***Please please permit me to go all geekly on this post and don’t mind the occasional drool.***

I’ve already gotten myself a Nokia N97 last year. I was waiting for that phone to come out and i got really excited bout the specs. However, yes.. i know, the phone i was harping on has been dethroned from my list. Short from the fact that i own it, of course

I’m now toying with the idea of getting the Google Nexus One. Oh my GOSH!!! After checking it out on the Google Nexus One site, checking out reviews on youtube. I’m a sold bunny. I believe in android!

The only annoying part of the entire image above, is the little grey box that says “Sorry, the Nexus One is not available in your country.”  

This was the video that had me completely sold. Now I just wish that Google Nexus will come to my stores soon. If not.. well there is always Singapore. Which according to Saadkamal price of Google Nexus in my ringgit currency would be

$529, Shipping DHL – $28.32 + there is a 7% vat in SG which is $37. SO total = US $595 (Aprox – RM 2,000). 4-7 days..

After going around online and doing some virtual reserach (since i couldn’t get my hands on the real thing) I landed on Youtube. I want to express my utmost appreciation for Lisa from MobileTechReview.

She gave a wonderful breakdown of the phone which you can watch here.

And after that what i really wanted to know was whether I could live without a keypad in the future if i do consider getting the Google Nexus. According to Lisa, the other phone in the market which is similar in terms of OS, functionality and roughly in size is the Motorola Droid. The only big difference is that The Droid has a keypad. Something which i’m still very much comfortable with. Here is the difference between the two.

I’m still a keypad person, however i do like the look of the Google Nexus. I may complain about how i can’t live without a keypad. It’s just a matter of getting used to. Playing around with my Ipod Touch, typing isn’t so bad. As long as you cut your nails and there is the option for the keyboard to be shown in landscape format, i think typing on a keyboardless gadget is reasonable.

There were some comparisons on the Iphone too. I have been getting suggestions to wait for the new Iphone 4 which will be out soon too. Well i hope Apple will get it right especially after their iPad let down. For me anyway.

Back in the day, there was the pencil and paper. For taking down notes.

Back in the day, there was a thing called the bookmark. For dog earring where you left off in a book or in your research or whatever.

Now in the present, we still use those. In my generation though, there is a thing called the internet. The mother of all information providing in a snap. When you come across all this information, you would like to have a way to notedown and bookmark and hopefully share your finds.

And that ladies and gentlemen is where Clipmarks and Ibrii come in.

I came across Clipmarks about 3 years back.

The first time i did, i was fascinated. What i love bout the concept of Clipmarks? You know how when you surf around on the web, there maybe some sites whereby not all the content is something that you require. Perhaps only a portion is what you really need or interests you. Could be a photo, a line or a video. Whatever. Bookmarking is great but i personally would like to note down why i bookmark a link in the first place. With Clipmarks you can do just that.

Originally with Clipmarks you need to install it into your browser, only then you will be able to clip your interesting materials. But now since Clipmarks has just affiliated themselves with Amplify. It’s just a bookmark click away.

Now comes along Ibrii.

I’m sure Ibrii has been around for a while, however i only got my hands on it just about a couple of days ago. And i have to say i love it!

This is what Ibrii will look like on any browser. A column on the right will pop open and from there just start jotting down your notes. Drag images straight off from any website. Highly the text, bold, underline, do whatever you wish.

So far online.. these are the only two services that i have found that provides this kind of social and convenient bookmarking/clipping/not taking. But if anyone knows anymore please let me know.

Difference

Can be installed on IE and Firefox	Installed on IE, Firefox, Chrome
Has it’s own widget	N/A
Social sharing ability	Social Sharing Ability
Friendly	Friendly (can be buggy cause it’s still new)
Registration required	Registration not required

Now the biggest difference between the two, to me anyway is that ibrii, allows you to continuously edit one particular note. Where as Clipmarks, once you’ve saved it, that’s it. You can’t add on more. With Ibrii, even after saving i can still add on more stuff into my note.

Oh and a lil trivia. Ibrii was actually set to replace Google Notebook (also something i used before and thoroughly enjoyed)

I still like using Clipmarks, since that’s where i started. But since everything of mine is now on Google Chrome, I think Ibrii has won my heart. Until of course clipmarks decides to create a Chrome extension

Do give them both a try, i’m quite certain your the sharing if information will be a lot more interesting.

Interesting things that happened since the launch of the iPad from this morning. Firstly I was looking on my tweetdeck. Let’s just say at that point in time, there were tons of people tweeting and updating their statuses on Facebook as Steve Jobs revealed the iPad. Shortly after though, there were also comment on how it is over hyped and over priced.

I’m all for Apple products because it really knows how to place itself in the market. Good technology and good branding means good sales. However I wonder what Apple was thinking when he named it the iPad? I mean in our asian culture parents always make it a point to usually name their child with something that is not easy to make fun of.

A name like the iPad? I personally preferred it when it was named the iTablet.

So much so that i found this video on youtub. A little mockery of the iPad. Have a good laugh hehe

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