What’s hot and predictions on 2009

2009 Whats hot and predictions on 2009

2009 has been on its 3rd week, so I guess I’m not too late to issue my prediction. It is just ‘wild’ predictions for 2009 based on my reading and ‘sixth’ sense. Some of it are baseless and open for arguments icon smile Whats hot and predictions on 2009

1. Iphone won’t make it presence officially in Malaysia. So don’t wait. Buy from the grey market.

2. Netflix in Malaysia. Just see how junkies Malaysia are.

3. Proton MPV will be an instant success to Proton due to overwhelming respond and feedback from motorist during the test drive

4. Proton release the Proton Waja-replacement passenger car by end of this year

5. Toyota Camry will be used in Penang as its MP and state executive official car. ‘Nice’ huh, following the step of Selangor and Perak state gov. Luckily not Merc or Beemer.

6. Malaysia won’t be in recession, think positive!. Although the economy will slowing down its pace.  The leadership shift this March will hopefully at least steers Malaysia away from current position.

7. The second LCCT terminal in Labu negeri Sembilan won’t get materialized. Certain content here make sense why it shouldn’t be approved at the first place.

8. Air Asia X fly to the US. Yeah, imagine paying RM1000 to the US.

9. Dell Malaysia closing it Bukit Mertajam plant. The rumors might true at the end of the day.

10. Affected by the internal financial scandal, Satyam resizing its operation in Cyberjaya.

11. U-Mobile won’t be able to compete effectively with other telcos and hence cease its operations.

12. DIGI rolled out its 3g services.

13. Streamyx launch 10MB bandwidth to all users. Heard the rumors from insider, hope it is true and with comparable price.

14. The economy corrirodors announced by PM last year will be just another ‘happy hour’ stories

15. Hill slide development will still be approved.

16. Cigar & liquor tax will get the price increase yet again.

17. Fuel price stay at the in region or $35- $50 per barrel due to economy crisis.

18. US economy will even worsen lead by the Detroit’s big 3 car maker, which will finally close it business.

19. Obama will follow the legacy of George Bush especially in its foreign policy.

20. The emerging of Russia as another super powers to balance current world order

So that’s it. What others have said.

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How netbooks fare with computers

The netbooks obviously gaining a lot of attention recently, thanks to the OLPC & Asus Eee PC who ‘invent ‘ such a cool device and open a way for fierce competition from other manufacturers. Like what I’d wrote yesterday, there are bunches of netbooks on display during my visit to KL’s Pikom PC Fair as well.

Come to the stat, Hitwise’s top 10 most searched for computers by UK Internet users during November 2008, shows that netbooks accounts for 1 in every 7 computer related search. It is also predicted that netbooks will continue to gain market on the expense of computers, especially during the ‘credit crunch’ crisis and the price that lower than its more & powerful sibling.

Started as a low cost computer as an alternative to a full-fledged computer, now netbook has been marketed as a gadget that peoples buy for mobility purpose or secondary computer. Such marketing was fruitful with millions of unit shipped so far.

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Samsung NC10 surprisingly topping the Top Netbooks cart with Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee on 2nd and 3rd place respectively. This is a stark contrast with image of Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee which is very synonym with netbook before other player jump on the wagon.

And although Dell is the most search brand in November, Dell Mini Inspiron only ranked on distant 7th place. The stat doesn’t include netbook such as  HP Mini or Lenovo Ideapad.

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PC Fair 2008 kicking your wallet

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Another round of PC fair, which would be the last for year 2008. Guess what.. I’m not visiting any PC this year, because we were rewarded with ‘something‘ greater than gadget this year.

Nevertheless, this is just a heads up for those who wants to spend year end bonus (haven’t got mine) with shining new gadget.  But bear in mind, to spare some for the rainy day

This is the schedule for this week’s PC Fair. Full list can be viewed here

12 – 14 December 2008 (11:00am – 9:00pm)

KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50888 Kuala Lumpur

Mahkota Parade Melaka, Melaka – Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Bandar Hilir

Dewan Suarah, Bintulu, Sarawak – Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi, 97008 Bintulu

Batu Pahat (BP) Mall, Batu Pahat, Johor – Jalan Kluang, 83000 Batu Pahat

Gmail goes desktop

Got a hands on experience with Gmail gadget in Google Desktop after released a week ago. My impression is, this is a lite version of Gmail, accessible from your desktop with Google Desktop.

All basic email features are available (forward, reply, compose, except delete) as well as ‘star’ feature. Emails still can be viewed via ‘email thread’, but there is no ‘label’ feature available. Meaning that you can’t label emails and view all emails grouped by label.

Keep in mind that Google Desktop requires internet connection to work, so that your Gmail on desktop won’t be disconnected.

I still prefer using IMAP over this gadget, as I’m not a heavy Google Desktop user, and rarely got it switched on.

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