Samsung F480 and Nokia 6500 Slide

Ok, as the title goes....they are in two different category and two different brands. Hey, I am still waiting for the Samsung F480 to go into the MY market before I decide what to buy. Apparently Samsung F480 will have a different name in different countries.

It seems that some places it will be known as Samsung Touchwiz while in UK it will be known as Samsung Tocco. Hmm...why is the different names?? Does that bore any significance in terms of the model name? Is F480 not agreeable? Anyhow, I don't know what's the purpose of different names though I assume it is just a marketing strategy.

Hmm.....though I am looking forward to see it as it seems to appear rather similar to LG KS20 in terms of the outlook and the touchscreen thingy, and with good reviews in the west about F480, I am more interested to know how good the F480 is. Then again only the price is something that I don't like to hear. haha... coz it seems the price range will be from USD600-700. Hmm.....not a nice thing when talking about RM!!

Well, will see how it is...otherwise I will probably settle with a rather basic mid range phones like the Nokia 6500 Slide. I actually ordered this phone through my bank, and I bought it to give to my mum, since her phone is also getting crazier than mine! She won't want something so sophisticated, but I felt that she deserve a nice phone and so when that offer came, I bought it. Yesterday the phone arrived at my doorstep (not literally though!) and I was trying it out this morning...and hmm....... I was wondering shouldn't I buy 2 units at that time instead of just one??? teehee...... Seems that it is more to my taste than the N series my dad is using.

So, it looks like if the touchscreen phones are not something I find reasonable in terms of price and budget, I probably will just go for something of the usual stuff and consider taking the Nokia 6500 Slide instead. hahaha...

Well....see how it goes in the next few weeks. Just waiting for the F480 to hit the shores before I really decide what I want for myself. Hopefully before that happens, my phone won't die off yet. So far, it still survived..though the camera already died off. Hmm...

ER season 15

Thinking about all my favourite series, like House MD, Grey's Anatomy and another favourite of mine is from my student days and that is ER. Geez....didn't expect that this series can be a long time series and still ongoing. As these series are my favourites, not to mention the Japanese anime Black Jack... ER is really something like my "growing up" adulthood serials. :)

So after so many years with the changing of characters in the seasons...(reminds me of a song title, Seasons Change! ) ...and so I suppose finally ER is going to say goodbye. It is the season 15 going to be ending soon and I suppose I will have to start hunting for my DVD box sets for this. Season 15 is going to be the Grand Finale of the series.....

I have ER season 1-8 in one big box that I actually got from UK, and which later on made me knock my head because Malaysia has it at Speedy too!! But they actually came out after I finished my whole series till the season 8. I have been looking for season 9 and I couldn't find it. Until recently that I found on http://www.amazon.com/ that Season 9 will only come out next month! Hmmm...ok, so that means I am actually not far behind!!

Eagerly waiting from the news that I heard, season 15 will be out later this year. So, I am just patiently waiting until I can have my hands on the season 9 box set right up to 15 when this has been released as well. Wah...I can hardly wait!!!!!

Mmm....and patiently waiting when I came to know that Grey's Anatomy is back!! Hope soon I will get to grab the DVD boxset for Season 4 as well.... mmmmm...waiting...waiting...and waiting.....

Zeitgeist The Movie

Well, a friend forward this to me, and for those who still don't know about it, you can watch it here... for those who don't know, this documentary movie is 2 hours duration. Anyway, watch it with an open mind.. :)

Here's the link :

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm

have to listen from the start till end....otherwise, you won't understand the whole thing and will find it tiring. hehehehe......

FujiFilm Funpix S100FS

What made it really tempting besides the price is..
1. Image quality....that it really looks sharp...and for this DSLR-like model, it has really good high-ISO performance, mm...really impressive :)

2. One thing that it is also interesting is that it has fast RAW performance... as compared to some other models tried which were rather slow. Hmm.. that made it even more interesting.

3. I would say all the rest of the features in this model is all great for a DSLR-like model. I would say also that only the noise reduction is not so great when you actually look really close to the fine details. Hmm.... I wonder how far is this going to be important in the long run??

Otherwise, everything else seems great, overall it is good, image quality is really satisfying. Aaah.... now it gets more tougher if this is going to be a good bargain or not...

Mmm....well, I better move on and look at other things while the big baby thinks about what he's going to get to "treat" his itchy hands on this thing :)

Digital camera search part II

Hmm...after going around, funny thing that it was only one shop that has the Fuji S100FS on sale while the rest still putting the price at about RM2300. I was almost laughing when we reached the shop, the guy who was sitting in the shop saw my big baby and said..." you still haven't decided?" Hehehe.... this big baby is still contemplating whether to get the DSLR-like or just go straight for the Sony A300 DSLR.

As I was browsing through those cameras on display, I seems to be attracted to Canon Powershot G9 for a non-DSLR. Well, as much as I also like the DSLR but mm...for me, I have to be practical for myself and look for those non-DSLR types :) Price seems ok at less than 2k, which I would say it is reasonable since it is a model that comes out only late last year here.

Hmmm..however, G9 rather disappointing that it has noise that is not likeable for a G series and the "point and shoot" on this compact camera is a little bit not as how I'd expect it to be..sigh..

Ok, maybe I should forget the G9 already and let's look again at the Fuji S100FS. Funny thing about this one is that some of the shops that I went to with my big baby, almost all don't have the FujiFilm model. So one shop my big baby actually placed his name and phone number for them to call when the stock comes in. Now I wonder why that particular shop we went, remembered big baby's face for coming in a few times to look at that FujiFilm and he has one and only FujiFilm S100FS in his showcase while other shops don't have it?? Interesting.... and he dared say that try go other shops, we won't get the great price he offered anywhere. Hmm..apparently he was right. So my big baby gets more itchy about getting that FujiFilm S100FS at that shop.

Well...when getting more and more info, it gets more tougher as to what to decide on. Whether to get that FujiFilm S100FS or take that Sony A300? Hmm...well, after going around again looking at the DSLRs and the non-DSLRs and the DSLR-like models.... we are still left undecided what is the best option.

What would you do? Would you take FujiFilm S100FS offering at RM1900 or taking the Sony A300 at RM2700 instead?

Digital camera search

Have been talking about digital cameras as not just the usual digital cameras, but the DSLR types. Hmm...the more readings done, the more confused of what is good to have and what is not.

Ok, for amateur photography but serious in it, may want to try out probably the entry level of DSLR or...another option is the DSLR-like :)

Interesting to see recently that in KL, there is the shop that giving such a competitive price that this big baby of mine really really feels itchy in getting one! Well, naturally that might come to mind when a FujiFilm S100FS the DSLR-like camera putting a price at RM1900 (though not all shops offer this, the rest are mostly RM2300) while if you really think hard about the DSLR range, then there is the Sony A300 with a RM2700 price tag.

Hmm...of course it all comes down to what is your budget like, but for a person who is not doing photography full time, being an amateur photgrapher that seriously liking photography and learning it....what would be the option?

A friend who is a professional photographer suggested taking the Nikon D40 as compared to taking the D60. He said the D40 is good enough for a serious amateur photographer to start with. hmm...but my big baby doesn't like the image quality and he comes back to the choice of FujiFilm S100FS and the Sony A300.

Looking at the image quality that these two models produce, not bad... The good thing about the FujiFilm S100FS is that you only use one lens and no need to change. Ok, probably we can say that it is because this is not a DSLR. :) However, this thing is rather heavy....weighing about 1kg...mm..not a good thing for a small person like me!

Anyway...I'm going out to check on those again and will comment more about them later. The big baby is going to see those this afternoon :)

The World Ends With You on Nintedo DS

Well...now we are coming in to the month of May...ok, looking back to April, being my month.... seeing so many games coming out every now and then, especially those that come out in the Q1 this year mm..... it can make you undecided which game to get first for your Nintendo DS!

If you notice that recently there was a comment posted here that the person is playing The World Ends With You....and well, apparently looking at charts of buyers at the shop and in terms of popularity being mentioned often lately here in MY, is this title.

I would say in April that the favourite seems to be The World Ends With You on Nintendo DS!!
When come to think of it, yes, I would say Jupiter and Square Enix did make a good job of it, just look at the RPG. It is nice. Well, how it stays that way and those who haven't got the game, you can consider getting it!!!