Back to the land of heat!

Almost 5 days in Singapore and I didn't feel stifling hot; as soon as we are back in Shanghai, man o man. If you want to experience it, turn on your oven to 220F and 10 minutes later stick your hand in; that's how it feels at times. Even Singapore's temperature and "heat" were pleasant. "Smoking" here! I basically cooked or steamed from the inside of my shirt. I wear loose clothing here but you can feel beads of sweat slowly oozing out of your skin and rolling down your body. Air con, air con!

When I was in Singapore, the morning before I left I finally succumbed to the Apple call. I upgraded my iPod Touch firmware. And to boot I had to pay US$9.99 for this! Now, this is a nicer interface with more features. I am liking it. And addicted to it. Maybe just the novelty. This firmware is the same as the new iPhone 3G. So I am drowning in awe san phone. Last night I checked out the App Store via the iPod Touch connected to my wireless router; despited heavy eye lids, I stayed up passed 1:30am browsing thru all the applications available from the App Store. Yes, 1:30am! I arrived back in Shanghai at 11pm or so. It's addicting. I downloaded AOL chat last night so I can use iChat from my iPodTouch. I spent another US$0.99 to download a mortgage calculator. Mortgage calculator; yes, we have beginning the process of looking for a flat to purchase. I need that so I can show my iron-wife all the numbers in a quick hurry.

Most apps in the App Stores are not expensive; I think that is the hook. Not expensive. Mostly around 0.99 to 4.99; some went as high as 69.99 but very few. And the applications are so elegant.

The only drawback I see right now is the virtual keyboard. It's finger typing alright. Skinny finger that is. If I were to have an iPhone, SMS will be painfully slow for me. My iron wife tried and she said no problem. Right.... ;-) No problem. Just wait when you really to text message in a big hurry. Even the virtual keyboard has predictive typing; still I "click" the wrong key about 45% of the time. That's very high percentage.

So where am I going with all this talking? Not sure, just ambivalent with the new iPodTouch firmware. Maybe an iPhone is next.