The Samsung Galaxy SIII arrives in Singapore from Wednesday, 30th May 2012, retailing for S$998 including taxes and without contract, at all three operators, SingTel, M1, and StarHub. Pre-orders begin the day before, on the 29th.
I pre-ordered my copy of Diablo III: Collector's Edition from Amazon on 14th March 2012. It shipped on 17th May, a day after release, and arrived on the 20th, a Sunday DHL delivery. The game cost US$99.90, with US$19.98 shipping.
I've used Panic's Coda 1 for nearly 30 months since starting at mig33, and waited ages for Coda 2, which today arrives. It launches on 24th May 2012, and for the first 24 hours it's 50% off at US$49.
The Sony Xperia P, U, and sola are now available in Singapore at all Sony stores, Sony centres, Xperia concept stores, and local telcos. The Xperia P retails for S$688 in silver or black, with a 4-inch Reality Display.
The Nokia Lumia 900 arrives in Singapore from Saturday, 26th May 2012, retailing for S$849 including taxes and without contract, at all three operators, SingTel, M1, and StarHub. The Singapore unit is the non-LTE version, running HSDPA+ at 42Mbps.
I was invited to the Sony Walkman Z Series launch at Helipad yesterday. The first product in the new Z Series is the Walkman Z1050 player, with solid specs for a music player: a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2.
CableKeeps was the 4th Kickstarter project I backed, on 11th August 2011. It funded on 9th September, raising US$37,498 against a US$35,000 goal. My US$28 pledge, plus US$10 shipping, got me any two units from Nibbles, Goldie, or Gulp.
The Logitech Touch Mouse M600 was announced in February 2012, and I'd been keen to try it. It's now available in Singapore for S$89. Its headline feature is a responsive touch surface that reacts directly to your fingers.
Samsung announced the Galaxy SIII, successor to the Galaxy SII and its new flagship, at Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 in London yesterday. Samsung live-streamed the event, but oddly the NDA for major tech sites lifted right before it.
The Nokia Lumia 610 arrives in Singapore from Saturday, 5th May 2012, retailing for S$379 including taxes and without contract, at all three operators, SingTel, M1, and StarHub. White, black, and magenta launch with cyan following from 12th May.