Samsung Galaxy S II hits Japan, giving iPhone 4 the shivers!

The hottest selling phone in Germany, the hottest Android-powered phone on the planet has finally hit Japan! The iPhone 4 is shivering, continually pondering upon the following question; “Would the Japanese dump the iPhone 4 and embrace Samsung Galaxy S II as their new number one toy?!”
Yes, Samsung Galaxy S II has finally hit Japan and I’m eager to see how the Japanese tech-savvy consumers react

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Nokia N9 Hands-on videos! Proves Nokia N9 is NOT a ‘dying’ smartphone!

I’m taking this opportunity to show you people some great Nokia N9 hands-on videos that may or may not have been purposely overlooked by most tech blogs. I don’t know why but here’s your chance to see the wonders of Nokia N9. Come and watch!
Nokia N9 is a new MeeGo-powered smartphone that is making headlines right now. Mainly because Nokia has chosen a small country located in South East Asia to

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3 Reasons why I love Nokia N9! (Part I)

Nokia has finally unveiled Nokia N9 and I have been reading a lot about it in the last 12 hours. I even compared its new features with my Nokia N8 and found a few good reasons to fall in love with it. Come and see the reasons why I love the all new Nokia N9!
Why I love Nokia N9!
1. Nokia N9 follows Nokia N8’s sleek design

Nokia N9’s unibody form factor should look familiar to current Nokia N8

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Pinpoint: Mapping locations with unique custom URLs. Possibly better than foursquare!

A new online mapping app has just been launched earlier today and I thought it would be great if I give it a quick mention on this blog. Come and take a quick look at Pinpoint, enabling you to map locations with unique custom URLs and I think it has the potential to offer something better than foursquare.
The just launched online mapping app is called Pinpoint and here’s how Max Tolstokorov (CEO

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has a new viral video. So thin, don’t try to fool kids without it!

Samsung has just released their latest viral video, featuring their sizzling hot iPad-killer (for me personally, it is an iPad-killer. Damn affordable!) Galaxy Tab 10.1. Come and watch!
It’s a short 30-second video and Samsung wants it to go viral. To show my support for innovative Asian tech companies such as Samsung, I’m giving the video a slight push to help it go viral but I have to admit

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Buzz Badges: Thoughtful Social Media Awareness Products! Market your Social Media Presence with stickers and cards!

What do you know about social media awareness products? Have you ever seen one? If not, come and take a look at some thoughtful social media awareness products that literally sell your presence in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and foursquare to the real world!
The examples that you’re about to see here today are made by SociallyBuzz and these are their first line of social media

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Samsung HMX-W200 Camcorder: Just released! Multi-Proof! Full HD!

Samsung has released a brand new compact camcorder. Let’s take a quick look at Samsung HMX-W200, Samsung’s first water-proof camcorder!
Actually it is more than just a water-resistant pocket camcorder. Samsung HMX-W200 can also resist shock, fog and the common dust! That’s why Samsung proudly calls it a multi-proof pocket camcorder and I really like its overall design. It looks pretty much like a

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networkedblogs.com, copygator.com and 18 other sites are content farms! Oh my Google Panda!

I was studying the peculiar mating habits of the illusive Google pandas when I stumbled upon something rather shocking, it seems that sites such networkedblogs.com, copygator.com and 18 others have been defined as content farms!
Take a look at this press release, released by Blekko on February 1st 2011. Blekko’s press release specifically mentioned 20 sites that have been banned from their search

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Nuffnang quietly hides its mysterious ugly, white boxy square but the move endangers our search engine rankings!?

I may have wonderful news for Nuffnangers that are irritated by the appearance of mysterious white boxy squares at the bottom of their Nuffnang ads. Those white boxy squares were caused by Nuffnang’s mysterious "nn_network_s" Span ID code, generated automatically by Nuffnang’s ad code during loading time.
It seems that Nuffnang has quietly hidden the ugly, mysterious white boxy square that has

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Marseille’s Maison de l’Emploi gets a nice CartoVista interactive map

I’m taking this opportunity to show you people a nice interactive map of Maison de l’Emploi which is located in Marseille, France. The interactive map is developed by DBx GEOMATICS’s CartoVista, a cutting-edge mapping application.
Marseille’s Maison de l’Emploi gets a nice CartoVista interactive map
According to DBx GEOMATICS, the interactive map of Maison de l’Emploi;
“…showcases the Marseille

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Samsung Galaxy S II to mentor students in ‘Hit the S Style’ reality tv show

It looks like Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II, the number one phone in Germany has a new job! Mentoring Korean students, helping them achieve their ambitious dreams in something like a reality tv show called ‘Hit the S Style’.
‘Hit the S Style’ is a joint effort between Samsung and tvN, the number one Korean entertainment channel. According to Samsung, 8 contestants will compete with each

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ZPC-D5: World’s smallest, lightest keyboard computer (PC)?

Let’s take a quick look at Cybernet’s ZPC-D5, a newly launched keyboard computer (PC) that is touted to be the world’s smallest and lightest!
ZPC-D5 weighs only 2.8 lb (more or less 1.27 kg) and it is less than 1” thick. Despite its compact size, it is loaded with ports and performs just like a normal desktop computer. ZPC-D5 is powered by Intel Dual Core D525 processor and supports up to 4GB of

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Bedmap: Google Maps-powered Hotel Search Service. Truly exciting! Very promising!

A new online mapping service has just been launched earlier today and it caught my attention right away simply because it is different and clearly stands out from the rest! Let’s take a quick look at Bedmap, possibly one of the world’s most promising online hotel search service providers.
Bedmap describes itself as a map-based hotel search tool where users can practically browse locations

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Samsung Galaxy S II: The Number One phone in Germany! Oh my Apple!

I’m not at all surprised to hear it. I have said it many times on this blog. Samsung Galaxy S II is hot, even hotter than Apple’s iPhone and yesterday Samsung proudly announced their Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II as the hottest selling smartphone in Germany!
Two weeks after its initial release, Samsung Galaxy S II is now already the number one phone in Germany, leaving the iPhone 4 clearly

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ASUS Padfone: Photos & Hands-on videos

I’m taking this opportunity to share some new photos and hands-on videos of ASUS Padfone, the revolutionary gadget that has shocked and awed smartphone and tablet users all over the world when it was unveiled to the rest of the world last week (on May 29th to be exact) at COMPUTEX 2011.
ASUS Padfone is unique, it’s more like a unique hybrid for it ‘marries’ the common smartphone and tablet.

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Super slim ASUS UX Series notebook (MacBook Air-killer!?): Hands-on videos

I’m taking this opportunity to show you a few good ASUS UX Series notebook hands-on videos. The new ASUS UX Series notebook is touted by many as a MacBook-killer but I have my doubts. Watch the hands-on videos and see if you have the same doubts.
More about ASUS's Super slim UX Series notebook
ASUS has gained a lot of attention in the last few days, especially after the company has unveiled a few

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Dallas (soon, all 50 American States) Crime Maps (Heatmaps) are now available!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of some fine online crime maps or crime heatmaps for the City of Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas crime maps that you’re about to see here today are just examples taken from an exciting, ambitious online mapping technology called Crime Maps that is just launched by Trulia. Crime Maps is truly a big ambitious project since Trulia has plans to provide crime

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Super slim ASUS UX Series notebooks (MacBook Air-killer!?) unveiled! Oh my Apple!

Yup! It just had to happen! Apple’s MacBook Air has another new potential killer! Samsung tried to kill off MacBook Air a few weeks ago and now we have ASUS with their new UX Series super slim, super light notebooks! Let’s take a quick look.
Just like MacBook Air, ASUS UX Series notebooks also have aluminum unibody enclosures. However, I have to say that ASUS UX Series notebook’s aluminum unibody

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Beautiful Tang Wei ‘endorses’ Samsung Smart TV!

Samsung has unveiled their latest Samsung Smart TV ads featuring Tang Wei, the beautiful 32-year old Chinese actress that rose to stardom after starring in a spy thriller movie called ‘Lust, Caution’ way back in 2008.
According to Samsung, beautiful Tang Wei has shot three short episodes for Samsung Smart TV. Her first short episode is all about using Skype with Samsung Smart TV, her second

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Make beautiful photo collages with Shape Collage iPhone App! Just released and FREE for everybody!

Possibly due to popular requests, Shape Collage has finally released a mobile version of their well known Shape Collage desktop software that has millions of satisfied users all over the world. Let’s take a quick look at Shape Collage for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Shape Collage describes their new iPhone app as an automatic photo collage maker that can use up to 100 photos stored in your iPhone

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