Updates: HTC Touch Pro 2 Available Soon

 

Mark your calender folks! The official price of HTC Touch Pro 2 is RM3,199 and it is available at our store starting next week.

Exclusive Early Promo Deals!

Only for early bird promo, every HTC Touch Pro 2 comes with the following.

• HTC TV Out Cable
• Father’s Day Mystery Gift worth (RM399)

Quick! Purchase yours today at our ONLINE STORE (All major credit cards and Paypal accepted.)

Specification:

• Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
• ROM: 512 MB & RAM: 288 MB
• 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
• HSDPA, Quad-band
• GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi
• 3.2MP Camera with Auto Focus
• Battery Capacity: 1500 mAh
• Talk Time: 510 minutes
• Standby Time: 500 hours
• Special Feature: G-Sensor, Straight Talk

Stay tuned to our follow-up in-depth review of the device.

If you have more enquiries, please contact anyone of us.

Plaza Low Yat (Grd Floor)

• Kelvin @ 012-3332303
• Ji Hou @ 016-6379332

Digital Mall, Section 14 PJ (Grd Floor)

• Kenny @ 012-2527718
• Khuen Fatt @ 016-9975211

IOI Mall, Puchong (2nd Floor)

• Allan Mah @ 016-2738693
• Keith Sim @ 017-2934990

Digital Mall, USJ 19 Subang Jaya (Grd Floor)

• Nicolas @ 017-3362472

Or simply email us at sales@freshgear.com.my

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News: HTC Touch Diamond 2 Official Price and Availability

 

Mark your calender folks! The official price of HTC Touch Diamond 2 is RM2,599 and it is available at our store starting 7th May 2009. 

Exclusive Early Promo Deals!

ONLY From 7th May 2009 to 17th May 2009, every HTC Touch Diamond 2 comes with the following.

• 1+1 Year Extended Warranty 
• HTC Pouch
• Mystery Gift worth (RM159)

Quick! Purchase yours today at our ONLINE STORE (All major credit cards and Paypal accepted.)

Specification:

• Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
• ROM: 512 MB & RAM: 288 MB
• 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
• HSDPA, Quad-band
• GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi
• 5.0MP Camera with Auto Focus
• Battery Capacity: 1100 mAh
• Talk Time: 340 minutes
• Standby Time: 360 hours
• Special Feature: G-Sensor, FM Radio and Zoom Bar

Stay tuned to our follow-up in-depth review of the device.

If you have more enquiries, please contact anyone of us.

Plaza Low Yat (Grd Floor & UG Floor)

• Kelvin @ 012-3332303
• Ji Hou @ 016-6379332

Digital Mall, Section 14 PJ (Grd Floor)

• Kenny @ 012-2527718
• Khuen Fatt @ 016-9975211

IOI Mall, Puchong (2nd Floor)

• Allan Mah @ 016-2738693
• Keith Sim @ 017-2934990
• Alan Sou @ 017-6450528

Digital Mall, USJ 19 Subang Jaya (Grd Floor and 1st Floor)

• Johnny @ 012-9862417
• Nicolas @ 017-3362472

Or simply email us at sales@freshgear.com.my

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Sneak Preview: HTC Touch HD (T8282)

Added 4th December 2008: View the follow up review of the HTC Touch HD (commercial unit) here.

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It is better to be late than never… The “sneak” preview of much awaited HTC Touch HD (T8282). 

Our local distributor loaned us a unit of the HTC Touch HD unit for couple of days for review. The unit is an engineering set, meaning what you see in this sneak preview might not be the final output in the commercial unit. The software that you see on it might not be final too.

First Impression

HTC Touch HD

The thin bezel on the side makes the screen looks really big and nice. The whole front panel is flat except for the headset speaker therefore minimizing dust built-up. Built quality feels very solid and tough too.

HTC Touch HD front camera

HTC Touch HD - Buttons

Behind the HTC Touch HD sits the 5.0 MP camera and a matte finish battery cover. 

HTC Touch HD - Back view

The 5.0 MP auto-focus camera is slightly protruding from the overall flat surface.

Closeup shot of the 5.0MP Auto-focus camera

On the top is the 3.5mm audio jack which is a very good news for those who owns good headphones. Those with large fingers or short nails will find it hard to press the small and narrow power button.

HTC Touch HD - Headphone + Power

HTC Touch HD USB Connector

Just like HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, the screen turns on when you pull out the magnetic stylus.

HTC Touch HD - Up/Down button

HTC Touch HD - SIM and Memory Slot

Turning it on

The WVGA 800X480 screen resolution on the Touch HD is just simply amazing! All the words are sharp and crisp and picture viewing is just gorgeous. 

HTC Touch HD main screen

When surfing the internet, you can make the font size the smallest and yet you can still see the alphabets clearly. This is the advantage of a Hi-res screen! Try this on a conventional QVGA screen and you will be struggling to see the words.

HTC Touch HD Program screen

Software wise, there isn’t much difference in the HTC Touch HD except for an additional software call “ICR” for In Call Recording function and Google Maps.

HTC Touch HD Program Screen

As mentioned earlier, this unit is still an engineering set there therefore software found in this current device is NOT final. Potentially there should be more software. If you take a look at the official image below found from HTC.com, you will see the “Stock/Share update” icon. This is however, not found on this particular unit.

Look closely at the "Share/Stock" icon beside the "Camera" icon

   

Conclusion

I cannot really conclude much on the software part of it as this unit is still not the commercial unit. The device hangs everytime i tried viewing multiple pictures. The camera also refuses to Zoom in / Out in this current firmware. 

I also cannot confirm the talk time/standby time as the battery in this unit is also an engineering unit. (Yes, the battery is in “beta” phase.)

Pros:

• WVGA 800 X 480 Screen
• Nice design and built quality
• 5.0MP Auto focus camera
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Fast processor and large memory

Cons:

• a bit on the heavier side
• should have more value added software

This baby will be available in the market by early next week at RM3,399. 

You can book your unit now at Fresh Gear by sending us an email at sales@freshgear.com.my

p/s: I will do another review on the HTC Touch HD again once I get my hands on the commercial unit.

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Upcoming: Asus P565 (Galaxy Mini 5)

Asus will be launching a new PDA very soon. The specification is rather interesting with a 800mHz processor! This might not be something new as news of this PDA was first leaked in the Internet sometime around September.

 

 

Asus P565 (Galaxy Mini 5)

 

 

 

Many great Asus PDA actually didn’t make it to Malaysia. We have seen quite a few and some are quite impressive. Nevertheless, this particular one caught our attention. According to reliable sources, this should be in our shore by early December.

Specifications:

 

• Network: HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100 EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900, Class 10
• OS: Microsoft Windows® Mobile™ 6.1 Professional 
• CPU: Marvel TavorP 800MHz
• Memory: 256 MB Flash + 128 MB SDRAM
• Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b+g, USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• GPS: SiRF Star III with InstantFix
• Screen: 2.8“, VGA 480 x 640, 65K, TFT
• Camera: 3 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus
• Battery: 1300mAh Lithium 
• Dimension: 102 x 60.5 x 16 mm (120g with battery)
• Standby: 150-200 hours
• Talktime: 3G: 3.5 hours / 2G: 5 hours
• Expansion Slot: Micro-SD (support SDHC

 

Key Selling Point:

• Fastest PDA in the world (800Mhz)
• VGA Screen
• Built-in GPS

Keep posted on the full review once we receive the commercial unit.

Upcoming: Asus Lamborghini ZX1

What happens when you put one of Taiwan’s fastest growing tech manufacturer and one of Italy’s legendary supercar manufacturer?

In 2006 you get this.

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Now in 2008, you get this!

Too bad it doesn’t comes with bright yellow like it’s laptop brother but it sure looks great! They have the “ZX1″ embossed on the side as the On/Off button, the Lamborghini outer logo shaped centre button and even carbon fibre wallpaper background to match the “carbon fibre” housing on the phone.

What about specification? Will it live up to it’s name?

Dimensions: 115.6mm x 59.4mm x 13.2 mm (119gram)

Networks: Quadband with 3G & HSDPA

Connectivity: Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS

OS: Windows Mobile 6.1

Camera: 3MP camera with Autofocus

Processor: IT2431 450MHz

Memory: 128MB/256MB (RAM/ROM) with MicroSD slot

Battery: 1150mAh Li-on with 5 hours talk time

Rumour has it that it will come installed with Asus new Touch UI (very iPhone like) on this new Smartphone.

Check out the video on the Asus new Touch UI.

Don’t expect this to be cheap!

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Upcoming: Asus M930 (Smartphone)

Another Windows Mobile phone; Asus M930 Smartphone.

Specification

• Quadband
• 3G, HSDPA, Bluetooth, WiFi
• Clamshell 113mm X 54mm X 18.7m; 158gram
• Internal Memory: 256MB (with MicroSD slot)
• TI 2431 400MHz
• 2.0MP Camera

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Events: Fresh Gear PC Fair 2008 (I) – Booth 523

Fresh Gear will be participating in this upcoming PC Fair 2008 (I) from 11th of April to 13th of April 2008 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

We will keep you updated on the latest offering from this PC Fair as deals are still being worked out now.

Stay tuned!

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Upcoming: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

There are lots of news on the Internet about this upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. I am basically compiling information from all over and collate as much as possible here. Specification:

• Arc – Slider phone form factor
• Dimention : 110mm X 53mm X 16.7mm
• 145grams
• Windows Mobile OS 6.1
• Qualcomm7200a 528Mhz
• 3 inch VGA display (800 X 480 pixels)
• 4 way key with optical joystick navigation
• HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and aGPS
• 3.2MP Camera (With Flash)
• 400MB Internal Memory (MicroSD Slot)

I will definitely be getting in touch with our local Sony Ericsson principal to find out more about this upcoming device! Stay tuned!

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Upcoming: MWg Zinc II

As mentioned earlier, MWg will be launching 2 new models; MWg Atom V and MWg Zinc II in early Q1 of 2008. This is the O2 Zinc replacement model.

Form factor: Slider
Dimensions: 109.5 x 59 x 17.5 mm
Primary display resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900 (Quadband)
Connectivity options: 3G, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS/GSM, USB, EDGE
Messaging features: SMS, MMS, Predictive text input, Email, Instant message
Built-in digital camera: Yes
Maximum camera resolution: 2 megapixels
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6
Main processor speed: Samsung 500 MHz
RAM/ROM: 64MB/256MB
Expansion option(s): TransFlash/microSD

Overall, the outlook looks rather classy and its 1.5mm thinner than HTC Tytn II and a faster processor too. Again, like the MWg Atom V, the lack of RAM memory is a real damper to this nice looking PDA.

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Upcoming: MWg Atom V

Words are out that MWg will be releasing 2 new handhelds. One of them will be the O2 Atom/Exec replacement model named MWg Atom V. Pricing is currently not confirmed.Specification:Dimensions: 116 x 59 x 14.95 mmPrimary display resolution: 240 x 320 pixelsNetworks: Quadband GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900Connectivity options: 3G, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS/GSM, USB, EDGEMessaging features: SMS, MMS, Predictive text input, Email, Instant messageBuilt-in digital camera: YesMaximum camera resolution: 3 megapixelsAdditional multimedia features: FM RadioOperating system: Windows Mobile 6Main processor type: Marvell PXA270 (520MHz)RAM/ROM: 64 MB/256MBExpansion option(s): TransFlash/microSDGeneral specification looks interesting with GPS and 3G. It’s only 1mm thicker than the HTC Touch with so much function thrown in. However, the low 64MB RAM really is a damper!What do you think? Leave us a comment.

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