Archive for December 22nd, 2007

iCosta 1.0.4

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

icosta from freecoder.org

I just installed the latest iCosta 1.0.4 for my 1.0.2 iphone from here(1.0.x). If yours is 1.1.x, please visit 1.1.2 or 1.1.1.

qq

From the release notes i learn iCosta can now work with LumaQQ iPhone edition as well. I’m not a QQ user. If you are and happens to own an iphone, why not give it a try?

What iPhone Means For Me

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

First, of course, it’s mobile phone, by which I send/receive calls to/from my family, friends and others.

Second, it’s connection point, by which i do start to get to know someone that i never have a chance to know in real life. And that feels good. Actually, for those who for whatever reason just happens to be here, I’d like to know you. And if any info here can help, that would be great. If not, you just can leave a comment or email and i’ll talk to you later. Actually i’ve made some friends by online and offline contacts already :-) :-)

Third, it’s cool gadget, something like if you own it, you are standing at the frontier of the electronic age, even though i’m taught to be low-profile from the beginning. Actually i love new things and i salute to those who make new things that deserves a call of ‘a revolution product’ like Apple and Google.

Google Reader for iPhone – Webpage Reformatted

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

There’s one setting in Google Reader called ‘Reformat lined web pages for mobile browsers.‘ which is VERY useful for me. And here’s the reasons:

google reader setting

1.Take Google Reader as a Proxy

By checking this option, I can read news from websites which provide feeds and are blocked in China, like *.blogspot.com. I do read news from Google Official Blog, actually.

2.Save Money When Connecting Via EDGE/GPRS

It’s true. And it’s done by decreasing the amount of downloading files while reformatting the web pages. See the following two pictures, left is orginal and right is the reformatted one:

googl reader - originalgoogle reader - reformatted for mobile

Yes, you can see the later layout is a mass. Actually that’s because the CSS file which controls how the webpage’s layout and display will be has not been downloaded to your mobile browser, say my iphone’s safari.

Furthermore, if there’s some flash ads in the original page, they won’t be downloaded, either.

In other words, the number of downloading bytes from the server to your browser is less than a normal page visit before reformatted. So, your monthly data usage is less and you cost less, too.

A greedy request here: Can Google Reader turn the reformatting option on when it detects the current net connection is via EDGE/GPRS while off via Wifi? You know, when cost is not a problem anymore, i’d love to see an CSS-based clean web page :-)