It seems that SingTel has launched its own version of cloud syncing and storage which is called SingTel Store & Share. Think of it as SingTel’s version of Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive or even Dropbox.

Right now SingTel’s Store & Share only supports PC, iOS and Android platform. No support for Mac yet.

SingTel Store & Share

Price Plans

• For SingNet fibre broadband customers, you get 10GB of storage for free
• For SingTel 3G Flexi and iFlexi mobile plan customers you get 500MB for free
• For SingNet ADSL broadband customers, you will have to pay. 2GB at SGD$1/month, 10GB at SGD$4/month or 30GB at SGD$8/month
• For Mio Home customers, you will have to pay, 10GB at SGD$3/month
• Additional storage is available at SGD$0.50/month per 500MB

Personally, I find the price plan so confusing, they should standardize it and give every customer a certain storage space rather than breaking down what type of customers gets how much space.

Apart from speed and perhaps if you are a SingNet fibre broadband customers, I don’t see how is it attractive to the rest of the customers.

Speed is the only competitive advantage that SingTel has against the big players since the data will be store in SingTel’s datacenter (which is the best datacenter in Singapore). You will be on SingTel 3G data network, accessing stuff stored within Singapore is much faster.

For me, my only concern is how long this service will last, what if one or two years down the road, SingTel decided to kill this service? What will happen to your data? I have the very same concern with Microsoft SkyDrive as well, that is why I would rather stick to Dropbox or Google Drive.

Press Release

SingTel’s Store and Share is the first Singapore-based cloud storage service which offers consumers up to 10GB of free online storage for their documents, photos, music, videos and other multimedia content. Available for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets, as well as PCs, Store and Share ensures that users will always have their digital content on hand wherever they go. It was launched in December 2011.

Mr Yuen Kuan Moon, SingTel’s CEO Consumer Singapore, said: “Cloud storage services have become increasingly popular for data backup and sharing. However, most users of cloud storage services today do not know where their data is stored or how secure it is. With Store and Share, users enjoy peace of mind knowing that their data is securely stored in SingTel’s servers in our own award-winning data centres, right here in Singapore.”

The service allows users to upload photos and videos instantly to their online folders from their smartphones and back up their mobile contacts. It automatically synchronises their digital content across their mobile devices and PCs.

Store and Share enables fast and reliable sharing of files and folders via SMS, social networks, instant messaging and email. In addition, it is equipped with powerful tools to allow users to edit photos and documents on the move and save them immediately to their online folders.

With the Smart Backup feature, users can schedule a regular automatic back up of their PCs. They can choose to back up all the contents of their computer or only specific drives or files. For example, they can choose to back up only photos. The service is intelligent enough to save only files that have been created or modified since the last back up.

Store and Share with 10GB of storage is offered to all SingNet fibre broadband customers at no charge. SingTel 3G Flexi and iFlexi mobile plan customers enjoy 500MB of free storage. SingNet ADSL broadband customers can enjoy 2GB at $1 per month, 10GB at $4 per month or 30GB at $8 per month. Mio Home subscribers can enjoy 10GB at $3 per month. Additional storage is available at $0.50 per month per additional 500MB.

Web: Store and Share
Apple App Store: Store and Share
Google Play: Store and Share

Interesting! SingTel is bringing in the 3G/WiFi PlayStation Vita to Singapore! It will be on sale from 14th April 2012. The RRP of it is SGD$469 and of course if you get it from SingTel, it will be subsidized (price plans located at the bottom of this post)

You can pre-order the PS Vita online at singtel.com/PSVita from today (28th March 2012). Pre-order customers will receive SGD$20 worth of Sony PlayStation Network credits to purchase games.

PlayStation Vita

Price Plans

Official Singapore Site: PlayStation Vita

Bought the Galaxy Nexus (White) from SingTel Shop at ComCenter on the 18th February 2012. Initally, the white color is only available online via SingTelShop.com. Since I am already at the physical store, so I thought no harm trying my luck to ask the Customer Service Officer (CSO) and to my surprise they have it in store at ComCenter! So those who wants white, take note of this!

I ported Li Xiang over from M1 to SingTel and she signed a 2-year 3G Flexi Lite contract which cost SGD$39 per month. After telecom subsidy, the phone cost SGD$488.

After playing with it for about a week, I kinda like the Galaxy Nexus which is powered by Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The interface is nice, smooth and quite consistent throughout the OS. Love the NFC feature which I use the app FareBot to check my EZ-Link card balance! Not forgetting I love the huge screen which makes my iPhone 4S screen looks small!

With regards to apps, Android Market is still not too bad, coming from an iOS guy, the only app (right now) that I wish they have it on Android (and Windows Phone 7) is Instagram!

Since Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 is around the corner, and Samsung Galaxy S3 is expected to be announced during that period, you might ask why not wait for Galaxy S3?

The reason why I decided not to wait for it, is because I hate to wait for OS upgrade (Google’s phone is always the fastest) and hate to have an additional UI on top of Android (I never like TouchWiz, Sense UI or whatever crap UI that the manufacturer installed). Rooting is an option but I would like to avoid it.

Overall I am pretty satisfied with this phone. The previous Android phone that I used was HTC Desire.

Galaxy Nexus Specifications

• Network: HSPA＋ 21Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps 850/900/1900/1700/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
• Processor: 1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor (OMAP 4460)
• Display: 4.65″ 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED
• OS: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich
• Main (Rear) Camera: 5 MP AF with LED Flash with zero shutter lag and fast shot2shot
• Sub (Front) Camera: 1.3MP for Video Call
• Connectivity: Bluetooth technology v 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/ 5GHz), NFC
• Sensor: Accelerometer, Compass, Gyro, Light, Proximity, Barometer
• Memory: 1GB(RAM) ＋ 16GB Internal memory
• Size: 135.5,, x 67.94,, x 8.94mm, 135g
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-on 1,750 mAh

Galaxy Nexus – Box

Galaxy Nexus – Box Open

Galaxy Nexus – Box Contents

Galaxy Nexus – Front

Galaxy Nexus – Back

On the 20th December 2011, SingTel launches the first LTE service in Singapore and it is available to both consumer and business users. The new LTE service will initially be available for USB dongle modems only. It will be enhanced to support LTE-enabled smartphones and tablets when they become more readily available in the market.

The new LTE Broadband on Mobile (BBOM) plan is called Mobile Prestige 75.

Broadband on Mobile Prestige 75 Price Plan

• Price (including GST): SGD$69.90/month
• Data Bundle: 50GB 3G data (21Mbps) + 10GB LTE data
• Excess Charges: SGD$0.512/MB, Capped at SGD$94.16/month
• Download Speed: 75Mbps (Theoretical), 3.4Mbps to 12Mbps (Typical)
• Comes with free LTE dongle and free Wireless@SG (3Mbps)

Notes

• Users can expect 3.4Mbps to 12Mbps speeds more than 80% of the time in areas of coverage. Speeds and user experience are dependent on factors such as the user’s location from base stations, the number of users in the area, the mobile devices used, as well as the response of websites accessed. Users may also experience slower speeds indoors where mobile signals are blocked by walls and structures.
• Three times faster than dongle-based 21Mbps 3G mobile broadband service. Network latency will vary depending on the location of the web servers accessed by the user. 80% lower latency was measured for Singapore-based servers.

About more than a month ago, SingTel started Looking For Singapore’s Next Social Media Star and a month later, she has been found!

Joanne-Marie Sim

She is Joanne-Marie Sim and she walked away with a SGD$10,000 cash prize and a SGD$10,000 contract to host the new weekly lifestyle series on YouTube called TGIS (Thank Goodness It’s SingTel).

This new weekly lifetstyle series will premier on Tuesday, 6th December 2011 on SingTel’s YouTube channel and SingTel’s Facebook page.

SingTel Casting Call Finalists