Hello guys!
Merry christmas, Maal Hijrah and this coming new year. I just got back form a long Holiday (Ipoh, Langkawi, Perlis, Thai) My back hurts like hell.
Anyway, just want to share my experience along the holiday with my little HD.
1) GPSI have both Mapking and Garmin installed and tried both along the way. I have to say that in my personal view, Mapking is more convenient to use rather than Garmin. For lots of reasons and U have to use it and compare to know the differences. Lets say that the convenience is owned by Mapking. However, GPS drains the battery like drinking water after marathon. I always standby car charger and use it when using GPS.
For the maps, I have to say, Mapking's map is better. I have yet to find the latest garmin's map. But Garmin doesn't show 'to the street' info. Such as jalan brape stroke brape.. and others.. And for my journey at Thailand, I forgot to installed Thai's map... So we kinda got lost several times. But managed to survive home.
Its great to have the Speed Trap POI and WIFI spots POI along the journey! I am so thankful with this.
One questions guys! Is it normal for my HD to lock to the satellites less then 1 minutes? If you switch on garmin or mapking, it locks pretty fast. I know this is a good thing but I used Nokia Navigator previously and had to wait for 5 mins to lock. So I was wondering.. is it normal? And I can even lock to satelites inside buildings if i am several feets near the windows. Nokia Navigator failed to do this. It even can not pick up satelites signal under the gas station's roof.
2) Music playerI would like to recommend the S2P software for you guys. I attracted many people around me when I use this software to hear musics. Its just so elegant and classy. I even got the attention of beautiful babes whom lastly smiled at me first. Hehe.. But my mom was next to me. So I am bounded to take further actions. Hehe..
You can also activate the AUDIO BOOSTER and choose the Classical menu for superb high quality sound. Provided that u use good earphone. This options will make you drown in your own music world.
3) Movie PlayerThis is a great help! HD offers great quality video and sound. I use Coreplayer. With 8G memory, i packed several divx movies and series. The screen size is so huge that I am again be the center of people's attention all around. hehe..
4) CameraQuite handy when you wanted to snap several pics. However, night shots is a little dissapointed. But at day, 5 mpx is more than enough for keeping memories on your trip. Without carrying any more gadgets.
5) WirelessMost hotspots around is locked such as at Carrefour, Starbuck and TMnet Wireless Hotspots. However, I managed to online with Yahoo Messenger for a while around KFC. It offers free wifi. And several other places along my journey offers it too. I am considering about the unlimited data plan package.... By the way, WIFI drain the battery so fast.
6) Torchlight??Hehe.. I previously installed A torchlight programme called PLAMP. I didnt know that it will come in handy several times especially when I was in the Hiway, stopping at the gas station. I wanted to check for the engine and HD became a super bright torch light and helped me that time. You guys shud install it.
7) Weather ForcastThis is such a useful tool in HD. I managed to plan my journey with care especially my journey to thai. It rained the whole day. And it also helped me during my journey from Thai to KL.
8) Other programsI was saved with joy several times with dictionaries, birthday reminders, power sms, calculators, and HD games...
CONCLUSIONSHaving HD in my pocket is such a great experience especially when you are in a journey. It made me have this joyful feeling to know that I am well equipped with great technology that can offer me great services when in need. For me the most useful tool is the GPS and Great Multimedia Player capability. I love my HD. I am so thankful for its technology.

Hi...couldn't agree more gps on HD drains the battery....but it also cause my HD become very HOT and I've to blow it with my car air-con, is it normal and would it get burnt if not cooled down by air-con?? Just wondering if anyone experience the same prob??