Samsung Omnia (DZIA5) – Part two

Well is almost one week of using and here is the second part of the review:

GPS

The GPS can detect the satellite almost immediately (about 3 to 5 second) . After checking at the setting:

The XTRA setting?? My little guess work…  Omnia will download the satellite data from the Internet (as said in the setting) :) The most important fact to know it that it works and can detect the signal extremely fast as compare to when I first have the phone (almost a year ago).

I tried going for a drive with the “Enhanced GPS” disabled and after 10 minutes of drive still unable to fix onto any signal. When I turn on the enhanced mode, the signal almost immediately lock on. This is good if you turn on the geo-tagging in the camera more (more on that later….)

The problems with un-assisted GPS in jungle (real or concrete) is that there too many obstructions, such as in urban environment, the satellite signals bounce off buildings which confuse the receiver and prevents lock and error in timing measurement. The assisted mode, Omnia will download the latest satellite information about the conditions in the vicinity of the phone allowing better time measurements and more accurate positioning as well as higher signal to noise ratios.

For more information, please refer to: http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5078

Back to other new features of DZIA5:

Volume control

 

The new volume control is like those manual fan speed control. you turn the dial to volume level you wanted. Cool.

Game: Asphalt 4

 

This is a car racing game and you control the car by turn your Omnia or in short your Omnia is your steering wheel of the car. You can also use the touch screen mode, that is touch left edge of Omnia to turn left and to turn right, touch on the right edge.

Other

The other reason why the new ROM is larger than the previous version is that it include some movies and songs (it formatted your storage to put in all the new software, movies and songs).

The movies and songs are:

 

The Tutorial basically gives you a simple guide/tour on how to use your OMNIA. The other software is called Share pix.

It helps you to upload you photos to Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, etc.

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Samsung Omnia (DZIA5) – Part One

I have been studying PMP for at least the last 4 weeks, so I need a break and back to my favorite pass time – that is, upgrading my phone ROM :D

Samsung Omnia i900 latest ROM update is DZIA5. I think I notice is that the file size is getting bigger. The last few ROM size is 109MB but this new ROM is 225MB. Wonder what they put inside. One thing for sure, each time I upgrade my ROM, the usable ROM getting smaller :(

Hmmm…… what was added into the new ROM? So the usual stuff. Backup my data and get all my most needed software ready. The phone is charged to 100% and I am ready to go.

Before I upgrade, I snapshot my old information:

Launch the program and follow the steps on your computer.  Hmmm… there a a few more steps/files this time. The last time if my memory still served me correctly, it only upgrade about 3 to 4 files. But this time is 6 files and takes about 15 minutes and another 3 to 4 minutes for rebooting and restarting.

And after restarting, I snapshot it before I reinstall all my favorite program:

 

I put back all my software and data, total time about 30 minutes. So let’s explore what is news in this release.

NOTICE or WARNING: All the previous versions of upgrades didn’t touch the storage, memory which means whatever folders/files you had before the upgrade in the 8GB/16GB would remain after the upgrade.  But the new version WIPES OUT all the files in the STORAGE MEMORY. Therefore REMEMBER to make a BACK UP of the files you have in storage memory before you proceed with the upgrade. Don’t said I did not warn you!

The first thing I notice is that there are new gadget for the widget:

 

- It has a setting icon, which allows you to choose the shortcuts you want to see in the widget bar, so that you can disable the icons you don’t frequently use.

- The widget also includes several new icons like stock ticker, Yahoo, Google search, weather etc.

So far so good. back to the main menu and more one-touch menu options (inside Favorite Settings)

Well that’s all for today. I will try out all the application over the weekend and report it in Part Two of my new ROM upgrade. Have a nice weekend.

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Why take PMP?

This is not a tough question, but a very fair one. Here are some of the benefits that I think will get:

1. Earn more money
2. Able to runs projects more successfully
3. People will respect me for putting the extra efforts to get myself certified
4. Standardized the way I managed projects.

I have been think on how to put what I studies into more easy to understand explanation of PMBOK, so I decided to use pictures as one picture tells a thousand word. Why am i doing this? Because by teaching or coaching means I understand the topic. Should you notice any mistake in my part, do let me know.

This will be the last casual blog on PMP. The following PMP blogs will be on the following format:

1. Start with some Introduction
2. Follow by the product life cycle and organization
3. Then the project management processes for a project (that’s the 5 process groups, 9 knowledge areas and 44 processes (of course not all in m\one blog, I will follow the PMBOK methods, that is each processes will be one work package or blog)

Someone did asked me about this WebCEO. I was trying to perform SEO (search engine optimizing) on my company website and found this “FREE” software extremely easy to use and better then Google Analytics. So why not give it a try.

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PMP Credential

Before you start entering your credential in into www.pmi.org, I suggest that you update your resume and try to prepare it based on the following format:

 

I have made a template to help calculate the required hours and months as per the website, anyone need help or assistance or you need a copy of the Excel file can contact me at gainxs@hotmail.com

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Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

After years of project management and now finally one of my customer insists that I must be PMP certified before I can continue with the project.

After reading and checking with friends, I decided to venture into PMP. To be PMP certified, you must have:

a. Minimum 3 years of unique non-overlapping project management or about 4,500 hours for bachelor’s degree or 7,500 hours for diploma holder.

b. You also need 35 contact hours of formal education (more on this later)

c. Apply online to obtain the PMP Credential at www.pmi.org

d. Once you have the credential, then you can attend the exam, which is multiple choice of 200 questions in 4 hours.

Back to the 35 contact hours, this is where I you have to attend classes on understanding the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). After gone thru various schools, I finally decided to attend the 35 hours at ERC institute (www.erci.edu.sg) in Singapore.

Is it weekend (Saturday) classes and takes about 5 Saturdays to complete all the lessons. I will try to summarize the PMBOK and my class materials, and publish it here for the benefits of those who wanted to take PMP.

I plan to take and “hopefully” can pass the exam before middle of April, 2009 and that is my target. Currently I have 3 study partners that also plan to take the exam almost the same time as me. Anyone else wishes to join our group can email me at gainxs@hotmail.com. 

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SEO with WEBCEO

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Today Online

You can access to Today paper online via your Omnia:

The URL is http://www.todayonline/mobile

What a way to safe the environment and no more missing on news :D