Haha… I have finally searched the web and found a way to load custom ringtones into my iPhone!!
Okay, back to update more later. Just excited that the method works!! Cheers… Þ
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Tag: iphone 3g
I’m back in Singapore. Seriously, the amount of force required to overcome the inertia of coming back to work is tremendous. But it has been overcome. And I’m back to work, and spending lots of time catching up on work backlog.
Parents are with me in Singapore for a week. It’s great to be able to spend time with them, albeit only in the evenings. But for a person who doesn’t see his parents every single day of the week, it’s a good plus. Love my parents tonnes. 🙂
Gadget temptation rant coming up and you’ve been fairly warned. While I was in Malaysia, there have been large full-page ads in the local newspapers for the new Blackberry Bold. Man, it looks good and sleek. Very very tempted to switch over to the Blackberry. But looks like I’ll have to wait for the next generation of the Blackberry as I’m tied to the iPhone at the moment. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
Speaking about the iPhone, it’s been working out well for me. Things missed are the ability to forward SMS, no MMS and the pretty soft ringing volume. It also seems that I’ve been overly cautious with my data usage. The plan comes bundled with 1GB of data and I’ve barely scratched 20MB for this month. So I’m going to experiment and see how far I can go. All in all, not too bad of a phone. But there are some features missed.
Also, for those of you trying out the new browser by Google, called Chrome, this site works fine with that browser. If you do see any problems, do tag me or leave a comment and I will look into it.
That’s all for now folks. Until the next time, cheers… :Þ
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Edition 268 – iPhone 3G
And so I woke up at 9.30am on Saturday, 23 August 2008. Saturday – a day that I can sleep in, a day that I can have a lazy morning before heading off to church. But no. Saturday, 23 August 2008 was to be a special Saturday that I had to get up early, shower, change, and head down to ComCentre at Exeter Road. Why?
All because I have reserved the iPhone 3G and have made an “appointment” to purchase it that morning at 11am.
So I took the train down and I was expecting a looooong queue when I got there. But surprisingly, the queue was relatively short and moved along pretty quickly. Took me all of an hour to get through the queue and get the iPhone in my hands. But I must say that the queue was very orderly and SingTel even handed out refreshments in the form of pack of chips and a bottle of water for those in the queue. All in all, a pretty good experience.
SingTel build a temporary structure that looked a bit like the Apple Store on New York City’s 5th Avenue. So all the iPhone related transactions took place within that structure. 50 counters were available within the “cube”. Once I got in, I was at a counter within one minute. The only not-so-good thing was that activation of the iPhone was slow, probably because of the amount of traffic being generated. The guy serving me even suggested that maybe Apple only had one activation server. But I was in pretty good spirits and just waited patiently for all the necessary paperwork and transactions to be performed.
A quick personal review of the iPhone 3G. Whatever you have read in the reviews hold. Even the much talked-about 3G reception problem is true. This morning, when I came into the office, the 3G reception dropped to nothing, when previously, on my Nokia N70, the reception was full. Switching to 2G will help a lot. It brought my reception up to full. And it is definitely a fingerprint magnet. Can’t wait till I get my Invisible Shied, which, in my opinion, is the best screen protector around. Check it out here.
To summarize, the iPhone is not that bad a product. The keyboard does take getting used to but after a while, you can type pretty quickly. I hope there’s a proper solution to the 3G reception problem. It may not be noticed much in the USA, but in Asia and Australia, 3G is big and coverage is pretty much everywhere. So Apple, please buck up on this!! Haha, as if Apple would read my blog.
Until the next time, cheers… :Þ
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Edition 265 – iPhone 3G
It’s coming. It’s confirmed. It will be available in Singapore on 22 August 2008. Alas, pricing is not available yet… Am hoping for the best…
Cheers… :Þ
So there I was, awake at an ungodly hour of 2am, waiting for the keynote at Apple’s WWDC 2008, keenly awaiting for the confirmation of a very solid rumour that Apple is going to announce the iPhone 3G. Lo and behold, Steve Jobs announced it to loud fanfare and applause from the audience.
The iPhone 3G sports the same features as the original iPhone. New additions are obviously the 3G radio and a GPS module. Firmware also includes ActiveSync to allow for push-PIM with Microsoft Exchange, and Cisco’s VPN client for VPN support. Battery life has been bumped, which means better longevity.
The phone will launch on 11 July in 22 countries, including Australia and Hong Kong. Singapore is on the list of the 70 countries that will eventually get it. Local operator SingTel has announced that it will arrive within this year, but there is no word on the exact timeframe.
Best announcement was the price. It is now USD199 for 8GB and USD299 for 16GB. And Jobs has said that the prices worldwide won’t rise above those levels. From my point of view, the Windows Mobile market may get a trashing come the launch of the iPhone 3G. We shall see.
Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these babies… Cheers… :Þ
EDIT on 12 June 2008: SingTel has just started taking reservations for the iPhone 3G. Visit them at http://home.singtel.com/iphone.