With the exception of many who worked in New York's Silicon Alley, not many cared about the expensive, always-on connection. Being a broadband nerd of sorts, I couldn't care less about the price tag; I couldn't wait to pay more to get more bandwidth.

I am reminded of that moment -- of that thrill -- of experiencing the web without delays, thanks to the new iPhone and its ability to connect to the 3G network. I already can't wait for AT&T to upgrade their network from HSDPA to HSPA to HSPA+ to LTE so we can get faster and faster broadband.

For now, the best we can get on the iPhone 3G is HSDPA, which has a theoretical download speed of between 400 and 700 Kbps, though Apple on it site says it's going to be 2.4x the speed of EDGE - about 100 Kbps. Still, I am going to go out on the limb and mark July 11 down as a red-letter day for 3G wireless.

Don't get me wrong -- it isn't the day 3G wireless was first introduced in the U.S. Neither is iPhone the first 3G phone. I have had 3G phones, USB and PC Card modems for a while now. It isn't the first time I have used 3G broadband; I am on old hand at using EVDO to connect my laptop to the web, or at connecting my Nokia e61 to a 3G network whenever I am in Europe, or using the Nokia N95 to snap-and-share photos and videos via one of the life-streaming services.

Yet this is the first time that a 3G connection on a non-computer device actually feels like a broadband connection. "This device is a true game-changer. Why? The immediacy of the data at your fingertips is huge. Imagine, looking up anything, anywhere," is how AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega told me in a chat earlier this year. In the U.S. especially, the iPhone is going to have a major impact, mostly because are a PC-centric society constantly search for web-like experiences. (So far, most of the carriers have made their money off 3G computer connections. I am wondering how the iPhone impacts (or not) 3G usage in Europe.)

I received the new iPhone 3G on Friday, and since then I have been tinkering around it -- a lot. My first (and perhaps lasting) impression: The 3G speed is quite addictive and it doesn't take long to slowly start switching your daily compute tasks to this device instead of reaching for your computer.

A lot of that is because the iPhone has a generous screen and is very easy to use, but more importantly it has a more than adequate browser, making it an ideal candidate for being a "cloud client." All that was missing was a fast-enough connection that helped "off-source" some (or, in the case of others, many) tasks from their computers.

The briskness with which I can surf web pages means it has become easy to keep and eye on this and our other network blogs. The email shows up in the inbox as quickly as on my desktop. NetNewsWire's iPhone App has already become my preferred way to read RSS. Its ability to sync with the desktop client over the web only adds to its utility. Facebook on the iPhone is almost infinitely more usable than its web counterpart. (John Markoff is marveling at the pocket-sized experience as well.)

Truphone's new iPhone app makes it easy to place VoIP calls on the iPhone, thereby making it less necessary for me to fire up the old computer to call mom. It sure would be nice to see a Skype client for iPhone. I am sure that over a period of time other habits will form -- including watching YouTube videos - which just got bearable, thanks to a faster connection.

More importantly, 3G has freed me up from thinking about the availability of a Wi-Fi connection. Of course, if everyone else gets into the same habit, as I suspect they will, this is going to put some stress on AT&T's 3G Network.

Going back to the early days of broadband, the thrill of doing mundane web tasks faster and without tying up a phone line didn't seem as great in the beginning, but acted as a spark for the broadband revolution. It wasn't till Shawn Fanning unleashed Napster that broadband demand took off, eventually leading to innovations like Skype, YouTube & Facebook.

I think that from that perspective, the iPhone 3G is going to provide a similar spark for wireless broadband. Just like touch and big screens are becoming increasingly commonplace in high-end phones, over the next 12 months I wouldn't be surprised to find mobile device makers focusing heavily on the Internet, all while waiting for the elusive killer app, which none has seen just yet. Despite the tight control of carriers on wireless spectrum, this could be the start of a new wireless wave.

Photo of iPhone & Safari courtesy of Apple.

Spesifikasi

Jaringan         : 3G/HSDPA (850/2100 MHz) & Quadband GSM (850/90/1800/1900 MHz)

Dimensi         : 94 x 49 x 21 mm (p x l x t)

Berat              : 114 gram

Layar              : internal: TFT 262.144 warna, 2,28 inc (res. 240 x 320 piksel) ; eksternal: Hidden LED display on front shell

Fitur               : SMS, MMS, Email, Radio FM with RDS, MP3/AAC/AAC+ Player, 3,5 mm audio jack, Java MIDP 2.0, organizer, built-in handsfree, dll

Kamera          : 2 Megapiksel (1600x1200 pixels), auto focus, video, flash, secondary videocall camera

Memori          : internal: 36MB ; storage: 2GB

Konektivitas   : HSDPA, GPRS class 10, bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0

Baterai            : Li-Ion

Sony Ericsson has added a new gem, the XPERIA X1 to its classic cell phone portfolio. It’s a unique combination of communication and entertainment at its best. The 3G-enabled phone offers smart features, which can easily be accessed through multiple navigation including Touch, QWERTY keypad, 4-way key and through optical joystick.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 runs on Windows mobile platform and you can enjoy your work and get entertained on the go. The arc slider design is unique complemented with bright 3-inch VGA display, sophisticated design and premium metal body.

As far as phone features are concerned, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 offers all advanced features that you can expect in your handset. The slider phone comes equipped with 3G video calling features, a 3.2 MP camera, RSS feeds, Web browser, push email and more. You can say it’s a rare combination of beauty with brain.

Specifications:

Ø Screen: 800x480 65,536 color TFT

Ø Memory: up to 400 MB plus MicroSD support

Ø Network: GSM, HSDPA

Ø Camera: Auto focus, 3.2 MP, Digital Zoom, photo light, video recording

Ø Music: Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP), Media Player, Play now

Ø Entertainment: 3D games, JAVA, FM Radio RDS, video streaming

Ø Connectivity: GPS, Bluetooth technology, USB support

Ø Internet: Internet Explorer, RSS Feeds

Spesifikasi

Jaringan        : 3G/HSDPA (850/2100 MHz) & Triband GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz)

Dimensi        : 109 x 46 x 13.5 mm (p x l x t)

Berat              : 83,5 gram

Layar             : TFT 262.144 warna, 2 inci (res. 240 x 320 piksel)

Fitur              : SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email. Radio FM with RDS, Java MIDP 2.0, MP3/MPEG4 Player, GoogleMaps, TrackID music recognition, Picture editor/blogging, organizer, built-in handsfree, voice memo/dial, dll

Kamera          : 2 Megapiksel (1600x1200 pixels), video

Memori          : internal: 32MB ; eksternal: Memory Stick Micro (M2)

Konektivitas  : GPRS class 10, EDGE class 10, HSDPA, bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0

Baterai           : Li-Po 950 mAh (BST-33)

ONE CEO Michael Krammer: "Wir freuen uns sehr, dass ONE als Mitglied der Orange Familie schon am 13. Juni den Vorverkauf des neuen UMTS iPhones online startete. Dies ist nach DVB-H bereits die zweite große Neuheit, die wir unseren Kunden innerhalb weniger Tage bieten. In Kombination mit schnellerer Datenübertragung, Navigation, mobile Office Funktionalität und einem ausgezeichneten Preis/ Leistungs-Verhältnis wird das neue iPhone jetzt auch für eine breitere Kundenschicht interessant."

Das neue iPhone kombiniert drei Produkte in einem leichten, noch schlankeren Endgerät: ein revolutionäres Handy, einen iPod mit großem Display und mobiles Internet mit den besten Mobile E-Mail-, Surf-, Such- und Maps/GPS-Funktionen, die es je auf einem Mobiltelefon gab. Das neue iPhone erlaubt Datenübertragungen von bis zu 7,2 Mbit/s. Die Kombination von  WLAN, UMTS und HSDPA erhöht den Kundennutzen um ein Vielfaches. Und mit Microsoft Exchange Active Sync ist es außerdem auch businesstauglich.

Top Angebot bei ONE

ONE Neukunden erhalten das  iPhone 3G  mit 8 GB Speicher um 149,- Euro und das iPhone 3G mit  16 GB  Speicher um 229,- Euro. ONE bietet die beiden neuen iPhone Modelle in Kombination mit der Großen Plaudertasche um nur 10 Euro monatlich bis Jahresende (danach 19 bzw. 25 Euro/ Monat) plus dem neuen iPhone Pack um 14 Euro/ Monat an. Das iPhone Pack inkludiert 100 SMS/ Monat zu allen Betreibern österreichweit und 3 GB Datenvolumen.

Das neue HSDPA iPhone ist ab Freitag, den 11. Juli 2008 bei ONE erhältlich. Nähere Infos unter www.one.at/iphone.

Top-Angebote

I've recently acquired a virtually new-in-the-box and never booted Vulcan FlipStart with Windows XP and EVDO! The only item missing appears to be the recovery disc(s), which I can live without thanks to Acronis True Image.

Take a look at all the pictures!

Yes I know, I'm about a year late to the party, and I've been pretty critical about the Flipstart in the past, calling it the ugly duckling and the zombie handtop. So why now?

Well a lot of things have changed in a year:
- I retired my beloved OQO Model 02 with HSDPA, selling it before it lost too much value
- Vulcan lowered the price of the FlipStart to $699, and then stopped selling it altogether

The tipping point was my Vulcan FlipStart HSDPA mod. The brave soul who volunteered his device for the hacking was experiencing some hardware problems which I was only able to resolve thanks to the outstanding assistance I received from Vulcan customer support. Being able to swap EVDO with HSDPA without reaching for my soldering iron was the icing on the cake...

So I started looking for a used FlipStart for further hacking. And for the record, I still think the FlipStart is aesthetically challenged :)

Jedem Anbieter ist es ja frei gestellt, was er für seine Dienste in Rechnung stellen möchte. Mir ist nun aber eine Werbebroschüre des rosa (Magenta) Riesen in die Hände geflattert. Das T-Mobile Xtra Pac mit web'n'walk DayFlat.

Hierbei handelt es sich um einen UMTS-USB-Stick. Der Stick kostet 99 Euro, abgerechnet wird das ganze im Prepaid-Verfahren. An sich hört sich das schon mal nach einem Novum an.Es sind auch noch "großzügige" 10 Euro Startguthaben in dem Paket enthalten.

Der Hammer kommt aber wenn man sich die Kosten und die Nutzungsbedingungen genauer anschaut. Die Daten werden in einem Flatrate-Verfahren bezahlt. Allerdings keine Flatrate die einmal im Monat bezahlt wird, sondern eine Tagesflatrate. Jeder Tag kostet aktuell 4,95 Euro. Ab dem 1. September 2008 kostet jeder Tag 7,95 Euro.

Das sind echte Wucherpreise. Nimmt man mal an, jeder Monat hätte 30 Tage, kommt man auf Kosten von knapp 150-240 Euro. Für eine Flatrate! Im Festnetzbereich und im Mobilfunkbereich gibt es Pakete ab 20/25 Euro.

Doch weiter geht es mit dem Wucher. Die "Flatrate" wird nach Tagen abgerechnet. Es interessiert nicht wie lange man an dem Tag online war - man bezahlt die Gebühr nicht pro 24 Stunden sondern pro Kalendertag. Wenn man z.B. Montagabend um 23:58 Uhr seine E-Mails abruft, ein größerer Anhang das Ganze bis Dienstagmorgen 0:01 dauern lässt, dann ist die Gebühr für zwei Tage fällig!

Das ist noch nicht Abschreckung genug? Ok, dann weiter im Kleingedruckten:

Die Geschwindigkeit ist dank HSDPA-Technik recht flott, 3600 kbit/s Downstream. Das klingt nun nicht schlecht, was habe ich bloß mit dem Kleingedruckten? Ganz einfach, wer mehr als einen GB Traffic im Monat hat, bekommt die Verbindung künstlich auf 384 kbit/s im Downstream und 16 kbit/s im Upstream gedrosselt. Sollte man auch noch über die zwei GB-Traffic-Grenze kommen, dann geht der Downstream auf ISDN-Niveau (64 kbit/s) herunter.

Damit man nicht auf dumme Gedanken kommt und T-Mobil um den Profit bringen kann, müssen Gespräche die man führen will auch wirklich über das Mobilfunknetz (39 Cent/min) geführt werden. Wer auf VoIP oder Instant Messenger umsteigen möchte hat Pech gehabt, das ist im Kleingedruckten verboten. Ebenso der Datenaustausch per Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren.

Das einzige was den gängigen Standards entspricht ist die automatische Zwangstrennung.

Ich empfehle euch, schaut euch einfach genau bei den verschiedenen Anbietern um. Alle haben Verträge mit Datentarifen im Angebot die bei weitem billiger sind als das Xtra Pac mit web'n'walk DayFlat.

The new Nokia N71 comes attached with full QWERTY keyboard. And the sleek slider, Nokia E66 offers a wide range of personal and professional mobile features including Microsoft Exchange mobile email client. So, if you have any of these E series phones, you can get reliable access to email, calendar contacts, etc. What else, you can download heavy attachments such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files in no time.

Encased with advanced tools and premium design

The Nokia E71 is enclosed in a stainless steel case and the handset is available in two premium colors – grey steel and white steel. The Nokia E71 is truly a quality handset and represents the Nokia Company. The metallic finish is truly complemented by the dazzling display. However, the Nokia E66 is made up of stainless steel case and is slider in design.

Both E series handsets in addition to emailing also offer Ovi services including music and media sharing. The handset offers HSDPA, wireless LAN, and 3G connectivity. The E series handsets are also equipped with GPS connectivity for navigation plus a music player, and support of up to 8GB of expandable memory. And for those who love photography, the handset offers a 3.2 MP auto focus camera.

If you are looking for a business phone then Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 could be the best choice for you.

O modelo Celular SmartPhone Samsung i617 chega ao mercado com a plataforma Windows Mobile 6.1, a mais recente versão do sistema operacional da Microsoft para smartphones recém lançada mundialmente.

A versão Windows Mobile 6.1 traz uma série de inovações para os usuários, com destaque para a nova tela inicial que permite a fácil utilização das principais funções. Além disso, o sistema já vem preparado para trabalhar de maneira integrada com o System Center Mobile Device Manager, software de gerenciamento e segurança remotos da Microsoft, destinado a empresas.

O telefone celular Samsung i617 possui os aplicativos móveis do Outlook e do Microsoft Office, que permite a edição de documentos em Word e Excel e a visualização de documentos em PowerPoint. Para o entretenimento o smartphone Samsung i617 vem com as versões otimizadas do Internet Explorer, do MSN Messenger e do Windows Media Player.

Adicionalmente o aparelho conta com o suporte a serviços de localização e navegação por GPS (Sistema Global de Posicionamento), tecnologia 3G que possibilita o acesso à Internet, o download e a troca de arquivos em alta velocidade nas redes UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) e HSDPA 3.6 (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access). Traz conexões Bluetooth e USB, MP3 Player, câmera digital com resolução de 2 MP e Modo Off-line, que possibilita o uso dos recursos multimídia com o telefone desligado.

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• Nokia começa a produzir o celular 5610 XpressMusic 3G no Brasil

• LG lança a TV de LCD mais fina do Brasil

Have you seen the t-mobile adverts where people are happy, and connected and roll down streets in a big ball of human mass, and the sun is shining and the bees are singing and everything is fucking fantastic?

Today I switched to them, after being on Virgin Mobile for almost eight years. Virgin were great, albeit expensive. I wanted something cheaper, and something more catered for my needs, so I went to T-Mobile, who are great for the internet apparently. Hell, 50p a day on a cell phone? That's great!

Anyway, I signed up, bought a sim and £10 worth of credit and paid for 5 days worth of internet. After getting the preliminary set up done, I was looking forward to Plurking, Twittering and Facebooking on holiday.

Apparently, T-Mobile wanted to be the guardians of  the Internet, as they have decided that they must filter out all content that is unmoderated. That includes... Well... The fun stuff.

The fact that T-Mobile feels the need to invent responsibilities such as protecting under 18's from sites that they use on a regular basis, such as Myspace and Facebook is absurd, and only seeks to alienate their young customer base.

T-Mobile, you really need to learn how to fail less.

Regards,

Matt

Dengan dimensi 10,1 x 5,2 x 1,78 centimeter, SGH-i450 cukup nyaman digenggam satu tangan meskipun untuk navigasi lebih bebas dengan dua tangan saat posisi lansekap. Layar TFT 262.000 warna dengan teknologi QVGA 2,4 inci dan resolusi 240 x 320 pixel cukup lebar dan tajam untuk melihat navigasi menu dan hasil tampilan.

Ketajaman layar dan ukuran huruf dapat diatur sesuai keinginan. Tombol navigasi utama di bagian bawah layar cukup besar untuk memudahkan navigasi seperti tombol OK, tombol menu, clear, serta tombol sambung dan matikan.

Pada bagian atas terdapat tombol untuk menyalakan dan mematikan speaker dan port untuk headset 3,5 milimeter. Port untuk memori eksternal microSD dan pengatur suara terletak di sisi kiri. Camera shutter dan port charger di sisi kanan. Kamera utama di bagian belakang dan kamera sekunder di depan bagian kanan atas.

Ponsel ini menyediakan mekanisme dual slider, geser ke atas untuk menampilkan tombol keypad dan geser ke bawah untuk menampilkan navigasi musik dan speaker eksternal. Begitu digeser ke bawah, layarnya langsung menampilkan navigasi berbentuk setengah lingkaran dalam posisi lansekap. Speaker eksternal yang tersembunyi di sisi bagian bawah seketika juga tersingkap.

Navigasi musik yang diberi nama touch wheel navigation ini, seperti roda yang hanya tampak setengah bagiannya saja di layar, memudahkan pengguna mengatur musik yang akan dimainkan. Apakah akan memilih musik berdasarkan album, penyanyi, playlist, atau semua lagu yang terurut, semua dapat dilakukan. Pilihan equalizer sesuai jenis musik juga tersedia.

Suara yang keluar dari speaker eksternal jernih sehingga tidak memalukan untuk dimainkan keras-keras di depan umum. Untuk menikmati alunan musik lebih memuaskan gunakan earphone namun hanya pengguna yang dapat menikmatinya. Dengan speaker eksternal, musik bisa dinikmati bersama-sama.

Multimedia
Tidak hanya musik, Samsung SGH-i450 juga menyediakan akses layanan multimedia. Dengan menggeser balik ke atas, menu di layar langsung berubah dari navigasi musik ke menu utama tanpa mematikan musik yang sedang dimainkan. Pada posisi ini giliran tombol-tombol angka yang tersingkap di bagian bawah.

Keypad yang datar agak sedikit menyulitkan pengguna yang biasa menggunakan tombol menonjol. Namun, ukuran setiap tombol yang besar dan dibatasi dengan pinggiran menonjol cukup untuk menghindari kesalahan. Lampu backlighting di bawah tombol sangat membantu risiko ini saat menggunakanya di kegelapan.

Di layar menu utama, pengguna langsung disuguhkan menu-menu penting khas Symbian. Ponsel Samsung yang satu ini memang menggunakan sistem operasi Symbian terbaru S60 versi 3 yang dikenal dengan kemudahan navigasinya. Pada bagian bawah terdapat ikon Google yang akan menyediakan langsung menu pencarian di layar begitu Anda menekan bagian atas tombol navigasi utama.

Akses Internet sangat menyenangkan dengan ponsel ini apalagi dengan dukungan teknologi HSDPA yang menyediakan akses kecepatan tinggi di jaringan 3G. Halaman web muncul hanya dalam hitungan detik dan tampil sempurna layaknya di layar komputer. Gambar-gambar animasi dengan flash jalan dengan baik. Navigasi web tersedia dalam posisi portrait maupun lansekap. Tampilan web dapat diatur dalam posisi preview sehingga dapat ditampilkan utuh di layar dan dapat dipilih bagian mana yang akan ditampilkan di layar dengan ukuran normal.

Fitur multimedia lainnya adalah kamera. Pada bagian belakang terdapat kamera 2 megapixel dengan pilihan resolusi dari 320 x 240 hingga 1600 x 1200. Kamera dilengkapi fitur flash, digital zoom, self-timer, white balance, brightness control, dan color tones. Di bagian depan juga terdapat kamera lagi yang berfungsi utama saat melakukan video call di jaringan 3G. Namun, kamera ini dapat juga digunakan untuk memotret diri sendiri dengan resolusi lebih kecil yakni 176 x 144 dan 352 x 288.

Kamera utama dapat digunakan untuk merekam video tanpa batas. Sayang memori internal yang disediakan hanya sekitar 35 MB sehingga pengalaman merekam foto dan video tidak memuaskan kalau hanya mengandalkan memori internal. Sebagai solusinya tersedia slot memori microSD pada slot memori eksternal yang di pasaran sudah tersedia hingga 4 GB. Untungnya, pada penjualan resmi di Indonesia, memori eksternal sudah disediakan mulai dari 1 GB buatan Kingston sehingga pengguna tak perlu repot mencari memori tambahan.

Pengalaman baru yang mungkin tak tersedia di ponsel lainnya adalah mengedit video. File video yang dibuat tak hanya dapat dimainkan dengan RealPlayer namun juga dapat disunting. Jadi, siap-siap menjadi produser film dadakan dengan ponsel ini. Lalu lintas data dari ponsel ke komputer sangat mudah dilakukan dengan kabel data USB yang bersifat plug and play maupun Bluetooth.

Selain fitur-fitur multimedia, SGH-i450 juga dilengkapi FM Radio standar, voice recorder, Quickoffice untuk membaca file-file word, excel dan powerpoint, Adobe document viewers untuk membuka pdf. Di SGH-i450 juga tersedia Assisted GPS, navigasi posisi berbasis BTS.

Meski didesain sebagai ponsel musik, Samsung SGH-i450 tidak sekadar untuk menikmati musik. Dengan produk ini, Samsung kelihatannya tengah berevolusi untuk menyediakan ponsel-ponsel yang menyediakan full multimedia experience seperti yang sudah dilakukan produsen lainnya. [Sumber kompas.com]

Kepada Yth,
Customer Support department
PT. Telekomunikasi Selular Indonesia
Di Jakarta

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Dengan Hormat,

Jujur saja, selama ini saya sedang mencari-cari ISP (Internet service provider) yang murah pas di kantong, sebagaimana saya hanya seorang pegawai rendahan di sebuah perusahaan swasta di jakarta barat. Terbiasa dengan internet 3 mbps dan harga yang murah (kurang lebih cuma $39) waktu kuliah dulu, hidup ini terasa hampa tanpa adanya sang inet yang sangat membantu dalam komunikasi dengan teman2 '45 seperjuangan dan juga istri temans dimanapun mereka berada.

Alhasil, gayung pun bersambut ketika saya membuka sebuah surat kabar ibu kota, yang menampilkan iklan hitam putih entah berapa kolom tentang internet murah dengan harga wajar dari perusahaan anda. Dengan tekad bulat saya mendatangi sebuah gerai halo di sebuah mall di jakarta selatan, dan dengan secepat kilat setelah 2 minggu menunggu indent sang modem hitam berlogo flash, akhirnya saya terhubung kembali ke dunia maya.

Walau dengan kecepatan yang katanya sampai 256 Kbps dan Unlimited bandwith walau cuma 3 GB akhirnya saya mulai mengunduh byte demi byte dari www baik berupa data, informasi, bokep de el el.

Sayangnya keindahaan berinternet ria ini hanya berjalan sekitar seminggu. Di minggu kedua saya mulai menyadari, bahwa telkomsel ini kurang ajar apabila sedang di jaringan UMTS (aka 3G) maka saya tidak dapat connect ke internet. apa bila connect lewat HSDPA (aka 3.5G) dan tiba2 turun ke UMTS maka speed koneksi langsung meningkat tajam hilang dan menunjukkan angka yang sangat indah yaitu 0.00 kbps sungguh angka yang cantik sekali. akhirnya dengan memuaskan diri sendiri berat hati saya connect melalui jaringan GPRS yang nyata - nyata super kenccaaaaanggg lemmmooooott.

Menilik kembali kebelakang, disaat sebelum tanda tangan kontrak, maka saya mengingat kembali apa yang harus saya bayarkan kepada telkomsel seandainya saya memutuskan hubungan yang sangat romantis ini dengan telkomsel. sang mbak yang product knowledgenya melebihi dewi yunani, menjelaskan dengan anggun bahwa saya harus membayar penalti 500 ribu + sisa tagihan dari kontrak saya setahun, atau maksudnya "lu bakal miskin banget deh kalo putus kontrak ama si telkomsel itu" yang kalo diartikan dalam bentuk nominal maka jurnal yang muncul dalam laporan keuangan saya ada lah account payable -- telkomsel indonesia Rp. 3.500.000.-
dan saya lebih miskin 3,5 juta dibanding saat ini...

Menilik kawin kontrak antara saya dan telkomsel, maka dapat dijabarkan dengan kata2 yang sederhana bahwa saya menyetujui untuk menggunakan jasa dan produk dari telkomsel yang dinamakan telkomsel flash sebesar 256 kbps unlimited perbulan dengan pemakaian minimal selama 12 bulan dan apabila berhenti kurang dari 12 bulan tersebut maka pinalti akan menanti dan juga telkomsel dengan bagian legalnya.
Tapi berhubung kontrak itu mengikat 2 belah pihak, maka dapat diartikan bahwa telkomsel juga setuju untuk menyediakan produk yang dinamakan telkomsel flash dengan bandwith 3GB unlimited dan speed sebesar 256 kbps kepada saya.

Tapi kenapa yang saya terima lebih baik tidak sesuai dengan apa yang ada di perjanjian kita itu telkomsel, apa engkau sudah melupakan diriku sebagi seorang pelanggan? apa engkau lebih tertarik dengan pelanggan2 tajir yang menggunakan speed lebih tinggi? dimana mereka menggelontorkan uang yang lebih banyak? yang berakibat lebih indahnya cashflow dari PT. Telkomsel?.
Atau mungkin telkomsel hanya mengejar mas-mas jumlah pelanggan? tanpa mempertimbangkan jaringan yang cukup untuk mensupport jumlah pelanggan itu? kemudian dilaporkan di RUPS bahwa pelanggan telkomsel flash kita mencapai angka 3 juta orang dalam waktu satu tahun, dengan adanya program telkomsel flash unlimited anjing ini. kemudian seluruh PS bertepuk tangan memberikan standing ovation kepada direksi telkomsel, yang berhasil meningkatkan market share dan menjadi market leader di bidang mobile internet di indonesia. tapi apa si PS itu sadar bahwa ternyata dari 3 juta pelanggan 2,900,000 orang harus membeli garam beryodium di warung terdekat karena gondok dengan pelayanan bajingan dari perusahaan anda?

Sebenarnya saya juga bekerja di perusahaan jasa, walaupun hanya seorang jongos, tapi saya mengerti sistem dan tata cara komplain yang benar, karena itu saya mengirimkan surat terbuka ini di blog saya ini agar teman2 yang ingin kawin kontrak dengan perusahaan anda berpikir jutaan kali. apabila tidak ada perubahan dari pelayanan anda maka saya akan memposting surat ini di forum2 dan website2 lain, yang akan diakses lebih banyak orang, dan kalau tidak ada perubahan juga, maka saya akan mengirimkan surat yang paling indah ke kolom pengaduan di surat kabar terkemuka di negeri ini. dan langkah terakhir yang akan saya lakukan adalah class action terhadap perusahaan anda , atas segala kerugian yang saya dan pelanggan2 telkomsel terima. Sebagaimana yang sudah ditulis oleh Lembaga Studi dan Advokasi Masyarakat (ELSAM) tentang class action di situs ELSAM, www.elsam.or.id , bahwa “Class Action adalah suatu gugatan perdata yang diajukan oleh satu orang atau lebih yang mewakili kelompok yang dirugikan untuk mengajukan gugatan ke Pengadilan karena adanya kesamaan fakta dan dasar hukum antara satu orang atau lebih yang mewakili kelompok dengan kelompok yang diwakili.”

Demikian surat ini saya buat tanpa adanya paksaan dari Netzap, IM2, Wimode, Flexi, Fren, Biznet, Firstmedia, etc sebagai pesaing2 anda di bidang ini.

Dengan Cinta,

Yang tidak dapat lepas (sementara)
dari anda

3G
Jaringan ponsel generasi ketiga.  Evolusi dari standar GSM yang memungkinkan transfer data broadband lebih cepat.

AAC
Advanced Audio Codec, yaitu format kompresi untuk file musik digital.

Bit Rate                       
Suatu setting yang digunakan saat mengkompresi musik ke dalam file digital.  Bit rate yang lebih tinggi akan menghasilkan kualitas suara yang lebih baik, tetapi juga ukuran file yang lebih besar.

Bluetooth
Standar komunikasi nirkabel yang memungkinkan ponsel melakukan komunikasi atau transfer data ke PC, ponsel, atau gadget lain.

DRM
Digital Rights Management, yaitu suatu sistem pengamanan untuk mencegah penggandaan secara ilegal musik yang telah di-download.

DVB-H
Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld, yaitu standar global untuk menyalurkan saluran televisi digital ke ponsel dan peralatan handheld lain.

EDGE
Enhanced Data GSM Environment, yaitu suatu upgrade yang lebih cepat dibanding GPRS.

GPRS
General Packet Radio System, yaitu suatu upgrade ke GSM yang memungkinkan data dipecah dan dikirimkan dalam paket-paket, mirip dengan cara kerja internet.  Kadang-kadang disebut juga sebagai Jaringan 2,5G.

GSM
Global System for Mobile, yaitu teknologi digital yang menyokong Jaringan 2G. Digunakan oleh 80 persen dari ponsel di seluruh dunia.

HSDPA
High Speed Downlink Packet Access, yaitu suatu upgrade ke WCDMA yang memungkinkan download lebih cepat ke ponsel 3G.

Megapixel
Ukuran resolusi dalam kamera digital. Sama dengan satu juta pixel.

MMS   
Multimedia Messaging Service, layanan pesan yang memungkinkan suara, foto, dan video untuk diselipkan ke dalam pesan teks.

MP3
MPEG-1 Layer 3, yaitu standar kompresi paling umum untuk memproduksi file musik digital.

PictBridge
Standar komunikasi yang memungkinkan ponsel dan kamera digital untuk dikoneksikan secara langsung ke printer foto.

SMS
Short Messaging Service, yaitu pesan singkat dalam bentuk teks.

WAP
Wireless Application Protocol, yaitu standar internasional untuk aplikasi yang digunakan pada ponsel, misalnya untuk mengakses internet.  Dirancang khusus untuk mengatasi keterbatasan layar ponsel.

WCDMA
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, teknologi yang menyokong Jaringan 3G.

Wi-Fi
Istilah yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan suatu local area network (LAN) tanpa kabel yang memenuhi standar industri.

WLAN
Wireless Local Area Networks, yaitu koneksi nirkabel ke internet yang dapat ditemukan di rumah-rumah, perkantoran, atau hotspot umum.

WMA
Windows Media Audio, yaitu format kompresi Microsoft untuk file musik digital yang dapat dimainkan di Nokia N91.

XpressPrint
Paket solusi printing dari Nokia yang memungkinkan foto dicetak secara langsung dari handset secara online, di rumah, atau di toko-toko.

There is a new version of 3G Watcher (R2.6.0.3 build 1701) as part of the large WWAN download (as usual, they haven't updated the posted date... sigh)

There is a new BIOS version (dated 05/30/08 but with posted date of 07/01/08)

I'll check out the 3G Watcher, but I'm happy with my older (all wireless in tablet mode) BIOS. If anyone applies it, please let us know your results.

I've updated the information on the Vista Drivers page.

Having been following the 3G iPhone rumors since the beginning of 2008, I had high hopes tuning into Steve Job's WWDC08 keynote focusing mainly on the 3G iPhone, and ended up much disappointed. It seems that Apple spent most of its effort on the software side of changes (native SDK, App Store, Enterprise integration) and added just 2 main features hardware wise - UMTS, so that it can be called "3G", and GPS - neither of which can be considered as "innovative" in today's handset market.

A list of features still on the wish list:

Camera

• still 2.0MP with fixed focus, when many of today's camera phones are easily doing at least 3.2MP with auto focus and digital zoom (check out Sony Ericsson's K800i).
• no front facing camera and no video telephony. Yes, I know VT's image quality sucks because it uses 64kbps CSD bearer, but it's a freebie that comes as part of the 3G technology. Because of Apple's explicit ban on VOIP type of 3rd-party applications (to protect carriers' voice revenue), implementing a custom video telephony over IP solution is out of the question. Even if such an application exists, the lack of front-facing camera will make it a challenge to use (small mirror sales will go up maybe). Yet I can't decide whether to blame the carriers or Apple for this. Unlike our lucky friends in Europe and Asia, the exclusive 3G iPhone carrier in U.S. - AT&T - does not offer the VT feature (whether it's a network infrastructure limitation or they just turned the feature off, I don't know). Even if Apple could add this feature to the 3G iPhone, I'd imagine them being pressured by AT&T to remove it so that it won't "highlight" the limitation of the carrier. I wonder how the 3G iPhone will compete in Europe and Japan where pretty much all 3G handsets are capable of VT.

Accelerometer - I wouldn't complain about it had I not seen the Android prototype being demoed during Google IO 2008 keynote on the same Moscone West stage just 2 weeks prior to the WWDC08. In addition to an accelerometer, the Android prototype (which is an HTC I believe) added a digital compass that allows applications to do some really cool things.

Bluetooth - still just the handsfree profile (yeah, like I want to be caught dead with this blue-flashing thing plastered on my ear like a cyborg). What I really want is the serial port profile. I guess this is more of a software feature, one I don't think Apple will ever add because of how people will use it. For me, I will connect the iPhone to a $50 bluetooth GPS receiver and voila I have an iPhone with GPS. Why do I want to do that when the 3G iPhone already includes GPS? Well, like I said, it's a software feature, the new 2.0 firmware runs on both 2G and 3G iPhones, and the 2G iPhone does not have GPS. Even with a built-in GPS, the 3G iPhone can still benefit from an external GPS (I'll explain why later). If I can surf over WiFi and get GPS over bluetooth, I will hang on to my 2G iPhone and never need to upgrade (at least to the current 3G iPhone) - something Apple does not want to happen.

Storage - a given. Who doesn't want more?

No tethered mode - I want to be able to use my iPhone as a modem and enjoy the fast 3G network from my laptop on the go, Please!!!

Now let's take a look at the 2 features that did get added - 3G and GPS, but not before I sidetrack a little bit.

I was not a Mac fan until I got involved in iPhone development (yes, I do like my Mac and OS X, even a little more than Linux - can't believe I said that). So the WWDC08 keynote is the first full length presentation I watched given by Steve Jobs, a legendary presenter. Yet I was a bit put off by the misleading words and the lack of technical spec when he introduced the 3G iPhone. To this day I still hear people say that "the 3G iphone is thinner than the old iPhone", and I can't help but point out to them that the 3G iPhone is actually thicker, not thinner, by 0.02 inch, and that what Steve Jobs said, when he put up the picture of the new iPhone's profile, was "it's even thinner at the edges". Is Steve misleading or just a "glass half full" type of guy?

Going back to the main topics.

Although not an Apple innovation, 3G speed is definitely an exciting feature. The second frequent thing I hear people talk about is that the "3G iPhone is at least twice as fast as 2G and approaching Wi-Fi", because, well, that's what Steve said at the keynote. Steve Jobs presented the results of the 3G iPhone downloading the same page over EDGE, 3G and Wi-Fi, taking 59 sec, 21 sec and 17 sec, respectively, and from there draw the conclusion that 3G speed is 2.8x faster than EDGE and is approaching Wi-Fi. Well, depending on the link quality of the EDGE and 3G connections, the speed improvement can range from 1.6x to 30x. Between 3G and Wi-Fi (802.11b), the difference can range from 28x slower to only 1.5x slower. This is because data speed over EDGE can range from ~40kbps to ~240kbps for a typical 4-timeslot downlink configuration depending on the MCS class which is determined by the radio quality (most people get ~100kbps). Speed over 3G range from max non-HSDPA speed of 384kbps to max HSDPA speeds of 1.4M or 3.6M or 7.2M or more bits per second depending on handset's capability. So in addition to showing page download results, I wish Steve could have mentioned the technical spec and the capability of the 3G iPhone will be immediately apparent. It is rumored that iPhone 3G uses the Infineon PMB 8878 chipset capable of up to 7.2Mbps downlink. If that's true, it blows competitors like Nokia N95 out of the water as the latter is only a Cat 6 (3.6Mbps). I wonder the reason for Apple's overly modest statement on its website that the 3G iPhone is "Twice as fast, Half the price" and not blowing the trumpet on its 7.2Mbps CAPABILITY is, again, not to publicly humiliate AT&T, because AT&T's 3G network - the only nation-wide 3G network in US - is only capable of doing up to 1.4Mbps HSDPA. Again, while our friends in Europe and Asia will be able to enjoy the 3G iPhone's full HSDPA capability, people here in US are stuck with the pathetic AT&T's infrastructure. Apple and AT&T's strategy is "you won't miss what you don't know you're missing." Once upon a time US has the best of things in the world. Now in terms of telecom US is more like a third-world country.

So the 3G speed part kinda sucks here in US, leaving GPS as the only "shining point" of the new phone. After reading that the GPS feature on 3G iPhone is going to be A-GPS about a month ago (A for assisted), I was still hoping that it will really be a standalone GPS capable of using cellular network's assistance to get a faster location fix, and in poor satellite visibility (e.g., indoors), like certain A-GPS mobiles do; and that when there's no network assistance (e.g. when you are lost in the desert with no cell coverage), the GPS unit is still able to acquire its position, albeit taking longer. But judging from recent comments from Apple and reviews from early 3G iPhone adopters - that "the GPS chip is too weak to provide turn-by-turn navigation", "can't compete with standalone GPS" - I speculate that the type of A-GPS in the 3G iPhone is really mobile-assisted GPS, where the mobile only performs satellite measurements based on assistance data from the network, and let the network calculate where the mobile is. Compared to the other form of A-GPS, namely network-assisted GPS where mobile performs both satellite measurements and location calculation based on network assistance data, and the full standalone GPS, mobile-assisted GPS is the least taxing on mobile's capability and resource, allowing lower-end mobiles with weaker GPS receiver and less CPU power to still be able to get its location. Of course, this comes at a cost of extra delay in getting the location result. If the mobile is traveling at a high speed, by the time mobile sends the satellite measurements to the network and the network finishes calculation of the location result and sends it back, the mobile would have moved away significantly, which will make turn-by-turn navigation very hard. If the bluetooth serial port profile is allowed, then the 3G iPhone can optionally pair with a standalone GPS, bypassing the weak built-in GPS receiver.

To summarize, 3G, not an innovation - comes with changing to 3G chipset; HSDPA 7.2Mbps (speculation), impressive and can be considered innovative, yet the speed is unachievable in US yet. A-GPS, weakest kind, won't work without cellular network. Other hardware, no improvement.

How attractive is the 3G iPhone? You decide.

Yesterday was a very crazy day in the mobile telecommunications world. The long awaited iPhone by Apple is finally released in the Great White North (Canada). Despite the backlash of people who criticized Rogers' handling of the proposed iPhone plan structure and Rogers' request to ring in a promotional offer, people are quite excited to have this wonderful gadget. More on the protest of the plan structure can be founded on this post.

People have waited outside for days - in the rough weather and through new heights so they can finally get a hand of this device. Walking to have lunch one day, I saw a very few people who were standing outside a Rogers Video store trying to get their hands of the device. As a result some of the people are long gone, already got hands of the device.

Hours later, I was in Scarborough Town Centre getting a test drive of the wonderful device. It's a very cool device and the similiarities between the iPhone and the iPod touch are amazing.

People all across the nation waited long and hard for the iPhone, but many decided not to sink in because the provider lacks an "unlimited" data plan. As a result many people decide to protest the phone's release. For this occasion, competitors Bell and Telus decided to release two new phones both with unlimited data plans known as the Samsung Instinct and the HTC Touch Diamond respectively.

Despite a minor glitch in Rogers' activation system which was quickly fixed and resolved by technicians, people are really excited with joy with this wonderful device. Personally, I would consider getting an "unlocked" iPhone and probably stick with a pay-as-you-go plan (Right now, I'm with Telus and I share minutes with my older sister's monthly plan). Here are some videos of the iPhone launch:

Video #1:

Video #2:

To finish this blog off, I'm leaving you a music video from a band called The Moffatts. The song is called "Crazy". The reason that I choosed this video is that people are getting so crazy with the iPhone! Enjoy. Also, I'm also leaving you another music video, this time by a band called The Johnstones. Their song is called "gone for a long time".

The Moffatts - "Crazy":

The Johnstones - "Gone for a long time":

References:

"iWaiters no longer." Canwest News Service. 11 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/topics/news/topics/technology/story.html?id=b5988598-38d0-4f08-b967-d41dbe09b2b0>

"iPhone aficionados line up to do launch." Montreal Gazette. 12 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=a4e437b8-4849-43b4-9774-79cb219355fb>

"iPhone hits ground running in Calgary." Calgary Hearald. 12 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=91504236-efdc-4840-b42d-94e4a45d17b1>

"Slow boat to iPhone heaven." Toronto Star. 12 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/458984>

"Overnight iPhone wait 'worth it'." Vancouver Sun. 12 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=1cc511e8-19b5-4d4a-929e-12cf0cfcbac7>

"Crush of new iPhone owners puts iTunes store on mute." Ottawa Citizen. 12 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/bustech/story.html?id=47d7ceee-8777-4631-b0b9-2cc5e4a3bcf0>

"iPhone Frenzy Hits Toronto." CityNews.ca. 11 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24660.aspx>

"Halifax Consumers Get First Crack At iPhone In Canada." CityNews.ca. 11 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24677.aspx>

"Software Problems Bug Apple's Launch Of New iPhone." CityNews.ca. 11 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24676.aspx>

"What are you paying for? iPhone Product Specs." CityNews.ca. 11 July 2008. 12 July 2008. <http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_24671.aspx>

Berawal dari sini. ECS G10IL ini sudah dipersenjatai fitur-fitur komunikasi yang tergolong lengkap,mulai dari EDGE,HSUPA, dan HSDPA. Tapi sayangnya belum mendukung WiMAX. Notebook atau laptop ini akan diproduksi dalam dua versi yang pertama 8,9 Inch dan 10 Inch. Tapi, konon berita dari Dailytech.com versi 10 Inch ini yang akan meramaikan pasar mini laptop disana. Dan akan ada dipasaran pada bulan September dengan harga $399.

Kemudian G10IL akan menggunakan Linups Lite 9.4 untuk versi 8GB SSD,dan sepertinya versi ini yang dijual sekitar $399. Dan ada juga versi 80GB dengan OS Windows XP. ECS menambahkan bahwa G10IL ini pasarannya mengarah pada kaum bisnis dan kantoran yang membutuhkan mobilitas dan komunikasi yang tinggi.(bbs)(dailytech.com)

As many people are protesting against Rogers about their recently-unveiled cell phone plan structure for their highly anticipated iPhone, another competitor Bell decides to fight off against the iPhone by unveiling a new cell phone called the Samsung Instinct. The good things about the Samsung Instinct is that the plan includes totally unlimited data usuage as opposed to the 400MB data usage imposed by Rogers. Telus, another company is also launching a new cell phone and just like Bell, the plan includes totally unlimited data usage.

The phone that Bell will be releasing is the Samsung Instinct. Telus on the other hand will be releasing the HTC Touch Diamond.

Bell's unlimited internet access plan will cost $10 CDN per month and the Samsung Instinct will be selling for less that $150. Telus on the other hand will be offering the same thing, just like Bell - with a few differences:

Telus will offer an unlimited e-mail plan for $15 CDN per month or $30 CDN per month for e-mail, internet and instant messaging.

In other news, a website called oilchange.com has somewhat acquired the highly popular website ruinediphone.com. No word on why and how the ruinediphone website has been acquired. As for the recently concluded wireless spectrum auction in Canada, it is expect by next year, new carriers will be up and running and the competition will be invigoriously increased to reduce cell phone rates in half. Will it work? We'll see.

Remember in my last posting that what if Paul Gigliotti & Dave Thomson (of the now defunct band called "Wave") along with Lee Alsop and Ben Dunk (their friends) were to get the iPhone and wonder if they don't understand about Rogers (or Fido's) data plans were. Chances are they would end up like the guy who has a whopping $85,000CDN phone bill! As the old saying goes, things happen. The same thing will go for my friends Tarin, Laura, Jenny, Stacy P., Meghan and my trusted friend Bobby F. They will weigh in with the iPhone.

I guess their future won't be friendly after all.

References:

"Bell Mobility may offer cheaper less complex phone device." eCanadaNow.com. 4 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.ecanadanow.com/news/technology/bell-canada--fights-back-with-own-phone-20080704.html>

"Telus is Next to Launch Touch-Screen Phone with Unlimited Data." Marketnews.ca. 4 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://marketnews.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=3872>

"What happened to ruinediphone.com?." National Post. 2 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2008/07/02/what-happened-to-ruinediphone-com.aspx>

"iPhone 3G in Canada: Apple Doing to Rogers What Rogers Did to Consumers?." 6 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/07/06/iphone-3g-in-canada-apple-doing-to-rogers-what-rogers-did-to-consumers/>

"Customer Backlash on iPhone Rate Plans, Launch Approaches" Macrumors.com. 6 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.macrumors.com/2008/07/06/customer-backlash-on-iphone-rate-plan-pricing-launch-approaches/>

"Bell to offer smartphone with unlimited data plan." CBC.ca 3 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/03/bell-instinct.html>

"Solution to high iPhone prices is not to buy one." Vancouver Sun. 4 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=0def1ab0-a015-4125-8015-b57b21c1c823>

"Canada gets unlimited mobile browsing – but not for iPhone." itwire.com. 4 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19233/1103/>

"Bell first in Canada to launch the hot Samsung Instinct(TM)." Stockhouse.com 3 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=6962181>

"Is Samsung Instinct really an iPhone killer?." itbusiness.ca. 2 July 2008. 6 July 2008. <http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=49004>

Jika kita menginstall Win 98SE, tentu kita membutuhkan waktu sekitar 1 jam, namun dengan metode Cloning/Ghost ini, hanya dibutuhkan antara 2-8 menit.

Dengan metode yang sama jika digunakan di Win XP, maka hanya membutuhkan waktu sekitar 10 menit, sedangkan seharusnya membutuhkan waktu 1-2 jam.

Jika Ghost Win 98, saya rasa tidak terlalu bermasalah. Hardisk hasil ghost win 98 bisa dipindah-pindah dari 1 komputer ke komputer lainnya, tanpa terjadi kerusakan sistem/sistem tidak mendeteksi. Berbeda dengan win XP, Misal : kita menginstal ataupun mengcloning win XP di komputer A, setelah selesai, hardisk dipindah ke komputer B. Apa yang terjadi? Pada layar monitor anda akan muncul Blue Screen. Layar berwarna biru yang menunjukkan jika windows anda Hang/rusak. Tetapi apakah bener rusak? coba anda kembalikan ke komputer A lagi, ternyata windows normal, dan bisa dijalankan.

Nah, ini yang akan kita bahas kali ini. Agar Hardisk kita bisa dipindah-pindah ke komputer lain, dan komputer tersebut langsung dapat digunakan, caranya sangat mudah.

1. Setelah proses Install selesai (bisa juga setelah proses ghost), maka yang perlu anda lakukan adalah, restart, kemudian setelah masuk windows klik kanan pada My Computer ==> Properties ==> Hardware ==> Device Manager ==> Ide ATA/ATAPI controllers

Setelah itu akan muncul 3 hardware terdeteksi :

1. Primary IDE channel

2. Secondary IDE channel

3.  VIA Bus Master IDE controller (tergantung mainboard anda)

Setting "standard" ketiga hardware tersebut, caranya :

Pada Primary IDE channel Klik kanan ==> Update Drivers...  ==> pada Hardware Update Wizard, pilih Install form a list or spesific location (Advanced)  ==> Klik Next ==> pilih Don't search. I will choose the driver to install, kemudian klik Next ==> Klik Standard IDE/ESDI Hardisk Controller, Klik Next ==> Finish

Lakukan cara yang sama untuk hardware nomor 2 dan 3.

setelah itu silakan direstart komputer, dan coba sekarang anda pindah hardisk tersebut ke komputer lain, pasti tidak masalah lagi....

The biggest winners are Rogers, Telus and Bell. New entrants include the folllowing: Quebecor (in Quebec), Globalive (known for it's YAK brand), Data & Audio Visual Enterprises (aka DAVE), Shaw (mainly in the western provinces from B.C. to Manitoba), SaskTel (in Saskatchewan) and an unknown company called Tirabassi.

If you people want to view the bidders' summary, please click here.

After the announcement that the iPhone is finally coming to Canada, many consumers began to start protesting against the plans that Rogers and Fido have implemented. There was also a speculation that if you suddenly want to break out of your iPhone for a number of time, you will be charge a maximum of $1100CDN. Details on this can be founded at this link, although the information has been corrected after the blog posting have been issued. Many people decided to protest against Rogers and Fido's final plan structure, while others decided to go to the extreme by signing a petition located at www.ruinediphone.com (which at this time of blog posting, closed down without notice but still active). One blogger decided to post his/her views about the iPhone petition and telling the word to Mr. Ted Rogers and Sir Steve Jobs about the unfair and unconstitutional pricing.

Currently, there is no "real" competition from among many wireless carriers in Canada unlike the U.S or A. There are three dominant players in the Canadian Wireless Market: Rogers, Telus and Bell. There are some other providers out there, but the majority of these so-called MVNO's (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) run on one of the big players' networks. For example Virgin Mobile and Solo Mobile run on Bell Mobility's network, while Koodo runs on Telus' network. An auction is currently underway to see who will the next national carrier in the wireless industry.

Although no official details are not set up after the auction has ended, we can say that the new entrants will include the following:

• Globalive (known for it's Yak brand) encompasses on building a nationwide network.
• Shaw will be restricted to Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg)
• Quebecor will be restricted in La Belle Province (that's the nickname for Quebec, FYI)
• Bragg Communications (aka Eastlink) will operate in Atlantic Canada
• Data AV (or DAVE) will be in the urban-centric chokehold in Canada.

As for the big three players, Bell, Telus and Rogers are the majority of holding the big licences. Rogers scored 52 licences worth $929 Million CDN, Bell holds at 54 licences worth $719 Million CDN and Telus holds 56 licences worth $855.3 Million CDN. It's highly likely that Bell and Telus will team up to build and deploy a 3G HSPA/GSM network all across Canada, eventually marking the demise of CDMA - the commonly used cell phone technology in North America.

As for the iPhone, there are some rumours that the iPhone will trim cell phone rates in half. We'll just have to wait and see. What if Paul Gigliotti and Dave Thomson from the now-defunct band called "Wave" were to shoot for an ad campaign for Data AV? I can imagine if my friends Tarin, Laura and Jenny were to see those guys in a TV commercial and they want to get the phones supplied by DAVE. The rest is up to them.

References:

"Canadians Blast iPhone Pricing." PCWorld.com. 02 July 2008. 02 July 2008. <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147839/canadians_blast_iphone_pricing.html>

"AT&T Contract Free iPhone – Possible Relief for Canadians." GizmoRepublic.com. 02 July 2008. 02 July 2008. <http://www.gizmorepublic.com/portable/contract-fee-iphone-6210>

"iPhone Canada plans to match AT&T?." Electronista.com. 18 June 2008. 02 July 2008. <http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/18/iphone.3g.canada.plan.leak/>

"iPhone 3G will need 'unbricking' when purchased?." crave.cnet.com. 30 June 2008. 02 July 2008. <http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9980676-1.html>

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