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I thought Seesmic desktop is good enough for users. There are something better release recently: Tweetie for Mac. In iPhone, Tweetie has a nice interface. In Mac, Tweetie also have the good quality. It loads quicker than Seesmic and TweetDeck. The interface is similar to the iPhone version. Very simple and easy to get started.
More after the break.
Lots of journalists and bloggers said the new iPod Shuffle is a big mistake. The reason is that the iPod Shuffle won’t have any controls on the device itself, they are all on the earphone. I got the time to try the new shuffle, and found that the VoiceOver feature is better than expected.
I will unbox the iPod Shuffle, take a look of the iTunes setup and VoiceOver Kit. I will also test whether iPod Shuffle can speak foul languages. It’s all after the break. Videos are also included but sorry for the bad quality.
Microsoft has announced Windows Mobile 6.5 during the Mobile World Congress. It will be available in most of the smartphone very soon. I have the chance to try the Windows Mobile 6.5 recently.
Nokia, Palm and BlackBerry have introduced a very nice touch OS. They have considered about the interface design. It is nice to see Windows Mobile also have improvements. Let’s take a look.
Finally I can sit down and have a chance to try the first Google Android powered phone: T-Mobile G1. The QWERTY keyboard is easy to type. Track ball makes selecting items quickly. And the touch screen is pretty responsive. The hardware is not the focus, it’s all about the Android. After having fun with the exciting new system, I think it’s good. But, it still has a very long way to go. It’s the first completely open source OS on the mobile devices, but there are some features that should come in first place. You don’t want to install lots of stuff after buying it, right?
Take a look of the screen shots and reasons after the break.
It’s been a long time ago that I played Livestation. Livestation is a new online television software which provides live channels. In the past, it only has a few channels to choose, and the software is not cross platform. The reason why I checked back recently because I received an email saying Livestation has 7 new partner channels.
Now, Livestation is improved a lot. I mean, it is improved really a lot. The software is now cross platform which supports Windows, Mac and also Linux. Livestation also have big channels like BBC, Bloomberg, DW-TV, France 24, etc as partner. They provide very high quality video quality for users. I can watch all the channels all day long.
More after the break.
Google’s own browser Google Chrome beta is released. It is currently only for Windows XP/Vista. The new browser is really fresh and loads webpages quick. After downloading the installation file and complete all the steps required, I can start to surf the web. You can also choose to import bookmarks from Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Google Chrome offers a thumbnail tab view page similar to Opera. You can view all the most visited page by the time you start the browser. More experience after the break.
I have just upgraded the site to WordPress 2.5, and now having fun with that. It’s been a huge update. I found that it is absolutely amazing while using it. Upgrading is not that hard. And it seems all the existing plug-in can still be used. For readers, you may not notice the difference on the front page, but it definitely looks great in the admin panel.
When you watch YouTube on iPhone, it takes some time to download it. If you are on EDGE network, the video quality is lower. If you are in Wi-Fi, the video quality is higher. But if you are on GPRS network or roaming, you cannot watch YouTube.
With the recent new software MxTube, you can now download YouTube videos to iPhone first, and then watch it later. To install, find it from Installer’s “Multimedia” category.
In MxTube, type in the video keyword that you want to watch. Choose and select the video quality when prompted. I tested it even iPhone is on EDGE or GPRS connection, you can still choose the “higher YouTube video” quality to download.
It works pretty well during my test. Now it is good to watch YouTube anywhere if I don’t have internet connections. But sometimes the video cannot be downloaded completely. This will cause some error while playing the downloaded video.
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Mixx.com started 2 months ago, and is said to be the new competitor of Digg.com (Techcrunch reports). There are several site that was said to be compete to Digg.com, but there seems no success and Digg.com is still as popular as it was. I tried Mixx.com and Digg.com to review which one works better. Will Digg.com seriously affected by Mixx.com?
