I guess it is better for me to write then to do a video. My voice over microphone is alway so 'girlie' (yucks). And I would really want to put in some effort to edit this thing but I am trying to explain why certain should be looked into. So 1 min on things that needed to be improved? A lot but is not a bad phone.

So here it goes...

x10 hangs in the middle of the night...

The X10 hangs in the middle of the night. So if I do have a call coming in, nothing will go through.

Another thing about wireless. Was at Vivocity Mall last evening and somehow the x10 just couldn't connect even though the connection was strong. Sensing that there is some app is not functioning well, I decided to reboot the phone. That does the trick.

Right now, I have force restart the x10 more than the Hero.

Android 2.2 to support flash.

http://top10.com/mobilephones/news/2010/04/flash_integrated_into_android_2_2/

I know the x10 is going to get the 2.1 and so does the HTC Hero both of which I have in my possession. Honestly between waiting for the 2.1 and getting a flash 2.2, which is better?

Undeniably the 2.2. Why? Because of flash support. Maybe not so much for the Hero as the screen is small but the 4"screen of the x10 would do great with some flash support.

Perhaps SE has to go back to the drawing board and, God forbid, push back the June date release for the upgrade?

I know it would be a great boost for SE in terms of marketing if it can pull off a 2.2 upgrade instead of the 2.0 or 2.1....Flash support is not a small issue.

Today supposed to be the birth of HTC Hero 2.1

Guess what?

Now HTC is pushing back the ROM upgrade of the Hero to 2.1. Next time I would know not to buy a handset that promise to have OS upgrade in the future.

I just hope that SE don't go down the same way with the SEx10 1.6 as it has seriously damage the reputation and reliability of HTC

My Complaint to DBS

Saw the advertisement for mBanking app.

One very very telling mistake: What has happened to Android Phones support?

On the list are Windows Mobile, Symbian Phones (Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG) and of course iPhones. But there are users who are using Android based phones too (Nexus One, HTC Hero/Magic/Milestone/Dext).

The number for Android may be small now but the trend for Android phones is something one shouldn't dismiss so easily.

Here are some articles to prove my point

http://phandroid.com/2010/03/10/android-growing-ridiculously-faster-than-all-other-mobile-platforms-in-the-us/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10440857-266.html

Consider also who are the android users, the very people who are willing to try new stuff, who are vocal and who knows stuff inside out. In marketing research, these are the influencers, the very people who will help new products to be adopted fastest (Apple iPhones benefitted from such people too).

I guess DBS really don't treat Android users as customers? So why Android phones are not supported? Why such a half hearted launch of a new product?

My Feel About MW600

I got the MW600 last thursday and a week later, i guess it would be alright to have another accessment of the product

Pros
- Clarity of sound
- Good BT reach from phone to receiver. I say can go about 4m before breaking up
- Attached ear phones has good bass. Attribute to the type of ear phones being used (in-ear). Much better than the ones that comes with x10.
- Setting it up was good and allows multiple connections

Cons
- Allows multiple connections but unable to use two devices hooked to the MW600 concurrently (there are such BT devices around already)

- No holes for me to use a lanyard with. I have to find something to clip on too.

- totally dislike using the volume slide bar as volume control and also choosing items in the menu. It is seriously counter productive as I struggle to choose from one device to another. Reason? The thumb is on thevolume bar and the play button is accessed using the index finger. In the end I have to use TWO hands to change the item which I think a one hand operation should be the norm.

- The manual? Gosh, talk about scant information
- An experiment. Wear the earphones, plug it into the BT Device and let it dangle. Now pick it up using the right hand (I assume more than 90% of the world's population uses the right hand) so that you can read the device at the quickest time. Now try to read the words.

It is upside down.

Ergonomics just went for a holiday.

Starhub has enabled 100mbps service to all premium and ultimate users.

Sad to say, those who do not have the docsis 3.0 modem won't get to enjoy the speed.

And there is also no promotion to get those who has older modems to upgrade.

So right now my feedback is this: "Is starhub concerned with customer retention or not?"

For all it is worth, if being a premium customer is being treated this way, I would be downgrading soon since

a) The local content is well served by 12mbps anyway
b) Facebook do not really need that high a bandwidth since it is primarily photos and texts
c) I am not a Youtube Junkie.
d) Games nowadays has tons of speed the the problem is always server side. And the server side has nothing to do with the product offering from starhub most of the time unless they have an exclusive deal (e.g. maplestory servers). What if you are not a maplestory gamer?
e) I won't be enjoying 100 mbps because of CSU/DSU issue