Archive for October, 2009

Free Apps I Installed from App Store

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

>>Reading News

1. NYTimes – I use it to learn the latest technology news.

2.Time Mobile

3.CCTV Mobile

>>Playing with photos

1.PS Mobile

Photoshop on iPhone, and free. What are you waiting for?!

2.Koredoke

just for fun. Somehow I take it as a way of reminding me of what I was doing that day when the picture was taken. Guess the app author never imagined this kinda use of his/her software :-)

3.Mover

I use it to transfer photos between my wife’s iphone and mine. User-friendly interface, pretty cool. Both my wife and I enjoy it so much. It would be perfect if the photo transfer speed goes faster.

>>Library

1.Wikipedia

Still need network connection to access. But the speed is fine. Since it’s an official version, suggest to install.

2.Ziyouquanshu (自由全書)

Full Wikipedia Chinese database. So no need to go online. A must-have for sure.

>>Other Tools

1.Chinese Calendar(萬年曆) – A must-have, if you care about what a day is in the Chinese lunar calendar.

2.BatteryMagic

Chinese Native App Stores

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Inspired by wikipedia’s List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices, I’ve just created a similar but compact list for the Chinese native App Stores here. It’s far from complete and detailed, but it could give you an idea of how the success of Apple’s AppStore business has influenced the Chinese mobile market.

Name Established Status Organizations Organization Gene Available apps
Mobile Market Aug.17,2009 Live China Mobile Carrier 1683
Surfing Space AppStore(天翼空间) Sep.1,2009 Live China Telecom Carrier 392
Wo Store(沃商城) Unknown Internal Testing China Unicom Carrier Unknown
Vogins AppStore Unknown Internal Testing MediaTek Mobile Phone Manufacturer 800+
Coolmart AppStore(Coolmart应用商店) Unknown Live Coolpad Mobile Phone Manufacturer 600+
Unknown Oct.2009 Internal Testing 天语 Mobile Phone Manufacturer Unknown

I’ll keep it updated when related information is available later. BTW, all links in the table are directed to Chinese page, so be awared.

CCTV App for iPhone

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

[iTunes Store]

CCTV, the biggest video content owner of China and the state-owned tv station, has released its official free application for iPhone platform: CCTV National Mobile TV.

Built upon CCTV’s news, sports, entertainment, music, animation and other content, this product provides you with a brand-new experience of watching TV programs from China Central Television (CCTV).

凭借着CCTV旗下新闻、体育、娱乐、影视、音乐、动漫等强大的资源优势,该产品为您提供了内容丰富的各类精彩节目。CCTV手机电视会对国内外各类热点 事件,各类重大体育赛事,各类综艺节目进行详细的播报。您可以随心随意选择,随时随地收看CCTV众多拥有独家版权的精品节目。

I’ve tried it yesterday. My first try is in the morning and it’s a failture ‘coz all the videos cannot be played at all. However later in the evening when I tried again, the video played very smoothly. All that I can say is it’s not as stable as expected.

So far all the content are not live, but VoD. However, the news part are updated so frequently, which makes it almost ‘live’(almost as soon as it’s played on TV).

The videos are from 32 well-known columns covering 8 channels(CCTV 1~5,CCTV-7,CCTV-12 and CCTV-News) . Besides, there are also 9 topic-centered videos including Shanghai EXPO and 11th National Sports etc. As to the Top chart, it’s just another view of the 32 columns.

It’s not as good as expected, but better than nothing.

Long Holiday Is Over

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Theme has been changed back to whiteasmilk.

I may back to work couple of days later.

Besides, Taotao’s gallery has been added more photos, of which the following one is my favorite :-)

One more thing, in order to eliminate spam, the gallery has been re-set to only allow registers to comment. Thanks for understandings.