Nokia E72 - Take Your Conversation Further

The long-awaited successor to the popular Nokia E71 is finally here. The Nokia E72 is commercially available in Malaysia at the following recommended retail price of RM1,670.

You can now take your conversation further with Nokia E72.

Boasting an entire host of upgraded features for easy convenience and fast efficiency, the Nokia E72 is perfect for those who are constantly on the go. What’s more, the sleek and contemporary design is home to a messaging powerhouse that supports instant messaging (IM) accounts (such as Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi, amongst many others) provided by Nokia Messaging direct from the homescreen for the first time. With Nokia Messaging, email junkies will relish the instant access to multiple personal mail accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Mail, Ovi Mail, e.t.c directly on the Nokia E72. Of course for work emails, there are Microsoft Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.

With the convenience and connectivity that comes with the built-in 3.5G and Wi-Fi, also comes performance and efficiency with the optical navigation key that makes scrolling through emails a breeze. The Nokia E72 also features a fully integrated QWERTY keypad and a clear QVGA display that maximizes performance – all this, on the go!

And finally, as the saying goes: work hard, play hard. The Nokia E72 definitely has not forgotten this with its entertainment features that include 37.5 hours of music playback time and up to 16GB of storage space for music, images and various apps that can be downloaded from the Ovi Store. And if that entertainment isn’t enough for thrill-seekers, take the Nokia E72 on a joy ride to discover exciting new places with the built-in Assisted –GPS receiver and Nokia Maps application.

The E72 will be available in three colours: Zodium black, Topaz brown and Metal grey.

Key features of the Nokia E72 include:

· Numeric keypad, QWERTY keyboard

· One-touch keys for the Home, Calendar, Contacts and Email icons

· Intuitive Optical Navi Key

· Supports multiple simultaneous email accounts, emails with attachments or with filtering, as well as HTML email support

· HSDPA maximum speed: 10.2 Mbps

· Integrated A-GPS with compass

· Nokia Maps 3.0

· 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with autofocus and flash

Perihal Handphone Keluaran China

Yahaya menunjukkan telefon bimbit yang didakwa meletup semasa ia sedang digunakan di rumahnya di Manjung semalam.

Telefon Meletup, Nasib Tidak Buta
Oleh NORSHARUDDIN SAPIAN

MANJUNG - Seorang peniaga nyaris buta mata kirinya selepas telefon bimbit murah buatan China yang sedang digunakan tiba-tiba meletup di rumahnya di Kampung Sitiawan di sini semalam.

Mangsa yang mahu dikenali sebagai Yahaya, 45, berkata, semasa kejadian pukul 3.30 petang, dia sedang bercakap dengan rakannya manakala telefon itu pula sedang dicaj.

"Selepas telefon itu habis bateri, saya yang masih berbual dengan rakan di talian cuba mengecaj semula sambil meneruskan perbualan.

"Ketika menyambung wayar pengecaj ke telefon, tiba-tiba telefon yang masih di telinga saya terasa panas sebelum saya nampak ada percikan,'' dakwa beliau.

Menurut Yahaya, beliau terus mencampak telefon tersebut yang juga mengeluarkan bunyi letupan kuat.

"Jika saya tak sempat campak, mungkin letupan itu boleh mencederakan mata saya atau muka saya sekali," kata beliau.

Bagaimanapun, dalam kejadian itu, dia bernasib baik kerana tidak cedera.

Yahaya berkata, telefon murah buatan China itu baru dibeli beberapa bulan lalu dengan harganya yang jauh lebih rendah berbanding telefon bimbit berjenama lain.

Jelasnya, ini masalah pertama yang dihadapinya dalam tempoh dia menggunakan telefon tersebut.

"Memang saya tahu kualitinya tidak setanding dengan telefon berjenama tetapi tidak sangka pula ia begitu bahaya,'' katanya yang serik untuk membeli telefon sama selepas ini.

Sumber daripada Kosmo

Lambakan Telefon China Tak Gugat Samsung

PENERAJU pasaran telefon bimbit terkemuka dunia, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (Samsung) tidak gentar dengan lambakan telefon bimbit keluaran China yang jauh lebih murah di pasaran terutama rantau Asia Tenggara.

Naib Presiden Serantau dan Ketua Pegawai Pemasaran Samsung Asia Pte Ltd, Kim Jeong-Wook, berkata pihaknya pernah melalui pengalaman sama menerusi produk lain sebelum ini.

“Oleh itu kami tidak gentar kerana yakin dengan produk kami sendiri yang pasti menjadi pilihan pengguna kerana kualiti serta khidmat sokongan disediakan kepada pengguna di seluruh dunia.

“Namun begitu, kami akui ia memang ada mendatangkan kesan negatif kepada pasaran Samsung dan keseluruhan pasaran secara amnya. Mereka pengeluar yang agak bijak kerana ada produk yang dijual memiliki reka bentuk hampir sama dengan kami,” katanya.

Menurut Kim, bagaimanapun biasanya orang tak lama bertahan dengan produk keluaran China kerana mereka tidak menyediakan khidmat lepas jualan.

“Dibandingkan dengan kami, kami sentiasa menyediakan perkhidmatan lepas jualan paling baik, selain kualiti produk yang tinggi dan sudah diperakui sejak sekian lama tidak kira ianya telefon bimbit atau produk lain,” katanya pada sidang media sempena pelancaran telefon bimbit Samsung Innov8 di Vietnam, baru-baru ini.

Samsung Innov8 ialah telefon bimbit pertama seumpamanya beroperasi atas platform sistem operasi Symbian OS dilengkapi kamera digital beresolusi lapan megapiksel.

Sumber daripada myMetro

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Hotlink 365 Stretches Prepaid Validity to 365 Days

Mr Tan Lay Han (right), Maxis Head of Consumer Marketing, launching Hotlink 365, the first prepaid service that stretches prepaid validity to 365 days.

Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 2008 - Hotlink, the country’s no. 1 prepaid service from Maxis Communications Berhad (“Maxis”), today redefined the Malaysian prepaid mobile market with the introduction of Hotlink 365. This new service is the first of its kind to be offered in Malaysia. It allows the customer to make and receive calls for the entire 365 days, thereby enabling full utilisation of prepaid credit balances within the period. Customers now can enjoy uninterrupted service over the 365 days. To subscribe to Hotlink 365, prepaid customers only need to pay RM33 for the one-year validity, and top up RM30 within the first six months of signing up.

At the launch of the Hotlink 365 today, Tan Lay Han, Maxis Head of Consumer Marketing, said, “Hotlink 365 is a new service that offers our customers a more innovative option for mobile connectivity. Current prepaid services in Malaysia offer validity periods of between 10 to 30 days, and customers are required to reload to be able to make outgoing calls. With Hotlink 365, customers have the flexibility to reload anytime to make calls within the 365 day period. The customer’s line can remain active for just about 9 sen/ day. We are certain that Hotlink 365 will benefit our customers by allowing them to keep their lines active for a longer period.”

Both existing and new customers can subscribe to this service. To subscribe, Hotlink customers need to ensure the account is active with a minimum balance of RM33. The customer then needs to dial *108*6#. RM33 will be deducted from the account. The customer will then receive an SMS confirmation within three days informing her that her prepaid validity has been extended by 365 days.

If the customer still has paid validity in her account, her new validity will include both the existing paid and the new 365 day validity. All benefits earned by existing customers will remain intact after the activation of this service.

Hotlink has consistently been offering innovative products to its customers. It recently extended its Activ5 programme to an Activ10 programme that offers customers cheaper mobile rates for calls to 10 friends and family members, and also introduced the Super Savers programme which offers cheaper calls via creative bundling packages. Both programmes can be activated easily by dialling *100#. Hotlink 365 is the latest in Hotlink’s value offerings to its customers. For more information, please visit www.hotlink.com.my.

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RM100,000 cash every week with DiGi Prepaid’s Easy Win Contest

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 April 2008: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“DiGi”) makes it easy for its customers to win RM100,000 a week through DiGi Prepaid’s Easy Win Contest. More than RM1,200,000 worth of cash and free talktime is up for grabs for its prepaid customers over a period of 8 weeks.

DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd’s Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant Nancy Tan said, “DiGi takes ‘easy’ to the next level with this contest where customers can win big effortlessly. This contest, for instance, will see 800 customers winning 1 year of free talktime and 8 more lucky customers winning RM100,000 in cash every week.”

“Customers only need to perform a reload of RM30 and above, which automatically makes them eligible to enter the contest,” she added.

There are two tiers to the contest:

1) Weekly prize of 1 year’s free talktime

· Every 2000th customer who reloads RM30 and above will be shortlisted every week.

· Upon receiving a call from DiGi, just answer 3 simple questions correctly in the fastest time to win free talktime to the value of RM50 every month for 12 months.

· There will be 100 winners every week.

2) Weekly grand prize of RM100,000

· All customers who reload RM50 and above will stand a chance to win the RM100,000 weekly grand prize.

· The winner will be selected through the process described below:

1) A number of which will represent the position of reload for the week will be pre-selected by a third party.

2) Then, the winner is determined when his/her position of reload matches the number, which was selected earlier.

3) He/she will then have to answer 1 question correctly.

· There will be eight winners of the RM100,000 over eight (8) weeks.

Winners will be announced on www.digi.com.my and press advertisements.

DiGi Prepaid will be running fear-themed roadshows at key shopping malls throughout the country over the contest period.to make it easier for customers to reload. The roadshows offer skin crawling fun and games in support of its interesting campaign theme that one doesn’t need to go through tough, daring challenges to win RM100,000.

“DiGi is always looking for new and exciting ways to engage with our customers. For instance, last year DiGi gave away 50 cars in 50 days in celebration of Malaysia’s 50^th birthday. It drew tremendous response,” added Tan.

The DiGi Prepaid’s Easy Win Contest ends 26^th May 2008.

Mini Race at 1U by Nokia

I took part in the mini "Nokia N82 Soul of the Night" race in 1 Utama (1U) Shopping Centre after the launch of "The Discover the Soul of the Night" campaign presented by Nokia today. With a team of 5 (from left Victor Stephen, A. Jospeh, Vincent Chung, me and Simon Chow), we were given 30 minutes to complete all four tasks. In oder to complete the task, we have to go to the identified place and snap a picture of the storefront in 1U by using N82. Then we must upload the picture to Flickr with preset account (we got Angelica - a young-pretty game marshal to assist us).

Task 1: "I've got to get a gift for my neighbour's kid. He's 8 and loves toys. Where'd you buy that gift?"

Our Answer: Toy City


Task 2: "Friends are coming down for the holidays. The love singing. Where should i take them?"

Our Answer: Jukebox

Task 3: "1'm told i can get some petty breath-taking panoramic views of KL from One Utama, where should i go?"

Our Answer: bird-eye view from roof top floor of 1U

Task 4: "Ah... now it's time to go grab some dinner. Problem is my hubby's a vegetarian. Where can i eat?"

Our Answer: Yisheshu

For more information on the Nokia N82 Wireless Adventure 2: Discover the Soul of the Night (SOTN), click here.

Mobile and Wireless Group Launches the Atom V

Kuala Lumpur, 2 April 2008 – Mobile and Wireless Group (MWg) today announced the availability of the Atom V. The handset with inbuilt GPS, exclusively designed for MWg, will be available at authorised retailers in Malaysia in the first week of April 2008.

MWg’s Atom V is the ideal partner for navigating the city streets. The Atom V’s inbuilt SiRF Star-III GPS chipset is every urban explorer’s trusty companion, ensuring that users always find their way to their next destination.

With Atom V’s host of connectivity options, users are always only a call or email away, no matter how far away from home. The high speed 3.5G HSDPA and onboard Wi-Fi lets users stay connected, available and ready anytime, anywhere.

The handset features a slim profile of 14.95mm and is bathed in a midnight blue hue. The exclusive design features a 2.8” LCD screen that extends throughout the front face of the device. This touch screen surface combined with the scroll wheel and four buttons strike a perfect balance of form and function.

When it comes to speed, the Atom V features an Intel processor running Microsoft® Windows Mobile 6 Professional® at a zippy 520 Mhz. The speedy CPU provides a responsive and intuitive user experience without being a drain on power resources. This ensures up to 3.5 hours talk time, or 150 hours standby time, depending on usage.

Rounding off MWg’s maiden product is a host of features such as a 2.0 mega-pixel camera with auto focus and FM radio with RDS (Radio Data System) that provides data on the station, the current track on air from a station and even traffic alerts.

“We see ourselves in a unique position of having inherited the premium heritage of a global brand and the agility and flexibility of a start-up.” said Mark Billington, CEO of MWg.

“As a start-up, we naturally work with like-minded and innovative partners to offer an engaging experience for our customers. Our devices are designed to complement the consumers’ lifestyle needs.”

MWg is a Singapore-based start-up, formed by the former management of O2 Asia, which develops and markets premium converged devices for a global market. Since its formation in November 2007, the company consolidated its presence in Asia with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Middle East, it has also expanded into UK and USA. Through an investment by London-listed online retailer eXpansys, MWg will also expand its retail channels to cover the online demand for its products.

Atom V is the first product to be launched in Asia under MWg and the third product to be launched in the US and the EU (after Atom Life and Ubiquio 503g). A further three to six products are planned in 2008 including the Zinc II to be launched in Q2.

The Atom V will retail at RM2,368 inclusive of a 12 month local warranty.

Rezeki Deepavali... Tuah Hari Raya Haji

, Bermula pada malam 7 November 2007 iaitu malam Deepavali, tanpa disangka walau sentiasa mengharap agar kad nama ku dipilih pada malam Media Appreciation Night anjuran Sungei Wang Plaza (SWP), untuk memenangi cabutan bertuah, dan sesungguhnya rezeki menyebelahi aku! Tanpa disangka walau penuh mengharap, tuah juga menyebelahi aku lagi hari ini!

Semasa menghadiri pelancaran Motorola V9, sebagai salah satu kaedah mendekatkan pihak media dengan produk yang dilancarkan, pihak media ditugaskan untuk melengkapkan jawapan kuiz bagi melayakkan peserta mengambil bahagian dalam cabutan bertuah. Tanpa banyak songeh, aku menjalankan tanggungjawab penuh dedikasi, mengisi semua jawapan dan meletakkan kad jawapan dalam bekas yang disediakan. Sambil meletakkan kad itu, aku sempat berseloroh dengan Eric Chong, Area Director, Mobile Devices, Motorola Electronics Sdn Bhd (Motorola) agar memilih aku sebagai pemenang Motorola V9 yang baru dilancarkan itu. Kami difahamkan hanya 3 orang pemenang akan dipilih. Adakah aku menjadi salah seorang daripadanya? Peluang ada... tapi 1/30 atau barangkali 1/50! Aiman tak kisah... aku berusaha mengharap lagi dan bergurau dengan Zul (nama mesra untuk Zulkifli Mat Jusoh) Marketing Manager, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola agar menyebut namaku walau pun kad orang lain yang dicabut. Nampak sangat aku desperado. Tentu sekali Zul tak buat macam tu. Kalau ianya berlaku, orang yang patut menang tu tentu akan guna V9 yang nipis 13.4mm tu sembelih aku seperti tayangan iklan v9.

Dua telefon bimbit dah dihadiahkan, tinggal satu lagi yang akan dicabut kad pemenangnya oleh Carie Ho, Assistant Marketing Manager, Personel Communications Sector, Motorola. Inilah peluang terakhir aku untuk menang. Tak pun, kena balik dengan hampa setelah banyak melantak cock-tail dan minum bergelas-gelas air gas yang disediakan. Nasib menyebelahi aku! Impian menjadi kenyataan kerana nama syarikat yang disebut dahulu telah membuatkan aku teruja kerana Si Zaleha, Sub Editor majalah Ering tak ambil bahagian. "Dah tentu lah aku yang menang," jerit hatiku. Belum pun namaku disebut, aku dah bersorak kegirangan seperti orang separuh gila. Bebanyak terima kasih kepada Motorola yang menghadiahkan aku Motorola RAZR V9 yang berharga RM1,888.00, yang akan berada di pasaran mulai 20 Disember 2007. (Gambar di bawah sebelah aku tu ialah Carie Ho, Assistant Marketing Manger, Personal Communications Sector, Motorola Electronics Sdn Bhd.)

Emmm... nampaknya Deepavali menang alat mengurut OSIM di majlis SWP dan Hari Raya Haji menang Moto V9 di majlis Motorola... dan apa yang akan kumenangi pula pada sambutan X'mas ni ek?!!