Apple's Success

The new iPhone comes packed with brand new features, like a new 5-megapixel camera and the ability to take high-definition videos. The screen also boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen in the market today.




Undergrad Angeline Lee, 21, who was in the M1 queue, said: “My current iPhone 3G is pretty old and the camera is quite lousy, so this is definitely a worthwhile upgrade for me as I use my phone camera quite a lot.”

Freelance artist Brandon Goh, 24, agrees with her: “The iPhone 4 will be useful for me as I will be able to take HD (high-definition) videos with my phone and even be able to edit them on the go with the iMovie app.”



But aren’t local consumers bothered by the smartphone’s well-publicised antenna issues?



Teacher Lee Jialing, 28, is not at all bothered: “I don’t think the iPhone 4 is going to be in as bad a condition as my old iPhone 3G, which has a permanent reception problem. Whereas for the iPhone 4, I can still be careful not to allow my hand to block the reception points on the antenna when I use it.”

 
 

Clearly, it appears that despite all the complains and arguements, the Apple fans seem to be undaunted by them. They are still as infatuated with the Apple products as ever.

Die-hard fans or is the iPhone 4.0 really that amazing?

Well, that's for you to judge but personally I believe that because of the plethora number of applications, it has succeeded in keeping its users very occupied.

I mean, if you look at the normal Android phones or Blackberry, there's pretty much nothing you can do with it when you are bored. Once you are done checking Facebook, Twitter, SMSes and your mails, you are practically left with nothing to do.

On the other hand, with an iPhone on hand, even when you are bored, you will be able to play around with the abundance number of applications. They are constantly being churned out so you do not have to be afraid of getting bored or whatsoever.

 
The new iPhone 4 comes in the 16GB and 32GB versions, which are listed as S$888 and S$1,048 respectively on the Apple website.




All three telcos are offering the basic 16GB model for between $480 to $500 with a monthly fee of just under $40.

 
 
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Charice's drama at Star King

Please enjoy the video below.


To sum it up what just happened.



The girl who challenged Charice is Luna.


Basically she wanted to sing One moment in time to show off her vocals to David Foster, hoping that he too, will like her and eventually recruit her into his productions.


Sadly, she was pawned by Charice's overwhelming vocals. Afterwhich, one of the MCs told her that its better for her to stick to Korean.


Also, the audience mentioned that she will never succeed overseas.


Hence, she cried due to the tremendous pressure placed upon her.


Oh well, that's the sad fact but she is just not good enough yet. However, she will improve bit by bit.


She is truly a singer I must say. Be brave and be confident Luna !

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Epic Trailer

This is what I call an Incandescent Masterpiece.


Probably the best ever made movie after Avatar






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Are Kpop singers really singers?

On July 20th’s airing of MBC News Desk, a whole segment was dedicated on analyzing the true talent of these so-called “singers,” and the results were truly shocking to everyone.

The program first put out the girl-group After School as their main example. They reported, “In song Bang, we measured the length of each part for every member. Kahi sang for 18s, Raina sang for 13s, JungAh sang for 6, and Jooyeon sang for only 3s, which was the least in the whole group.”

MBC News Desk also analyzed boy-groups like MBLAQ and Infinite.




They revealed, “Although each member in the group sings much more than After School, Mir only sings for 15s, while G.O. sings for 32. For new group Infinite, not a single member sings more than 4s. Calling them singers would not be appropriate.”

After looking at the report yesterday, I must say that I'm a little shocked. I know that most of them get very little time to sing but never did I guess that it will be so little.

The paucity amount of time allocated to each singer is just preposterous. I mean you get more time to sing as your group gets smaller right?

That's really sad because most of the groups are increasing their number of members.

I guess that's flagrantly a strategy to boost their popularity.

Its sort of creating a synergy.

For instance, you might like Member 1 only in the group. But by adding in more members, you might come to like Member 1,6,9.

By liking 3 members now, you have a higher propensity to follow the group in whatever they do so long as one of the 3 favourite members of yours are in it.

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Extinct primate come alive

.GALLE, Sri Lanka – Researchers in a central Sri Lankan forest have photographed a rare primate that was feared extinct for more than 60 years, the Zoological Society of London said Monday.




A Horton Plains slender loris with wide eyes and short limbs was caught on camera after lengthy surveys of the forest by researchers from the society, the University of Colombo and the Open University of Sri Lanka.

Team leader Saman Gamage said the mammal was not sighted for more than 60 years until in 2002 a researcher reported spotting its eyes during a search _ inspiring the effort to prove the primate's existence by viewing it fully and photographing it.



"We are thrilled to have captured the first ever photographs and prove its continued existence," the society quoted its conservation biologist Craig Turner as saying.



The primate's population is thought to have begun dwindling in its mountain forest habitat after British colonial rulers from the 19th century cleared large tracts forest for coffee and tea plantations, Gamage said.



He said more of the lorises are thought to live in small patches of forest in Sri Lanka's hill country.

 
 
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Google befriends China again

Google said Friday that it has renewed its license with the Chinese government to continue operating in that country, ending a standoff over censorship.




"We are very pleased that the government has renewed our [Internet content provider] license and we look forward to continuing to provide Web search and local products to our users in China," said Google on its blog.

"I don't think we gave anything up," she said. "We asked the government to renew our license to make some products that don't require any censorship. We are going to continue to offer uncensored Web search with google.com.hk."



The renewing of Google's ICP license allows the company to continue operating in the communist country, despite its penchant for censorship of Web material.


Without the renewal, Google could be placed in a precarious situation for China is a huge market and definitely a great platform to jumpstart whatever it wants to spear off in the future.


Without this giant platform, Google will be handicapped for a while as Baidu continues to rampage up the charts in terms of its dominance in the search market.


At least for now, Google is back in the game. It just has to be careful to not step on the mines planted by China now. Otherwise, this time Google must be blasted off far enough where it will never be able to return.




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SHINee Comeback on Ingikayo 100725

Yet another fantastic performance by SHINee


There's something unique about their performances. I noticed that they all know how to entice the audience by changing their style for every single performances.


They will wear different clothes and they will change their hairstyles too. Also, their stage is ever-changing. The platform and the crops are perpertually changing, yet at the same time personalised to SHINee.


Perhaps, that's the thing that differentiates KPOP from other forms of entertainment. They really do genuinely put in a lot of effort.


Even though they might be singing the same songs every week, it is actually synonymous to a breathe of fresh air every week. They are never moribund. They bring different vibes to the show each time they perform.

There's this latest trend whereby fans will actually remove the loud music recorded played in the background.


What's left is actually the voice of the singers. Many have been scrutinized by the public and most of the singers are criticized for relying too much on the auto-tune system and that they were barely singing during live shows.


However, SHINee was actually the first group to be praised for their flawless singing. Much encomiums have been showered upon them for their efforts.


Despite the acerbic choreography, they continue to give it their best by singing with their powerful vocals from the start right till the end.


It's tough being singers these days especially when the public really expect you to sing and not just look good in front of the camera.


Enjoy the performance below~




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