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Hi,
I'll be taking my family to Hong Kong for a few days next month. I have a mind to see if I can find an HTC Diamond Touch Pro, any recommendations on a good place to shop for phones in HK?
Any other recommendations for cool stuff to do in HK, good restaurants, or hotels with character are very welcome! Thanks!!
I'm from Hong Kong!
Yay! Another Hong Kong tourist.
Firstly (and most importantly, of course), there is a gadget heaven in a shopping district called Mong Kok (yes, feel free to giggle; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mong_Kok ), a street called Sai Yeung Choi Street: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Yeung_Choi_Street
Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&h....170265&spn=0.009627,0.019312&z=16&iwloc=addr
All the big shops there are legit and quite competitive, so don't forget to haggle!
Hotel-wise I don't know what your budget is, but the one that I usually put my clients in is the Royal Plaza Hotel, which is also in Mong Kok and is above a great shopping mall: http://www.royalplaza.com.hk/
If you're looking for a budget hotel, the Shamrock Hotel in Jordan (near Tsim Sha Tsui - another shopping heaven; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui
) would be a good choice: http://www.shamrockhotel.com.hk/en/index.html
Obviously you should try to book via travel agents, which will make it a lot cheaper.
Restaurant: if you can read Chinese, there's a fantastic online guide for HK restaurants. I've personally picked three, one of which I have been to before (the second one):
Super Star Seafood Restaurant 鴻星海鮮酒家:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=3391
(map) http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=3391&mapType=1
East Ocean Seafood Restaurant 東海海鮮酒家:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=690
(map) http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=690&mapType=1
Tack Hsin Restaurant 德興火鍋海鮮酒家:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=3423
(map) http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=3423&mapType=1
They are all in the Tsim Sha Tsui district - just an 8-minute underground train (we call it the MTR) journey from Mong Kok, and it is another shopping heaven. However, don't bother visiting those so-called "tax free" electronics shops, as we don't have value-added tax anyway plus they have many scamming tricks up their sleeves, just for tourists.
The buffet restaurant in the hotel is also very nice, and I think they do afternoon discounts which would be great for your family.
Other attractions and links:
Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong - my favourite shopping mall in HK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Walk
Central - a financial district with the skyscrapers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central,_Hong_Kong
IFC - a shopping mall in Central: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_International_Finance_Centre#One_International_Finance_Centre
Wong Tai Sin - a Taoist temple, very popular in Hong Kong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Tai_Sin
Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_Tan_Buddha
Tai O - a fishing town on Lantau Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_O
Ocean Park - a theme park on Hong Kong Island with REAL animals (unlike our tiny HK Disneyland): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Park_Hong_Kong
Kam Shan Country Park - a nice walk with wild monkeys everywhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam_Shan_Country_Park
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_ks/cou_vis_cou_ks.html
Repulse Bay - the best beach in Hong Kong, in my opinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repulse_Bay,_Hong_Kong
Transport in HK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Hong_Kong
Feel free to ask me any questions.
Richard,
Wow, thanks for so much great info!! I'm planning the trip now and you have made my life a heck of a lot easier, my wife also thanks you for saving her from one of my "it will be an adventure..." trips!! I really appreciate the links to attractions, restaraunts, etc. Also thanks for the heads-up about the "tax-free" shops...apparently I was scammed last time I was there
You rock!
No worries
My pleasure. Enjoy Hong Kong!
More attractions
Just remembered some more places that I missed out:
Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden - beautiful countryside park, requires bus to get to but definitely worth it. It is something that you'd never expect to see in such a crowded city! http://www.kfbg.org/kfb/homepage.xml?lang=en
Mong Kok Computer Centre (again, for us lads really): http://maps.google.com.hk/maps?f=q&...4.17107&spn=0.004814,0.009656&z=17&iwloc=addr
Popular (and also my favourite) street markets, most are in Mong Kok: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/touring/popular/ta_popu_open.jhtml
Of course, you can always refer to the official Hong Kong Tourism Board's website - plenty of tips there: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.jsp
Thanks again for all the help, I've got a pretty good-looking trip planned based in no small part on your advice. I did find a good website that has pretty good prices for hotels, www.agoda.com
Thanks!
Wow, that's a neat website. I'll recommend it to my friends in the future. Thanks a lot.
Just out of interest: which hotel did you pick in the end? Still in the Mong Kok area?
Yeah, I booked at the Prudential Hotel, which appears to be right on the border between Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui, seems like a good place to be. I read about 100 positive reviews of the place on various travel forums, the MTR stop is actually in the basement of the hotel and supposedly you can easily walk to the markets. Which is good since I am traveling with two women who's primary goal in life is to die with the greatest number of shoes
Do you have any experience with this hotel?
Shamrock Hotel, which I recommended, is also directly above the same MTR station (Jordan). I don't know much about the hotel you've chosen, but the 100 reviews can't be wrong (unless they are fake, of course) so you should be fine.
Good. Thanks.
That's good! thanks. I used the sinohotel.com, booked the Shamrock Hotel.
My poor Tilt lost its voice yesterday. The external speaker (speakerphone/ring) is totally boned. Any ideas where I might find a replacement? If anyone has an extra from a broken Tilt, I'd be willing to compensate you and pay for shipping. Or if you live near the Columbus area of Ohio I'll totally buy you a beer or three. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently back to using my ancient Motorola v550 *cries*. Thanks again.
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Hi there,I will be making a trip to Europe in June,stopping for 2 days
in London,before going on to Sweden.In London where is the best place
to shop for IT products (MobilePhone,laptop,netbook,e-reader )
Is there a sort of "Computer Mart" where I can browse around??
tks
Heyy,
Which part of london are you going to?
Hi there Simon,when in London I will try and get accomodation near Victoria Station
have not decided yet,is there any well stocked IT outlets near there??As my stay is
quite short would not like to travel too far off.
tks
Hi Nor11wan, Just been looking on Google Maps for IT shops near Victoria Station:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...4985,-0.142179&spn=0.011248,0.042272&t=h&z=15
theres seems to be quite a few! hope it helps
Hi there,Simon,tks for the info,will zoomed into those outlets when I
get to London
tks.
its owite dude,
just doing my bit for the forum
Hello!
I am staying in a friends flat in London, near Borough station and am looking for a place to buy some blank DVD-r discs. I have gone into a few shops over the past few days but have not found anything. I would like to be able to take the tube somewhere tomorrow morning to burn my pictures onto discs before we leave tomorrow. If somebody knows a spot please help me out. Thanks!
If no one can tell you anywhere closer try just about any shop on tottenham court road... theres tons of gadget/computer shops there that sell them..
Mind you any WH Smith, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys will also sell them.. as well as any poundland or thousands of other shops..
Should be pretty easy to find in London If the person you ask in the shop looks confused when you ask for a DVD-R try asking for a Blank DVD that should work We're maybe not as tech savvy in the UK as US shops would be.
(A quick Google shows a WH Smith not too far from you)
Thanks...
I appreciate the help. I may be able to make it over to the WH Smith before we head out. Thanks again!
My LTE Speedtest Results in San Antonio
Wow. Nice speed there. I'll have to take a drive to San Antonio this weekend just to mess around with my phone lol.
The highest I have seen with a phone in Dallas is 46/14 and with the USB dongle 46/24.
I am more impressed with the latency. It usually runs ~55ms. That really blows UMTS out of the water and makes web pages load *much* faster.
I got some decent speeds in Dallas. Including a consistent 25 and 26 up with one and 2 bars as well as 45 up a few times on full bars.
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My LTE Speedtest Results in San Antonio
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Gotta love living in the 210!!
LoL I just realized something. Everyone posting in here is some where in Texas.
Yah for some reason they love to deploy it in Texas which I have no idea why? You would think you would deploy this in the bigger cities first. I don't see why Washington D.C., etc. wouldn't be a top priority.
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Yah for some reason they love to deploy it in Texas which I have no idea why? You would think you would deploy this in the bigger cities first. I don't see why Washington D.C., etc. wouldn't be a top priority.
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Just a shot in the dark here but... Would you want to create a new product that may or may not work 100% out of the gate in a large or small city?
If they have problems in the beginning, it's much less newsworthy in San Antonio than say New York City.
Make sense if you think about it.
I have created and launched technical products before and I can tell you that the last thing I wanted to do is sell it to a huge customer right out of the gate. Better to mess up in the small cities with fewer customers than to have an Epic fail in a large city.
fonewiz said:
Just a shot in the dark here but... Would you want to create a new product that may or may not work 100% out of the gate in a large or small city?
If they have problems in the beginning, it's much less newsworthy in San Antonio than say New York City.
Make sense if you think about it.
I have created and launched technical products before and I can tell you that the last thing I wanted to do is sell it to a huge customer right out of the gate. Better to mess up in the small cities with fewer customers than to have an Epic fail in a large city.
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Oh and I think it might have a little to do with the fact that their headquarters are here in Texas (Dallas) and lots of corporate operations still here in San Antonio.
fonewiz said:
Oh and I think it might have a little to do with the fact that their headquarters are here in Texas (Dallas) and lots of corporate operations still here in San Antonio.
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That has more to do with it than anything.
Dallas is the 4th largest city in the US. And here are my results
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WOW!!! Wish I had LTE here... I've been trying to find a roll out schedule for the rest of the country but can only find select cities (all large). Tell me... is your data consistent on LTE? I often try to use data (browser, speed test, insert other random app here) and get NO data connection at all... I have manually put in a second APN which seems to help but it's flaky at best.
Thanx
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I've seen my connection drop to hspa+ maybe twice since Monday when I got the phone and even that was only for a moment. So yes the speeds are incredibly consistent. From what I understand, Dallas' lte covers a 240 mile radius.
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From what I understand, Dallas' lte covers a 240 mile radius.
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Do you happen to know where you found this info? I'm looking for something similar for the Atlanta area but can't find it. I know LTE is working about 25 miles north of the city but that's all I know for now.
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Do you happen to know where you found this info? I'm looking for something similar for the Atlanta area but can't find it. I know LTE is working about 25 miles north of the city but that's all I know for now.
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I was told by a rep at the AT&T store. I was glad I got to talk to him because most of the time I deal with idiots there. He seemed to know his stuff.