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    • Apple's iPhone SDK: This is Brand New Big Sh*t, But [view article]
      I do business in Asia , have a MacBook . Need to synch with my PDA or Smartphone. Can't do it with the MacBook and a HTC Touch or Nokia or Motorola or whatever. So bought the iPhone, and yes its a 'cracked' version, so I feel slightly criminal, but I've sold my problem. After all, I am a customer, and I think a typical one for this part of the world. So get wih it Apple. And while you are at it, HK or Taipei or Beijing or Shanghai could use an Apple Store. the distributors out here only sell hardware and can't ask the simplest of questions about the product.... to them Apple = iPod. Mar 07 07:07 AM
    • Google Docs Now More 'Office' Like [view article]
      If Google is serious about Google Apps being used by businesses
      And considers that many businesses have operations in China ,
      but Google Apps isn't availble to us in China or HK.
      Great if you live in NY, but not an option for me , a small business owner , who works in China and Asia.       Feb 29 09:46 PM
    • Apple's "Anywhere" iPhone Has Far From Peaked [view article]
      I live in Hong Kong and bought an original iPhone that was unlocked. Fantastic product. The first night of use, after all data synched, I left it in the cradle, with my MacBook online, and it automatically updated the iTunes software on MacBook , and relocked the iPHone. So Apple obviously is takign the unlocking phenomona seriously.

      What I object to is that Apples MacBook doesn't synch with any other Microsoft Mobile PDA or smartphone product, so as a MacBook user, I don't have the ease of use of a portable calendar, notes, contact PDA.. I have to use my HTC Touch, synch with my MacBook's Windows Outlook data!

      I can hold off on the phone features, but want a single portable PDA that works with the MacBook!

      Further of interest, neither in Taiwan, Hong Kong or China is there an official Apple Store. Several distributors , and they try to service customers, but essentially they still just sell hardware. None has accessories for the iPhone , despite the fact that their customers are growing by leaps and bounds.

      I know of one HK mobile phone distributor that is selling 200 iPhones a day unlocked, and sales are growing 25% per week.

      Its a great product, and version 2 will I'm sure be even better. Apple - start meeting demand of the customer, instead of pissing them off!       Feb 29 09:38 PM
    • Is Google Apps the Next Microsoft Office? [view article]
      As a multinational company , with offices in Shenzhen , China , Taiwan and Hong Kong, we considered Google Apps for our small offices in those locations , but Google hasn't opened it to us in these markets. Until the Apps become global, it doesn't have my vote. Feb 28 06:55 PM
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