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Nüvi 205 is your personal travel assistant on the go that is portable and affordable. This navigator leads the way with turn-by-turn directions and optional MSN® Direct services to get you there on time and keep you informed. It can even calculate the estimated time of arrival to your keyed in destination. It’s packed with many destinations and maps for U.S. or Europe and Asia. Like the rest of the compact nüvi 2×5-series, the 205 is affordable and very user friendly.

Navigate With Ease

nüvi 205 comes preloaded with City Navigator® NT map data for the U.S., Europe or Asia. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions. It comes with 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map redraw as you navigate. Moreover, nüvi 205 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, petrol kiosks and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. With HotFix™ satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there on time.

Take It With You

Like the rest of the nüvi 2×5-series, nüvi 205 sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your handbags. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car. You will always know your location. Simply tap the screen to get your exact latitude and longitude coordinates with the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gasoline stations.

Go Beyond Navigation

Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 205 includes many tools such as JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, calculator, measurement converter, and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect™ Photos and navigate to them. The 205 is compatible with optional enhanced MSN® Direct content and the free Garmin Garage where you can download animated vehicles that show your location on the map. It also comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions.

nüvi 205: Simple navigation at an affordable price of $159.99 USD

PIKOM PC Fair 2009 is finally here again. It starts from 11:00am to 9:00pm and is usually held from Friday to Sunday. Below are the venues and date of PIKOM PC Fair 2009. I need to replace my speakers as the current ones are spoilt and I cannot hear anything especially when viewing YouTube videos.

3 – 5 April 2009

* Permata Car Park (Level 5), Kuching – Sarawak
* Dewan Masyarakat Sandakan, Sandakan – Sabah
* Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan – Jalan Tun Ismail, Sri Dagangan, 25000 Pahang
* Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, Perak – Jalan Ghazali Jawi, 31400 Ipoh

10 – 12 April 2009

* KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50888 Kuala Lumpur
* Persada Johor International Convention Centre, Johor Bahru – Jalan Abdullah Ibrahim, 80000 Johor Bahru
* Village Mall, Sungai Petani – Kedah
* Dewan Masyarakat Tawau, Tawau – Sabah

17 – 19 April 2009

* Miri Indoor Stadium, Miri – Sawarak
* Sibu Trade & Exhibition Centre, Sibu – Sarawak
* Penang International Sports Arena, Penang – Jalan Tun Dr Awang, 11900 Relau
* Mahkota Parade Melaka, Melaka – Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Bandar Hilir

24 – 26 April 2009

* Dewan Jubli Intan, Muar – Johor

Lately, my desktop computer shuts down on its own and some silly error code appears that makes all editing impossible. I have to reboot a few times to get the job done. I suspect it is some malware being installed into the computer. As of now, I am currently in KL and blogging via a laptop. It will take some days, at least 3-4 days before my desktop computer is repaired and brought back. I have requested that geniune Windows XP Home edition be installed so that I can have automatic update of anti-spyware from Microsoft web site. An upgrade to Windows Vista requiring change of motherboard to Intel Core Duo to support it cost about rm700 more. I suppose I will use my present desktop for a few more months to a year before upgrading to Windows Vista.

I’m not sure why you want to strap your cell phone, iPod, etc. to a water bottle, but just in case, BevyTech’s got you covered. The idea seems cool, but I usually throw my water bottles on the ground and there’s always that chance I might misplace it, so this is not for me. In any case, this unique water bottle features a type of strap in the middle of the water bottle to strap in your item. In the picture, it shows a BlackBerry SmartPhone, a normal cell phone, and an iPod. The “pocket” in which the object is held, measures out to be 4.625- x 2.125- x 1 inches. Additionally, the water bottle itself can hold 22 fluid ounces.

Electra Warehouse has a huge selection of discount electronics, home and car audio, and DJ equipment. They offer the lowest prices anywhere. Compare them against the major stores, and they’re prices will be lower every time. My company has bought me a new car, an olive green Myvi 1.3 auto on 14th February 2007. It comes with a car alarm plus many other gadgets. Even for me who have not driven for over 10 years, I am able to drive my automatic new car easily. I don’t have to worry about changing gears and the discount car alarms gives me a form of security. I can set up the car alarm after locking my car whenever I go out.

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There is a portable duplex document scanner from Scanshell-Store dot com. It has many features such as scanning both sides of the scanned document simultaneously, it scans to PDF (a compressed file format). It can also scan business cards, plastic ID cards, and documents up to legal size and uses USB 2.0 standard interface. No external power is needed and comes in small footprint and lightweight (<18 oz). The scanner also has Auto Launch mode which is Twain and WIA compatible.

What's more? It comes with bundled software. Scanshell 3000DN comes with bundled DocShell for easy scanning, sharing and organizing of photos and documents. DocShell is an easy to use utility that scan documents and export the scanned image into existing, pre-installed application on the user's pc (PDF,Microsoft paint etc.). The scanned document can be saved to one of the following image types: BMP, JPG, TIF, PSD, PCX, PNG or TGA. This makes it very flexible to work with so many image file formats depending on what software your PC has.

If you run a home office, you cannot make do without a scanner. In my own home office, I have a computer, internet connection, a HP printer, a Canon scanner, digital camera and a fax machine. All these gadgets make my work complete and I am able to work from home comfortably.

Last night, I had dinner in The Food Loft in Gurney Plaza. And yes, there is a statue of a brown naked woman with a violin. It was part of the decoration and the ambience looks like those of a hotel. The chairs were linen covered soft cushion. You need to get a card each person to order. Simply find your table and take note of your table reservation number. Then order your food and you need to bring your card along to be scanned by the computer for the order. Tell the cook your table number and he will bring the food to your place. After the meal, you card will be scanned again for the payment.

Those child tracking phones are great for most situations, but sometimes what your kid might need most in an emergency is just a really loud noise, and Sanyo has their new A5520SA outfitted with a buzzer for that very purpose. You can also pair the phone with a number so that when the alarm button is activated a call is automatically made to you. The phone can also work with a GPS locater service, for a fee, and even has a decent 2.2-inch screen and a 1.3 megapixel camera, so your kid won’t feel like some total lamer toting a ghetto handset — because if there’s anything more important than your child’s safety, it’s her social status.

I have a digital camera that costs about RM570. One of the most economical digital cameras around. It is a Kodak Easyshare C643. One of my readers thought I bought very expensive thousand over ringgits cameras from viewing the colorful and beautiful photos on my blogs. Well, that’s my secret. Hehe. My camera has served me well all this months and I snap a lot of photos to put them onto my blogs. So if you see people snapping food pictures away, don’t think they are crazy. They are just bloggers like me busy taking the best shots for our blogs.

If I were to holiday in Hawaii and stay in Wailea maui rentals, I will make sure I bring along my faithful camera. If you like to travel to Hawaii, make sure you read up on Hawaii Travel from the web site and bring along a good affordable digital camera. You can even send your memory card to the photo shop to have them printed out so that you can view your photo album later on.

Looks like the French electronics company Modelabs will be reported making a handset specifically for Hummer. The market demographics for civilian Hummer vehicles are pretty macho and all that, so this handset, understandably, has that same feel from just looking at photos of it (yes, it’s made of “premium materials”). The nice looking slider phone has a 2.2 inch LCD touch screen, 2 megapixel camera and 25MB of onboard memory plus expansion via a micro SD card. A summary of features includes: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (eww), 262K color touchscreen with virtual keyboard, microSD slot, MP3 player and FM radio and a weight of 100 grams.