Google Introduces an iPhone Rival called G1

By MIGUEL HELFT and SAUL HANSELL
Published: September 24, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Google and T-Mobile unveiled their answer to the iPhone on Tuesday, pulling the wraps off a slick mobile device that combines a touch screen and a keyboard and is aimed at putting the Internet in the pockets of millions of cellphone users.
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The T-Mobile G1 will cost $179, $20 less than the iPhone.
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The Google founders Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin introduced the G1 on Tuesday in New York. The G1, Google’s smartphone joint venture with T-Mobile, will have an applications store.
The T-Mobile G1, which will be available in the United States on Oct. 22, is the first mobile phone to be powered by Google’s Android operating system. It represents a milestone in Google’s efforts to extend its dominance of the PC-based Internet to mobile phones and further loosen the control that wireless carriers have over what consumers can do with their phones.
Analysts said that the G1 did not represent the kind of revolutionary change in design and function that Apple introduced last year with the iPhone. But the G1 is likely to further accelerate two trends that will have a lasting impact on the wireless industry: the growing use of the Internet on the go, and the ability of consumers to customize their phones with their favorite functions.
“I am not sure people are going to be lining up at stores for this device,” said Rajeev Chand, an analyst with Rutberg & Company. “The iPhone was a game changer from a consumer perspective. The Google phone may be more of game changer from an industry perspective.”
The G1, which is made by the Taiwanese electronics maker HTC, has a large color touch screen that slides out to expose a full keyboard. It also has a 3-megapixel camera, G.P.S. navigation, Wi-Fi access and an Internet browser. It will sell for $179, or $20 less than the iPhone, with a two-year voice and data plan.
“This is as good a computer as you had a few years ago,” said Google’s co-founder Larry Page, who along with co-founder Sergey Brin arrived on Rollerblades at the New York stage where Google and T-Mobile held a news conference to unveil the G1.
Although several applications, including Google’s search, maps, Gmail and YouTube, come installed on the phone, the G1 is also meant to encourage third-party developers to create programs to run on it. Like Apple, Google will include an applications store, called the Android Marketplace, where the owners of the G1 and future Android-powered phones will be able to download those programs.
Google said that developers would have virtually unfettered access to the marketplace, leaving it up to consumers — not Google or T-Mobile — to decide what they want to run on their phones.
While the G1 is expected to compete with high-end smartphones like the iPhone and the BlackBerry line of devices made by Research in Motion, Google’s aims are far different from those of its rivals.
Google makes the Android software available for free to carriers and handset makers who want to use it to power their own devices. Google hopes that many will choose to do so, populating the market with mobile phones that have easy access to Google’s services. Just as it does on the PC-based Internet, Google hopes to earn money from advertising.
“For Google, Android is a cash drain,” said James Faucette, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities. “They are going to lose money on Android as an operating system. They hope to make it up from the services that they are delivering through their infrastructure and servers.”
While Google is betting on the success of Android, it also stands to benefit from the success of other smartphones, as their owners tend to surf and search the Internet much more actively than users of less advanced phones. Indeed, Google said earlier this year that its mobile service received a disproportionate amount of traffic from iPhone users.
“We want people out there to use the Internet on their phones a lot,” Mr. Brin said in an interview. “It actually doesn’t matter if it is Android, the iPhone or something else.”
T-Mobile, is counting on the G1 to increase its sale of data plans and said it believed the devices would appeal to consumers and business users.
“I think frankly this device will have mass appeal,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer of T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
Android is unlikely to take the smartphone market by storm overnight. Despite its success, the iPhone accounted for just 2.8 percent of smartphones sold worldwide in the second quarter, according to Gartner, a market analysis firm. Windows Mobile, a seven-year-old Microsoft operating system that runs on phones sold by more than 160 carriers, has just 12 percent of the market.
“Nobody meets, falls in love and celebrates their 50th anniversary all at once,” said Scott Rockfeld, group product manager at Microsoft. “Success in this industry depends in solid relationships over time.”

The Job(s)

Roughly 2 months ago, i had a disagree with my boss. She is so far a type of bos who made a bad calls on decision. Therefore without any job offer yet on that time, i submit my resignation.

TODAY:
today is 21 day i fulfill my fasting in this holy month of ramadhan with my wife. Its been a challenging way ahead because im still in doubt whether to accept several offers in hand right now or focus on the business.

Selamat berbuka puasa!

Salam Ramadhan

Its been 8 days we muslim is fasting for the whole month of Ramadhan. Its never too late to wish salam ramadhan.

Gempar! Manusia tidak bermuka

Hehe, saje je aku bagi gimik sket. Tajuk di atas sesuai untuk ahli-ahli politik yg tebal muka tabur duit utk menang jawatan kecik je pun kadang2 dan juga kepada mereka yg suka2 hati bersumpah laknat seolah2 macam gaduh budak sekolah darjah 1

Malaysia Today blocked by MCMC

MCMC action by instruct all ISPs in Malaysia to block Malaysia Today website. This act has been arguing by Malaysia IT Society as government clearly has violated Under point 7 of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia 10 Point Bill of Guarantees to the international community, the government promises to ensure no internet censorship.

However Malaysian Government has use another act to do such action by invoking Section 263 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (1998) by pressuring license holders (such as ISPs) to take action against service user like Malaysia Today alleged to be contravening national laws. (Under of the Act, a licensee must “use his best endeavour” to prevent his/her facilities from being used to violate any law in the country”).

This is nonsense, clearly BN GOV has violated MSC 10 Point Bill of Guarantees. This 10 Point is to support MSC flagship to ensure continuous investment from big IT Firm to open their business here. Are they all jokers? This is purely a political action, this incident will definitely will be one of the points to be seriously taken by outside investor before open their company in Malaysia and grant MSC status.
Early this year Google it self has been said to open their mega datacenter in Malaysia to growth their business, but this stupid action by government is definitely stupid.

The 10 Point Bill of Guarantee.
As part of its commitment to ensure the success of MSC Malaysia Status companies, the Malaysian Government promises to fulfill the following Bill of Guarantees:



1. Provide a world-class physical and information infrastructure.

2. Allow unrestricted employment of local and foreign knowledge workers.

3.
Ensure freedom of ownership by exempting companies with MSC Malaysia Status from local ownership requirements.

4. Give the freedom to source capital globally for MSC Malaysia infrastructure, and the right to borrow funds globally.

5. Provide competitive financial incentives, including no income tax for up to 10 years or an investment tax allowance, and no duties on import of multimedia equipment.

6. Become a regional leader in intellectual property protection and cyberlaws.

7. Ensure no Internet censorship.

8. Provide globally competitive telecommunications tariffs.

9. Tender key MSC Malaysia infrastructure contracts to leading companies willing to use the MSC Malaysia as their regional hub.

10. Provide an effective one-stop agency - the Multimedia Development Corporation.

p/s:malaysia-today.net can be accessed by this new url www.mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008/

Merdeka 2008 :Petronas Ad

Netbackup:Configuring Drive on RHEL(kernel 2.6)

Just see below action taken,im lazy to type more words today.

[root@Cel202 bin]# uptime
12:37:35 up 25 min, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.06, 0.05

[root@Cel202 ~]# lssg
sg0 0,0,0,0 HP Ultrium 2-SCSI K470
sg1 0,0,1,0 HP Ultrium 2-SCSI K470
sg2 0,0,2,0 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI H44S
sg3 0,0,3,0 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI H44S
sg4 1,0,0,0 HP Ultrium 2-SCSI K710
sg5 1,0,1,0 HP Ultrium 2-SCSI K710
sg6 2,0,0,0 HP Ultrium 3-SCSI L58S
sg7 2,0,1,0 HP Ultrium 3-SCSI L58S
sg8 3,0,0,0 HP Ultrium 3-SCSI L58S
sg9 3,0,1,0 HP Ultrium 3-SCSI L58S
[root@Cel202 ~]# cd /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/
[root@Cel202 bin]# ./tpautoconf -a
TPAC60 - - - -1~-1~-1~-1 2 - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - cel202 4 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM3_08 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~3-SCSI~~L58S /dev/nst9 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 8 8 3 - - - HU10648P9Y - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM3_07 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~3-SCSI~~L58S /dev/nst8 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 7 8 3 - - - HU10648P8R - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM3_06 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~3-SCSI~~L58S /dev/nst7 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 6 8 3 - - - HU10650UUE - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM3_05 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~3-SCSI~~L58S /dev/nst6 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 5 8 3 - - - HU10651AMG - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM2_04 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~2-SCSI~~K710 /dev/nst5 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 4 8 3 - - - MXP8A055CM - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM2_03 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~2-SCSI~~K710 /dev/nst4 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 3 8 3 - - - MXP8B02KAC - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 HP.ULTRIUM4-SCSI.000 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~4-SCSI~~H44S /dev/nst3 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 - - 0 3 - - - HU18222726 - 5 0 0 cel8484 - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 HP.ULTRIUM4-SCSI.001 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~4-SCSI~~H44S /dev/nst2 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 - - 0 3 - - - HU181922Y3 - 5 0 0 cel8484 - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM2_02 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~2-SCSI~~K470 /dev/nst1 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 2 8 3 - - - HUM4L00729 - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
TPAC60 ULTRIUM2_01 HP~~~~~~Ultrium~2-SCSI~~K470 /dev/nst0 -1~-1~-1~-1 1 0 0 1 8 3 - - - HUM4M00002 - 3 0 1 - - cel202 0 - - 0 - - - -
[root@Cel202 bin]# ./tpconfig -d
Id DriveName Type Residence
Drive Path Status
****************************************************************************
0 ULTRIUM3_08 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=8
/dev/nst9 UP
1 ULTRIUM3_07 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=7
/dev/nst8 UP
2 ULTRIUM3_06 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=6
/dev/nst7 UP
3 ULTRIUM3_05 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=5
/dev/nst6 UP
4 ULTRIUM2_04 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=4
/dev/nst5 UP
5 ULTRIUM2_03 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=3
/dev/nst4 UP
8 ULTRIUM2_02 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=2
/dev/nst1 UP
9 ULTRIUM2_01 hcart TLD(0) DRIVE=1
/dev/nst0 UP
[root@Cel202 bin]# cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/
[root@Cel202 goodies]# ./netbackup stop
stopping the NetBackup Service Monitor
stopping the NetBackup Service Layer
stopping the NetBackup compatibility daemon
stopping the Media Manager volume daemon
stopping the NetBackup Notification Service
[root@Cel202 goodies]# ./netbackup start
NetBackup Database Server started.
NetBackup Notification Service started.
NetBackup Enterprise Media Manager started.
NetBackup Resource Broker started.
Rebuilding device nodes.
Media Manager daemons started.
NetBackup request daemon started.
NetBackup compatibility daemon started.
NetBackup Job Manager started.
NetBackup Policy Execution Manager started.
NetBackup Service Layer started.
NetBackup is not configured for clustering.
NetBackup Service Monitor started.

Salinan Laporan dari Hospital Pusrawi

Ini dia salinan dari hospital pusrawi berkenaan kes l***t oleh sai**l terhadap DSAI.


P.S-Selepas kes ini aku berasa sedikit jelik untuk menyebut mahupun menulis perkataan l***t dan sai**l. SEKIAN.

In Malaysia only: (politics) Suspect threat as terrorist

Yes, in Malaysia only (see pictures below). As for now, most of Malaysians are have a big doubt on Malaysia justice and police system. Below is the pictures of Anwar being arrested with full armed utk police.

Taken from chegubard blogs:

11.30 pagi bertolak keluar dari BPR Putrajaya, Anwar bercadang pulang dahulu ke rumah untuk menyimpan fail-fail berkaitan kes BPR dan mengambil fail - fail berkaitan kes 'liwat' pula. Oleh kerana cukup masa maka makanan disiapkan di rumah untuk dijamah sebelum solat Zuhor dan kemudian bertolak ke IPK KL yang terletak kira - kira 10-15 minit perjalanan dari kediamanya di Bukit Segambut.

Malangnya kira - kira 200 meter dari kediamanya konvoi Anwar Ibrahim disekat dan di kepung dengan puluhan anggota UTK bertopeng dan bersenjata. Tidak kurang dari 18 kenderaan polis terlibat.

Ramai tertanya - tanya kenapa ini berlaku ? Kenapa perlu lakukan sesuatu yang sememangnya pasti mengundang imej yang buruk kepada polis dan membangkitkan kemarahan penyokong DSAI...?

Semenjak dua minggu sebelum peristiwa tangkapan ala gestapo itu sememangnya latihan keselamatan rapi sudah dibuat, melibatkan tentera dan polis. Kali terakhir tentera berada di tengah bandaraya ialah 1969.

BPSTUADD: Manual create storage unit in Veritas Netbackup

I hardly find a good manual in the internet to add a storage unit manually. Generally, storage unit can be added automatically using netbackup configurations wizard. However, in heterogeneous environment where sometimes one master servers with 30 or more san/media server in a backup environment command line is the best way to configure your netbackup.

This is only for storage unit using tape library, for disk backup maybe i'll cover it later on.


bpstuadd:

1. Just to tell you where is bpstuadd command located if the system admin lazy to update OS profiles to include netbackup command path.

bash-2.04# which bpstuadd
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpstuadd

2. So, now run bpstuadd command with the parameter as below. I'll explain each of the parameters after this.
bash-2.04# bpstuadd -M cel8484 -label cel202_STU -density hcart -rt tld -rn 0 -cj 8 -host cel202 -odo 0 -maxmpx 32 -mfs 1048576

3. Verify newly configured storage unit using bpstulist command.
bash-2.04# bpstulist -label cel202_STU -U -verbose
<2>bpstulist: INITIATING: version NetBackup 6.0 created: 2007070505

Label: cel202_STU
Storage Unit Type: Media Manager
Host Connection: cel202
Number of Drives: 8
On Demand Only: no
Max MPX/drive: 32
Density: hcart - 1/2 Inch Cartridge
Robot Type/Number: TLD / 0
Max Fragment Size: 1048576 MB


Now, let me explain what the hell is M, cj, odo and etc2.

M - is the master server name
label - is the storage unit name, anyname you want
density - is the type of media that will be use for backup. I use hcart as it still use LTO media
cj - is how many drives you want this storage unit use. In my case i put 8 drives.
host - is which media server is storage unit for.
odo - stands for on demand only to differenciate between SAN media server and media server.
maxmpx - is max multiple factor for each drive, you need some calculation for this.
mfs - is for max fragment size. Please read here to know what the hell is max fragment size.