Although there are lots positive points for Apple as well, according to Fortune.

Fortune has released its annual ranking of the world’s most admired companies and Apple has topped the list for the second year in a row.

The accolade was given to Apple mainly due to the fact that the company was able to push through the economic downturn with good sales figures while the rest of the industry struggled. They also lost their all-important man in charge, Steve Jobs, to an ongoing illness. It’s no wonder Apple topped the list this year.

Apple ranked first in a few other industry categories including innovation, people management and quality of products and services. They didn’t, however, take first in the most admired computer category. Xerox received that honor. Don’t ask.

The only other two tech companies in the top ten were Google at number four and Microsoft at number ten.

Way to strive for excellence Apple. Next year we will be watching the list anxiously in hope of a three-peat.

I have a few points here to support my statement:

1. Apple’s Iphone is not available in Malaysia.

• We have lots Iphone fans in Malaysia as you can see from the net, especially Lowyat.net where people are trying all their means to get Iphone 3G to Malaysia.
• Some people even travel to New Zealand just to buy an Iphone 3G which is unlocked out of the box! Yeah, it’s not cerita dongeng again but it’s fact.. read it in Lowyat.
• Although we can get Iphone 3G from our neighbours, especially Singapore at a price of RM2400 for 8gb and RM2800 for 16gb, the process is not as easy as you think.. WHY? Because of the warranty stuff  my dear..
• You can see some people like me who do not like buying things through internet are praying iphone to come to Malaysia!

2. Apple has so many restrictions to apps developer.

• From this news,
  Jay Freeman, the developer behind Cydia, has announced that he plans to launch a new application store for the iPhone called Cydia Store.
  Cydia is a means for developers to distribute applications for the iPhone, specifically applications created for jailbroken iPhones, that wouldn’t normally be allowed at Apple’s App Store. Many developers with applications that have been rejected because of Apple’s stringent iPhone SDK turn to Cydia.

  Freeman’s store will allow any application to be distributed at a small fee. Freeman has said that the sales commission collected will be on par with Apple’s or even less.

  According to the Wall Street Journal article, Freeman has already hired a lawyer just in case Apple isn’t too pleased with his new idea:

  “The overworking goal is to provide choice,” he says. “It’s understandable that [Apple] wants to control things, but it has been very limiting for developers and users.”

  This just may be the nudge that Apple needed to start legally going after the jailbreak community.

• Apple has so many restrictions which made all the apps developers mad and go for Cydia.. IF Apple is more open minded, they can earn more instead of spending unnecessary money for court cases over jailbreaking iphone.. coz Apple is applying jailbreaking iphone is illegal.
• Iphone does not have those important features which can be obtained through jailbroken iphone, so who does not which to jailbreak?

3. Iphone buyers must sign contract with telco.

• I think this is the worst thing of all.. All iphone has to be obtained by signing contract with telco except in some of the countries like New Zealand, Hong Kong etc..
• Come on man, when Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7 and Palm Pre are out, then you know the consequences!

IF Apple is not restricting apps in Apple store and selling them without contract, i’m very sure their sales will be much much better than now! Oh ya, sell them in Malaysia too!!

Picture took from Gsmarena.com

HTC has just launched a new model, HTC Touch Diamond!

This model is slightly better than the previous Sony Ericsson xPeria X1, with 192 Mb DDR SDRAM. The X1 only 128!

The HTC Touch Diamond has

-TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate ( Sounds like Nokia N95)
- Touch-sensitive navigation control
- Handwriting recognition

But the bad thing is the battery.. only 900 mAh & no card slot.. but with the 4gb internal memory, still can tahan la.. think comparable to X1 lo..

“Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh
Stand By = Up to 285 h
Talk time = Up to 5 h 30 min”

This is one of the best PDA in the market now i can say.. other than Sony X1..

Great big screen, light weight, fast processor, RAM,stylish.. perfect? better than Tytn II?

WM= Windows Mobile, latest is 6th edition

RAM= Random access memory, same as PC

ROM = Read only memory, for firmware..

Look at this!!

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/ome/edtech/pda_recom.cfm

PDA is required for the medical students in the UNI!! Haha.. What a modern Medical Faculty in western country..

I googled the net and found all these..

Palm Treo 750

O2 XDA Flame

ASUS P750

Blackberry 8830

From http://hp84.blogspot.com

I bought O2 XDA Atom 3 weeks ago from The Brilliant PDA Expert, Low Yat Plaza. This is currently the cheapest WIFI PDA phone in the market. I use my Adsense earning to buy this PDA phone. If you’re planning to buy PDA, I highly recommend this Brilliant PDA Expert Shop. They provide good after sales service and can take thousands of medical e-books from them. They have branches in Low Yat, Midvalley, Sunway Pyramid, The Curve and PJ Digital Mall.

So does this mean that the doctors can refer to the books in their PDA? that’s good!!

From http://www.drhakimi.com/mpd.html

Malaysian PDA Doctor is maintained by Dr Hakimi Zainal Abidin. I am an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist currently attached to Universiti Teknologi Mara. I’m obsessed with PDA’s and currently using HP Ipaq 6365. Prior to this I’m a keen user of Palm Powered PDA’s, particularly Sony Clie , and am also infatuated with Sony Ericsson (previously Ericsson) Symbian OS powered mobile phone.

Didn’t mention what’s the purpose.. hehe..

From http://palmdoc.net/?page_id=1183

Software is like sex, it’s better when it’s free – Linus Torvalds

This page lists the most useful free PDA software which doctors and other healthcare professionals might find useful.

Drug guides:
Epocrates – free drug reference for Palm and PPC; free updates on syncing and bonus multi-drug interation checking.
John Hopkin’s Antibiotic Guide -a handheld-ready adaptation of the online ABX Guide. It is optimized for use at the point of care for Palm OS devices
Shots – immunization guide for PalmOS

Calculators:
Medcalc – the best very comprehensive medical calculator for PalmOS (and now PPC)
Archimedes – free calculator for PalmOS and WM
MedMath – another free medical calculator
PICU Tools – a collection of several databases and calculators for use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
PALS 2006 – Pediatric Advanced Life Support algorithm (PPC only)
Nephro v4.0 : a medical calculator to get quick test results on nephrology based problems.
ICUmath – medical calculator for adult ICU that uses 85 medical equations
Cardiomath – a PalmOS calculator with over 50 commonly used formulas in cardiovascular medicine
OB Suite – includes a standard OB wheel and more!
Lipid Calc – calculates lipids and the metabolic syndrome

General References and Utilities:
Diagnosaurus: McGraw-Hill’s free PDA tool which has 1000+ differential diagnosis to help you make informed decisions. Palm and PPC.
MD on Tap: an application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE� citations directly from the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet (download link)
My Procedures v1.1: a freebie which trainees and students who need to keep medical procedure logs might want to have in their PDAs.
CME Watch – keep track of your CME Hours on your Palm.
Neobassinette – NICU rounding tool and database.
Eponyms – a list of 1,600 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing’s sign, Virchow’s node) with descriptions.
Statcoder Productivity Suite: lots of free utilities like Growth charts, Cholesterol guide, Hypertension guide. Grab the full suite download here
PalmEKG – an ECG/EKG field guide for the Palm PDA
HCSIT- Handheld Computer Smoking Intervention Tool
Meistermed’s Free Clinical References in iSilo format. Check out more references in the iSilo Medical Depot
Pulmonary Embolism Paths – a free program to help you in the management of PE
Medrules – useful clinical prediction rules taken from the medical literature

Speciality References:
Apgar score – point score evaluation in your Palm
BiliTool – uses the 2004 AAP Guidelines for management of Hyperbilirrubinemia in Newborns (download link)
BreastCa 1.0 – a breast cancer risk prediction tool
COPD Guidelines Tool 1.0 – contains the guidelines developed by The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (download link)
EM Rules – A compendium of decision rules, calculators, scores for the EM physician
GAYF – Geriatrics at your fingertips, free PDA version of the online reference for Geriatrics. Palm and PPC.
Haemoncrules – my very own of course
dt-MMSE : Mental State Examination
MenStat – another MMSE guide
Pedi-dose – calculation of pediatric drug doses, burn fluid replacement, pediatric trauma Score, GCS, and age related vital signs
Pneumotox – a database about drugs that may damage the respiratory system
Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator: an interactive tool to assist clinicians in determining the most appropriate care for newly diagnosed cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at the point of care. Palm and PPC

General PDA Applications and Utilities:
Date calculators: we might need to work out “how many days have elapsed since surgery/transplant” , appointment dates etc. See the posts on Date calculator, Date calculator II, Date calculator III for links to these useful apps.

So after reading this post, do u feel like getting 1 for urself too? I am!! haha..