A little behind the pack, the IHT has run a feature today on the Spice phone (previously discussed by the Times and Reuters). Niti is worried about the phone, and is concerned that it is patronizing the poor.
I don’t think that’s the case. Niti’s points about the value of the screen, and of data services [...]
… of the cultural tide reversing?
Apparently, Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz fame, has written his first opera…
Apparently, it will be performed here in Beijing later this year, in June. I’ll be here… I’ll look forward to seeing it!
The Guardian has an interesting piece on Beijing’s music scene…. no idea if I’ll have time to get to any gigs, but Beijing is a really happening place, with all sorts of underground and overground cultural stuff going on…
I made some enquiries about the Hedy WP812, that waterproof phone I mentioned recently. Apparently it only costs RMB1000, and it’s available in a store in Zhongguancun, literally just down the road.
Hmmm. I’ll certainly go and look at it. The waterproof feature is of no use to me whatsoever in Beijing, where it almost never [...]
At the University where I’m teaching, basketball is the big thing. Just outside my hostel, there are six basketball courts, and they are busy from early morning until late at night. Now that spring is arriving, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s someone playing there 24/7. By contrast, although there is a football pitch, and [...]
Way back in 2006, I wrote on this blog’s old home about “the cultural flow starting to reverse“. In other words, after a couple of centuries of cultural influence largely flowing from West to East, that flow gives indications of faltering and reversing.
I thought of that when I read about Britain’s first Bollywood acting school, [...]
The delivery date for the Meizu M8 has constantly been slipping. Amongst the faithful waiting for the phone to reach market, doubt has been setting in - will the M8 ever actually enter production, or will it become a might-have-been?
For me, it’s already too late. I need to buy a new phone soon and, once [...]
The days have mostly been lovely and sunny, with clear blue skies.
Internet connection:
David at Silicon Hutong suggests that I am not alone in experiencing a really draggy net connection lately.
(A different?) David at tech86 reminds us that WiMax Beijing is coming soon…
Kaiser Kuo at Ogilvy Digital Watch mentions that China’s trans-Pacific internet pipe is being [...]
Just to note this very interesting article in today’s IHT: Making next popular cellphone can be study in psychology. How do we design a phone to make it not just desirable, but also so that it adds maximum value to the user’s lifestyle? Through observation… I like the point about noting that Chinese users were [...]
