C901 vs N82, who is better?

Today a heated competition between my favorite camera phone N82 and another skeptical 5mp shooter with Xenon, the C901. If you missed my N82 vs Zn5, please revisit the link. As I had lost my previous N82, I am using another N82 which somehow I think it didn't perform as well as my previous set. Nonetheless, for people who are interested, read on....

Macro Mode

N82 with flash, macro

N82 low light condition, macro

C901 with flash, macro

C901 low light condition, macro

I think we had a clear winner. N82 had always handled its macro mode extremely well, with or without flash. I tried playing with a lot of macro shoot with flash on, it always give me a clear and correctly exposed images. Unlike C901, after testing with a lot of macro shoot, it almost give me 100% over exposure.

* Take note that during my previous review, the zn5 auto weaken the flash when macro mode is detected. *

Document mode

C901 document mode with flash

N82 document mode with flash

C901 document without flash

N82 document without flash

As anticipated, C901 will almost give you definite overexposure when shooting >15cm with flash on.

Low Light Conditions

C901 auto, flash off

N82 auto, flash off

More or less the same except c901 appeared to be brighter

Complete darkness

You will start to appreciate Xenon flash when you are in complete darkness or extremely low light area. Led light flah can only take portrait distance. Let's see how this two camera performed in total darkness...

C901 with flash in total darkness

N82 with flash in total darkness

The two pictures were cropped to 100% to see how both camera phone handled noise level. Both almost the same, but C901 always tend to have yellow saturation in all pictures and N82 slightly blue.

* zn5 had stronger flash and can lit up further area *

Indoor shot

C901 auto, without flash

N82 auto, without flash

Another 100% crop for comparison on noise level. Without flash.

Another C901 low light flash off

Another N82 low light flash off

Night Mode

C901 night mode on

N82 night mode on

I am not a professional reviewer, hope this visual comparison helps in people who deciding which good camera phone to buy.

In my opinion,

C901

-Faster focusing time
-Always over exposure in macro mode
-Shutter shake problem (blurry images)
-Yellowish output

Click here for more c901 image example I took.

N82

-Focusing time slower than C901 but still consider fast in my opinion
-Some image stabilization, no shutter shake problem
-Very good Xenon flash, never exposure before

Click here for more N82 image example I took.

Dictionary word information missing, install word database error

N-series default dictionary database error is caused by using of non-factory memory card, hence the phone is unable to locate the database for the English - Chinese Simplified dictionary.

To reinstall the data base into the new memory card:

1. Download the database in zip format here
2. Unzip into your memory card.

Done. You can now open your dictionary.

Alternatively, from your computer, double-click on

[My Computer] and open the [Memory card name] Removable Disk Drive.

Unzip and copy all the files with sub-folders to "\\[Memory card name]\private" folder in your memory card.

p/s: Tested to be working on N82, N95 and N73.

This blog is like growing spider web already. Keep having difficulties in finishing my blog post. Got a couple in draft but doesn't feel right to post it online.

Okie, I enjoyed 1 week plus into my holiday and basically just resting and rotting at home. Watched a lot a lot of hong kong drama. A couple I think. Funshion run out of good english drama already.

Other than rotting at home, most of the time catching up with old friends. Like today meet up with Yong Sheng, Hsiong Wei and Liping at Orchard. Eat and drink coffee while updating who's getting married and who's already married. Like very fast, the time. If I hao ming. I am already a father. Haha..

End up as usual, finding hard to decide on a place to go so when to Cathey planning to catch a mid night show "Final Desination 4". Due to some legal issue, we dropped the whole idea.

Thanks YS for posing, "catch red handed during masturbation" expression

Okie, right now getting really excited about my Shen Zhen + Hong Kong trip. 7 days and leaving on the 6th of Sept. Till then, I will be leaving this blog as it is.

My N82 and JPG wallet unioned. Brought them back as I super like them.

西阳无限好

Last night at Melbourne

I am really really late on my updates. Already one week into our holiday, I still owned my Australia trip's update. I promised to sum up everything and post a finale for our last night at Melbourne.

Therefore, here we goes....

First and foremost, we quickly took some picture of our company logo on our last day, as we were suppose to submit these picture of FMS video editings.

Following by, we did a splendid presentation on our learning experience in front of our company. The crowd were very encouraging, thank you. And we impressed them enough of which they requested us to do an interview for the local newspapers. Which later the next day, were featured on page 2!
Mai Siao Siao hor!!
That last day, we went out for our lunch with my team and Yanru's team.

After work, we went to chill at "the bridge" with Peter and surprisingly we were greeted with a rainbow the moment we got out of the front door.

I then suddenly remember that the every first day we enter the building from the front, which on the last day we exited from it too. Supposes to signify something auspicious.

Then we do packing and traveled to Melbourne the next day. Walk around and at night we went to Eruka Tower which supposedly the highest building in Melbourne standing at 88 stories.

2 picture taken from the highest level.

On the whole, that's about it. I am too lazy to write anymore. So this is it, probably the last time going to Australia. Hopefully.

Jailbreaking Ipod 3.0 and above tutorial

Jailbreaking cannot be any easier. I was sourcing for ways to JB my ipod 2.2.1 version but in vain. So I upgrade it to 3.0 and just as I thought I would want to give up the idea of jailbreaking, I came across a hong kong tutorial explained in dummy proof method. I follow on screen instructions, downloaded 2 files and there I go. Jail BROKEN!!!


*Evil Grin* + *Rise Eyebrown*

• Okie, I will make it really to follow. I jailbreak my ipod version 3.0 by click here. Please follow step by step and you are 30minutes away from true freedom.

• After you sucessfully jailbreak the ipod touch/ phone. Please optimize and stabling your ipod by following instructions over here.

At this point of time you had jailbroken your ipod. Credit goes to iphone4hk.com

The graphics speak for itself

Okie, you went throught the ordeal and just found out that the whole big deal thing of jailbreaking was just simply an additioing of application "Cydia" on your ipod. I called that there "gate to the eastern paradise". I shall therefore recommend you go straight to download the MUST HAVE app that made jailbreaking all worthwhile.

Sbsetting (most important): a lot of add on plus running wifi during standby
OpenSSH OpenSSL: transfer file as if ipod a hard drive
WInterboard: manage themes and customize your ipod
Clippy: allow copy and paste for version 2.2.1 and below
Backgrounder: allows you to multi tasking
Lock Down: password protect your applications
MXtube: You Tube player with downloading capability
Five Icon Dock
Imobilecinerma: Play flash in your safari
Mplayer: play wide range of video format like rmvb, avi, mp4, 3gp
Categories: sort your applications into folders
Searcher
Vibrus: vibrating feedback when typing
Norotation
Ihome

p/s: Did I mention that you can play full games without paying???

Holiday

Just finished OIAP presentation yesterday. And I am disappointed with it, not from me really. I think the system just letting me down. I know I did my best and I really put in effort and all, I just the "the other end" wasn't putting effort to see it. Whatever lah... So sickening now.

Okie, finally I having holiday already and I already in spending spree. After I come back I think I spent whimmingly around 2k in Singapore. Buy LCD TV, ticket to China and N82 plus memory card. Yes! N82 again and again and again. My 3rd set of N82. I just hope I can save up a bit before going to Shen Zhen and carry on my slurge.

I was too occupied to update my Australia trip. Last day we went to Eruka Tower, highest sky skapper in Melbourne, will post the update soon. Till then, enjoy our holiday.

Thanks, Miranda, Vincent and Limin for coming to fetch us.

8th day clean of smoke

6th August 4pm I gave in to the temptation of cigarette. A good 8 days for nicotine free body had been polluted, once again.

I was under a lot of pressure from writing my final report and yes you can call that an excuse. I was reading the assessment criteria and realize that technical content constitute 40% and for the matter of fact, my report was not written in technical aspect at all. Mine sort of like learning experience narration.

I was really confused about how to write my report, should I write it the way the lecturer wants it or should I write it in the way which I think its best for me? You must be disgusted with the fact I took the report so seriously. But I really feels the weight on my shoulder, when you are at the top, you had more expectation and you don't really want to be a let down. Failure no longer is an option. And failure in this case does not the 50% benchmark but it simply means not achieving whatever you wanted to achieve.

So I asked Raj to spare me a stick. I wanted a quick fix. The cigarette's effect took couple of seconds to reach my brain and all the wonderful effect came back again. We call it 'soink' (refer to the state of unconsciousness of oneself through effect of drug). "Soink" is our slang, not a lot of people know what it means. I hate to admit but it really feels good. Half way through, a lot of thoughts went through my mind, like thoughts of regret. I didn't finish the cigarette, left 20%. Ya I know I almost finished one stick but then I threw it away. I felt guilty and I threw my lighter as well.

Walking back to office still feeling gaga, I went into the toilet and I felt like confessing to someone/something. I went inside the cubicle and reflects. I think I need to get a religion. Because it seems that I had a problem keeping up with faith. My mind is so weak and I give in to so many things. Perseverance. Yes that's what I lack.

You know the hardest thing for me is that my parents are smoking, and now imagine all the cigarettes laying around. I had to fight the little craving everytime I see them. At least in Australia, I don't buy cigarette and hence no temptations.


Hmmm, when I come back I going to play a sport. Join a religion and call the quit line. I seriously needs help.

Gossip girl identity revealed

Me and Yanru now crazy over gossip girl. Currently on season 2.

Spoiler ahead

"You know who i'm? that's a secret I never tell.
You know you love me, XOXO gossip girl"

Infamous quote said by gossip girl herself. A supposedly anonymous narrator behind the making of gossip girl blog. But had came to light to be.

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell as Elle in Heroes and taken with "Claire bear"

So the gossip girl is actually a very pretty lady. In heroes she had the ability to dissipate electrical shockwave.

So why are we so crazy over gossip girl, I thought anyone who watches it will be crazy over it. Full of pretty boys and sexy girls, a lot of kissing and touching. Sex, drug and profanity. Like I learned this from Blair:

"Oh my effing god."

Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald

Ed Westwick as Chunk Bass

Penn Badgley as Dan Hamphrey

Blake Lively as Serena Van de Woodson

Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf

Taylor Momsen as Jenny Hamphrey

If you are a bitch,
you loves pretty boys but still single,
you got no life/ friends,
you like to fantasize of unreal world cause you can't get it in real world,
like us

Gossip girl is for you.

XOXO

I brought a coffee plunger, finally

Cigarette makes it possible to get out of bed in the morning, while coffee makes it worth it.

- Gary Ng

Today I going to talk about something my favorite. Coffee. and BTW stopped smoking for 6th days already.

I remember my first exposure to a coffee machine in Haato cafe. During then, I must be able to make simple coffee with espresso base. Making espresso on the machine was not difficult at all. But then I got trouble streaming the milk, always ending up burnt. (over streaming)

So now I had been improving. Why leh. Because I had been practicing with my company's espresso machines.

Rinse with hot water

Grind coffee powder

Tamp it

Running preferably 9 bar pressured water to extract the coffee oil

Froth the milk tip: start from the middle and let it swirl the milk around

My daily latte fix. FYI golden brown is called 'crema'

For those who knows me, I had a very addictive personality. There isn't a word as "addictable" however I was trying to express that I am very prone to addicting. Caught a few addiction and got off a few. Caffeine addiction might be one of those which I had no intention for quitting. To my surprise I realizes that Australian is also coffee drinker. Everyday coffee like me, we could easy drink 3 cup a day.

At home, I used to drink 3 in 1 coffee. My close friend knows if you come my house often enough. Very recently only, I got myself a coffee socks. I had been making traditional Chinese coffee. Well, inspired by Liping who brings back a Vietnam coffee brewer.


I therefore sourcing for so many so many other ways to brew coffee, but in Singapore you can't find them. But in Australia, there are abundant of them. Deon, who takes care of us gave me a plunger. (french press). The most easy equipment to brew coffee and its very popular over in Australia.

4 cup plunger

Then I a bit siao, go and buy a portable plunger from bodum. This one only 330ml capacity therefore one serving per time. Very innovative design so I decided to keep one myself. Its a photo holder, the space around the cup had 2 layer plastic so also acts like an insulation. Spill resistance like a water bottle, so I can carry to school. Yeah!! I am so happy.

Now I left a stabbie holder to make my collection complete. Stabbie holder was used to hold can drink or stab to keep it cooler/ warmer and absorb water. Something I coaster like that. I can one to wrap my portable plunger. So cool right.

This stabbie holder was an Australian product. I think I will get this as a souvenir. Ask me for one ")

Melbourne same sex marriage protest

We went Melbourne yesterday, mainly to shop DFO and source for hotel. And it was so cool because we witness a protest happening at federal square. (like marina square)

Protesting for same sex marriage.

We were walking and suddenly confronted with commotion across the streets. Hundreds and thousands of people cheering, shouting and chanting about same sex marriage. I read on the news 5000 people involved in the protest. It was so cool, I mean the act of protesting. The central of Melbourne literally stop functioning, all passer by just stood there taking photos. Cars halted and road closed. Traffic police had to be deployed to direct the traffic.

The exhausting line marches across federal square

Whao, so hardcore

Policeman that stood helplessly watching the parade

The people carried red balloon and signboard asking for equality in love. They believe that the power of love will one day overcome the power of fear, even if it was coming from the same sex. And the parade ends where 6 couples illegally tied their knot outside the registration of marriage. Really one good experience for me. Haha

Btw, because of that protest going on, a lot of strange people I met. Close shave man. We had our coffee at GPO and then I was looking of a toilet. I followed the sign and leads me to a lift, had to take it one floor below to access the basement toilet, then while I was waiting, the guy/gay beside me wearing an orange stocking glanced at me. I pretended to remain claim like I was super open minded with that. He had strands of hair extension and worst, he was carrying a bag over his eblow. Boy don't carry bag over the eblow okie. Then when I was alone with him in the lift, super scary lah. When the button of the lift not responding, dunno why. He made some weird noise and I was super freaked out lah.

Okie updates, I managed to survive melbourne whole day without any cigarette. See good right, but still got the craving, think need a few days more to completely clean. And I went to Coles also, without buying any cigarettes. Then today, sunday spend the whole day watching Gossip girl till now, also without cigarette. Which means that I am persisted 4 days in my cold turkey treatment. Yeah!!