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Not really used a PDA for surfing but it's as quick for rendering most websites I visit as my P4 1GB RAM XP machine which is admittedly 3 years old. I spent a lot of time last night tinkering with the layout and have now managed to 'shrink' a lot of firefox/thunderbird's bulkiness down to fit the ti...

It was S$598 in Harvey Norman.

Not tested battery life yet but so far so good, having a few teething problems with Linux, this is my first experience with it so a steep learning curve to install everything i want on it. I've got a considerable UNIX understanding though so not a complete beginner! Think some mobile WIFI will be in...

4G purchased this morning in Funan - Harvey Norman had about 6 black ones left. Am posting on it now. Bit trickey keyboard but slowly getting used to typing on it though!!!

Overall pretty pleased with performance and useability. It does run a little warm but not too bad with the aircon on!

Harry's Bar, Boat Quay
Blue Jazz Cafe, Bali Lane

Both have decent live acts regularly.

With the inclusion of Open Office and wi-fi etc, I thought it would make an ideal meeting companion.

Bash a few emails out while surfing the net in Starbucks etc, for under $600 can't really grumble.

There's a shop on Ophir Road near Park View that rents out costumes. I was sat in the Blue Jazz cafe the other night when 5 people straight out of Pride and Prejudice walked past... Needless to say i was confused...

www.dailylit.com is the way forward, breaks it down into bite sized chunks 1 email a day (although to be fair I did read a few a day...) Still took about 6 months...

I'd agree with Ozchick Crime and Punishment is pretty good. I've just finished War and Peace, although not the best book I've ever read it was definitely the longest! For sci-fi stuff anything by Iain M Banks (Culture series). Tom Clancy is also a good writer. But my all time favorite is Terry Pratc...

Anyone seen any of these little devils in the shops yet. They made a brief appearance at SiTex but as usual ran out long before I could get my grubby little paws on one

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/

I managed to do similar with Anapod Explorer/CopyGear, (google it) I had to pay for the software though. Cheaper than re-buying still

Check out http://www.espzen.com

Loads of teams are looking for players for next season starting in a few weeks. There's a section for players looking for teams.

Cheers,

Fohls

Carrefour sometimes has half decent pork sausages, as does coldstoreage.