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PocketPC ? Windows Mobile ? Windows CE ? Which is which !

• Windows Mobile 2005 - Magneto - May 10, 2005
• Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition - Ozone Update - March 24, 2004
• Windows Mobile 2003 - Ozone - June 23, 2003
• Pocket PC 2002 - Merlin - October 4, 2001
• Pocket PC 2000 (Palm-size PC v2) - Rapier - April 19, 2000
• Palm PC v1.0/1.2 - Gryphon/Wyvern - January 8, 1998 (3 months later Palm PC renamed into Palm-size PC)

Communicators, smartphones and PDA in 2006 - the forecast

• Two main operating systems on the market - Symbian and Windows Mobile derivatives - will keep their positions, Symbian leading greatly (the lion's share falls on Nokia). Linux OS won't get outside the Asian region;
• There will run diametrically opposite processes inside the segments: growing monopolization around Nokia in the Symbian segment and a burst of the number of vendors in the Windows Mobile segment;
• The growth of Windows Mobile OS share will depend solely on the success of negotiations with operators, international companies/brands like Dell. "Paper" plans of many companies are deliberately impossible to held more successful negotiations;
• There will be kept the trend to unify smartphones and communicators, branches of one operating system will be merging.

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理性主義

我們所受的教育其實都是理性主義下的產物 雖說也是有藝術與文學課程 但是其實主要的目的都是為了了解事物的原因和本質 . 但是在生活中 非理性的部份其實是比理性的部份要來的多了 從最簡單的睡眠開始 三餐時感受的色香味 和所愛的人在一起的幸福感 都是非理性的 而這些其實佔了我們生活時間的大部分 可是我們的教育中 卻不去談論這些東西 當然有些人生的生老病死 是可以透過宗教獲得紓解 但是我們的教育也很少告訴如何去尋求協助 我們試圖想要去管理或是說壓抑我們的非理性而不是理解他 適當的解放他

最近那位殺害自己腦性麻痺的女兒的父親 我覺得就是理性思維下的受害者 想想看 如果你有一個終身都沒有希望的孩子  你該如何是好 ? 就像日負一日的把石頭推上山在滾下來的普羅米修斯一樣 凡人的我們該如何承受呢 這部是理性主義下可以理解的 自殺是很合理的手段

這一年來的閱讀聖經 漸漸有些領晤 如果理性思考無法幫助我理解我的愛恨情仇 那我怎能用理性去理解上帝的話語 這樣一來耶穌所行的神蹟也就沒那麼的不可思議了 我也可以全然的去相信而無疑惑了 試想如果那個爸爸能夠放棄思考 相信這一切的存在都有個目的 有更大的愛再守護他的家庭 相信雖然不能改變這個限狀 但是應該是比較能夠忍受下去吧 理性主義要我們人定勝天 一切操之在我 但是我們的生活有更美好嗎 我到認為放棄"我為大"的想法 謙卑的接受生命中的一切 可能會得到更大的幸福吧

PS. 在這個現代社會中 我們對這個社會或世界的認知幾乎都從現代教育(更糟的是電視)中來 我們的同學 同事 不再像過去兜是同一個村落的人  我們生活不在互相依靠 而是依靠機器和理性 我們的生命是很沒有根的 或許因此才有這麼多的憂鬱症吧

Mobile Healthcare Launches Lifewatcher

Mobile Healthcare Launches Lifewatcher
Wireless News :: New Tech & Services
Posted on Wednesday, January 18 @ 19:12:37 CST WWJ Editors, 18 January 2006
After 3.5 years in R&D, Tokyo based Mobile Healthcare Inc. today announced the commercial launch of Lifewatcher, which is a new innovative service that operates over mobile phones and the Internet, and is a comprehensive, patient-centric, mobile disease self-management system for diabetes, obesity, and other lifestyle-related disease sufferers. It is critical for diabetes sufferers to track key health indicators such as blood sugar, blood-pressure levels, calorie intake, exercise and their weight. WWJ conducted a video interview with company president, James Nakagawa, about the service in 2003.

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何謂婚姻關係?

我有一個疑問 在路上我看到一隻動物 左看是隻狗 右看是隻狗 叫聲也是狗 聞起來也像狗 我們應該就可以斷定那是一隻狗了吧 應該不需要再到任何地方去註冊了吧 為何這麼問呢 ? 如果我家隔壁搬來一對男女 幾年看來就像是一對夫妻 行為也像一般夫妻 說話也像一般夫妻 對外也用老公老婆相稱呼  那應該就是一對夫妻了吧! 這麼說是因為目前的人際關係中 大家寧願同居 也不願結婚 可是實際上在別人的眼中 婚姻和長時間的同居並無不同 所以我主張法院在認定婚姻關係時 不應以登記 或是 儀式為要件 應該攙照鄰居 同事 的看法才更為準確吧. 這樣一來對於社會中層出不窮的男女關係應該可以有比較客觀的認定 而不是死腦筋的以法條唯依據吧. (不過前提是通姦 必須除罪化 不然就有更大的問題了.)

Google Video ! Cool ! But .....

Google Video

哇 Nokia 6125 (S40) with FL1.1

Key Features

• Compact-sized fold phone with internal antenna
• 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video recorder
• Universal connectivity with Bluetooth, infrared, and Pop-Port™ interface with USB
• Keypad optimized for excellent usability
• Integrated music player, stereo FM radio and Visual Radio
• Swappable MicroSD memory card slot
• Messaging features including MMS, Nokia Xpress audio messaging, email, and instant messaging
• GSM quadband with GPRS/EDGE/HSCSD
• Macromedia Flash player
• Video and picture ringing tones
• Flight and demo modes
• Easy remote and local synchronization
• Push to talk
• xHTML browser

第一次看到Nokia 規格上有提到
Nokia 6125

創業的3大支柱與管理 1

雖說不算是很有經驗 但也經歷過兩次的創業歷程 都不能算成功也不算失敗 . 學到的就是一身的經驗倒是可以和大家分享.
創業ㄚ 其實是不難的 只要把握3個重點 1.市場 2.技術 3.財務 (管理是下一階段的事) 當然聽來是廢話啦 但是能聽進去才重要 1.一定要確定有這個市場的存在 而且要在你所在的時間和空間內 很多時候 好的idea的市場是在未來而不是現在 就算開coffee shop 也要確定這附近有足夠的客戶吧 2.技術 主要是用來做市場區隔用的 就算是賣吃的 在相同的地點 生意也是有天壤之別的 而這個就要靠技術了 3.財務 沒錢可是沒法子辦事的 而且何時會有前進帳可別太一廂情願 就算接到大訂單也是會有出包的可能 因此平時自己和客戶的信用都要顧的 (千萬別和沒信用的人或公司往來 越晚出包越大條)

Symbian OS Internal (2/19)

Chapter 1 Introduction to EKA2
EKA2 is the core of the Symbian OS.
EPOC32 (EKA1) is the OS of Psion Series 5 and netBook @ 1997. it is based on 8086 memory model.
EKA2 is single user.multi-tasking.preemptively.priority-based.real-time.ROM-Based OS
EKA2 is for open but resouce constrian enviroment.(Memory and Power Limitation)

nano-kernal : Provide simple,supervisor-mode threads along with their scheduling and synch method.But it don't do any memory allocation.

symbian os kernal : MMU agnostic

symbian os can run signaling stack (GSM) and PIM software on a single processor provide cost saving.

Yahoo Mobile, I like it, But it cannot install on my Phone!

Yahoo Mobile Solution
It seems a very cool stuff to try on my 6670 or 6260. But after I download it. It is 1.8M SIS file, but after expand it become 3.880M on the phone. Cannot install on my 6670 and 6260. Maybe they can splite the program into 3 service.....

Symbian OS Internal 讀書心得 (1/19)

最近Symbian Press出了一本 "Symbian OS Internal by Jane Sales" Buy from here.
終於有一本可以好好了解Symbian OS的書了. 我會每念一章就摘要壹些重點下來作為自己的筆記.
我不會翻成中文 所以請大家見諒.
Content:
1.Introduction to EKA2  (OS Core name)
2.Hardware for Symbian OS
3.Threads,Processes and Libraries
4.Inter-Thread Communication
5.Kernal Services
6.Interrupts and Exceptions
7.Memory Models
8.Plaform Security
9.The File Server
10.The Loader
11.The Window Server
12.Device Drivers and Extentions
13.Peripheral Support
14.Kernal-Side Debug
15.Power Management
16.Boot Processes
17.Real-Time
18.Ensuring Performance.

看來前1-7 是基本概念 8-13是Kernal外的東西 14-18 才是重頭戲

The Seven Core Principles of Web 2.0 Revised

The Seven Core Principles of Web 2.0 Revised

1. The Web As Platform

Software as a service is data plus software:

2. Harnessing Collective Intelligence

In this context, collective intelligence can mean many things:

Yahoo! as an aggregation of links
Google page mark
Blogging
Tagging and collective categorisation for example flickr and del.icio.us
eBay buyers and sellers
Amazon reviews
Wikipedia

3. Data is the Next Intel Inside

4. End of the Software Release Cycle

5. Lightweight Programming Models

6. Software Above the Level of a Single Device

7. Rich User Experiences

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Mobile Data的兩難

最近在寫一個以RSS為Based的Event Subscription Service 在 Nokia S60 phone上.才發現Mobile Data Service真是一個兩難的世界ㄚ 沒有高速的頻寬 也沒有高速的終端設備 記憶體也很小  真是令人困擾ㄚ. 寫的XML parser 在PC上只花了幾秒就把50筆約80k 的文件Parse 並寫入Local Database.但是一但搬到我的6670上居然要花4分鐘 :( 真是糟糕ㄚ 真希望Emulator可以依開始就連速度都可以Emulation. 哎 如果把文件搞的比較容易Parse就不合標準規格 而且檔案大小也會變大 下載時間也會加長 :( 看來要想一些奇怪的策略來解決這個基本架構上的大問題了. (不然只好試試 PocketPC Mobile Phone Version ? 不知道 CPU會不會跑的比較快 )

其實事前就知道有這個問題 只是要真的事過才知道兩個世界的差距是以2個Order 的不同ㄚ

FlashLite 2 vs. FlashLite 1.1 for development

Quote from marco casario
"Frankly speaking for me o for any other companies involved in FlashLite development it's very hard and dangerous think to invest or create business with this technology."
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My thoughts :
Yap, we try to develop a few application using FL1.1 and think Nokia will put the FL1.1 player on every S60 phone . Or MM will give us a compiler to generate the SIS with FL1.1 include. But it looks like it is not the case. So we change our strategy to use another company's VM. www.go-db.com . Maybe it is not as fancy as FL1.1 but at least we can control the VM :) Flash maybe rule on the desktop but it is not the same on the mobile world. Because there is a device manufacture in the middle.

US Mobile content usage report from M:Metrics 2005/11

M:Metrics surveys 12,000 to 14,000 U.S. mobile subscribers monthly to report on the consumption of mobile content and applications and benchmark the performance of carrier, device manufacturers, mobile content publishers and technology providers. Below are the results of its November Benchmark.
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Flash Lite 2 Player Download for Free

As a participant in the Macromedia Labs release of the Flash Lite 2 Update for Flash Professional 8, we are providing access to a free download of Flash Lite 2 for a select set of mobile phones. This is a limited time offer, and will require you to provide your phone’s IMEI number to complete the purchase in the Online Store.
Free FlashLite 2 Here...

Think Big Act Small

最近讀的一本Audio Book from Audible

1.Down to Earth
2.Keep your hand dirty
3.Make Short Term Goal
4.Let Go
5.Have everyone Act and Think like Owner
6.Invent new business
7.Create Win & Win Solutions.
8.Chose your Competition
9.Build Community
10.Grow your own Leader

Not a bad suggestions.
I like the Point 1,2,3 and 4.

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