3G

Speed of 3G Network in Hong Kong

November 8, 2009 Observation

Early this year both PCCW and CSL launched their HSPA+ network. As a result improving the speed and capacity of their respective networks. Offering a theoretical downlink speed of 21Mbps and uplink speed of 7Mbps. On Wednesday, November 4th Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) launched their HSPA+ upgrade to their 3G network. The difference between SMV’s announcements and [...]

iPhones on Two Different 3G Networks Compared

September 9, 2009 iPhone

Today a reader, Stephen C., sent me a video of a test he and his friend conducted (“un-scientifically) with two iPhone 3GS’s connected to two different 3G networks on two (3 HK and Smartone-Vodafone) of six mobile carriers in Hong Kong. The result are a bit surprising, especially for customers of Smartone-Vodafone. The video had [...]

iTunes 8.2.1 & Palm Pre & Jailbreak

July 16, 2009 Advice

Apple released a “minor” update to iTunes last night (July 15) and according to Apple’s Release Notes, there are suppose to be bug fixes. With this latest version Apple has began its cat-and-mouse game with Palm. Among the fixes Apple mentioned for this version of iTunes is: iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug [...]

Mobil Carriers Differences in HK

July 10, 2009 Advice

Before you jump into a mobile tariff contract (for 2 years or 15 months) with your new iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS you need to understand that not all 3G (HSDPA) network are the same. This is especially important if you are going to buy a new iPhone 3GS. The reason is because, unlike the [...]

10 Things a Layman Should Know About Hong Kong iPhone 3G [Updated]

February 6, 2009 iPhone

Recently a friend of mine commented that my articles (posts) on the iPhone and its usage in Hong Kong are very helpful, but they are a bit technical for layman user like himself. So, for the sake of helping as many potential iPhone users understand what’s involved before committing to a purchase of an iPhone [...]

New Tariff Plan from Smartone-Vodafone for iPhone

November 15, 2008 iPhone

As I still found my Smartone-Vodafone charges too high, I decided to look for alternatives, including those from competitors, like: PCCW, Three and People. For those of you who’ve been following my ideal iPhone tariff plan search in Hong Kong, you will know that I had been using Smartone-Vodafone’s 3G voice plan (HKD128/month) + Internet [...]

iPhone 3G Officially Available Unlocked in Hong Kong… Good News?

September 26, 2008 News

Apple HK made the iPhone 3G available to everyone with a HK shipping address via Apple Hong Kong’s online store. This made Hong Kong the hub (and “source”) of iPhone 3G that are free from the shackle of the money hungry, backward thinking mobile carriers. As of the writing of this post Apple Hong Kong’s [...]

iPhone 3G Unleash-able from Three HK

July 12, 2008 Observation

There was a report last night that the iPhone 3G sold by the carrier, Three, in Hong Kong is unlocked; meaning it is not tied to a specific carrier. This news was a bit hard to believe as news from other countries like US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, the iPhone 3G sold there are [...]

Inventory of iPhone 3G Worldwide

July 8, 2008 Opinion

Apparently the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 3G will only be available to the selected few, at least in Hong Kong. Yesterday, O2 began announced that their pre-orders for the iPhone 3G had been filled and ask interested customer to return to their web site on July 10th to find information on new inventory and next [...]

Blind Imitations

July 1, 2008 Opinion

As with everything that Apple does in the past 24+ years, everyone tries to copy what they do. We saw it with the removal of a floppy disk from a computer (1990s). Initially the critics were criticizing Apple for removing the floppy disk being a stupid idea. Then manufactures begin to imitate what Apple does. Eventually we [...]

Apple’s iPhone 3G is Finally Here in Hong Kong

June 10, 2008 Opinion

An hour ago Apple’s co-founder, CEO, Steve Jobs, announced the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 3G during the keynote speech at the WWDC 2008 in San Francisco. It will be available July 11, 2008 in 70 countries around the world. The announcement had some surprises; confirmation of built-in GPS. All in all were information that many of the [...]