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The Dude

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Jul 11, 2007, 11:11:58 PM7/11/07
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like the subject sez!

Wombat

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Jul 12, 2007, 1:56:00 AM7/12/07
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:11:58 +0800, The Dude
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>like the subject sez!

Wait until your neck long long ler.

Word is that it may not be released in every country in Asia because
Apple want to use the tie-up concept like with AT&T in the US. You
cannot just buy one from somewhere and plug in a sim card and expect
to be able to use it. You have to sign up a certain plan for a certain
time period (2 years in the US) with a certain telco in order to
unlock the phone and use all its features.

However, hackers in the US are able to bypass this locked-phone
feature and use the phone as an iPod and its PDA functions but not the
phone itself.

Khairy Jamaludin bought two iPhones on his recent trip to the USA and
sign up with AT&T over there for 2 years in order to use the phone.
Now that he is back in Malaysia, I suppose he can still use the phone
but every incoming call and outgoing calls/sms will be charged at
international roaming rates so he will be paying his phone bill
through his nose. On second thought, he may be paying his phone bill
with his spare change.

The iPhone also cannot simply change battery wan because the battery
is soldered to the phone's board. In the USA if you want to change the
battery it will cost you US$80 and you have to send the phone to an
Apple dealer or something and needs 3 days to do the job.

Granted the iPhone is insanely great (I thought so at first and still
thinks so), with all the above hassles, I don't think I want one.
Anyway I am already over my upgrade-a-new-phone-every-3-months phase
so I don't think I will miss it much....

...until I actually hold one in my hands.... :-)

--
Wombat - A marsupial with an attitude.
http://wombat-blues.blogspot.com/

kaizer_zef

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Jul 12, 2007, 2:58:30 AM7/12/07
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"Wombat" <moun...@for.sale.real.cheap> wrote in message
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>
> Khairy Jamaludin bought two iPhones on his recent trip to the USA and
> sign up with AT&T over there for 2 years in order to use the phone.
> Now that he is back in Malaysia, I suppose he can still use the phone
> but every incoming call and outgoing calls/sms will be charged at
> international roaming rates so he will be paying his phone bill
> through his nose. On second thought, he may be paying his phone bill
> with his spare change.
>
> --
> Wombat - A marsupial with an attitude.
> http://wombat-blues.blogspot.com/

wah wombie..you fren-fren with khairy jamaludin ka? got any glc to
sell...hehehe

--
[kaizer zef]


beauwlf

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Jul 12, 2007, 4:02:29 AM7/12/07
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"kaizer_zef" <kaize...@sand.warehouse.com> wrote in message
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eleh ask Dave la, his friend is TMJ lagi power ....


The Dude

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Jul 12, 2007, 5:00:35 AM7/12/07
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> eleh ask Dave la, his friend is TMJ lagi power ....
>
>

uish... power woo.

Wombat

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Jul 12, 2007, 5:36:11 AM7/12/07
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:58:30 +0800, "kaizer_zef"
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>wah wombie..you fren-fren with khairy jamaludin ka? got any glc to
>sell...hehehe

I wish. He wrote in his NST column last week ler... I think it was
Sunday's NST on 8-7-2007...

Rkaru

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Jul 12, 2007, 7:03:32 AM7/12/07
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The Dude wrote:
> like the subject sez!

Not bothered. Do I have to say why?

Kancil Killer

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Jul 12, 2007, 9:05:06 AM7/12/07
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it does not play games, built-in battery, geez... I'll skip

"The Dude" <the...@thedudelives.com> wrote in message
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> like the subject sez!


The Dude

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Jul 12, 2007, 9:16:02 AM7/12/07
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Kancil Killer wrote:
> it does not play games, built-in battery, geez... I'll skip
>

point... so i guess i'll drool after the N75 then... any comments on
this phone? ( i know, online got review.)

Lemur

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Jul 12, 2007, 10:59:35 AM7/12/07
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"The Dude" <the...@thedudelives.com> wrote in message
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Get Dopod 838pro, can get second hand for RM1800.


Paul Tan

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Jul 12, 2007, 12:36:15 PM7/12/07
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i smashed mine in anger. its a pile of crap.

Rkaru

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Jul 12, 2007, 1:05:00 PM7/12/07
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A very expensive piece of crap.

Lemur

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Jul 12, 2007, 8:25:59 PM7/12/07
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"Paul Tan" <pa...@paultan.orgasm> wrote in message
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Doh, you could have sold it for RM1800. Anyway you're
not experienced enough to use it, get more xp first - kill a bunch
more monsters and do some quests.


Lalusana@wifiKuchingTM®

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Jul 12, 2007, 8:31:46 PM7/12/07
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"Rkaru" <rk...@streamyx.com.perrgh> wrote in message
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Dude... my advice... go for nokia E-61i... now with camera...
Same brother with my E70. Do a fine job for me...
Cost only rm1680 Avaxx set...


tyl

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Jul 12, 2007, 9:04:09 PM7/12/07
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"Lemur" <le...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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All these convergence gadgets running on Windows Mobile 5 are usually not
worth the effort. The newer WM6 is slightly better though.


Ezran

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Jul 12, 2007, 9:40:13 PM7/12/07
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>
>Dude... my advice... go for nokia E-61i... now with camera...
>Same brother with my E70. Do a fine job for me...
>Cost only rm1680 Avaxx set...
>

So you like thin-and-wide, huh?

Lalusana@wifiKuchingTM®

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Jul 12, 2007, 10:01:51 PM7/12/07
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you mean 36 26 30... wait... was it
34 28 30....38 30 32.... ahhhggggghhrrrr!.. I cant decide...

Now see... what you have done....!!!!
My cable drawing messy now....
link 3230250a link to 342830.... that's a nice number...


The Dude

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Jul 12, 2007, 10:04:30 PM7/12/07
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that looks pretty sweet, but i dunno. im kinda attracted to the n75.
music playing capabilities n stuff.

Lemur

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Jul 12, 2007, 11:34:01 PM7/12/07
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"tyl" <nos...@hatespam.org> wrote in message
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w00t, Dopod provided free WM6 upgrade for Dopod 838pro, just installed
it and it's awesome. Now time to play around.

:-)

Paul Tan

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Jul 14, 2007, 11:22:41 AM7/14/07
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Lemur wrote:
> Anyway you're not experienced enough to use it

hilarious.

you mean once i suffer with it enough it will stop hanging on me?

Lemur

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Jul 16, 2007, 12:12:40 AM7/16/07
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It hardly hangs on me (can't remember the last time), the trick is
when it feels like it's getting slow, do a hard reset.

These are some of the things I can do with my dopod
anytime, anywhere, which is why my next phone is definitely
gonna be a PDA.

1) Browse the internet, emails etc
2) I have a whole offline dictionary & thesaurus there
3) I have mp3's and movies, battery lasts a long time
4) I can stream movies / radios / podcast
5) RSS on the go
6) Read local newspapers & many international publications for free
7) I can play MUD games using telnet
8) I can connect to my linux server using SSH
9) I can VNC to any computer
10) I can play loads of game
11) I can "spider" a website and offline view it in my PDA
12) Get weather update
13) Camera flash can act like torchlight (saved me a couple of times)
14) I only need to carry 1 device to do all these, plus more

Wombat

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Jul 16, 2007, 1:41:10 AM7/16/07
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:12:40 +0800, "Lemur" <le...@hotmail.com> is

alleged to have said but will deny if asked :

>It hardly hangs on me (can't remember the last time), the trick is


>when it feels like it's getting slow, do a hard reset.
>
>These are some of the things I can do with my dopod
>anytime, anywhere, which is why my next phone is definitely
>gonna be a PDA.
>
>1) Browse the internet, emails etc
>2) I have a whole offline dictionary & thesaurus there
>3) I have mp3's and movies, battery lasts a long time
>4) I can stream movies / radios / podcast
>5) RSS on the go
>6) Read local newspapers & many international publications for free
>7) I can play MUD games using telnet
>8) I can connect to my linux server using SSH
>9) I can VNC to any computer
>10) I can play loads of game
>11) I can "spider" a website and offline view it in my PDA
>12) Get weather update
>13) Camera flash can act like torchlight (saved me a couple of times)
>14) I only need to carry 1 device to do all these, plus more

Odd you did not mention : 15) I can make phone calls with it.

*run*

The Dude

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Jul 16, 2007, 2:13:15 AM7/16/07
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*chuckles*. wombat, you're a genius.

Paul Tan

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Jul 16, 2007, 3:12:08 AM7/16/07
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I enjoyed all of that too. But the hanging was too much, especially when
it hangs silently in your pocket for no reason and you miss important
calls the whole day because you don't know it hung.

My next PDA Phone that will do all of that will not run Windows Mobile
of any version.

Wombat

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Jul 16, 2007, 3:41:50 AM7/16/07
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:13:15 +0800, The Dude
<the...@thedudelives.com> is alleged to have said but will deny if
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>> Odd you did not mention : 15) I can make phone calls with it.

>>
>> *run*
>>
>> --
>> Wombat - A marsupial with an attitude.
>> http://wombat-blues.blogspot.com/
>
>*chuckles*. wombat, you're a genius.

I still got it, don't I?

Lemur

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Jul 16, 2007, 4:16:38 AM7/16/07
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"Wombat" <moun...@for.sale.real.cheap> wrote in message
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That's taken for granted da.


Proboscis

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:19:16 AM7/16/07
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"Paul Tan" <pa...@paultan.orgasm> wrote:
> Lemur wrote:

PalmOne Treo 650.

Not the latest, but very stable and excellent functionality.


beauwlf

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Jul 16, 2007, 9:24:14 AM7/16/07
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who came up with this list.... if its Wombat why did he omit the vibration
feature ....


The Dude

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Jul 16, 2007, 10:37:21 PM7/16/07
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what? no... i was mentioning the fact that you actually knew what came
after 14. :)

lol! jokes aside, that one was classic la, dude. really. potrays the
current techno issues thats kinda happening nowadays. 'my phone can do
this, my watch can do that, bla bla bla... er, can i borrow ur phone. my
phone battery finish/no credit.'

ah.. technology. we sometimes forget that sometimes it sucks.

Lemur

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:35:53 AM7/17/07
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"The Dude" <the...@thedudelives.com> wrote in message
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> Wombat wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:13:15 +0800, The Dude
>> <the...@thedudelives.com> is alleged to have said but will deny if
>> asked :
>>
>>>> Odd you did not mention : 15) I can make phone calls with it.
>>>> *run*
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Wombat - A marsupial with an attitude.
>>>> http://wombat-blues.blogspot.com/
>>> *chuckles*. wombat, you're a genius.
>>
>> I still got it, don't I?
>>
>> --
>> Wombat - A marsupial with an attitude.
>> http://wombat-blues.blogspot.com/
>
> what? no... i was mentioning the fact that you actually knew what came
> after 14. :)

rotflol

> lol! jokes aside, that one was classic la, dude. really. potrays the
> current techno issues thats kinda happening nowadays. 'my phone can do
> this, my watch can do that, bla bla bla... er, can i borrow ur phone. my
> phone battery finish/no credit.'
>
> ah.. technology. we sometimes forget that sometimes it sucks.

Yeah, like vacuum cleaners for instance.


The Dude

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:51:18 AM7/17/07
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i bet my vacuum can kick your vacuums ass. er, wind exhaust outlet.

Wombat

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Jul 17, 2007, 10:09:15 AM7/17/07
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In article <469b717f$1...@news.tm.net.my>, beauwlf <bea...@fruggle.com>
wrote:

> who came up with this list.... if its Wombat why did he omit the vibration
> feature ....

Lemur ler... not me.

The Dude

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Jul 17, 2007, 9:51:15 PM7/17/07
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Wombat wrote:
> In article <469b717f$1...@news.tm.net.my>, beauwlf <bea...@fruggle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> who came up with this list.... if its Wombat why did he omit the vibration
>> feature ....
>
> Lemur ler... not me.
>

oh yeah. its definitely lemur. wombat wouldnt omit the vibration
feature. no no. he likes...vibrations...

wombie: try har-

the dude: yea yea. try harder. kthnxbye.

Wombat

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Jul 18, 2007, 9:43:14 AM7/18/07
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In article <469d7...@news.tm.net.my>, The Dude
<the...@thedudelives.com> wrote:

I'm pickin up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
Im pickin up good vibrations
(oom bop bop good vibrations)~~~

(don't even ask. You weren't born yet.)

The Dude

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Jul 18, 2007, 11:29:24 AM7/18/07
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Wombat wrote:
> In article <469d7...@news.tm.net.my>, The Dude
> <the...@thedudelives.com> wrote:
>
>> Wombat wrote:
>>> In article <469b717f$1...@news.tm.net.my>, beauwlf <bea...@fruggle.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> who came up with this list.... if its Wombat why did he omit the vibration
>>>> feature ....
>>> Lemur ler... not me.
>>>
>> oh yeah. its definitely lemur. wombat wouldnt omit the vibration
>> feature. no no. he likes...vibrations...
>>
>> wombie: try har-
>>
>> the dude: yea yea. try harder. kthnxbye.
>
> I'm pickin up good vibrations
> She's giving me excitations
> Im pickin up good vibrations
> (oom bop bop good vibrations)~~~
>
> (don't even ask. You weren't born yet.)
>

speaking of being born... did you know that Chuck Norris was born in a
log house that he built with his bare hands. think about it.

Rkaru

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Jul 18, 2007, 7:42:10 PM7/18/07
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The Dude wrote:

> speaking of being born... did you know that Chuck Norris was born in a
> log house that he built with his bare hands. think about it.

Lies! How he cut the logs with bare hands?

tyl

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Jul 18, 2007, 8:44:53 PM7/18/07
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"Rkaru" <rk...@streamyx.com.perrgh> wrote in message
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Judo chop!


The Dude

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Jul 18, 2007, 10:49:46 PM7/18/07
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tsk tsk tsk. rkaru rkaru... so innocent. so naive. this is chuck norris
we're talking about! what are logs compared to his fists of death? i
mean, come on, when bruce banner gets angry, he turns into the hulk. but
when the hulk gets angry, he turns into chuck norris.

Lemur

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Jul 19, 2007, 12:14:10 AM7/19/07
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"The Dude" <the...@thedudelives.com> wrote in message
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and then he chops dude's chops.


Paul Tan

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Jul 25, 2007, 2:24:11 PM7/25/07
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chops? lamb chops?

Lemur

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Jul 25, 2007, 8:55:24 PM7/25/07
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"Paul Tan" <pa...@paultan.orgasm> wrote in message
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Chops is a slang for jaw.


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