ICT sectors, it is good to have continue support for the product you bought. 

CONS

1) THE ECOSYSTEM

The ecosystem is sheltered. One could not share files(musics, videos) across bluetooth.


2) THE I DONT TUNE
Users must use itunes to sync files


3) Flashiness
No Adobe Flash in the browser!!!!!!

VERDICTTM

The stage has been set. 3 big companies on a collusion course. But look at the bright side, when there is competition, there is innovation!

by Vincent Tey 빈센트 on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 7:21pm

Dead Rising 2 Review

Dead Rising 2 Review

Thats a lot of zombies in a day , and it is a bloody game.

Mini Rocket Pod

Dead Rising 2, the latest release from Capcom didn't relate much from Dead Rising 1, but for zombie killers out there, this might be the game of choice beside those scary Left4Dead series. One of the interesting edge of Dead Rising 2 is the ability to build your own weapons. Not all items can be combined though, but there is a pretty large weapon combination options  out there. The game started with antagonist Chuck with his daughter trapped inside a Las Vegas style theme park. The story then develop as his daughter got infected and they seek shelter in a bunker with others. Chuck has to go through swarms of zombies to find ZOMBREX, a drug for his infected daughter. Along the way, he will help survivors and leads them to the bunker. Since I dont want to spoil the fun, but here is some interesting screenshots.

Cute Katey. Daughter of Chuck

A typical gameplay would takes 2 to 3 days for casual gamers, but for hardcore or advanced users, the game can end in a day.

Dolphin riding included

WARNING: This is NOT a scary zombie game.

A bloody game indeed.

Verdict?

A bloody hell of a zombie game with an interesting weapon system.

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by Vincent Tey 빈센트 on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 2:56am

HANDS ON ON HTC DESIRE HD AND DESIRE Z

HANDS ON ON HTC DESIRE HD AND DESIRE Z

SOURCE: HTC.COM

SO.. WHEN its coming?

The new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be broadly available through mobile operators and retailers across major European and Asian markets from October 2010 with the HTC Desire Z shipping in North America later this year.

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IPHONE KILLER. HTC 新手机

1GHZ NEW SNAPDRAGON PROCESSOR
Storage1
Internal phone storage: 1.5 GB
RAM: 768 MB


Expansion slot:
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Connectors
3.5 mm stereo audio jack

[5 Sept 2010] WALAO.....A sui siao night. But a gud gud day. =)

[5 Sept 2010] WALAO.....A sui siao night. But a gud gud day =)
by Vincent Tey 빈센트 on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 2:19am

DAY: ITS DONE!.

After 2 sleepless nights my music video is finally done!!!!! Watch pls =) ty

这次做影片还蛮顺利的…有灵感吗…有那种kick...=) 做出来的效果就不一样了。

NIGHT: WALAO. TNB U realli..

Juz now blackout a while..

mana tau.. ALL MY NETWORK ADAPTOR DRIVERS CRASH!! (LAN and Dlink WLAN)..

sui siao.. =((

So, I open up my case, take out the graphic card, look at the Motherboard model number,

then put everything back again..

After ma use phone download driver... tat driver oso canot use d.. summore got VIRUS! shyt..

Use dad laptop.. find drivers... mana tau tat driver oso crash de...

Since dad oreadi slept.. jiu cant use his laptop ler( in his room)..

2AM...I REMEMBERED I STILL HAV A TP LINK OLD WIRELESS CARD..so here I am! =) a temporary solution.Sad nia.. my comp.. will figure something out after daybreak =)

NICE PANORAMA TO CLEAR THE MINDS AFTER THE BREAK.

爱人之前爱自己

4| | |Press Start| | |3

爱人之前爱自己,
不要爱了别人,
伤了自己.

简单爱
说不上为什么 我变得很主动
若爱上一个人 什么都会值得去做
我想大声宣布 对你依依不舍
连隔壁邻居都猜到我现在的感受
河边的风 在吹着头发飘动
牵着 你的 手 一阵莫名感动
我想带你 回我的外婆家里一起
看着日落 一直到我们都睡着
我想就这样牵着你的手不放开
爱能不能够永远单纯没有悲哀
我 想和你 骑单车
我 想和你 看棒球
想这样没担忧 唱着歌 一直走
我想就这样牵着你 的手不放开
爱可不可以简简单单没有伤害
你 靠着我的肩膀
你 在我胸口睡着
像这样的生活 我爱你 你爱我
想~~~~~~简简单单~~~爱
我想大声宣布 对你依依不舍
连隔壁邻居都猜到我现在的感受
河边的风 在吹着头发飘动
牵着 你的 手 一阵莫名感动
我想带你 回我的外婆家里一起
看着日落 一直到我们都睡着
我想就这样牵着你的手不放开
爱能不能够永远单纯没有悲哀
我 想和你 骑单车
我 想和你 看棒球
想这样没担忧 唱着歌 一直走
我想就这样牵着你 的手不放开
爱可不可以简简单单没有伤害
你 靠着我的肩膀
你 在我胸口睡着
像这样的生活 我爱你 你爱我
我想就这样牵着你的手不放开
爱能不能够永远单纯没有悲哀
我 想和你 骑单车
我 想和你 看棒球
想这样没担忧 唱着歌 一直走
我想就这样牵着你 的手不放开
爱可不可以简简单单没有伤害
你 靠着我的肩膀
你 在我胸口睡着
像这样的生活 我爱你 你爱我

LiF3 is lyke Bubbles.

BUBBLES?

The Moments Together 2010 Trailer 2

Gud luck in the trail exam tomoro o.

Gud luck in the trail exam tomoro o. For those taking it, jiayou o. xD



NOT I DRAW D. ><

LETS PLAY THIS GAME!

Wimax intergrated wimax?

P1 set for WiMAX notebook launch

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: (l-r) Patel talking about Intel's tie up with P1 while Lai listens.

KUALA LUMPUR: Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1) has teamed up with Intel Malaysia to ensure that its mobile Internet service will work seamlessly with the upcoming notebooks with Intel's WiMAX chips.
The notebooks will use the Centrino Advance-N + WiMAX 6250 module, first unveiled in January, that supports multiple WiMAX and WiFi multiple standards with speeds of up to 10Mbps (megabits per second).
Most major PC makers such as HP, Dell, Toshiba, Samsung, Lenovo and MSI are expected to start shipping notebooks with WiMAX capability in the third quarter of this year.
WiMAX is the next-generation wireless technology designed to enable pervasive, high-speed mobile Internet access.
P1 has worked closely with Intel to conduct interoperability tests to iron out any issues before the notebooks are launched here, said Ryaz Patel, Intel Malaysia country manager.
The partnership is part of P1's broader strategy called DNA (Devices, Network and Applications) which bundles its services with compatible devices, said Michael Lai, P1's chief operating officer.
"No matter how fast a network is, devices are necessary to push customer usage, and applications can drive customers back to the network and device," he said.
As the PC penetration in Malaysia is only about 26% to 27%, the company will strive hard to push its DNA strategy, he said.
Malaysia will be the fifth country in the world that Intel is partnering with a local company to roll out notebooks with its WiMAX chips.
Intel has formed similar partnerships with Clear in the United States, UQ Communications in Japan, Yota in Russia and Zeemax in Taiwan.
However, both companies declined to reveal more information on the tie-up. - ZAM KARIM

Iphone 4 debut

Its here. Still there is still no info on local price and local availability available.


Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 4 after a couple wild, unprecedented months of leaks. Sure, it looks exactly like we expected it to (Steve compares it to an old Leica camera), with a glass front and back, but it's what's on the inside that counts, kids. The stainless steel band that goes around the phone is an antenna system, while also providing the main structure of the phone, though it's plugged into the same old GSM / UMTS radio you all know and love -- there's a reason they didn't call it the iPhone 4G. There's also of course that front facing camera we were all anticipating, a rear camera with LED flash, and a new high resolution display that doubles the pixels in each direction (960 x 640) for a 4X overall pixel count increase -- pple calls it a "Retina Display." It's rated at 326ppi, which Apple claims is beyond the human eye's limit of distinction. Check out an example of the new screen up against the iPhone 3G after the break. Similar to the iPad, it's an IPS display, offering 800:1 contrast. Naturally, it's still the same old 3.5-inch size. Under the hood is the A4 processor that runs the iPad. Despite the new engine (and the 25% thinner chassis), Apple managed to make the battery slightly larger, and the new handset is rated at 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, and 40 hours of music. Oh, and that WiFi? It's 802.11n now. The camera has been bumped to 5 megapixels, with 5X digital zoom and a "backside illuminated sensor," which now can also record HD video at 720p / 30fps.

On the software front, applications will automatically get high resolution text and buttons as part of iOS 4 (the OS previously known as iPhone OS 4), and with "a little bit of work" developers can make their entire app compatible with the new resolution display. Developers will also get access to a new gyroscope, giving devs "six axis" motion control between the gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass, with a new "Core Motion" API to deal with it all. Users won't be left out in the cold, however: they can mess around with that new HD video using a brand new iMovie app, if they shell out $4.99 for it. If anyone's feeling particularly frisky, iOS 4 even lets you switch your default search provider to Bing. Last but certainly not least, that new front camera is enabled for video chat using the new "FaceTime" feature. It's a WiFi-only (for now) video calling feature that works from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 with "no setup" involved, and can flip over to the rear camera if your grandparents get tired of your face.
to be uplifted by soundtracks and low swooping device shots? Apple's just posted up its iPhone 4 design video, a video about the new Retina Display, and the new (leaked) FaceTime commercial directed by Sam Mendes, and they're all pretty fun. Check 'em after the break.





Update: We're told this isn't actually the Sam Mendes video calling ad, but rather an Apple promo video produced internally. We'll just have to wait and see if Mendes can top these heartwrenching images of American beauty with his ad.
The phone will be available in white or black, retailing at $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for 32GB. They go on sale June 24th, and AT&T will be giving some extra grace upgrade timing -- up to six months early.

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The 3GS will be dropped to $99 and the 3G will disappear completely. Pre-orders start in a week, with 5 countries at launch (US, France, Germany, UK, Japan), with 18 more following in July. Apple will also be selling a first party case for $29, and a dock for the same price. PR is after the break, promo videos can be found here, and we got hands-on right here.~Text: engadget.com

NEW IPHONE 4G COMING THIS TUESDAY

Probably the biggest tech industry news of the year, Apple.inc is going to be releasing its 4th generation of the ever demanding Iphone.

Apple.inc World Wide Developers Conference
Date: 7 JUN 2010
Venue: San Francisco, Moscone West
Ticket status: SOLD OUT!


In the earlier leaked Iphone found in a bar..., Gizmodo.com reported that the phone will feature:

This is how it will looks like..

A front facing camera, highest resolution screen you can find on a mobile device, dual speakers, Iphone OS4, faster processor,
HD video capturing,
Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Improved display. It's unclear if it's the 960x640 display thrown around before—it certainly looks like it, with the "Connect to iTunes" screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS.
• What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic finish.
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What's changed

• The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through. Tapping on the back makes a more hollow and higher pitched sound compared to tapping on the glass on the front/screen, but that could just be the orientation of components inside making for a different sound
• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
• Everything is more squared off
• 3 grams heavier
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery

How it was lost

Here is a detailed account of how the phone was lost.

Why we think it's definitely real

We're as skeptical—if not more—than all of you. We get false tips all the time. But after playing with it for about a week—the overall quality feels exactly like a finished final Apple phone—and disassembling this unit, there is so much evidence stacked in its favor, that there's very little possibility that it's a fake. In fact, the possibility is almost none. Imagine someone having to use Apple components to design a functioning phone, from scratch, and then disseminating it to people around the world. Pretty much impossible. Here are the reasons, one by one.
It has been reported lost
Apple-connected John Gruber—from Daring Fireball—says that Apple has indeed lost a prototype iPhone and they want it back:

So I called around, and I now believe this is an actual unit from Apple — a unit Apple is very interested in getting back.

Obviously someone found it, and here it is.
The screen
While we couldn't get it past the connect to iTunes screen for the reasons listed earlier, the USB cable on that screen was so high quality that it was impossible to discern individual pixels. We can't tell you the exact resolution of this next-generation iPhone, but it's much higher than the current iPhone 3GS.
The operating system
According to the person who found it, this iPhone was running iPhone OS 4.0 before the iPhone 4.0 announcement. The person was able to play with it and see the iPhone 4.0 features. Then, Apple remotely killed the phone before we got access to it. We were unable to restore because each firmware is device specific—3GS firmware only loads on 3GS devices—and the there are no firmwares available for this unreleased phone. Which is another clue to its authenticity.

It is recognized as an iPhone
This iPhone behaves exactly like an iPhone does when connected to a computer, with the proper boot sequence and "connect to iTunes" restore functionality. Xcode and iTunes both see this as an iPhone. Mac OS X's System Profiler also reports this as an iPhone in restore mode, which is a natural consequence of remotely wiping the phone, but report different product identifiers (both CPID and CPRV) than either the 3G or the 3GS.
It uses micro-sim
The fact that it uses a micro-sim is a clear indicator that this is a next-generation iPhone. No other cellphone uses this standard at this point in the US.
The camouflage case
The case it came inside was a fully developed plastic case to house this phone to disguise it like a 3GS. This wasn't just a normal case; it had all the proper new holes cut out for the new switches and ports and camera holes and camera flash. But it looks like something from Belkin or Case-Mate. It's a perfect disguise.
The fact that it's in the wild right now
Logic can also narrow down why this phone is this year's iPhone, rather than next year's model or one from the previous year's, just because it was found in the wild right now. It makes no sense for Apple to be testing 2011's model right now, in super finished form—they wouldn't be nearly finished with it. The phone also can't be last year's test model, because last year's model (based on the iPhone 3GS teardowns) components were way different. No micro-sim, much bigger logic board, no flash, no front camera, smaller battery and an inferior camera. That only leaves the 2010 model.
The guts, the definitive proof
And finally, when we opened it up, we saw multiple components that were clearly labeled APPLE. And, because the components were fit extremely well and extremely conformed inside the case (obvious that it was designed FOR this case), it was evident that it was not just a 3G or a 3GS transplanted into another body. That probably wouldn't even be possible, with the size constraints of the thinner device and larger battery.

The New Industrial Design

At first sight, this new iPhone's industrial design seems so different from the previous two generations that it could be discarded as just a provisional case. Even while the finish is so perfect that it feels right out of the factory, some of the design language elements that are common to all Apple products are not there. Gone is the flushed screen glass against the metal rim. Gone is the single volume button, replaced by two separate ones. Gone is the seamless rim, and gone are the tapered, curved surfaces.
Despite that, however, this design is not a departure. Not when you frame it with the rest of the Apple product line. It's all the contrary: This new iPhone gets back to the simplicity of the iMac and the iPad. In fact, you can argue that the current iPhone 3GS—with its shiny chrome rim and excessively curved back—is out of place compared to the hard edges and Dieter-Ramish utilitarianism of the iMac and the iPad. Next to the iPad, for example, the new iPhone makes sense. It has the same feeling, the same functional simplicity.
But why the black plastic back, instead of going with an unibody aluminum design? Why the two audio volume buttons? Why the seams? And why doesn't the back have any curvature at all?

Why the plastic back?
The plastic back is the most obvious of the design choices. The iPad, with its all aluminum back, has seen its Wi-Fi reception radius reduced. The 3G version comes with a large patch on the top, probably big enough to provide with good reception. But the new tiny iPhone doesn't have the luxury of space: It needs to provide as much signal as possible using a very small surface. I'm sure Jon Ive is dying to get rid of the plastic back, and go iPad-style all the way, but the wireless reception is the most important thing in a cellphone. A necessary aesthetical-functional trade-off.
Why separate volume buttons?
This new iPhone uses separate buttons for the volume instead of the single button that you can find in the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. It's one of the factors that may indicate that this is a provisional case, until you think about one of the most requested features for Apple's phone: A physical button for the camera. The new iPhone has a bigger sensor and a flash, which means that the camera function keeps gaining more weight. It's only logical to think that Apple may have implemented this two-button approach to provide with a physical shutter button. It makes sense.
Why the seams?
The seams are perhaps the most surprising aspect of the new design. They don't seem to respond to any aesthetic criteria and, in terms of function, we can't adventure any explanation. But they don't look bad. In fact, the whole effect seems good, like something you will find in a Braun product from the 70s.
It's doubtful that the seams are arbitrary, however. Either they will disappear from the final product, or they have a function we can't foresee at this time.
Why no tapering or curves?
As you will see in a future article, the new iPhone is so miniaturized and packed that there's no room for the tapered, curved surfaces. Everything is as tight as it could get, with no space for anything but electronics.

The hardware specs

The phone measures 4.50 by 2.31 by 0.37 inches. It weighs 140 grams. The 3GS weighs 137 grams on a postal scale (and 135 on Apple's official measurements). So, in comparison, it's 3 grams heavier. The battery is 5.25 WHr at 3.7V, compared to the 3GS battery, which is 4.51 WHr at 3.7V. On the back of the phone, it said it was XX GB, but since we were unable to get the phone to a running state, we couldn't see exactly how large it was.

How it feels

Freaking amazing. As a person who never really liked the round mound of a back in the 3GS, the sleeker, flatter, squarer design is super welcome. It feels sturdier than the 3GS, and much less plasticky. The metal buttons give it a heftier feel—less of a toy—than all previous generations. The closest analog to it would be the original iPhone, which is more square and heavy than its newer brothers.
It feels completely natural up to your face, and the fact that both the front and the back are glossy makes no difference on how well you can hold it without the phone slipping. And because it's thinner, it feels even nicer in your pants.

What all this means

Apple has updated the exterior drastically different from the 3G and 3GS. That design is old, it felt out of place compared to the rest of their products and needed desperately to be killed. Now you have a thinner body, a much more pleasant form factor with no wasted space and lots of hard lines. But the design isn't the most important part that's changed.
They've delivered many of the features people have been waiting for—that damn front camera!—while at the same time upgrading everything else. Flash, better back camera, better battery life and another microphone for better voice clarity. People who bought the 3G two years ago and are now in the perfect position to upgrade and get a dramatically different, and better, phone. If confirmed this summer, and if it performs as we expect, this next-generation iPhone looks like a winner.

Exam!

Exam!