iPad 2 will be launching in Malaysia on April 29, 2011

Book your iPad 2 now! Its coming this Friday!
Here’ some information regarding the imminent launch of iPad 2 in Malaysia!

Store Booking Status and Friday sales confirmation
- MacStudio : Reservation closed. Filled up their reservation slots. Confirmed sales on Friday.
- Epicentre : Reservation still available. Got batch 1, batch 2, batch 3? WTF. Ask when you get before paying.
- Harvey Norman : Verbal Booking, no receipt or payment. Confirm sales on Friday
- Apple Campus Experience Center (Taylor’s College) : No Reservation. But leaked sales info. Confirmed got stocks already.
- MacCity : Just a waiting list. Staff confirms sales starting on Friday.
- iStudy : No reservation.Staff accidentally blurted out that friday sales will have more stocks in Subang store.
- myBytes : No reservation yet. This is where the picture of smart covers were taken.
- Switch : No reservation yet. Still in denial on iPad’s launch this Friday
- Machines : 1 LYN member reported he filled in for waiting list. I managed to trick 1 worker to talk about Friday launching, confirmed.

I presumed with the strong Ringgit compared to USD, we can get cheaper iPads now... :-)
Price (below is estimation. price range +/- RM100)
iPad2 16GB/32GB/64GB Wifi Only = RM1549/RM1849/RM2149
iPad2 16GB/32GB/64GB Wifi+3G = RM1999/RM2299/RM2599
Smart Cover Poly : RM150
Smart Cover Leather : RM250

[HOW-TO] - Yellowsn0w in MALAYSIA

The Dev Team managed to release the software unlock solution called "yellowsn0w" on 1st of Jan 2009.

I'm using an AT&T locked iPhone 3G (8GB) for my Celcom simcard.

After you have Jailbreak your iPhone 3G with Firmware 2.2, you can download the add the Cydia  yellowsn0w source here --> http://apt9.yellowsn0w.com

Don't forget to install the Mobileterminal application too (just in case).

The current solution below works on yellowsn0w ver 0.9.5

I have managed to solve it via this process flow...
After installing the yellowsn0w 0.9.5..
- 3G and Data Roaming off
- Reboot
- Airplane Mode On
- Reset Network Settings
- Airplane Mode Off (...searching...)
- Voila! Got my Celcom signal..!!!

- Switch on the "3G" and "Data Roaming" again to get the 3G services.

NOTE: I have already disabled the Simcard PIN CODE.

So far, its quite stable. In fact the 3G signal is much better than before (when I use turbosim solution on FW 2.1)

Earlier I have tried the method of using the "yellowsn0w -c" etc command but it doesn't work.

Thanks to Dev Team!!
I have been monitoring this progress since I bought my iPhone 3G in August 2008

SMART Motorway Malaysia (Tunnel in KL)

Today is my 1st experience (after the Tunnel is officially opened on May 14) to drive through the 3.0 km tunnel.



The tunnel is quite small ... No wonder there is this pole that only allow small vehicles to pass through. I saw one big vehicle trying to back up because the height dont allow it to pass through.



The tunnel is not really straight and enough for two lanes (it merged into one lane before exit). The surface of the road is quite rough. Maybe its made of concrete rather than tar.



Going to KL is quite smooth, but returning to South bound can have a slight congestion at RHB building. Most probably because the entrance of the tunnel is in the Middle thus causing cars from left and right lanes to criss-cross each other.



When I emerged at the exit near Sungai Besi, I will encounter another traffic jam.
*Sigh* Traffic in Malaysia will always be like this. Most probably we need to build multiple elevated highways across City Centre just like in Tokyo.


Its amazing that the Smart Tunnel is published in Wikipedia.

You can view some video here --> Smart Tunnel videos