Ipad App Review: Blogpress

Right... So i just bought my first app for my Ipad. Blogpress.

Justification for buying the app:
# It is on Sale $2.99 anyway.
# And I am a fervent blogger.
# Nowadays I seldom turn on my PC. Maybe once a week, which explain why i have not post much about my US trip since most of the pics are on the PC.
# Trying to blog using raw methods sucks.
# blogger doesn't have a free app for blogging.
# i am bound to buy this app anyway. I don't think it's going to be free.

So far this app is ok. Maybe it doesn't have the WYSIWYG editor.

Let me upload a picture.


This is taken using the ipad camera on the spot.

Let's see another one.


This one is from the Ipad's camera roll. I used the Instagram app. As you can see, Most people can't spell my name right :p

What else can this app do?
Some basic things, like editing old posts.
Feeds The blogpost to twitter and facebook.
Link to picasa web album, where your blogger post all you pics.

Basic things pretty much.
But beats having to write a post on notes, upload to dropbox, copy link to blogger and post.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Lingkungan Budi,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Ipad App Review: Upad for Ipad

Bloggin from the Ipad.

Hello,
My post today is brought to you by the letter "I" and "B". "I" is for the IPAD and "B" is for BLOGGER.com.

A review.
I'm posting this manually via blogger.com because I can't find a (free) blogging app just yet. There's a lot of effort needed to post something on blogger.

One, you can't use the 'compose' mode, so need to fork out some effort to remember some html codes. So i have to keep it simple.

Second, to post a picture on blogger needs even more work. The 'upload photo from folder' doesn't work, so i had to use the URL link instead. This means, i had to upload a photo from the ipad to a server, like photobucket or dropbox, copy the link and paste it in blogger.

The above is a picture of a hot and cold glasses of water taken using Photobooth app using thermal camera mode, which i think doesn't really work, or just need to be calibrated. But i don,t think there's actually a thermal sensor in the ipad, or does it?

What would be nice is to be able to post a 'real time' photo directly into blogger. Like the many twitter apps available.

Thirdly, landscape mode only works for a certain 'height' of the browser. Once your entry goes below the virtual keyboard, you can't see what you're typing. Scrolling doesn't help because it,ll keep scrolling back up. I also can't scroll in the editing box!

So guys, if you know any good blogging app for the ipad that's free, please let me know. I,m in dire need of a blogging app. Otherwise, i have to write to the blogger team about this.

iCame iHome iTwice as iHappy i=)

I just thought I'd share my experience about my iFantastic iFriday being in the iQueue waiting for the iPad2. But before that, you can just jump right down to the very last picture for a summary of the day to save time and spare some geek drama.

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iSlept early the night before the iFriday. The rain woke me up, and when I looked at the clock it was only 1130pm. What? I've only been asleep for 1 hour?! Went back to sleep. Woke up back at 4,5 and 630am. Excited much Dyanna?

Finally got ready by 730am and ready to move. Peeked outside, "Man.. the traffic is really bad outside! Luckily I'm taking the LRT to KLCC."

There's a reason why I choose KLCC and machines. 1st there's no bookings, so 1st come first serve give some guarantee that there's enough stock for early birds. Fanboys and girls are not allowed to camp overnight, unlike in some place that I heard of. More guarantee that less people are there early morning. I try to avoid geek central like digital mall and low yat. KLCC is a nice place and convenient too.

Traffic standstill.

After taking a light breakfast of roti canai and teh tarik, I headed to KLCC. By 830am, I reached Level 3 and found people has already started queuing. Bummer, I thought I was the first few. There's actually 70 to 100 people ahead of me! How crazy is that? I am standing across of Machines, on the other side of corridor. There's a 4 storey fall gap separating us.

Not so early birds.

Now let's take a look who ARE the people at the front of the pearly gates. I heard they waited there since 530am. Fuh... Store not open yet.

The REAL early birds.

930am. The lights inside Machines are turned on. Hopes went up. Everyone's bright eyed now.

Lights on giving hope. Stores not open yet for another half hour.

Once you make new friends with others, waiting in line wasn't that dreadful, really. A collection of Apple fanboys and fangirls. Geeks galore! Talking with these people are entertaining because you learn so much about stuff like the best food in Ipoh, Penang, KL. Whether or not we should buy the casing here. Take the protection plan. economics. gadget testing methods. Camera. Anything. So I had this one girl behind me, who took a leave to buy one for her boyfriend. Then, there's a guy in front of me who also took leave to buy for himself, I wonder if he's single. Then another guy, who took leave to buy for his wife. A girl who was in line with her dad/uncle.. (not sure).

Let's have a quick look at the line again... 

When the stores officially opened and rolled up the shutters at 10am, the staff came out with goodies bag and everybody applauded. Unfortunately it was for the first 10-15 customers =(  They got machines T-Shirts. I was a bit jealous... but what the hey.

A booking card. Sensed the irony?

By 1030, staff passed out booking cards. This is to ensure you'll get one. No changing of minds after this. Oh, and the 32GB Wifi+3G model has already ran out of stock. The first customer came out from the store with his iPad2 and the whole floor APPLAUDED. Wah, so semangat one!

View from the top.

11am. Stil waiting....line is moving slowly. Very slowly...

This is my second time being in a  long line waiting for something. The first one was waiting in line to get into NEXT stores on Boxing Day on a very cold December morning (5am already walking through Hyde Park!). Gotta give credit for the "commitment". Not.

View from the bottom?

12pm. FINALLY, in front of machines! But still can't enter the shop yet. Wait outside lagi. By this time I'm a bit irritated because i'm getting tired and hungry. I did brought some food, but I didn't eat there because I didn't brought enough to share.

Crowd in the store testing iPad and other iMachines.

1230.. Yeay, the big burly guy allowed us to enter the store! Still have to wait though...

Finally IN the store. One tired but happy camper.

1245.. reached the counter. Collected my ipad and paid. Looked at some accessories.. get some ideas... Can't wait to get out of that crowded place. Bid goodbye to my new friends.

Met other non-gadget frenzied friends for lunch and tea and coffee. Btw, I walked back to machines at 4pm. People are STILL queuing for the Ipad... But i doubt not all models are available.

The busiest store in KLCC today. definitely.

By the time I got home, I'm knackered. REALLY knackered! Felt like I knocked my knee off.

Finally, some alone time with the shiny =)

There's a Lady Gaga song that somehow stuck in my head which relates to this... but i'll share on the next one.

Quick UNBOXING of Ipad2 was done with my friend, Dieya, at Chinoz later that day. You can read about it here...

Summary of my day.

Normal blog post - Friday is Ipad2 Day

(my 2nd post for today)

Firstly, I have to come clean with you guys (or myself actually - I need to get this off my chest!), for the past 5 weeks I've been keeping a watch scouring the internet for any news of the Ipad 2 in Singapore and Malaysia, up to a point that I myself think I'm becoming an crazy obsessed freak. I don't even want to say how many hours spent doing this 'research' for fear of looking even more like a pathetic crazy obsessed freak.

Last Saturday new rumours emerged on some local tech websites showing someone holding a receipt of ipad2 pre-booking confirmation, then followed by the start-up of a tech forum and from there on, fans went mad and the forum expanded uncontrollably like a wild forest fire.It goes up to 108 pages in just 5 days and has more than 50k views! Apparently there's a whole group of pathetic crazy obsessed freak like me out there. Phew, what a relief! -lol- *maybe the hindi word 'pagal he' is more appropriate*

So, I did my research. I have set what kind of model, color and storage capacity that I wanted to buy. 

Last time Apple only gave fans 6 options to choose from. Now the number of choices have doubled with the introduction of white colored border. Talk about spoiled for choice. Black vs White. The dark side or the light side. The hip or the serious.

Then there's the option of which capacity to choose from. 16GB, 32GB or 64GB. For each model it's RM300 difference, which is quite a considerable amount. You could go for that lower capacity and have extra dosh for a funky ipad2 casing. However, the inner geek in me tells me to choose function over fashion.

And finally, choosing between a Wi-Fi or 3G model. For me this is a no-brainer.

Now the real question is what time should i go and make a bee line to the store? I don't know how long I'll be  in the queue. What should I bring? A jacket? A thermos filled with coffee/tea? Some food? A book? Fortunately it's launched on Friday, where people are at work, schools and some have exams! So I estimate the crowd would be less, but you'll never know, maybe it won't.

I really do hope they got tons of stocks and enough for everyone that day. I've seen pictures of the carton boxes in the stock holding room, but after doing a quick math and dividing it with all the different ipad types, it's actually not that many. Only 1/12th of the box contains the model I wanted. Like, hey, in US pun you have to wait 1-2 weeks if ordered online. ugh...

* I don't know why i'm so obsessed with this. If I was still working at M0t0 i don't think I would even look at an ipad. No, I will look, but I won't have the slightest desire to own one. Maybe it's because back then I already have a portable computer given. Or maybe because it's a competitor gadget?

OK what ever... now less than 24 hours to go! Friday is becoming a favorite song for ipad2 fans. Now Rebecca Black has the last laugh, how ironic.

It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward Friday, Friday
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward for the Ipad2