hong kong
Games
When You Try To Get A Cheap Xbox 360 HDD, It Can Only End In Tears
6:00AM Adam Frucci | I refuse to pay $US160 for a 120GB Xbox 360 HDD. But I need one, as my 20GB model is filling up. So I decided to order a cheap one from a shady Hong Kong website. What a mistake. More »
Online
Honey, Someone Shrunk Hong Kong
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | Dear Google, please make every single Google Maps city in the world look like this ultra-detailed, SimCity-like, isometric map of Hong Kong. Not only it looks beautiful, but if feels clear, useful, and you can get really close: More »
Peripherals
Meeting Brando, Hong Kong’s USB Willy Wonka
5:00AM Elaine Chow | I get a text message from a guy saying to meet him at the Outback Steakhouse at the Discovery Park in Tsuen. Ordinarily I might have passed, only this guy was Brando. Yes, that Brando.
Design
Hong Kong Architect Turns 344-Square-Foot Space into Ultimate Transformer Apartment
3:40PM Elaine Chow | Hong Kong architect and technophile Gary Chang has the most amazing apartment. His 344-square-foot space can be shifted into at least 24 different layouts, using a funhouse’s worth of sliding walls and detachable shelving. More »
Peripherals
Chinese-Themed Microsoft Arc Mice Can Get Lost In Your Pottery Collection
3:30PM Elaine Chow | During my visit to Hong Kong, Brian showed me to a local design store called G.O.D. (Goods Of Desire), which kind of reminded me of a China kitsch-themed Urban Outfitters. When I get a chance to go back there, I’m definitely saving up some money for these laser mice, a Microsoft Arc and G.O.D. mashup. Man, could you even tell computer mice were in the picture? Fooled me at first glance! More »
Software
Giant iPhone Display Runs OS X (This Time, At Least)
7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Eagle-eyed reader Phelipe Hamoui snapped these shots of the giant iPhone display in Hong Kong running Mac OS X. This marks a nice change from that embarrassing little slip-up that revealed a U.S. display was running (gasp upon gasp!) Windows XP. So take a deep breath, Mac Army. Everything’s gonna be okay. [- Thanks, Phelipe!] More »
Phones
3:30PM Nick Broughall | You know how we showed you that Apple were selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong? Not happening in Australia.
According to Fran Foo over at Australian IT, Apple are more than happy with the relationship they have offering the phone through Telstra, Optus, Virgin and Vodafone.
So if you do want an unlocked iPhone, you still have to pony up the cash to one of the carriers before you can unlock it (for a fee) so that it will work with any carrier. Or you could just jailbreak the thing and be done with it – whatever you want…
[Australian IT] More »
Apple Not Selling Unlocked iPhones In Australia
3:30PM Nick Broughall | You know how we showed you that Apple were selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong? Not happening in Australia.
According to Fran Foo over at Australian IT, Apple are more than happy with the relationship they have offering the phone through Telstra, Optus, Virgin and Vodafone.
So if you do want an unlocked iPhone, you still have to pony up the cash to one of the carriers before you can unlock it (for a fee) so that it will work with any carrier. Or you could just jailbreak the thing and be done with it – whatever you want…
[Australian IT] More »
Phones
Officially Unlocked iPhones On Sale at Hong Kong Apple Store
6:47PM Kit Eaton | Check out the Hong Kong Apple store online and you’ll see a couple of lines of text that’ll tempt, tease and beguile you if you’re dreaming of an unlocked iPhone 3G: “iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.” About $US700 will get you an unlocked 8GB version, and the 16GB is just $US800. Handy for the dev team, no doubt. [Hong Kong Apple Store via Slashphone] More »
Vehicles
Cruise Ship In the Middle of Hong Kong Is Actually a Crazy Shopping Centre
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | This cruise ship is called the Whampoa and it is stranded in a gigantic pool in the middle of Hong Kong’s largest private housing state: Whampoa Garden. However, this Love Boat is sailing to nowhere: it’s just a huge shopping mall full of restaurants, shops, and a hotel, built to look like a cruise ship. Looking at it up close, it really looks like one, down to the metal finish. In Google Maps, you realise how huge this thing is: More »
