Reason 1:
It is very mobile and with the size of the projector nowadays, carrying it around is like carrying a smart phone. Egads!! Really?

Reason 2:
Helps keep the privacy of your laptop screen and freeze the screen during presentation. This ensures that the presenter may do some changes or anything on his laptop while the screen in freeze mode to ensure that there would be no distraction of typing something new.

Reason 3:
Easily setup as most (the newer generations) are plug and play devices.

Convinced? Actually Techiedan does have a projector at home too for work and also as a way to showcase movies for kids to watch when his little cousins come over the house for some cartoons. Well, but how do you check out for a good projector. One has to research as to what they require though.

Did I mention that it is also good to showcase movies to kids? Well, how to get the best of it? Well, one needs to have great projector screens so that the color comes out well and reflected on the screen. This makes it good for the viewing pleasure. There is a company which does sell these projector screens which will come in handy for this kind of situations.

As mentioned, the above site sells projector screens. After looking at their prices, TechieDan felt that the prices are great with crazy discounts up to 16% off. What catches his eye though is that it also comes with free shipping. Splendid. There is a catch though, it only applies to those who are residing in the US.

Well, for those US folks out there, if you need projector screens, try this place out. You guys are lucky. The ones in Malaysia doing these have nowhere the competitive prices shown.

So in short, what can one do to clear the unnecessary usage of space. Do a factory reset? Well, it works but maybe just before you do that you would want to backup your contacts that are on the phone (yes, as some saved their contacts on the phone.. one of them would be me).

Surprisingly, after searching the web for solutions, most gave solutions of downloading an application which to me is tedious and unnecessary. The simplest way would be as followed

1. On your menu, select People
2. Press MENU and select IMPORT/EXPORT
3. Export the phone contacts to SD card  (You can choose the option from your phone or your SIM)

That is all there is to it. Saving your contacts is easy. Now just backup your contacts and get it ready for import the next time you wanted to.

Here’s the screenshot of the new update being announced at http://www.htc.com/sea/support.aspx.

In our commitment to providing you with the best user experience, we are pushing out a new firmware update to your HTC Hero. Your phone will receive a notification of this update when it is made available. Simply press OK to accept the update via a data connection such as Wi-Fi or GPRS/3G. After installing the update, you can confirm a successful update by confirming the Build number (From the Home Screen go to MENU> Settings> About Phone> Build number). The new Build number after the update will be 2.73.707.91 (Singapore) & 2.73.728.91 (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia)
Update Information: Firmware over-the-air (FOTA) client update & YouTube player Update.
Note：Please back up your data first before upgrading your phone. We recommend using a free Wi-Fi hotspot or an unlimited data plan to apply this update. If not, standard data connection charges may apply. For any questions, please contact us via http://www.htc.com/www/CA_Hotline.aspx

Looks like a good thing after all the users of HTC Hero are waiting for a new update.

In the world of mini pen/thumb drives, Kingston still does it well with it’s different generations of drives and design. This current design though makes it all stylish and yes, it comes in pink in color too for those that love this color. To those who opt for the 8GB thumb drive, the only color is PINK and I must say it strikes a very good color matching with the silver outer layer.

It’s a sad thing though, it wouldn’t be like my recent 2GB thumb drive which is waterproof as it doesn’t come with a cap.

Recommendation

Go for this design if you love the different designs. As there is no cap, there’s no way it’s going to survive the washing machine this time around. With it’s compact size, it fits right into my wallet, thus I won’t go losing it like I used to.

Though, in the camera world, nothing beats having faster card to synchronise it together with the camera. Sandisk gets the nod for this with it’s popular Extreme series. For a storage card that reads 200x and 30MB/s, it will be a steal for camera and photography enthusiast. No worries of buffer time and this will at least give more time to the user.

We all live in a modern digital world.

After what seemed to be rumors has now been proven true with Nikonians.org already giving us a glimpse of this amazing new lens. This new lens is the AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G. Now D40, D40x and D60 users would be glad this lens would be coming onto shores after March 2009.

Estimated price is lesser than USD200 which means a better bargain. Now what more can one ask for, for a new portrait lens for the DX format cameras of Nikon.

Though now I wished I didn’t get my 50mm f/1.4D and instead and waited for this 35mm f/1.8G.

Here are the excerpts of the mentioned lens.

Weighing in at a mere 200 g (7 oz) the AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G is an 8 element lens offering a fast maximum f/1.8 aperture, and the suggested retail is below $200 USD.

Edit : Realised an error in my post, it’s a DX format lens instead of a FX format lens.