Google is giving out USD 10M !!!

Yup! If you are a software developer, Google is giving out USD10M total awards for the best mobile applications created on their Android platform. So, guys and gals out there... put on your thinking cap and you might just fire your new boss, get a new home, new car or retired for the rest of your life.

The first challenge closing date is 3rd March 2008.

Second challenge will be second half of 2008. No date annouced yet.

Visit http://code.google.com/android/adc_faq.html for more info.

Electrical goods sales @ Courts Megastore Mutiara Damansara

Courts Megastore at Mutiara Damansara has a second opening sales...

I see 5 great offeres...

• JVC 56" LCD TV (HD-Z56RX5) - RM7999 - 10 units only (it is a rear projection :( )


• Samsung 369 Litres 2 door fridge (RT-41MAMT) - RM1549 - 10 units only


• Hp inkjet printer - RM99 - 50 units only


• Samsung C120 cell phone = RM99 - 125 units only


• Philips Mini hifi (MC-145) - RM199 - 100 units only

Sales time is 28th Dec - 3rd Jan 2008. You also need to be Courts YES! Card member. Visit following link for the location map. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.158728&lon=101.614137&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

Ho Ho Ho...

Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008. Hope 2008 will bring all of us more soonyeah !

Compaq PC under RM1K

Compaq is having two PC package for budget users. Hmmm Compaq ? Thought they are replaced by HP. Anyway.... the PC spec are as follow.... Be vary, both deals doesn't come with monitor. Add RM399 for a HP 17" CRT monitor.

Package 1 :Compaq Presario SR5252Ap (RM988)

• AMD Athlon 64 Proc 4000+ (2.2Ghz) - not dual core
  


• Genuine Windows Vista Starter
  


• 512 MB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM - very limited RAM. 1GB-2GB is good.
  


• 80GB 7200rpm Hard Drive - very limited disk space. Need upgrade later.
  


• DVD/CDRW - can write CD not DVD
  


• nVIDIA GeForce 6150LE Graphics


• Keyboard + Optical mouse


• 1 Year Onsite warranty

Package 2 :Compaq Presario SR5255Ap (RM1488)

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 Proc 4000+ (2.1Ghz) - Good. Dual core
  


• Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic


• 1GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM


• 160GB 7200rpm Hard Drive


• DVD +/-RW Combo - Can write both CD and DVD
  


• nVIDIA GeForce 6150LE Graphics


• 15 in 1 Card Reader


• Keyboard and optical mouse

This soonyeah is while stock last. So hurry down to http://h50198.www5.hp.com/store/default.asp?href=storeModel.asp?familyID=1217&gna=Compaq+Presario+desktop+PC

or call 1800-80-2211 (campaign code: 6-3KEPAJ)

Volkswagen Christmas offer

Waiting to own a piece of German engineering ? Wait for more. Now until 31 Dec 2007, Santa VW Malaysia is giving a soonyeah on selected model for the good boys and girls out there. Here's the gift...

• Jetta (1.6L)    : RM 145,888 (usual RM165,888)
• Jetta (2.0L)    : RM 157,888 (usual RM182,888)
• Golf GTI (2.0L) : RM 188,888 (usual RM198,888) <- my favourite. The car not the price.

Remember... Be quick VW has limited units only.  Also only Reflex Silver and Shadow Blue is available for Golf GTI. (oh no... the hot Tornado Red is not available)

Want a FREE 50GB storage on the net ?

Adrive.com is offering the largest FREE storage available on the net at this moment. Currently on beta, they are giving a whoopy 50GB of free storage. The company is setup by some veterans of the storage and networking industry who really knows what they are offering.

Here is the key technology feature offering...

1. Enterprise level environment. Utilizing the technology from NetApp, F5 and Enterasys.
2. Snapshot technology. A scheduled backup utilizing snapshot is done regularly to ensure data is protected.
3. Redundancy. All infrastructure is fault tolerance to ensure service availability.
4. High Availability. Utlitizing network load balancer to distribute traffic to ensure good service response.

Soon Adrive will be offering new feature like personalized snapshots, disaster recovery, data encryption, SSL security, Adrive desktop client and premium storage plan.

Why free? They are using the same model as Google which revenue is coming from advertising.

To use this soonyeah service, just sign up an account. You will be using the web browser to upload your data.


Visit http://www.adrive.com/ to sign up an account.

Jetstar's Malaysian Special deal - this weekend only !!!

After AirAsia soonyeah to Gold Coast for RM166, Jetstar follows to offer a cheap fare for KL > Sydney. AUD199 for Sydney > KL. Jetstar currently flies 3 times weekly (Tue, Thu and Sun) on their Airbus A330-200.

Travel dates for this soonyeah is from 29 Apr-24 Jun 2008 and 29 Jul-11 Sep2008. Booking start NOW till Monday 10Dec 20:59 (Malaysia time). So act quick. You can book via JetStar website or call 1800 813 090. In the web booking, look for JetSaver Fare.

The following is additional surcharges, fees and taxes that needs to add to the above fare. It includes 20KG checkin baggage.

• KL > Sydney RM420.50
• Sydney > KL RM 484.00
  

For more info on the soonyeah visit Jetstar website.

Do take note Australia is in southern hemisphere. Winter is starts around Aug. Daylight is shorter and ends earlier during those month.

PC Fair 2007 magazine deal

Every PC Fair the magazine publisher will offer irresistible goodies bag. This time I took up PC.COM offer.

I am given Linksys WRT54GC WIFI router, Bitdefender Antivirus 2008, MOL freedom prepaid card and Imation 2GB Nano Flash Drive. For WIFI router, you can choose either Prolink, SMC, Linksys, Tenda or Corega. All are 54Mbps except Corega is 108Mbps.


The goodies bag is offer to first 100 subscribers per day on a first come first serve basis. The Imation 2GB Flash Drive is only offer to first 50 subscribers. So come as early possible. When I was there about 11.30. there is already about 15 people queuing in front of me. Door opens @ 11.00am daily. PC.COM booth is @ Hall 5 Booth 507. It is the last hall at ground floor. The organizer forces you to go through all the hall before reaching the Hall 5. Please wear a pair of comfortable shoe. It is a long jog. Oh yes, keep talking the goodies forgotten to tell the subscription is RM150 for 12 issues.

Another friend took up the HWM deal. 12 issues HWM subscription for Rm144, it is offering Sandisk Sensa Express 1GB USB MP3 player OR Sandisk Shaker 512MB MP3 player + Sandisk 1GB SD Class 2 card. The HWM booth is one booth away from PC.COM booth but without anyone queuing.

Happy with your prepaid ?

There is a new prepaid in town. It is called Happy. The best thing for this service is Maximum you paid per call is less than RM1. RM0.99 to be precise. What a deal !!!

It still provides the normal prepaid services feature like call waiting, call divert, IDD, CLIP, voicemail, multiparty conference, missed called alert, automatic roaming (no need to special registration)

The prepaid services is running on Digi infrastructure. So courage should be good. I think the prefix is 014 as the customer service number is 014-3456789.

Starter pack is cost RM5 only. Reload starts RM20. They will deliver the SIM pack free anywhere in Malaysia (within 3 working days).


Here is the charges...

Maximum RM0.99 per call (maximum 45min talktime per call)
Only RM0.01 per second up to 99 seconds
Only RM0.10 per SMS to anyone
60 days validity with any reload

For more info...Visit http://www.happy.com.my/

AirAsia The Real Deal !

Airsia is celebrating their 6th birthday with cheap airfare. Fare from RM0.06 to RM166. To Gold Coast Australia, from RM166 one way. Booking Period is from 5-16 Dec 2007. Travel period is from 6 May - 25 Oct 2008. Remember to plan well for your trip. You don't want to have no show during departure.

Here is the detail airfare from AirAsia. Visit http://www.airasia.com/

Domestic fares
From RM0.06
Kuala Terengganu
RPenang
Langkawi
Kota Bharu
Johor Bahru
Alor Star

From RM0.06
Tawau
Sandakan
Labuan
Kota Kinabalu
Sibu
Miri
Kuching
Bintulu

International fares
Palembang from RM6.00 / Rp16.000
Padang from RM6.00 / Rp16.000
Medan from RM6.00 / Rp16.000
Jakarta from RM6.00 / Rp16.000
Banda Aceh from RM6.00 / Rp16.000
Krabi from RM6.00 / THB66
Phuket from RM6.00 / THB66
Bangkok from RM6.00 / THB66

Surabaya from RM36.00 / Rp106.000
Solo (Yogyakarta) from RM36.00 / Rp106.000
Bandung from RM36.00 / Rp106.000
Brunei from RM36.00 / BND16.00
Clark (Manila) from RM36.00 / PHP496
Vientiane from RM36.00 / USD12
Hanoi from RM36.00 / USD12
Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)from RM36.00 / USD12
Phnom Penh from RM36.00 / USD12
Chiang Mai from RM36.00 / THB386

Bali from RM66.00 / Rp196.000
Shenzhen from RM66.00 / CNY156.00
Macau (Guangzhou) from RM66.00 / MOP166

Gold Coast (Brisbane) from RM166.00 / AUD166.00

Dell Gives The Gift of A Worry-Free Christmas! promotion

Business customers do take note. Dell is having the following promotion just for you.

The big carrot is first 300 customers for desktop and notebook will get a Seagate Freeagent Go 80GB mobile hard drive (retail RM240). It is available via phone order only (1800 88 5290).

I did a price and spec comparision online with Dell Malaysia website today. I see there is some difference. The deal isn't that much to shout about. So, please compare yourself and also cross check with Dell sales rep.

Dell Vostro 200 Desktop. (Dell Evalue code Q221228V-WEB vs Q221232V-WEB)
1. Online price RM2649 - promo Saving of RM500
2. Online Vista Bisness edition - promo only Vista home or XP home
3. Online Hard drive 320GB - promo only 160GB
4. Online no free external drive - promo with Seagate Freeagent 80 GB(first 300)

Dell Vostro 1400 Notebook. (Dell Evalue code Q521206V-WEB vs Q521214V-WEB)
1. Online price RM2499 - promo expansive by RM100
2. Online FREE Targus Mobile Tunes Portable Speaker Worth RM115! - promo with Seagate Freeagent 80 GB(first 300)

Dell Poweredge SC440 (Dell Evalue code Q421199-WEB vs Q421201)
1. Online price RM1322 - promo Saving of RM123
2. Online CPU Pentium DualCore E2180 - promo CPU Pentium D925 DualCore
3. Online Hard drive 160GB - promo 80GB
4. Online RAM 1GB DDR2 ECC - promo RAM 512MB DDR2 ECC
4. Online no free external drive - promo with Seagate Freeagent 80 GB(first 300)



The following is the term and condition from Dell...
This promotion is for business customers only via phone. Not available for purchase online. Only available with purchase of selected Dell™ systems.

1.All companies are entitled to 1 free 80GB* External Hard Drive only. Promotion is only valid for the first 300 customers and while stocks last.
2.Where customer returns the Dell™ system ordered pursuant to Dell’s Total Satisfaction Policy, the free 80GB* External Hard Drive given shall also be returned at the same time and on the Terms and Conditions of Sale, Service and Technical Support. The customer agrees to either :-(a) return the free 80GB* External Hard Drive in original packaging, undamaged and with all accessories at the customer’s expense;(b) authorise Dell™ to charge the cost of the 80GB* External Hard Drive redeemed to the customer’s credit card account as stated in the order sheet. Customer shall agree to either (a) or (b) at the time of cancellation, failing which the customer hereby agrees to authorise Dell in accordance with option (b) without any need for further reference

Canon camera USA Fall Winter 2007/2008 rebates

Twice a year Canon USA give good rebates or cash back on selected Canon SLR EF lens and flash. This time is cash back. Saving start from USD20 - USD135. This time round there is no camera body deal but this time the cash back is straightforward. The discount is applied to the purchase price. No more waiting for cheque from Canon or buying two or three Canon product to qualify for good deal.

There is one condition though for this deal. It is only open to US resident only. To work around that is your need a friend who stays in US and travel frequent back to home. Using online shop, you order and deliver to US friend as gift. From there find a way to ship back home. For me, I have a colleague work in US and occasionally got some colleague travel to US on business. I orders through Amazon.com. It normally gives free delivery on standard delivery. That will save you about USD10-20 on delivery.

The deal ends 13 Jan 2008.

Here is a list of Qualifying Products:
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM
EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
EF 17-40mm f/4L USMEF 70-200mm f/4L USM
EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USMEF 85mm f/1.8 USM
EF 50mm f/1.4 USMEF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
EF 50mm f / 1.2L USM
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Speedlite 580EX II

Here is the link to view the cash back deal. http://downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/camera/lens_speedlite_rebate07.pdf

Here is the link to view the previous Canon rebates.
https://www.web-rebates.com/canon/Main/Default.asp

Best Denki ipod deal

As usual Sat morning, I will wake up late. After a quick breakfast, read the super thick special priced Sat issue of The Star newspaper to look for any good bargain. Surprise suprise... Best Denki KLCC offering 10 units of current model Ipod Nano 8GB for RM399 and 10 units Ipod Classic 80GB for RM599 (usual RM829 - MA980ZP/A and RM1099 - MB029ZP/A). WOW !!! It is like 50% discount or buy Ipod Classic free Ipod Nano. Good deal !





Was flicker minded whether wanna buy or not... after flighting for 5min... decided to buy as it is a very good bargain. Quickly dash to KLCC Best Denki.... Reach there by 11.20am and without hesitate, run to the personal audio section. There is already a couple standing there... I ask the sales lady, she said they only left with the Nano. The couple is holding the last unit. Grrrr !!!! The couple wasn't very sure they want it as they are more interested getting the ipod classic. I can see the uncertainty of their face..... Deep down inside I was wishing quietly.... don't take it. don't take it. don't take it. After a few min, they ask whether can see video..... the sales lady confirm can. Then they decided to get it.... There goes my hope of the last unit of bargain ipod.

Grrrr! Grrrr! Grrrr!

Feeling dissappointed leaving the shop..... Reviewing my rush to KLCC. Pay to park KLCC expansive car park (normally I find free carpark) and not sure will get speeding ticket.... goes home empty handed. :(

Welcome to Soonyeah

Welcome to Soonyeah blog. Soonyeah is a Chinese Cantonese dialect word for good deal or bargain. I have a high for looking for good bargain and deal. I will share with you all any soonyeah I come across. So, stay online. If you guys managed to find some soonyeah, please share with me and other soonyeah hunter. Comments is always welcome. So keep typing.... :)