Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Connection

Making that connection with a consumer is what I love most about advertising. The ability to take a meaningless product and give it a life outside of its packaging. What is for sale is no longer an item for sale. There is no monetary value attached to it because no price could be put on such a product that defines you, right? That is advertising to me and that is why I want to pursue my career in such a hardworking and competitive industry. I can’t wait to start.

Below are a few of the ads that produce that connection or feeling I am talking about. These are some of the advertisements I most admire.

HTC – “You”

Agency: http://www.deutschinc.com/

Travelers – “Prized Possession”

Nike – “Move”

I remember seeing this commercial when I was in high school and watched it over and over again. Still one of my all time favorites.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Facts about the HTC Desire, Legend and HD mini you may not have known

A few facts about the HTC Desire, Legend and HD mini that you may not have been aware of.

HTC HD mini

  • You can use it as a WiFi router
  • The phone antenna is actually on the removable back cover
  • HTC designed the inside to be as beautiful on the inside as it is outside

HTC Legend

  • The device chassis is crafted out of a single block of aluminum.
  • The battery door houses the antenna for the phone.
  • HTC Leap is installed, which means if you pinch the screen all of your home screens will be displayed.

HTC Desire

  • The web browser installed is a bespoke one designed by HTC
  • Press and hold on word on a web page and a contextual menu will be displayed that allows you to copy the word, look it up on Wikipedia, in a dictionary or translate it.

[Via http://blog.clove.co.uk]

Friday, February 26, 2010

The Importance of Accreditations

When crossing borders to obtain healthcare many patients are enticed by the cheaper price and the higher personal comfort that many healthcare facilities can offer. However, to find information about patient safety regulations and quality of the provider, consumers are compelled to do their own research.

As a help, there are several healthcare organizations that guide, inspect and educate healthcare providers to obtain and maintain the high standards of patient care and safety. One of the best symbols for this is International Accreditation.

Accreditation is a process of both internal and external evaluation used by healthcare organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards. It is important to remember that medical standards vary around the world, and the practice of international accreditation is fairly new.

To look for the provider’s international accreditation should be an important factor in the patient’s decision making. To make things more complicated for the patient there is not one single organization responsible for accrediting the providers and ensuring that their operating standards are wholly safe and ethical. However, with this in mind, there are several organizations that perform international accreditation.

Below is a list of the most common global accreditation organizations:

Joint Commission International (JCI), based in the U.S.

Australian Council for Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI), based in Australia

HealtCare Tourism International (HTC), based in the U.S.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Forum, based in the U.K.

The International Medical Travel Association, based in Singapore

Accreditation Canada, based in Canada

Several medical facilities also hold an ISO certification (International Organization for Standardization). However, ISO is not considered to be an international healtcare accreditation scheme.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

HTC Desire 720p video recording?!

An HTC representative has said that the Desire can record video at 720p in a video recorded at the Mobile World Congress.

Now, whether the phone actually ships with the software to record in 720p is another question. Other reports have suggested recording resolutions of WVGA (800×480) but if the hardware can support it then the software will surely follow in a future firmware update.

Start watching from about 3:10 for the HTC Desire talk.

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Cannot answer/ask question from my smartphone?

Question:
If I open Yahoo!Answers from my smartphone (I use HTC Touch Duo),
I cannot click "continue" (after I wrote my question) and "preview" for my answers.

Is anything wrong with Yahoo!Anwers, or my phone setting?
Answer:
sepertinya itu karena YA nya yang sedang dalam mengalami gangguan.
karena aku sendiri dulu pernah atau sering malah mengalaminya, ketika aku selesai mengetik sebuah pertanyaan atau jawaban dan mengeklik icon continue, ga terjadi apa2 karena memang icon tsb ga bisa diklik.
pada waktu itu lektop, ataupun koneksi aku ga ada masalah. Buktinya untuk browsing or searching di link lain ga ada masalah.
itu aja sih menurutku.

BTW, mickah masih ingat akuh gak?
inih seseorang yang duluh pernah menggilah di persajakan yahooh answer.
nih nyaih! nyaih blorong yang sempat menghilang karena sudah tobat.
eh sekarang kumat lagih! wkwkkwkwk

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Windows Phone 7 on HTC Touch Diamond2??

We can’t believe ourselves. If this is not a fake, that’s what we hope, Windows Phone 7 would be available for a lot of devices! It would mean that devices like Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2, HD and so on, would be capable of running it!!!

Moreover, look at the background behind the phone. It seems to be the same one of PocketNow community! Are they hiding us something?

Anyway the picture il very blurred, so this could be a fake too. So, time will tell us everything.

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HTC COMES OUT BLAZING!

At MWC 2010, technologies and innovations concerning the present mobile market are numerous and fun. HTC comes out blazing with three new phones to show off. They three’d them! Haha…ha. Ha.

HTC Desire

A Close Relative to the Nexus One

Do you desire this multi-touch, 3.7″ AMOLED equipped phone? Do you lust for its 1 GHz Snapdragon processor? Do you desire Android 2.1 with Sense UI? Do  you long to feel its optical touchpad? I do.

HTC Legend

The HTC Hero's Evolution.

Legends use legendary things, right? The older HTC Hero has been upgraded. It is now thinner and lighter (low-carb diet), faster (agility training), better looking (tips from me) but still featuring its heroic signature, the Android chin. The AMOLED display is sure to make you stare, 384 MB of RAM for speed, and 600 MHz of processing power is nothing to scoff at. Android 2.1 with Sense, you won’t miss anything with the Legend.

HTC HD2 Mini

The Beast Shrunk

Last but not least. Well, maybe in size. HTC has decided to come out with a smaller version of their beastly HTC HD2 phone.  The screen of course is smaller resolution, and the processing speed of the device is smaller, but not really noticeable with everyday tasks. Although this runs Windows Mobile (hopefully 7 in the future), the Sense UI is still there and this phone looks pretty nice as well.

Conclusion

I have always liked the design and performance of HTC phones. With their new hardware and software innovations, it’s not hard to see them as one of the top brands in mobile phones. I am down for doing a review, no, multiple reviews if any of you decide to get me one of these phones. You know you want to.

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