“If you don’t have an iPhone, well, you don’t have an iPhone.”
Apple rolled out a series of 3 new TV ads today and that’s the message. Telling audiences what they’re missing out if they don’t have an iPhone.
The 3 ads focused on the App Store, the iPod + iTunes and iBooks + iBookstore. Have a look for yourself.
Haha… Very teasing huh? What do you think?
PK Lai
I’m a regular Tekzilla viewer and last week’s episode, Veronica Belmont (co-host of the show) introduced the sport/hobby of Geocaching. It’s a global GPS cache hunting game, yes, like treasure hunting!
Anyways, I think it’s a very interesting and would like to share it with you! Here’s there’s official video.
After watching the official video, check this one out too. It’ll give you a better idea of what it’s really about.
What do you think? Cool huh? I’m currently using my iPhone 4 with the Geocaching app and it’s so much fun!
If you’re interested, let me know! We could go Geocaching together! Btw, here’s my profile on Geocaching.com.
PK Lai
It must have been at least 10 years since I last visited the Ocean Park, a local theme park here in Hong Kong. It was my mate Jimbo’s birthday yesterday and he planned for us all to go there and just have fun for a day! Turns out, major fun!
Honestly, I’m not a big fan of those rides. Call me chicken shit or whatever, just not that into them. I don’t mind a roller coaster ride every now and then. But just wasn’t up for it yesterday.
However, I love go visit those underwater-world-type of massive aquariums. So, Atoll Reef was my favourite place at Ocean Park.
We stayed till almost 8 when the park closes. It was a really fun day out!
Happy birthday Jimbo! Let’s go there again for Halloween!
PK Lai
It’s been a tough week for Apple Inc., under fire over its iPhone 4 antenna issue. It’s been heavily reported that when you hold the phone in a certain way, its reception would drop dramatically.
Apple has been trying to fix the issue with a software update, iOS 4.0.1 (available for update through iTunes already). But it seems like there are still questions to be answered. So just about an hour ago (starting at 10:00AM PT US time), Apple held a press conference regarding the iPhone 4.
At the very beginning, Apple showed this video clip from YouTube to the waiting press.
CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's iPhone 4 Press Conference
Steve Jobs took the stage to go through the following statistics before answering questions from the press. Here’s what he said.
I’m not sure if the antenna issue will affect me when I get my iPhone 4, but the bumper looks nice and will protect its metal surrounding, so it might be a good idea to have one anyways.
I am quite happy with the press conference because I think that Apple has taken responsibility for the issue and are trying to resolve it. I don’t want to make any further judgement on the iPhone 4 before I get one, so… Hopefully, I can get one in the first batch of the Hong Kong delivery. More personal reviews then…
Apple has now posted the video of the press conference on their website.
PK Lai
aalis
Any close friends of mine would have noticed that I’ve been mentioning the name ‘aalis‘ quite a fair bit lately. ‘aalis‘, a womenswear label designed by Boysh Lam and Alice Tam, is now open to public at 2/F 31 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay.
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Being in the fashion industry for some years, Boysh has a collective experience from Paris and London. He’s worked with Titi Kwan, a very successful stylist/designer, while in Paris before returning to his home town, Hong Kong. Recently (August 2009 to be exact) establishing their new label ‘aalis’ with Alice, who graduated from Parsons School of Design, now known as the Parsons The New School For Design. Alice started working as an intern with Miss Sixty in New York and continued to work for them after moving back to Hong Kong before joining Club Monaco a while back before teaming up with Boysh.
‘aalis’ is the origin for Alice in French. Not only does it represent the name Alice, it also sounds like Alice and Boysh put together. When looking at the word ‘aalis’ (all in lower case), it also looks like an abstracted chandelier. The whole concept of ‘aalis’ is to bring the traditional and classic back to our modern daily life. Sounds complicated doesn’t it? Well, put it this way. Remember those Victorian gowns that ladies wore back in the 18th century? Elegant and classy, right? But no one wears them anymore. Simply because it’s too bulky and hard to wear. ‘aalis’ is taking a lot of those elements, like tweeds and laces, and putting them into their designs. The results are simply magnificent!
Our aim is to bring some freshness to our customers with aalis.
Our inspiration naturally transpired from beautiful old things, especially vintage hats and antique chandeliers. We’ve sourced traditional tweeds and lace patterns, reinterpreting them into modern shapes. We are constantly looking for new and interesting ways to combine various things we love and inject that into our designs. Even our logo was inspired by the smooth strokes of intricate, vintage chandeliers which reflects the core of our brand and clothes – vintage-inspired, romantic elements combined with contemporary styled, affordable but luxurious pieces.
inside aalis 1
inside aalis 2
To find out more about ‘aalis’, including their collections and recent announcements, check out their blog or simply follow ‘aalis’ on Facebook and Twitter.
Just a quick tip for everyone, from now till 31st August 2010, ‘aalis’ is giving away VIP memberships (which entitles you to a 10% discount on normal priced items all year round) with any purchase! So, make sure you check out ‘aalis’ before this offer ends!
PK Lai