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The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available in Singapore from this Saturday, 27th April 2013 onwards. The RRP is S$998 and it is available in both Black Mist and White Frost colors.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 model available in Singapore is the GT-I9505. It is the LTE variant with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T SoC and Qualcomm Krait 300 processor (1.9 GHz Quad-Core) and NOT the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa SoC with ARM Cortex-A15/ARM Cortex-A7 processor.

   

Before The Day of Operation
You should not wear soft contact lenses for 3 days, soft toric contact lenses for 7 days and hard (rigid gas permeable) lenses for 14 days before the operation date.

For ladies, you need to cleanup all eye makeup thoroughly 4 days before the operation date. No eye makeup (eye liner, mascara, eye lash extension, and other foreign materials used on the eyelid) as well for 4 days before the operation date.

*UPDATE* You can get the Jawbone UP from Apple Store (Singapore) as well but the waiting time is 8-10 weeks!

Jawbone UP finally came to Singapore! I am not too sure the exact date it goes on sale. It was announced back in late March 2013 and I saw it selling in Challenger (Funan) on 10th April 2013. I bought it on 14th April 2013 after contemplating it for 4 days.

Public Talk on LASIK (Friday, 8th March 2013)
I attended the talk by Dr Lee Sao Bing on Friday, 8th March 2013 at Shinagawa LASIK & Eye Centre, which is located at 501 Orchard Road, #05-01, Wheelock Place, Singapore 238880. The talk is normally in the evening at about 7pm and will last till about 8.30pm.

If you are thinking of doing LASIK, I totally recommend you to attend the talk because at the end of the talk, there will be discount given to the LASIK operation. For the talk I attended, the discount given was for IntraLase Wavefront LASIK (both eyes) using the Schwind Amaris 750S Laser. The normal price is S$3,888 (S$4,160.16) and the discounted price is S$3,488 (S$3,732.16).

Canon Selphy CP900 is a photo printer that supports wireless printing using Canon EasyPhoto Print app available on both iOS and Android. It is currently retailing for S$199.

Wireless Printing
Apart from wireless printing, it also supports printing from USB Flash Drive, Memory Cards, Direct to camera via PictBridge and Direct to Computer via USB. For this short review, I will only be reviewing wireless printing using Canon’s EasyPhoto Print app.

ESET Smart Security 6 was launched on the 15th January 2013. Two new additional features to the Smart Security suite are the ESET Social Media Scanner and Anti-Theft.

ESET Smart Security 6 has received the Windows 8 Certification and will bear the “Windows 8 Compatible” logo.

The HTC One (Glacier Silver 32GB) will be available in Singapore from this Saturday, 13th April 2013 onwards.

For the HTC One (Glacier Silver 64GB) and HTC One (Stealth Black 32GB/64GB), it will be available from May 2013.

I was one of the early backer of Flybridge. I backed the project on 29th December 2012 and the project got funded on 1st February 2013 after raising US$19,365 (the goal was US$15,000).

As I was the early backer, I am entitled to get the Flybridge for just US$10 and hence I bought two and shipping is an additional US$10. In total I paid US$30 (S$37.20). Flybridge shipped on 28th February 2013 and I received it on 27th March 2013.

*UPDATE* On 30th August 2013, Microsoft announced yet another price reduction for Surface RT bundled with Touch Cover. I have updated this post to reflect the new prices.
*UPDATE* On 15th July 2013, Microsoft announced a price reduction for Surface RT. I have updated this post to reflect the new prices.

Microsoft Surface RT with Windows RT will be launching in Singapore this Friday, 5th April 2013. The event will take place at Challenger Funan from 5.30pm onwards.