so.... i just got back from Sony KLCC. and i was attended to by a very knowledgeable salesman (perhaps of Indian nationality), who seems to knows his tech/IT/photography stuff in and out, to the point he could answer most of my questions about the RX100 MII.

they are selling it for rm2499 with a free 16GB memory card (no surprises being retail pricing). so far, they've sold only 2 of the RX100MII, since receiving stock last Saturday, and they've got plenty in stock.

i'm particularly interested in it's Wifi/NFC features as coming from dSLRs, 4/3 mid-rangers and point-and-shoot cameras, i found the image quality and the pocketability along with it's ability to directly send photos to your phone, make this even more an incentive to carry it around and process/forward/upload photos instantly. i find having to head back home or search for a place to sit down and use my notebook a deterrent to capture and share photos more frequently.

trying out the Wifi/NFC feature in Store, the iPhone PlayMemories (freeware by Sony) mobile app was a hit&miss though. it seems Android phones such as their in-house Sony phones worked very well, just by tapping on the camera. while the Smart Remote Control app worked flawlessly without any lags, the Direct Transfer to my iPhone/iOS had errors connecting. perhaps the demo RX100MII didn't have any memory card in it to send photos to. i will head back tomorrow to try it out with a memory card. if it does work, then i think this camera will be a real win in terms of greater usage.

of note, i had my Lumia 720 with me, and while it has built-in NFC capabilities, i was informed smartphones still required the PlayMemories Mobile app, which unfortunately does not support Windows Phone OS.