Why is it difficult for a Tech blogger to be exclusive?

 Personal  1 Response »
Oct 152010
 

1 Reason: Unless you already love that brand unconditionally (e.g. Apple), and don’t mind being seen as biased with valid reasons supporting your arguments, being exclusive (or an Ambassador) of a product or company might mean loss of engagement from competing companies and products which in turn will narrow your perspective of understanding what benefits the consumers, rather than the companies.

Similarly, being exclusive to a brand usually will tie your hands down to only singing praises and limited/narrow view of the disadvantages or improvements that product you are representing has or needs. This just restricts your editorial voice, unless you are already convinced they are and will always the best.

So next time if anyone asks you to be exclusive to their brand/company/product, please consider wisely and don’t limit yourself to a particular technology, unless you believe in it 100% through and through.

PC Tools’ New 2011 Portfolio

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Oct 152010
 

PC Tools released their PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2011, PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2011, PC Tools Internet Security 2011, PC Tools Registry Mechanic 2011 and PC Tools Performance Toolkit 2011. Building on PC Tools’ philosophy of developing powerful solutions with great ease-of-use, the 2011 portfolio focuses on eliminating the many challenges consumers face when considering performance or protection options, and developing a sharper, more comprehensive portfolio that delivers simplicity, effectiveness and affordability to customers.

It is available online to purchase, and will be in Singapore’s retail stores soon.

BonJapan – The Japan Central

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Oct 152010
 

BonJapan is the FIRST JAPAN STATION in Singapore who purely specialized in selling imported products from Japan, products that related to Japan, and promote Japan culture and fashion lifestyle to Singaporeans.

Website: http://www.bonjapan.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BONJ-THE-JAPAN-CENTRAL/111817075535414

Recently I had the opportunity to attend one of their events, and I must say they do have very interesting Japanese sweets, apparels, and toys. You have to give it to them, they know their stuff and they bring in really unique products not found anywhere in the Singapore market.

This was one of the unique food they imported over all the way from Japan. It’s a mix of cheese and cuttlefish together. It tastes AWESOME! However, they will stop selling this by 31st October, so this is a limited edition snack.

They have this limited edition Anpan Man lollipops which is only available for a limited time only.

And if they don’t have what you are looking for, just let them know what you want and they’ll be able to help you import it in. They don’t only specialize in sweets, but also magazines and almost everything about Japan.

Do give them a try and check them out.

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HTC Hub’s Weather Demo on HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7

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Oct 152010
 

This is just quick demo of how each weather will look like in HTC Hub on the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7. There are also cool sound effects for each weather. Very well animated, which HTC tries to bring some of the “HTC Sense” experience into the Windows Phone 7.

Right now, HTC Hub is just a place where HTC shows the date, time and weather, together with a list of featured apps created by HTC. The notes app features a very cool sticky notes board with very smooth graphic accelerated interaction. Do note that this is available on any HTC’s Windows Phone 7 – HTC HD7 (SingTel), HTC Mozart (StarHub), HTC Trophy (M1) – which will be available in Singapore from 21st October onwards.

This just shows a comparison between the old HTC Sense UI on the HTC HD2 running Window Mobile 6.5 and the HTC Hub on the HTC HD7 running Windows Phone 7.

Well, I hope you like the HTC Hub. More to come when I get my hands on a review unit.