Zippo Hand Warmer

Ever having problem with cold hands during cold freezing days? Well, here is a good and "hot" (in every sense of the word) hand warmer. It gives enough heat to warm your hands instantly when the temperature starts to be uncomfortable. Not to mention it is pleasing to your eyes. Zippo hand warmer produces more than ten times as much heat if compared to other hand warmers in the market. The design is sleek with clean lines surely won't embarrass you if you put it on the table while dining out with friends.

The coolest thing about the Zippo hand warmer is that it produces heat even without a flame; so, you can hold it in your pocket without fear of burning something. It comes with a protective warming bag because the Zippo hand warmer could get really, really hot. So make sure you use it with its protective bag, or else, don't blame Zippo.

The Zippo hand warmer offers a variety of uses. You can warm your hands while camping, fishing, hiking, or hunting. Stay comfortable at tailgaters or football games. Warm up during winter sport activities such as skiing or snowshoeing; and even keep cozy while you are strolling around the city or waiting for your partner who never arrive on time. :)

Thin and lightweight makes it very convenient to carry around with you. So, for those who lives in cold countries, and very particular about the gadgets they carry around with, this item may be a good addition. A perfect accessory to fight the chill. The price is around US$ 20 to 25 depends on where you buy it.

Enjoy folks...buy this and get rid of those bulky leather gloves which you always left behind at the restaurant after a good dinner with a couple of wine bottles.

News on Apple Versus The Rest Of The World

Guys, I got this some time ago from news. Thought it might be interesting for our reading pleasure. It is interesting to follow what others are doing to capture the same market. This is when a company need to use its creativity and creates over the edge technology which is beyond the capabilities of these immitators.

-all the dates are as per last year-

" At the end of an alley in Taiwan's most violent city, a black Mercedes Benz sedan blocks a sliding-glass door that opens only from within. Inside, technophiles can buy iPhone knockoffs for two thirds the legitimate price.
With a touch-screen and Apple Inc.'s logo on the back, the "iClones" look just like the real thing. Apple won't offer iPhones -- which combine a phone, music and video player with wireless Internet -- in Asia until 2008. The owner of the shop in Sanchung, near Taipei, says he began selling "aifungs" in December, six months before the iPhone went on sale in the U.S.
"We can't ignore iPhone because it's so hot," says Ben, who spoke on condition he be identified only by his first name because selling pirated phones is illegal.
The clones show how fast Asian counterfeiters move. Ben says his company designed the fakes from pictures posted on the Internet before Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January. Knockoffs cost the global economy US$650 billion annually, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates. Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock wouldn't discuss how much the company loses as a result of phony products.
"The longer Apple delays, the more the pirates can rip the company off," says Chialin Lu, an analyst at Yuanta Core Pacific Securities Co. in Taipei.
Jobs hasn't explained the delay. Kevin Chang, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co., says carriers need time to modify their networks for the iPhone's technology.
Cupertino, California-based Apple, which said Monday it sold its millionth iPhone, intends to fight back.
"We are committed to pursuing counterfeiters and others who steal from us and deceive our customers," Bowcock says. On its Web site, Apple asks consumers to report fake hardware to counterfeit@apple.com.
The knockoff phones are produced in batches of 1,000 at a factory in Shenzhen, China, across the border from Hong Kong, says Ben, 26. He advertises his phones on the Internet and sells them for NT$8,900 (US$270). On Sept. 5, Jobs cut the price of the top iPhone to US$399, a US$200 reduction.
"The guts aren't hard," Ben says. "The hard part is the design and the exterior."
He says his operation has sold more than 10,000 clones in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the U.S.
In Shanghai, the knockoffs are kept under the counter of a cramped market stall on the sixth floor of a trash strewn building near the railway station.
Ni, who spoke on condition he be identified only by his surname, says he started selling the knockoffs after reading a newspaper story on the iPhone hype.
The phones go for 1,000 yuan (US$133), and Ni says most of his sales are made over the Internet. He refused to identify his supplier, saying, "That's a trade secret."
"What I'm selling is a Chinese iPhone," says Ni, 48. "It's not a fake iPhone. It works perfectly fine."
Shenzhen and the surrounding Pearl River Delta is the largest handset-making region in China.
Pirates buy components from local companies, then assemble the clones, says Yang Yuxing, an analyst at Beijing-based researcher BDA China Ltd. As many as 400 factories can be hired to do the work, he says.
Apple isn't the only victim. Fakes come with labels such as "Nokian," imitating the brand of Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, and "Snog Ericsson," a corruption of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd.'s trademark, says Neil Mawston, a London-based analyst for Strategy Analytics Ltd.
"By some accounts, they may make up 5 percent to 10 percent of total volumes this year," he said in an e-mail.
Legitimate manufacturers such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's largest contract maker of electronics, including iPhones, say they don't participate in the illicit trade.
"Protecting the designs and intellectual property of our clients is one of the most important things we do," says Edmund Ding, a Hon Hai spokesman, when asked if parts are sold to other factories. "If we find out any of our employees is doing that, we will fire them immediately."
Still, designs can be copied so quickly that South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's biggest handset maker, decided to reveal only the front of its new music and video phone at the Hong Kong trade show last year. Seoul-based LG Electronics Inc. showed customers its new handset behind closed doors.
In August, the U.S. asked the World Trade Organization to declare that China's laws to safeguard patents and copyrights failed to meet international standards.
In Sanchung, Ben's clones carry a notice in fractured English that reads: "Waring. It will break the law without authorized by Apple Inc., if you use 'iPhone' logo on any electronic pruducts."
While the knockoffs resemble iPhones, they don't use Apple software. Ben says his phones have the advantage of working on any network, while iPhones connect only to AT&T Inc.'s system.
"It's the exterior we are imitating," Ben says. "If customers want functions, we can offer more and much better functions than the real phone." "

Problem Is Good

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." was a quote by the famous Albert Einstien.

Whenever we face problems we will be very stressed and some time we'll think "oh no, it's the end of the world for me". Well I like to be positive, every problem is challenges. If we can overcome the challenges, we'll get rewarded. Maybe you'll say what does this guy talking crap. Well I do take every problem as a challenge to me. I realise that every time I think a problem is a "problem", I'll stressed out and will just sweep the problem under the carpet hoping that I can solve it later (which in most of the cases are not solved).

For those who thinks that it's the end of the world, relax. Just take a step back and think. I always ask myself and my family. What's the worst thing that can happen to us? Even if it happens, there's always good things coming your way whether you are aware or not and whether you'll like it or not. So, relax.

Life is pretty simple. Don't make it difficult.

A Wise Man Can Teach You Millions

"One day of sitting across the table talking to a wise man is worth ten years of reading books" -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-

Saw this on the club house's wall while playing golf with my mates this morning. The words catches my eyes instantly and I thought to share it with everybody. I totally agree with it as a wise man can share with you million things.

As an example, you are better off talking to one about current affairs rather than turning the pages of your local newspaper which only offers you politics, gossips and lots of pictures which in the end will distract you more. You can exchange ideas and views and at the same time increase your ability to critically judge any issues and broaden your thinking horizon.

I always enjoy the company of a wiser people (at least wiser than me). They will share with you their experiences (although at one stage during the conversation you'll feel like they are just bragging about themselves) which you can put into practice. Of course you'll hear "I did this", "I did that", "I would do this" and in return you will say "oh yeah", "really?", "and then...". But don't let the conversation to just be another conversation or for the other people to raise their self esteem. In one ear out the other. Try to get the best out of the conversation. Definitely you'll learn a lot of things.

Well thats all from me folks...

A Women's Little Instruction Book

Hey guys and gals..here are some interesting stuff to read..I dig it from my previous post. Guess that I have to be equal, right?. Now here are some instructions for women when handling men.

For your reading pleasure. :)


1. Woman don't make fools of men -- most of them are the do-it-yourself types.
2. Never trust a man who says he's the boss at home. He probably lies about other things too.
3. The woman's work that is never done is the stuff she asked her husband to do.
4. If you think the way to a man's heart is through his stomach you're aiming too high.
5. Go for younger men. You might as well -- they never mature anyway.
6. Men are all the same -- they just have different faces so you can tell them apart.
7. Definition of a man with manners -- he gets out of the bath to pee.
8. Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband, you will usually find that he is.
9. Scientists have just discovered something that can do the work of five men -- a woman.
10. There are a lot of words you can use to describe men -- strong, caring, loving -- they'd be wrong but you could still use them.
11. Men are like animals -- messy, insensitive and potentially violent -- but they make great pets.
12. There are only two four letter words that are offensive to men - "don't" and "stop".
13. Husbands are like children -- they're fine if they're someone else's.