The Gal - Nicole » HP

Results of SATC2 contest

Nicole — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:24:51 +0000

Wow, thanks everyone whom sent in their entries… though I only have 3 prizes to give away. :X

The answer is: Trend Setting.

Muszxart and DK, congratulations!

The lucky reader that won the Vivenne Tam Limited Edition Bag and Scarf goes to Huiwen.

Congratulations to the lucky winners. All winners will be contacted by email.

If you didn’t manage to win the tickets on my blog, fret not. HP Singapore will be giving away tickets as well starting from 18th May to 23rd May via Facebook, so look out for that ok?!

Thanks to all whom have participated. Hope to see you there at the premiere!

Nicole

[Contest] Sex and the City 2

Nicole — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:28:27 +0000

As we all know, Sex and the City 2 (SATC2) is coming to our big screens real soon…but here’s a chance to catch it first, at the gala premiere of SATC2, on 25th May. It’s a private event, and what’s more, you (yes! you) get to catch it first as well!

Here’s what up for grabs: 2 readers will each win a pair of tickets to the premiere, and 1 reader will get to take home a Limited Edition of the Vivienne Tam Bag and Scarf.

Isn’t it georgeous?

Okay, so here’s how this contest would work… Simply view the “HP Exclusive Reel” and answer this simple question:

QUESTION: In the “HP Exclusive Reel” video, what words were flashed across the HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition 2 (Butterfly Lovers)?

CLUE: 2 words. ~~(Look into the Butterfly Lovers screen!)~~

Leave me a comment with a VALID email address, and your answer. Where there are more than 3 correct entries, I will do a random ballot.

Hurry! Contest ends on 16th May 2010, 2359 hours. Winners will be announced on 17th May 2010.

All winners will be contacted through email as well, as I will have to pass on some information on how to claim your prize.

Oh yes! In case if you didn’t manage to win the tickets via my blog to the gala premiere of SATC2, fear not. HP Singapore is also giving away tickets from 14th to 23rd May, via Facebook! Simply be a fan of HP Singapore to stand a chance to win these tickets too!

If you have won here, you won’t be able to win another set of tickets at the Facebook contest (give others a chance yeah?!)

I’m looking forward to the premiere. See you there!

Nicole

Unboxing the TouchSmart

Nicole — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:42:20 +0000

Lookout for the video that will be appear on Gear65

Nicole

Virtual Tech Museum

Nicole — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:14:07 +0000

Here’s an entry to plug about the Virtual Technology Museum… and oh yes, it’s one great site to see what kind of gadgets exist way before today’s technology brought about.

From now till July 10, the contest is open to all living in the Asia-Pacific Region. Submit a photograph of the oldest gadgets you owned, and stand to win fantastic prizes!

See?! Isn’t all that prizes attractive?

Well, I’ve also submitted my entry, and this is a picture of my oldest gadget.

Have you submitted yours today?

Nicole

Review: HP Mini 1000

Nicole — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:53:17 +0000

Without a doubt, the HP Mini 1000 at first glance, gives the sleek and cool looking net-book… the design on the cover has a subtle effect, and looking closely, one will realize the nice little patterns on the cover.

It didn’t help but oozes charm and class when you touch the edges of the HP MINI 1000… The sexy curves all around makes it really a charmer… boy, its a joy to carry it too… because it weighs in around 1 kg plus… making it light and easy to carry around.

This is how the back looks like.

The plus point is that it fits into my bags very well, and boots up, hooks to the wireless network in about 3 mins (cold-boot). It is simply great for doing work on the fly, and there is no need to worry about spending time to start the machine.

One thing that impresses me is the keyboard. At 92% of the standard keyboard, it makes typing a breeze, and it has a very lovely feel to these keys. I enjoyed typing some of my blog entries and email on it.

This is how the keyboard looks like.

A huge portion of the hinge houses the speakers. Built into that area, not only did it save space, but builds an element of class and elegance into the HP Mini 1000. The sound quality is great, and does not distort even when I am listening to tunes at its maximum volume.

Its a pity that the 3g slot feature is not activated for use in Singapore. But I do hope to see it, and this will be the mobile warrior complete solution.

This picture summarizes the features of the HP Mini 1000 best…

Oh, did I mention that I still find the switch and the wireless button LED lights rather bright, and is quite a distraction when I use it in the dark

The memory card slot reader was another bugbear for me, because I extensively utilized the card reader to transfer my shots to the netbook. Because of the curves, its harder to feel for the slot, and one need to tilt the netbook to slot in the card, and vice versa to remove the SD card.

Despite those dislikes as mentioned above, overall, I find this HP Mini 1000 a perfect eye-candy netbook, that functions as good, or if not better than the rest of the netbooks available in the market.

Many thanks to Melvin, Waggener Edstrom, to review this lovely HP Mini 1000.

Nicole