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Sell Masks & Make Fortune

March 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

My brother-in-law, who owns a couple of 2nd hand mobile phone shops in Wanchai, got hold of a small stock of face masks last week. He started selling them late in the afternoon that day, and made a healthy HK$2K of profit for the evening. He got hold of more stock, and apparently recorded a [...]

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Tags: Social Restructuring

Kodak LS633 Brief Encounter

March 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

I just went into the Fortress at London Square (on the Nathan Road in TST, right opposite the YT Police Station) and checked out the Kodak LS633. The camera’s appearance was slick, although I must say I prefer something with a better grip. The OLED screen was nice, but the refreshing rate (of the camera, [...]

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The Search for Kodak LS633

March 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

I have just visited Stanley Street in Central. There is already a trend of price decrease of digital cameras just as the Canon A70. I have not been able to locate the new Kodak LS633, which has an OLED, although I saw it at Broadways, Tuen Mun.

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Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data

March 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

A detailed analysis of why 3G will fail miserably.
Tim O’Reilly agrees.
I wrote about China Mobile’s unmetered GPRS service. If mobile operators see the light and change their charging model to unmetered, I don’t see why the GPRS network could not hold its grounds against WiFi. The same could be said about 3G. 3G might be [...]

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Tags: Social Restructuring