After receiving Microsoft press release for launching Windows Phone 7 to Singapore, 5 minutes later, I got a SingTel press release entitled “SingTel brings Windows Phone 7 to Singapore”

The press release is pretty long, so I am not going to paste it here. I will summarize the press release into point form:

• Windows Phone 7 will be available from 21st October 2010 onwards
• SingTel apps like AMPed and MobileTV will be integrated into Microsoft Marketplace
• The phone will come preloaded with SingTel’s Xplorer and TrafficeLIVE app
• SingTel will offer Windows Phone 7 with 3 handset models:
  1. Samsung Omnia 7
  2. HTC HD 7 (Exclusive to SingTel)
  3. LG Optimus 7
• SingTel will introduce three enhanced Windows Phone 3G Flexi price plans:
  1. Windows Phone 3G Flexi Lite Plan
  2. Windows Phone 3G Flexi Plan
  3. Windows Phone 3G Flexi Plus Plan

SingTel Windows Phone Price Plans

PS: The prices for the Windows Phone 7 handsets is not stated in the press release and I can’t seem to load the official site for SingTel’s Windows Phone 7.

Official Site: SingTel’s Windows Phone 7

I wish Apple would follow Microsoft and put Singapore as it first market to launch stuff as well.

Windows Phone 7

This is a copy + paste from the press release:

The much anticipated Windows Phone 7 in Singapore, which is available to the public on Thursday, October 21.

Next week, SingTel, StarHub and M1 will join 60 mobile operators in 30 countries worldwide to bring the phone to market, with a variety of handsets available from HTC, LG and Samsung. Today’s announcement marks the culmination of an 18-month buildup during which time Microsoft has been working with its partners to “bring consumers a different kind of phone.”

Windows Phone 7 enables people to find what they care about most, more easily than on any other mobile device. Specifically Windows Phone 7:

• Is built around you. People are ready for a different phone experience and Microsoft built Windows Phone 7 not around apps, but around the way people want technology to support their lives. Less stop and stare, more glance and go; less searching, more finding; less clutter, more clarity.
• Fuels new experiences. Windows Phone 7 represents many firsts in the mobile industry such as the Xbox LIVE integration. With a blockbuster list of game titles from award-winning publishers, the phone marks a new era in mobile gaming.
• Provides a whole new opportunity for developers. With leading developers and ISVs in Singapore embracing Silverlight and the XNA Framework, the new Windows Phone 7 application development platform enables a rich ecosystem for developers to create the next generation of applications and games.

Official Site: Windows Phone 7
Official Image Gallery: Windows Phone 7
Official Video Gallery: Windows Phone 7
YouTube: Windows Phone Channel

mig33 is still hiring and this time, we need more engineers.

We are based in Singapore and are looking for:

• Software Engineer
• Mobile Engineer
• Web Engineer
• System Engineer
• Release Engineer

If you are interested in becoming part of us, do send us your C.V. at jobs@mig33global.com.

And by the way, fresh grads from Polytechnics or Universities are most welcome =)

About mig33
mig33 is the world’s largest mobile-first community, providing social communications and entertainment for more than 40 million members and their mobile devices worldwide. With mig33, members in more than 200 countries engage in vibrant chat communities, share photos, send gifts, play games, post on each others’ profiles, join groups, create avatars and much more. The service is available worldwide and optimised for more than 2 000 handsets. Founded in 2005, mig33 is backed by Silicon Valley venture firms Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures and DCM.

I have integrated Flickr API with this site using Dan Coulter‘s phpFlickr. The newly added gallery page is called Flickr Gallery. The gallery lists all the photos I have uploaded to my Flickr account. As you can see, I no longer upload photos directly to this site gallery anymore as it is a PITA to manage them. I have since moved on to Flickr for all my photos.

Here are some of the Flickr APIs that I am using for the gallery:

• flickr.collections.getTree
• flickr.collections.getInfo
• flickr.photosets.getInfo
• flickr.stats.getCollectionStats
• flickr.stats.getPhotosetStats
• flickr.stats.getPhotoStats
• flickr.stats.getTotalViews

The weird part about Flickr API is that it does not return my collection views properly. For some reasons it is always 0 and I am guessing that no one viewed the collection yet (DOH!). But it would be good if they accumulate all the views in the sets and counted it towards the collection views.

Also all the stats API does not return the total number of views for that particular collection or set. I have to always pass in a date in order to get a view count for that particular date.

PS: If you like my gadgets picture, you will like the Me Collection on Flickr! I can’t think of a proper name, so I decided to use the word “Me”.

Got the TuneWear IceWear iPod Nano 6G for my iPod Nano 6G from DG Lifestyle Store at VivoCity. It cost SGD$28.00 and it is totally not worth it!

The packing comes with 2 screen protectors and the silicon cover for your iPod Nano 6G. The screen protector scratches way too easily and the silicon cover is not an exact fit, I find it rather too big for the iPod Nano 6G. Too bad there is no better case out there yet.

I may get the Incipio Linq to replace it sooner or later.

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