Nokia N900 Now Available For Pre-Order
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.
Press Release
Tech news and brand announcements, mostly telco and industry, summarised in my own words with a quick take.
Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series
Microsoft today unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series at Mobile World Congress 2010. Being a brand-new OS, they dropped the Windows Mobile 7 branding for this name instead. From the first look, it looks pretty impressive.
Singapore Digital Brand Index (DBI 2.0)
Conducted across eight Asia-Pacific markets including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan, the second quarterly Digital Brand Index (DBI 2.0) keeps surfacing insights on the most discussed brands online and the subjects sparking the liveliest debate.
Google Nexus One
Google has launched its own phone, the Nexus One, though it leaked relentlessly beforehand, with photos, videos, specs and even the official site appearing early, arguably the most leaked phone of 2009. It's priced at US$529 without contract.
SingTel Brings In INQ Chat 3G
SingTel and INQ are bringing the multi-tasking INQ Chat 3G to Singapore, an affordable social phone with a QWERTY keypad, Facebook and Twitter integration, plus SingTel's AMPed music service. It's offered at S$0 on a data plan.
Street View on Google Maps Comes To Singapore
Finally! Street View has landed on Google Maps in Singapore, something I've waited years for. Google's cars captured 360-degree street-level imagery along all public roads earlier this year, letting users view and explore the city right down at street level.
World’s Longest Chain Of Light-Sticks For SingTel ZoukOut 2009
The light-up starts tonight at 7:30pm outside INDOCHINE at Wisma Atria. For SingTel ZoukOut 2009, the world's longest chain of light-sticks, roughly 10,000 red ones, will stretch from SingTel's ComCentre at Exeter Road through Orchard's malls all the way along.
Transit And Traffic Features Google Maps Singapore
LTA and Google have collaborated to help travellers reach destinations faster, making Singapore the first country with comprehensive, nationwide land travel-planning tools on Google Maps, spanning walking, public transit and traffic. A genuinely useful upgrade for getting around the island.
Brother’s New P-Touch Series
Brother today launches three new P-Touch labellers. My very first labeller was a Brother, back in the early 2000s, which I used to label my books and electrical switches. Brother International Singapore champions a customer-first approach.
SingTel Launches Acer’s New Windows Phones
The Acer neoTouch and beTouch E100 will be exclusive to SingTel customers. SingTel and Acer jointly announced the Singapore launch of Acer's first Windows phones, whose next-generation Windows Mobile touchscreen interface supports hundreds of Microsoft-certified mobile apps.
SingTel Launches INQ Mini 3G
Another first from SingTel: it's the first in Asia to launch the INQ Mini 3G, billed as the ultimate 3G social networking phone. SingTel and INQ Mobile say local customers will be among the first worldwide to get it.
Nokia N900 Officially Announced
After a leaked press shot and a review by Eldar of Mobile Review, the Nokia N900 has been officially announced, reaching selected markets from October 2009. Running Maemo 5, it promises computer-grade performance in a handset.
Nokia Booklet 3G Mini Laptop Announced
Nokia has jumped on the netbook bandwagon, though I've no idea why it calls the Booklet 3G a mini-laptop; for me, any Atom-powered laptop is a netbook. The specs look delicious: a 10-inch screen, 3G, A-GPS and just 1.25kg.
Nokia N97 Released
I was invited to the Nokia N97 launch in Kuala Lumpur, but my internship meant I couldn't take leave. Hopefully there's a next time, perhaps for the N98 or N99 when it reaches our local telcos.
Tampines 1
Tampines 1 officially opens to the public this Thursday. Per the press release, Singapore's newest shopping destination is 100% leased out and opens on 9th April 2009 at 10am, spanning 260,000 square feet of fresh retail space.
SingTel Delivers Nokia Messaging To Singapore Consumers
I got this press release in my mailbox yesterday. Nokia Messaging makes mobile email easy, mobilising consumer email across a range of Nokia S60 devices, optimised for mobile. SingTel now brings it to Singapore consumers.
Safari 4 Beta
Apple has announced Safari 4. Built on advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine, it runs JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE7 and over three times faster than Firefox 3.
Comes With Music Singapore Launch
Nokia has announced its Comes With Music range for Singapore. The revolutionary digital music offer will be available on the Nokia 5800, 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic devices, as well as the N96, N85 and N79 multimedia computers.
SingTel To Bring In 1st Google Android Phone In Asia – HTC Dream
SingTel will bring the first Google Android phone to Asia, Singapore included: the HTC Dream. SingTel and HTC today unveiled the first Android device for the region, marking an exciting milestone as the new mobile platform finally reaches our shores.
Nokia N97 Announced
Nokia has announced the N79 today, arriving in the first quarter of next year. It will be the first Nseries touch device and Nokia's second touchscreen overall, after the XpressMusic 5800, running S60 5th Edition on WCDMA with HSDPA.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Ships
Right after Adobe Flash Player 10 launched, Adobe announced that Creative Suite 4 has begun shipping. Woot! The highly anticipated release of the CS4 product family is now immediately available, bringing major updates across Adobe's design and development tools.
Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2
Microsoft has released Silverlight 2, available to download tomorrow. I've been waiting for this, as Silverlight 1 and 1.1 felt in their infancy. Microsoft calls it one of the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solutions for creating rich applications.