Was finding a suitable replacement for my Creative EP-630i Stereo Headset. I considered Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5vi (SGD$299), Bose In-Ear Headphones (SGD$179) and Klipsch Image S4i (SGD$169) but eventually settled for the Klipsch Image S4i because it was recommended by my colleagues and it fits my budget. I like the 3-button remote control that comes with it and it works well on my iPhone 4.

Heard from my colleagues and surfing Hardware Zone forms that this quite difficult to find it in stores. So I stumbled upon Treoo and Bluetin that sells the Klipsch Image S4i. I eventually chose Treoo because it is cheaper and it doesn’t charge me extra for paying with my PayPal.

As it was my first time buying from them, I was kinda impatient and email them the following day after I ordered as my order status page is still being stuck in processing. The support is great, got back to me within a few hours on the same day.

I paid SGD$152.10 for it as they are having a promotion, now there are back to SGD$169. I also paid an additional SGD$3 for registered mail and it was shipped on Friday and I received it yesterday as SingPost is closed during the weekends.

When I open the package I was surprise to find it being bubble wrapped, thumbs up for the effort!

Bubble Wrap

Front View

Back View

Contents

Klipsch Image S4i

3-Button Remote

With My iPhone 4

Took part in a Nokia contest organised by WOM World which involves blogger from London, New York, India and Singapore. I have no idea what is it at the moment. The only clue I get is 2 messages. All will be unfold next week! Keeping my fingers cross, hope I can win a Nokia N8!

Message #1

Classified Ads

Published on the Straits Time Classified Ads Page 2 on 11th August 2010.

Message #2

Nokia Box

SanDisk 2GB Thumbdrive

Delivered directly from London by DHL and I received it today, 13th August 2010. In the box is a thumbdrive containing this video:

PS: They got my Twitter handle wrongly, it should be @gamerz not @game!

WOM World: #NokiaBox – What do you C?

I did not have a good first time encounter with Standard Chartered because they rejected my credit card application!! I am pretty sure it is not my salary but rather the number of months (about 6 months) I have work since I graduated. But nevertheless, I re-applied last week again and hopefully this time it will get approved.

Signage

I was invited to the Standard Chartered Breeze Bloggers Meet organised by Qais Consulting. The event was held at Boathouse Fullerton. I was there early as usual about 1 hour early and most of the staff from SCB are already there and the reception table has been set up.

Microsoft Arc Mouse

The door gift is extremely generous, the most generous I have ever received. It is a Microsoft Arc Mouse!

Jack

Jack, the magician, was there to entertain us before the event starts and it was the first time I am seeing a close up magic and I was totally amazed!

Menu

Main Course

You may be wondering what is Breeze, here is the text from the official website:

Breeze is a whole new way of banking that lets you manage your money like never before. Enjoy the flexibility of customising how you see, move and keep track of your money. That’s right – we put you back in control of your bank account! Best of all, we do it in a language that you can understand.

The focus of the event was Breeze for the desktop’s browser. Breeze on iPhone has been available for a few weeks in the Apple’s App Store and an iPad version is coming soon.

This is the first time I have seen Breeze in action, I have not tried Breeze on iPhone before that as I do not have an SCB account. But I will definitely get one savings account soon after seeing Breeze.

Breeze for the desktop’s browser is like iBanking 2.0. It is built using Adobe Flex and hence the whole site is in Flash. I have not seen much changes to the iBanking website of OCBC or POSB/DBS ever since I started using iBanking. Upon seeing Breeze, I think the local banks have a lot of catching up to do with regards to iBanking.

Here is a demo of it in action:

Breeze allows you to have:

• a calendar view of your transactions by week or by month
• eStatements which they will keep for 12 months
• the ability to send bank cheques
• pay bills and that includes credit card bills from other banks! No more queuing up at AXS!
• wishlist that provide you with a virtual saving plan. This is a pretty unique feature.
• reminders for payment. SMS reminder is in the pipeline, but for now, it will only remind you if you login to Breeze.

The only downside of Breeze is that you can’t print certain pages and copy certain text as the site is in Flash.

You can check out Standard Chartered Breeze’s YouTube Channel for more videos. I am trying to obtain some screen capture of Breeze so that you can see the UI clearer. I will update this post when I got the screenshots.

I Have/I Own

Calendar View

Payment History

Did You Know

• Breeze lays claim to the world’s first iPhone bank cheque service.
• SCB is the first bank in Singapore to let you pay any bank’s credit card bill online
• Breeze brings you access to over 300 billing organizations
• Social media constitutes a major part of the bank’s efforts to promote Breeze
• Standard Chartered was behind the “Breeze of Magic” YouTube video shot at the M1′s iPhone 4 launch

More Photos

You can check out Kevin Lim’s photos from the event as well.

Finally got the chance to buy the Canon EF50mm f/1.8 II Lens. The RRP for it on Canon’s website is SGD$159, I got it for SGD$128 at Alan Photo Trading and bought the filter for it for SGD$15.

Box

Canon EF50mm f/1.8 II Lens

Attached To 50D

If you bought an iPhone 4 you are entitled to a free case by Apple as part of the iPhone 4 Case Program. You must apply within 30 days of your iPhone 4 purchase and to qualify for this program, you must purchase your iPhone 4 before 30th September 2010.

To register for a free case, you need to to download the “iPhone 4 Case Program” app from the App Store.

Launch the app and sign in with your Apple ID and choose from the following 8 iPhone 4 cases:

1. Apple iPhone 4 Bumper (Black) – USD$29
2. Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4 (Smoke) – USD$34.95
3. Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4 (Clear) – USD$34.95
4. Belkin Shield Micra for iPhone 4 (Clear) – USD$24.99
5. Griffin Motif iPhone 4 Diamonds (Smoke) – USD$19.99
6. Griffin Reveal Etch iPhone 4 Black (Black Graphite) – USD$29.99
7. Speck Fitted Case iPhone 4 (Black Tartan) – USD$29.95
8. Speck PixelSkin HD iPhone 4 (Black) – USD$29.95

Note: Click on the link and it will bring you to the respective company product page.

As you can see Incase Snap Case is the most expensive one costing USD$34.95 while Griffin Motif is the cheapest, costing only USD$19.99.

My top 3 preferred cases:

1. Apple iPhone 4 Bumper (Ships 7th September 2010)
2. Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4 (Ships 3rd September 2010)
3. Speck PixelSkin HD iPhone 4 (Ships 20th September 2010)

My iPhone 4 Case Program Order

Read More: Apple iPhone 4 Case Program – Here Are The Best + Worst Picks