Founder of lesterchan.net, a Singapore tech and gadgets blog running since 2002. An engineering leader by day and a WordPress plugin developer since 2003, with a soft spot for gadgets, smart home, and a good deal.
Nokia officially announced the N8 yesterday, after Mobile Review leaked it days earlier. Priced at around EUR 370, roughly S$675, Nokia's latest smartphone is pitched as intuitively connecting you to the people, places and services that matter most to you.
It seems SingTel has already begun preparing MicroSIM cards. According to forum user MorpheusV, when he signed up for SingTel's 7.2Mbps two-year contract bundled with a Huawei E5832, the salesperson told him the plan's SIM would be a MicroSIM.
Did a mini interview with Kenny Chee of My Paper about EpiCentre taking iPad pre-orders. I'm wary, since EpiCentre handled the iPhone 3GS pre-order poorly last year, leaving buyers receiving theirs later than SingTel customers.
Apparently Apple's next-generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone HD, was lost in a bar by software engineer Grey Powell. Gizmodo reportedly paid US$5,000 for the prototype and dissected it, though the unit had been remotely bricked and wouldn't boot.
Finally! Adobe has announced Creative Suite 5, and its Content-Aware Fill looks amazing. The breakthrough release updates Adobe's industry-leading design and development software across virtually every creative discipline, arriving on 12th April 2010, about eighteen months after Creative Suite 4.
Sorry for the late news, from Hong Kong: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has launched in Singapore, with SingTel customers first to get it at S$1,088 without contract. Now I hope they bring in the iPad next!
The Mood Diary is a Facebook app built by my friend Hong Jun and his team for their CS3216 final project; I made three apps when I took CS3216. It lets you jot down your moods and feelings anytime.
I no longer qualify as a youth! SingTel has introduced BlackBerry Flexi Youth plans from S$48 a month, the first to bundle data and talktime, with perks like free unlimited SMS and outgoing calls from campuses and army camps.
Celebrated my 26th birthday at Chili's in Resorts World yesterday, my second visit after the Tanglin Mall branch. The food's fantastic but pricey; I love the free-flow Tostada chips at S$6.90, though the S$41.90 steak isn't worth it.
I love my Dell 2408WFP monitor for its two DVI ports, letting me connect both my Windows desktop and MacBook Pro. Using a Mac heavily at work, I wanted to replicate that office setup at home.
I verified it on BizFile, paying S$5 to extract details. Facebook Singapore Pte Ltd, registration 201004959C, is a limited private company doing advertising sales at Millenia Tower, 1 Temasek Avenue. Its paid-up capital? A grand total of one Singapore dollar.
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight launched in Singapore yesterday. I pre-ordered last week at Funan's Challenger, showing my copy of Tiberium Wars for S$15 off the S$69.90 price, paying just S$54.90. I love the goodies that come with pre-orders.
Couldn't make this event since it's during office hours, but I'm keen to see how LTE advances mobile networks. With smartphone numbers rising, demand for faster mobile bandwidth grows too, so I hope SingTel and Ericsson trial LTE soon.
Be among the first to grab the Nokia N900 and get a free Nokia Extra Power DC-11 worth S$156 when you pre-order, plus a Sure Win Dip on activation. Pre-order online via PC or mobile from 13th onwards.
I finally have a blogger name card to hand out at events, thanks to Li Xiang. Printed at Tommy Print, S$60 for 200 pieces, steep because of the translucent plastic material, and it took a month to collect.
This was my only hoot from IT Show 2010, the JVC HA-FX66 black stereo headphones, bought from the Headphones Gallery booth on Level 6. Usually S$55, I got them for just S$30, and I'll be using them in my office.
Long a Windows user doing web development for years, I switched to Mac when I started work because my whole engineering team used them. Going with the flow, I found the experience excellent after a short adjustment.
Yes! Time to get a new Mac! Valve has announced it'll bring Steam and Source, its game engine, to the Mac. Steam's library including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal and Half-Life is coming too.
Bought the Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens from Alan Photo on Saturday for S$1,070. I regret not getting the 50D Kit III instead, but back then I knew nothing about photography and just wanted something cheap, simple and multipurpose.
Attended the Nokia N900 blogger preview at Segafredo in Chinasquare Plaza, Telok Ayer Street. The N900 launches in Singapore at the end of March 2010, with no local pricing yet, though elsewhere it's around US$649, roughly S$911.
Thanks to 24seven, Li Xiang, I and a few other bloggers got to experience 4D Magix and CineBlast at Sentosa today. First up was Desperados, Singapore's first interactive shoot-out game, where about 25 of us blasted away together.
Bought Crumpler's Photo Neck Strap, The Industry Disgrace, at Raffles City for S$25, though the website oddly lists S$34.24, likely an error. It's definitely worth it; you really feel the difference between this and the camera's stock strap.