Todai Singapore
Todai Singapore opened on 18th February 2011 at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, near the Marina Bay Financial Centre. The huge 1,300-square-metre space seats over 400, with four private rooms and more than a hundred employees.
Event
Tech launches, conferences, and media events I have attended, around Singapore and beyond.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Neo & Play
Li Xiang and I were invited to Sony Ericsson's blogger gathering at Orgo on Esplanade's Roof Terrace, a lovely spot. They showed three phones: the Xperia Arc, Neo and Play, the Arc succeeding the X10 with a BRAVIA-enhanced display.
HP’s Everybody On
Li Xiang and I attended HP's Everybody On blogger event at The Gallery in Hyatt Hotel, where five new consumer products were shown, including Pavilion dv4, dv6, g4 laptops, the TouchSmart610 PC and the x2301 micro-thin LED monitor.
LG Blogger Night – LG Optimus 2X & LG Optimus Black
Attended LG Blogger Night at Black Coffee Dessert Bar in TripleOne Somerset, where they showed the Optimus 2X and Optimus Black. The 2X's headline feature is its dual-core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, which made the phone feel genuinely snappy.
Canon First Product Launch For 2011
Invited to the blogger session of Canon's first product launch of 2011 at the brand-new Canon Imaging Academy beside their Keppel Bay Tower office. The academy develops curricula, courses and events to enhance participants' photography and imaging experience.
Norton 360 Version 5.0
Invited to Norton's blogger session for the launch of Norton 360 Version 5.0, thanks to Text 100. Highlights include a perfect online-threat detection score from Dennis Technology Labs, a top PassMark performance ranking, and a new Norton Control Center.
SingTel Nokia N8 Launch With David Archuleta
SingTel is the first and, for now, only operator to bring in the Nokia N8, available from 5th November 2010. To celebrate, with Sony Music they flew in David Archuleta, runner-up of the seventh season of American Idol.
40 Days Of Christmas With HP
I was invited to HP Singapore's 40th Anniversary at Dempsey's The House. I forgot my camera, but Joe's blog has photos. The food was fantastic and Muttons hosted hilariously. To celebrate, there's 40 Days of Christmas with HP.
The Event
I was invited to Universal Channel's screening of The Event. I'd seen it mentioned on HardwareZone forums but had totally forgotten about it. It's an American political thriller and science-fiction series created by Nick Wauters for NBC, stylised THE EVENT.
Standard Chartered Breeze Bloggers Meet
My first encounter with Standard Chartered was bad: they rejected my credit card application, surely over my short six months of work since graduating rather than salary. I've reapplied this week, hopeful, and was invited to their Breeze Bloggers Meet.
SingTel iPhone 4 Launch
This is SingTel's third iPhone launch after the 3G and 3GS, and they finally got it right. Instead of the usual ComCentre, it was at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre Hall F, a huge, fully air-conditioned, proper convention venue.
SingTel iPhone 4 Launch Clarification
Here is SingTel's official word on the iPhone 4 launch tonight and over the weekend. They've chosen a bigger venue, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, selling the phones at one centralised location so customers with appointments can collect conveniently.
Cisco Flip MinoHD Event
Attended the Cisco Flip MinoHD event yesterday at The Queen and Mangosteen in VivoCity, my first visit there, and the food was lovely, I'll definitely return. The Flip itself underwhelmed me, with no autofocus, no macro and no optical zoom.
Iomega 1st Blogging Event
When I posted photos from Iomega's first blogging event, many assumed Iomega was dead after the Zip drive lost out to USB flash drives. In fact EMC, a Fortune 500 data-storage giant, bought them for US$213 million, so they're back.
Sony Ericsson Wonder Girls Showcase
Thanks to Amelia and Felicia, Li Xiang and I were invited to the Sony Ericsson Wonder Girls Showcase at Marina Bay Sands. The Wonder Girls are Sony Ericsson's Asia Pacific ambassadors, and I was thrilled, preferring them to Super Junior.
Intel Bloggers Event
I was invited to Intel's exclusive blogger event on Monday, 7th June 2010 at their StarHub Centre office. They introduced their latest tech: SSDs, Wireless Display, Light Peak, super-thin laptops and the Intel AppUp store.
SingTel’s Media Launch Of Samsung Galaxy S With Super Junior
Samsung has partnered SingTel to launch the Galaxy S in Singapore, making SingTel the first operator worldwide to carry it. The Galaxy S runs Android 2.1 with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, less reflective yet vivid, and a 1GHz processor.
Sony Ericsson’s “Backstage” Session
I was invited to my first ever Sony Ericsson event, their Backstage blogger session. We were introduced to Sony's tagline, make.believe, where the dot matters by separating make believe into make and believe, before being shown five new products.
IDA’s New Infocomm & U Road Show
IDA is holding a road show, IDA's New Infocomm & U, at Downtown East this Saturday, 22nd May 2010. The whole 24seven team will be there, with activities for you and your readers to learn new infocomm skills.
Nokia N900 Blogger Preview
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.
Sentosa 4D Magix & CineBlast
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.
Chingay Parade 2010
Along with other bloggers, I was invited by the Singapore Tourism Board to Chingay Parade 2010, themed ImaginEast. For the first time it's held at the F1 Pit Building beside the Singapore Flyer, a fine seaside choice of venue.