Maxis will be launching their new 3G Mobile Service this coming Friday, 1 July 2005 at the new Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre near KLCC building.

I wonder what will be installed for the event. If you know, please update me.

There are 2 dates:

1 July 2005 (11am to 2pm)
2-3 July 2005 (11am to 9pm)

Some updates on Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 (Bernama) — Maxis Communications Bhd has updated on its content partnership with Astro and a range of seven new generation 3G handsets for its Maxis3G mobile service to be launched on July 1, following the rollout of Maxis 3G Connect datacard, and amidst growing market expectation on 3G services.

Maxis is working closely with Astro, Malaysia’s leading digital satellite TV broadcaster, to bring 3G consumers a new and exciting range of content, especially video-based content, it said in a statement, here Tuesday.

Its Chief Operating Officer Edward Ying said: “We want to ensure that our customers continue to be at the receiving end of new and innovative services. 3G is very much about content – and customers will expect new developments, constantly.”

In its effort to deliver quality 3G experience and content delivery, Maxis is also working with the world’s leading handset manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson to provide customers with a wide choice of Maxis3G handsets at a range of prices starting from RM1,600.

Beginning July 1, customers will have a choice of the Motorola A1000, Nokia 6680, Nokia N90, Sony Ericsson Z800, Motorola V975, Motorola E1000 and Motorola C975 that have been specially designed for simple, intuitive access with one-key access to the Maxis3G portal and the Internet.

Maxis said that the range of handset was part of Maxis’ strategy to integrate handsets, networks, content and services to produce an easy to use end-to-end customer proposition.

See www.maxis.com.my

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Casio introduced their new slim 5MP Exilim EX-S500 about two weeks ago. Casio setup a site showing how they made the Japanese commercial for the EX-S500.

Casio actually hired Japanese Opera singers to promote the new camera. Looks like Japanese Opera is superior to western opera in some aspects. Anyway, the Casio site (Japanese) features a video of the commercial itself and another video showing the shoot from behind the scenes.

Read more at Behind the Scenes of Casio Exilim EX-S500 Gadget Model Shoot

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The software maker said on Friday that it will build support for RSS into the next version of Internet Explorer, as well as into Longhorn, the Windows update scheduled to arrive next year.

“We really think that RSS is going to be key to how people use the Internet in the future,” said Gary Schare, a director of strategic product management for Microsoft’s Windows unit. “Because of that we are betting really big on RSS in Longhorn by integrating RSS throughout the operating system.”

Read more at Microsoft confirms RSS plans

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JUNE 24, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) – An industry standards group that includes chip makers Intel Corp. and STMicroelectronics NV has published a document detailing the requirements a fuel cell technology would need to power a mobile PC, the group said in a Thursday statement.

The new guidelines from the Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group should help speed the development of longer lasting fuel-cell power sources for notebooks and other mobile computers, a development viewed as important for the growing popularity of Wi-Fi and other wireless Internet technologies.

The development of wireless power supplies has lagged mobile Internet efforts. Batteries still last only a few hours in notebook computers before needing a recharge, but the group says fuel cell systems could last for days.

The guidelines will help developers of fuel cells for mobile devices, such as Millennium Cell Inc. and Tekion Solutions Inc., by outlining key technical requirements for fuel cells to work well inside a mobile PC.

The technology is available today to put a fuel-cell system inside a notebook PC, but it wouldn’t be able to supply enough power for the average user, said Andy Keates, power sources enabling manager at Intel and a member of the group.

“You could build a 10-watt to 12-watt [fuel-cell] power supply now, which is fine for a PC not doing very much, like using Word,” he said. But turn on the DVD player, which requires 20 watts of power, and you run into trouble.

Next year, the first external fuel-cell power sources will likely be available, Keates said, and will likely find use among people working in remote areas without reliable power, like field researchers or the military.

The main trouble with fuel-cell systems is they’re too big to be put inside notebook PCs, that’s why it’s easier to build an external fuel cell power supply, Keates said. A fuel-cell system requires more space than a battery because it includes the fuel cell itself, as well as supporting systems similar to a car engine, like a fuel pump, cooling system, and starter battery.

Batteries require few supporting systems.

Another engineering hurdle is that fuel cells operate differently than batteries, the group said. Fuel cells provide a steady supply of power, whereas power demand in notebook computers is very uneven, driven by bursts of power demand as different parts of the notebook, like the DVD drive or hard drive, are tapped for use, the group said. The stored charge of a battery matches this kind of uneven power demand, but fuel cells need careful management.

The group takes no position on which power supply technology might win the battle for notebook supremacy, said Keates.

“The industry has a lot of opinions about which one is going to be the winner. The fuel-cell companies are very confident, but the lithium-ion battery makers point out their 15 years of service and constant improvement. It’s an open race,” said Keates.

The fuel-cell guidelines cover size and power issues as well as electrical, mechanical, control, thermal, environmental and regulatory aspects of fuel cell designs for mobile PCs, including those made for use inside a device, and external fuel cells.

The Extended Battery Life Working Group was formed in 2002 as a collaborative effort to lower barriers for new power technologies aimed at mobile PCs. It includes PC-related companies such as Microsoft Corp., Dell Inc. and laptop contract manufacturer Quanta Computer Inc., as well as battery and fuel cell developers. It took the group six months to develop the fuel-cell specifications, Keates said.

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With final certification testing looming, Intel says it is working with ArrayComm to enhance WiMax antenna technology. According to the company, the goal of the partnership is to increase the range and produce higher data rates for smart antenna technologies that leverage the mobile WiMax standard (802.16e).

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