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China Counterfeit Explodes

April 10, 2011 Apple Inc.

There are more and more knock-offs (Shanzhai 山寨 in Chinese) coming out of China, the authenticity of these products are getting better and better. Of course I’m only referring to the esthetic appearance and not the quality or workmanship. The latter is the reason why counterfeit goods are worth while business for those involved. In [...]

Apple Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year ’11 One Day Deal

January 11, 2011 Apple Inc.

In the past Apple online store had held one day sales event for “Black Friday” (aka “Boxing Day”, the day after Christmas). Usually any other times Apple products are rarely discounted; unless it is through the Corporate or Education sites or refurbished items. So it is a bit surprising to receive a Sale event announcement [...]

How to Ensure You Have a Clean iOS 4.2.x Upgrade?

November 23, 2010 iPad

This morning (Nov. 22 PDT US time) Apple made the latest version (v4.2.1) of iOS available through iTunes. It is one of the highly anticipated upgrade for the iPad and other iOS devices. Not only because this version brings features to the iPad that had been enjoyed by other iOS devices, it is also the [...]

Triumph of HTML5

November 2, 2010 Apple Inc.

Over the past 3 years Apple Inc. has taken the heat on pushing the adoption of the W3C standard, HTML5, for all web based development. They have even been taken to court for not allowing competitor’s technology (Flash) on their platform (iOS). Recently to avoid any more blame for flaws in these 3rd party technologies, [...]

Apple’s Hidden Agenda

August 23, 2010 Apple Inc.

A patent filing by Apple in February 2009 was made public last week. This patent is related to the “Systems and methods for identifying unauthorized users of an electronic device”. In the patent it details how Apple’s technology is capable of identifying unauthorized users of an electronic device. This unauthorized user of the electronic device [...]

Why You May Not Want to Jailbreak iPhone or iPad?

August 2, 2010 iPad

After the release of iOS 4 users of the iPhone had been waiting for the iPhone Dev Team to release their jailbreak software. This morning @comex (who is not on the iPhone Dev Team) released a jailbreak for the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad right from within MobileSafari without using a computer (Windows or OS [...]

Purchasing Apple Products from Overseas?

July 27, 2010 Apple Inc.

Many people are tempted by the low cost of Apple products in Hong Kong compared to all other countries around the world, including USA. They are most attracted to the factory SIM-unlocked iPhones sold through official Apple resellers and Apple HK store online. So they are tempted to purchase one or more of these products [...]

Porn Vote of Confidence

July 5, 2010 News

HTML5 has long been promoted by Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera, Microsoft, etc. as the future for the web. Apple even went as far as not supporting Flash on its mobile platforms (iOS) to further promotes the use of HTML5 in web site development. Apple’s decision caused a major war of words between Adobe and Apple, [...]

Rogers is Hearing the Call. When Will Smartone-Vodafone

April 24, 2010 iPad

Several weeks ago I published an Open Letter to Smartone-Vodafone asking them to create a new tariff plan. Unfortunately, I have yet to receive any comments from SMV regarding my suggestions. Instead, it appears that Rogers in Canada is hearing my cry. The data plan that Rogers is considering is not specific to Apple’s iPad [...]

Open Letter to Smartone-Vodafone

April 2, 2010 iPhone

Of the seven mobile carriers in Hong Kong: CSL’s One2Free, CSL’s 1010, Hutchison’s 3 HK, PCCW Mobile, Smartone-Vodafone (SMV), China Mobile and China Unicom, SMV may be the one that tries to deliver the best quality of service the hardest. This is why I am writing this open letter to SMV, hoping that the CEO [...]

My Decisions to LEAVE Nexus One

February 22, 2010 iPhone

After using the Nexus One for 7 days I came to a conclusion on whether Nexus One is suitable for me. That was several weeks ago, My Transformation to Nexus One, and based on the title of this post you can guess what my conclusions are. I will attempt to explain my position in this [...]

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