More Walkies

Just after the ward round last Sunday morning, I set off to Low Yat to get hold of a new cover for my Nexus 7 tablet. The old one was getting rugged and the front film cover needed replacing after almost a year.

It seemed that the Low Yat stopover was not the main highlight but rather the nice weather that afternoon. So, with the new iPhone, I set about getting more snaps.

I thought I was getting the hang of the limitations and was now starting to get better photographs. The nice sunny weather helped as well .....

iPhone 5S snaps slideshow

The snaps was taken on the weekend that I got hold of the phone. I was still familiarising myself with the quirks that came with the iPhone and the snaps may not reflect the true capability of the cameraphone. Anyhow, I found the output satisfactory enough to be shared.

The 5S Has Landed

So, the 5S has landed on our shores. And Low Yat had a few units available. It didn't take long for me to get hold of a 32Gb grey unit. Decided against the gold. Too obvious, but they were available. There were plenty of 5C units of various colour on display as well. But I think it won't be long before the 5S ran out of stock. They were flying off the shelf really fast.

No news as to when the local units of 5S and 5C would be made available at the Apple retail shops. Until then, the phone would thrive at places like Low Yat.

First impression? The fingerprint sensor worked much better than I thought. I have yet to program my nipple to unlock the phone. I programmed Idlan's thumb and he was well impressed. The phone was also snappy. Camera was good, but ineould need to take it for a ride - tomorrow I guess before I could compare it with my HTC One.

I also updated my Celcom SIM. Theoretically I should be able to surf on LTE speed similar to my HTC One on the Maxis network. At work in Subang, the LTE speed on the HTC was bang on. Uploading photos onto Flickr was blazing. Downloading was something else. At my home in Gombak, I have yet to see an LTE signal detected on my HTC. The fastest was HSDPA. But not in my study. It was only EDGE down there.

Expect more update on battery life, the camera and of course some cases over the coming days.

She Was Candied Up As Well

After I to my devices updated, it was Anita's turn. She has an old iPhone 4 and an iPad Mini. We managed to sort out the iPhone last night and she had been all candied up today. Tonight, I would be the iPad.

My brother-in-law also updated his iPhone 5 last night and he found that his battery life suffered. Not sure if it was because his emails were being downloaded in the background or something which had to do with the new iOS. Even the forums were buzzing about the matter.

My iPhone had been functioning great so far, and hopefully it stayed that way. My iPad Retina also was AOK. No glitches as yet ......

What's Cooking Timmy?

Despite having fever, I was still waiting to see what Tim Cook is cooking tonight. Well, I slept earlier before being called for an admission. I would be seeing the case first thing tomorrow morning since I needed the rest.

It was now just past midnight. Took my paracetamol, brufen, vitamin C, zirtek and Augmentin. If I couldn't sleep in the next 20 minutes, I would stay up to catch at least the beginning of the keynote. I have told Anita that we would be upgrading our iPhones after this - my 4S and Anita's 4. Both were out of contract already for some time.

Will it be the 5S? All would be revealed soon. But first, lets see if I could catch some sleep. I have a long day at work tomorrow.