To charge or not to charge
May/100
Worry about whether or not to charge your iPhone/iPod Touch/Mac when there is still battery? Read this article on litium ion based battery by batteryuniversity.com
Battery research is focusing heavily on lithium chemistries, so much so that one could presume that all portable devices will be powered with lithium-ion batteries in the future. In many ways, lithium-ion is superior to nickel and lead-based chemistries and the applications for lithium-ion batteries are growing as a result.
Lithium-ion has not yet fully matured and is being improved continuously. New metal and chemical combinations are being tried every six months to increase energy density and prolong service life. The improvements in longevity after each change will not be known for a few years.
A lithium-ion battery provides 300-500 discharge/charge cycles. The battery prefers a partial rather than a full discharge.
Frequent full discharges should be avoided when possible. Instead, charge the battery more often or use a larger battery. There is no concern of memory when applying unscheduled charges.
Sooo… Charge your iPod now! You need the extra juice to last you the train ride 
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5 Myths About Jailbreaking
May/100
Came across this article. Thought I would share it with everyone.
When talking to prospective jailbreakers, I am both shocked and outraged by the lies and myths that they swallow. They will believe almost anything, simply because it is said by men in suits from apple.
1. Jailbreaking is illegal.
This is the argument that I hear most often, and the one apple fan-boys (and girls!) defend resiliently. The simple truth is, it’s not. The law states that “reverse-engineering of hardware is acceptable in order to add functionality”. Jailbreaking certainly adds functionality, so there should be no leg for apple to stand on, yet they resort to these scare tactics.
2. Jailbreaking voids the warranty.
This is not true. Because the restore process unmounts the drives (according to ih8sn0w- a prominent member of the jailbreaking community) there is *no* possibility of apple finding out that it was previously jailbroken. All of the software is wiped, including the products of the jailbreak. A friend of mine had jailbroken his ipod touch when the screen started to come loose at the edges. He restored it and took it back to apple. They issued a replacement; no questions asked.
3. Jailbreaking damages your iDevice.
I cannot stress enough how useful the restore option in iTunes is. *Whatever* happens, you can always restore. Since DFU mode is built into hardware, there is no way that you can modify it. As a result, there will be no situation in which your iDevice won’t restore. Seriously, try it out. SSH in as root and delete everything. That’s right; everthing. A restore will still work. I know, it sounds crazy! I didn’t believe too so I tried it. Needless to say, I was shocked and overjoyed when iTunes fixed it.
4. Jailbreaking leaves your device open to hacks.
I must admit, this is based partly in truth. However, it was the users’ fault, not the jailbreak’s. They installed openSSH, yet didn’t change the password. This is downright idiotic. Imagine creating an email adress and leaving the password as “password” then complaining about getting hacked into. You’d get laughed at. It’s the same principle here. There are some easy to follow guides on the internet of how to change your root password, something highly recommended.
5. Jailbreaking doesn’t add functionality; it is only used to get cracked apps.
Is being able to background apps not adding functionality? Is theming not adding functionality? Is being able to circumvent pointless “protections” by apple (such as apps not being able to change screen brightness) not adding functionality? Is instant access toggles from anywhere (sbsettings-check it out!) not adding funcionality? Suddenly this argument seems petty doesn’t it? I’ll admit it, a high proportion of users jailbreak for the abilty to get cracked apps. I do not condone this at all. However, anti-jailbreakers need to realise that we’re not all criminals. A lot of us jailbreak for one simple reason; it allows our devices to reach their full potential.
In order for the jailbreak community to flourish we need to better educate possible jailbreakers of the misinformation they are being fed by so called “impartial” bloggers.
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Time pass by very slowly…
Jul/090
Morning… it always pass by very slowly. By once it past 12pm, time seem to speed up. Or was it because of the coffee I habitually drank every afternoon? Time is relative. Time is how our mind perceive it… Einstein is indeed the smartest person alive to invent the Theory of Relativity. (Either that, or he must have a heavy dose of caffeine that day)
Yesterday, I went out with Edmund and Lim Han. Took Bus 135 to AMK Hub and I really want to mention a very friendly bus driver. When we are waiting for the bus to come to a halt, Mr Driver signal to us to stop walking to catch with the bus. He stopped right in front of us for our convenience. When we boarded the bus, Mr Driver greeted us and waited till we sat down before giving a hand signal indicating he’s leaving the bus stop. Mr Driver waved at fellow bus drivers along the way.
His hand signs is so much that I can feel that some people sitting at my side is noising their irritation. It goes to show that in this world, its hard to please everyone. When a bus driver is rude, people complain. When Mr Driver of Bus 135 shows abit of friendliness, people get uncomfortable and talk behind his back (literally, its behind his back right?).
That’s why I really want to take this chance to compliment Mr Driver of Bus 135. That’s also why I recorded down the event on my iTouch just in case I forget. For those who can’t read chinese (like my dear), it say, ‘I met a very friendly bus driver today. Was almost shocked by his friendliness’ and I also recorded down the Bus license plate in case there is a chance I can vote for the ‘Most Friendly Bus Driver’. Forward this the SBS or something. Mr Driver deserve an award or something =)
After meeting Lim Han and Edmund, we had lunch and went ‘guy shopping’. Can really see the difference when guys shop and when gals shop. We are very specific. We just go straight to the store we want. Never walk around just to look, see, look, see…
Edmund wanted to buy a new phone. How can a Apple Fanboy not pushed the iPhone to him? Eventually, I convinced Edmund, iPhone is a good buy. Value for money, app-based and will not go out of date so fast (unlike other phone whereby you are tempted to buy a new one when a new model came out). An older model of iPhone will work the same as the new model when you update the software. The only difference is that newer model will have better spec (more memory, faster processor). Don’t think an iPhone as a phone. Think it as a miniature computer (I wasn’t the only person saying that, fyi).
It can do anything a computer can do, if you seriously think about it. There are more than 30k apps (last checked) and growing… There are apps for ‘Working Out’, apps for ‘Managing Money’, apps for ‘Getting Things Done’… and more.
Yeap. I’m also brainwashing my fellow blog reader. At $199 with plan, you can’t go wrong. No plan? Use a friend’s Singtel plan to buy
We went to play L4D afterwards. As you can see, there’s only 3 of us. In the campaign, Dead Air, we barely survived to the last stage if not for a stranger playing as the 4th player. We were killed 2 time in the last stage before… we win and escaped. He escaped. The stranger managed to survive while me, Edmund and Lim Han die.
Yes… all 3 of us noob die in the end even if we completed the game.
Ciao.
P.S. love my dear, 5andra, very much XD
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