Soo.. YesAsia.com has finally decided to ship out my copy of Reina’s first book..
Tanaka Reina – Tanaka Reina
Now I have to chose between getting Risa’s first PB or Mako’s 2nd book.. Or maybe Konno’s last book? Choices, choices.. 
From cnn.com: Wie, feeling sick, calls it quits after nine holes Friday
The 16-year-old phenom was treated for heat exhaustion at a local hospital after withdrawing from the John Deere Classic with nine holes left Friday. She struggled to keep herself from getting sick on a hot, steamy afternoon, and left the course in an ambulance with an IV in one arm.
Even if she’d finish today it’d be a miracle for her to make the cut..
I guess that’s it for Wie’s entry into the PGA tournaments this year..
In about an hour Michelle Wie will attempt once again to play in the PGA tournament..
Go Michelle, GO! 
Here’s a review of Toshiba 803T cellphone I wrote for HowardForums.
I have the UK version (TS803) so some things may not apply to the HK or JP version.
note: I used to have 902SH so I may compare 803T to Sharp phone here and there..
The phone is BIG.. For American phone standards anyways.. But I don’t find it any bigger than my 902.. It’s big but.. it feels much lighter than the 902.. And the weight it more balanced even when the phone is open.
The keys are big.. But.. I find the keys backlight very low but it’s still possible to read the keys in the dark. The inclusion of the front keys for the media player is nice.. And for me it kind of kills the purpose of the remote/hands-free device.. I can easily change songs directly on the phone without the need for the remote on the handsfree.
Music player is nice.. Still getting use to it. Kind of sucks with the 192k max limit as most of my mp3s are at 320k. So I have to re-encode the stuff I want to put on my phone. There is one problem for me anyways.. No ‘random & repeat all’. You can either have all random or all repeat. Sucks for short playlists when it just stops after playing all songs once.
Video playback.. Haven’t been able to encode anything that’d be playable by this phone yet. Everything gives me ‘unsupported format’.
Address book: Same format as the one used on the 902SH. I was able to just import my backup of the address book. I had problems with some of the pictures missing but it only happened with like 10% of them so it was easy to fix that.
Communication: I’ve only used USB so far. And no problems at all. Few things about it that I don’t like. When plugged in the phone can be in 2 modes: file transfer where it disables the calls or in the charge mode where the phone works just fine but it doesn’t show up in your computer. So if you want to transfer some songs and then leave it charging from the USB you’ll have to unplug the phone and plug it back in again. Kind of annoying for me.
Since it’s the European version I don’t expect any problems with the Bluetooth. I’ll try it when I get my card back.
Ringtones: mp3 ringtones are not a problem. Like in any other phone the mp3 will be copied to your phones internal memory so don’t use 20mb mp3s.. The ringtones are loud and clear and the vibration is pretty stong.
Display. Well.. I don’t know.. To be honest I don’t see much difference between the screen used on the 902SH and 803T. Same resolution (weee! I can use my old wallpapers with no problem) and the setup of the screen (ie. location of the icons etc) is similar to the Sharp phone. External screen is nice.. But.. I hate that you can’t set your own wallpaper for it. ? I’d love to be able to put anything I want on there. The preset wallpapers are pretty lame..
Themes: European version came with 4 themes for the main display: Vodafone Live!, Electro, Pop and Underground. For the external screen there are 6 wallpapers: Sub-woofer, Comic, House, Speaker, Digital and Zones.
WAP/Email/SMS: Haven’t set anything up yet so can’t really comment on those features. But I see for emails it supports 6 email accounts that can be either POP3 or IMAP (1 VF preset + 5 custom ones).
Camera.. Well.. I’m not impressed with the quality of the photos. I’ll take 902SH over this phone when it comes to the picture taking department. Maybe I got just spoiled with the Sharp phone. Also the lack of zoom is damn annoying. The speed is also pretty slow even when saving in the lowest settings to the internal memory.
Video camera. Here this phone shines.. The quality of the video recordings kick 902′s ass big time. The sound is loud and the picture quality is sharp for that resolution. Also I don’t see any frame dropping when watching the videos recorded with this phone..
The LED light is bright but only one color. Another nice thing about the camera on this phone: you can disable the camera sounds!!
Reception. This one is weird.. 803T has a way better reception than the Sharp phone. In my bedroom with 902 I’d lose the reception all the time even next to the window. So far I haven’t lost the signal with the 803T in my house. Even works in my basement where 902 would get no signal at all.
Other random stuff I don’t like about this phone:
- No swivel for the screen..
- No internal camera. I know, I know.. Shouldn’t matter since Rogers doesn’t have 3G but I travel to countries with 3G so I’d love to be able to use all the good stuff when in Japan or Europe.
- Covers. Those rubber bands that keep the port covers are damn annoying.. And I have my headphones plugged in all the time so I’m worried I’ll rip the cover from the hands-free port one day just by putting the phone in my pocket or something.
- This one is useless for me but I’d like to point it out anyways: no mirror! So if you’re one of those people who take your own pictures with your phone you’ll be taking pictures without knowing what will show up on the screen.
- Red LED flashing when in the camera mode.
- You stay in the menu even after you close the phone.
- No desktop charger for the UK version..
Scans from Abe’s new book are out.
Abe Natsumi) – ecru
So the scans from Risa’s book are out:
Niigaki Risa – Ama Natsu
And as a followup to the post below here’s some golf related wallpapers.. I’ve had the sitting for a while on my drive but never could think of a good time to upload them.. Now is the time.. 
Michelle Wie in 1024×768, 1280×1024 and 1440×900
Miyazato Ai in 1024768, 1280×1024 and 1440×900
Sooo.. All my favorites are gone now.. :’( I probably wont even bother to see who’s won..
Shi-Hyun Ahn didn’t even play and gone after first round was Ai Miyazato who lost to Kyeong Bae (2up). Ai was doing ok untill the last 2 holes..
Michelle Wie kicked some serious butt in the 1st round against Candy Hannemann (5&3). And in the 2nd round she’s met Christina Kim. Wie won with 3&2. 3rd round was something I was actualy waiting for.. Michelle against my fav, Se Ri Pak. Michelle won with 2&1.. Bye-bye Se Ri.. But.. Payback is a bitch and in the quarter-finals Michelle got hammered by Brittany Lincicome who won the game for 4&3.
Now Se Ri Pak.. Good start in the 1st round against Angela Stanford (5&4 for Pak). 2nd round.. Blah.. Lorie Kane and Se Ri were trading the lead though the whole game with just 1up win for Pak thanks to the bogie from Kane on the 18th hole. And I have already mentioned the result of the 3rd round..
The next player from my ‘fav’ list that left the championship after the 3rd round was Mi Hyun Kim. She won the 1st round against Nicole Castrale with 4&2 and destroyed Laura Davies in the 2nd round for 5&4 after 14 holes. But.. In the 3rd round she’s met Lorena Ochoa who won the game with 3&2.
Btw. the last few holes of Annika Sorenstam vs Juli Inkster = teh winnah! 100% deserved win for Juli just for the finish on the 16th hole.
Wow.. That’s all I can say.. <3
Make sure you buy it.. It’s totally worth it!!
Ooops.. I did it again..
I put some wallpapers online yesterday but never bothered to put them here..
Here they are:
1024×768 / 1280×1024 / 1440×900
1024×768 / 1280×1024
