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I got this phone 2 weeks already, it is a great phone as I have upgraded from a pretty lousy phone that I have used for almost 2 years. With the high expectation of getting a phone which could keep up with my online updates, I quickly install some great applications, but come to know that most of the resource hungry application or resource hungry websites actually make my new Nokia E72 restart. This happens without fail, so there is no chance at all for me to log into Nimbuzz, or even Meebo url will cause it to restart. Not to mention website like Facebook (non mobile) will do the same. I can’t tell you how many times my phone restarted….

Overall, I think that the qwerty keyboard and touch scrolling feature is simply great. Makes it look and feel like a blackberry. For a RM1,550, you are getting WiFi, qwerty keyboard, 3G with HSDPA connection speed, GPS (Garmin if you have the map), 5.2mp camera + second camera for 3G, and the mail application is such a great deal.

But the constant restarting of the phone is getting into my nerf, while I tried my friend E71 and they had no such problem. They are discussion about this E72 restarting issue at Nokia forum too.

Looking forward for firmware upgrade, which I heard European version is out, hopefully they fix this problem, or I am getting myself to the Nokia Service Center to bug them for a fix.

It seems that we will be seeing twitter search result when we do a search on Google. Although I would admit that I do not actually search for anything in Twitter before, and including them in Google seems to clutter up the information for me. Also, the twitter search result will update from time to time to get the latest updates.

Yea, I am also taking a look at the latest iPad! Would like to see and feel an actual unit. I believe it is a nice unit to do some reading.

Currently I have Alexa and Technorati ranking on my ranking matrices for Malaysia Top 100 Blogs. I have been struggling to get other ranking up when I got compete API and the ranking ready, only to find out that it does not rate subdomain. Meaning yourname.blogspot.com will rank the same as www.blogspot.com, which is ridiculously bad. I have yet to come out with a solution.

While Google Rank script works well running one domain at a time but when I run my database of almost 200 domains, it seems to have no response from Google at all. I will need to fine tune this.

It has been a boring weekend with my daily job taking up a lot of time as I am on standby and my servers are not behaving well, I am stuck at home monitoring those metal box.

I know there is other software out there whereby you could do remote connection but one software whereby you can bypass your  firewall is pretty hard to find. With this Remote connection, you can basically surf, ftp, telnet, or do any other connection that is limited by the firewall. I think that LogMeIn is using a java connection therefore the port used in this connection is only port 80 whereby it is usually open for surfing purposes.

It is a free software whereby the server (your home PC) will need to be on while the client only require a standard browser and some ActiveX will be installed. Plus, the connection is also encrypted with AES 256-bit encryption. Browsing speed is decent depending on your download & upload internet speed.

The only disadvantage is that you will need to keep your home PC connected and on when you need to do this. Unless you have someone at home to call when you need to start your computer. Nevertheless, this is a way you can bypass your company firewall, or solve netbook unable to run heavy duty software, or unable to download certain files, or would simply need to remote as your file is always stored in once place.

Been really busy recently and so ashame of myself of not writing anything here for so long, because it indicates that I did not learn any new things, new ideas or found any new tips & tricks recently. But nevertheless, I have move some of my domains to a new Semi-Dedicated hosting. I have been looking for a great semi-dedicated hosting for quite some time. The reason mainly because of financial side which I am more than comfortable to pay for hosting now.

I believe that I found one reliable webhosting company but it is too early to say, all I can say now is “So far so good”. This blog will not move so soon because I have paid for Hostgator for their 3 years plan and it is not that resource hungry as my other websites. My new hosting is with ServerFreak Hosting, they are a Malaysia hosting company, pretty reputable so far and their office is quite near to my house. Will come out with their service review once I tried them out for at least 3 months.

On the other hand, I have been spanding some time with my family, and taking pictures with my new DLSR.