Saturday, May 03, 2008
DST’s GO! Broadband was launched by HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, on 1st May 2008 at The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Jerudong.
Monday, April 28, 2008
p/s: I am waiting for DSTCOM HSPDA has to offer. However, I am not going to upgrade my existing telephone number to HSPDA. I prefer to buy another number or line dedicated to my new(hopefully) HSPDA phone. I hope it will more affordable compare to what B-Mobile and Telbru has offered. In addition, I hope DSTCom will introduce a package that dedicated to mobile internet only. No voice call or video call and SMS. I guess 1GB of data traffic for less than $20 for such package will be okay and expected.
26th April 2008, hari Sabtu – Sebahagian Berakas (termasuk Anggerek Desa, tempat saya tinggal), Batu 1 Jalan Tutong, sebahagian Gadong khususnya kawasan Kompleks Abdul Razak (termasuk The Mall dan Centerpoint) serta Q-lap telah mengalami ketiadaan bekalan tenaga elektrik. Ini menyebabkan beberapa lampu isyarat dan lampu jalan tidak berfungsi. Keadaan ini saya sendiri perhatikan dalam perjalanan saya ke Pasar Malam Gadong.
Menurut laporan RTB (Radio), perkara ini terjadi akibat kebakaran yang berlaku di Sub-Station Elektrik Jalan Tungku pada waktu petang (iaitu kira-kira pukul 4 pm. Tak tahulah waktu tepatnya kerana pada waktu bermula ‘blackout’ saya sedang tidur-jaga. Malaslah periksa jam.)
Keadaan ketiadaan bekalan di atas adalah apa yang dialami oleh penulis sejak ia bermula. Oleh kerana ketiadaan ‘karan’ (nya orang Brunei), penulis pergi ke Pasar Malam Gadong untuk membeli kuih malaya (kuih kegemaran). Dalam perjalanan ke sana, penulis melintas kawasan Kompleks Abdul Razak. Didapati para pelanggan di beberapa restoran makan dengan cahaya lilin. Centerpoint dan The Mall juga mengalami ‘blackout’. Para peniaga di Pasar Malam Gadong menggunakan sama ada cahaya lilin atau cahaya dari kereta atau cahaya ‘ambient’ yang ada.
Bekalan elektrik (di kawasan Anggerek Desa) pulih pada kira-kira pukul 10.18 pm. Oleh itu, sempat juga saya menonton Akademi Fantasia 6 Konsert Ke-6 (walaupun menonton pada pertengahan jalan bukanlah sesuatu yang saya sukai).
(Ditulis dari pukul 10.30 pm hingga 10.50 pm, 26 April 2008)
Friday, April 18, 2008
This evening I went to AV Electronics showroom (Apple Premium Reseller) (website: www.ave.com.bn) to have a look (and touch) at Apple MacBook Air. Too bad, according to one of the saleperson, it was stolen. However, by looking at the price list (about BND3091), it is unlikely I am going to buy it. Unless, of course, I have a lot of extra money and/or I am a mobile worker and/or I always going abroad.
At present, Apple MacBook 2.4 Ghz White should be sufficient for me. I intend to use it for doing my work on MS Word, MS Powerpoint presentation, basic photo editing using Aperture, and internet (web surfing, podcast downloading, and email).
In addition to Apple MacBook, I have my interest on iPod Touch. iPod Touch costs BND514 for 8GB flash drive capacity, BND 720 for 16GB, and BND 874 for 32GB. iPod Touch with 32GB FD capacity is the latest addition to the iPod Touch line.iPod Touch can play music and video for up to 22 hours and 5 hours respectively.
The good things about iPod Touch (equivalent to iPhone without the phone) is its wireless connection wifi 802.11b/g. However, Apple (website: www.apple.com) can only convince me to buy one if only there is Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR connection as well as having necessary software to make iPod Touch works well with the mobile phone (3G or 3.5G phone) – just like what PDAs usually have. And if only, Apple adds CF or SD slot for more memory capacity. CF and SD/SDHC is getting cheaper now and with more memory capacity. No microSD or equivalent, please. Their memory capacity is limited (at present) and it is too small to handle.
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