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HTC Delivers Tattoo to Singapore

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced on Thursday the launch of its latest handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the HTC Tattoo, in Singapore. The new mobile phone comes to the market with a distinct design and with great personalization options for users, including the hardwa...

30 October 2009
09:37 GMT

Introducing Nokia N97 mini RAOUL Limited Edition

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just unveiled a new, limited version of its recently announced Nokia N97 mini, which has been developed in collaboration with RAOUL, namely the Nokia N97 mini RAOUL Limited Edition. The new handset is already available for pre-order in Singapore, and those interested in purchasing...

12 October 2009
04:57 GMT

HTC Touch2 Goes to Singapore

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced on Wednesday the launch of its new HTC Touch2 in Singapore. The new Windows phone comes to the Singaporean market with Microsoft's newly launched Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, as well as with the services related to it, including the Windows Marketpla...

8 October 2009
06:32 GMT

Singapore Night Race Fully Simulated in F1 2009

The Formula 1 season is drawing to a close with three races remaining and with British driver Jason Button being the front runner in the Driver's Championship, but, at the moment, videogame lovers do not have a Formula 1 simulation game allowing them to relive the races and even re-write racing history by puttin...

29 September 2009
03:47 GMT

SingTel to Carry INQ's Mini 3G

Singapore Telecommunications, the leading telecom carrier in Southeast Asia, announced today that it plans on launching the INQ Mini 3G on its airwaves. The new device, which includes a variety of social networking features, is aimed mainly at the operator's young consumers. INQ, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's...

14 September 2009
14:21 GMT

Novatel Wireless’ MiFi 2352 Goes to MobileOne

Novatel Wireless, a leading wireless broadband access solutions provider, and Singaporean wireless carrier MobileOne (M1), announced on Monday that Novatel Wireless’ Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, dubbed MiFi 2352, would make its debut at COMEX 2009 in Asia, after having been launched on the American market. M1 an...

8 September 2009
06:08 GMT

Nokia Messaging Comes to Singapore on M1

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and M1, one of the leading wireless carriers in Singapore, have announced today that a new, easy-to-use email service is coming towards the latter's customers. The new service, none other than Nokia Messaging, comes to mobile phone users in the country with push email functionali...

6 July 2009
07:54 GMT

SingTel Launches New Mobile Music Service

SingTel, one of the largest telecoms companies in Southeast Asia, announced on Sunday the release of a new mobile download service on its home market of Singapore, called AMPed. The new service, which was launched in collaboration with Universal Music, provides users with access to music and videos, and is meant to p...

15 June 2009
09:58 GMT

Acer Launches 8 Phones in Singapore

Acer seems determined to make a great impression on the mobile phone market, and, after announcing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona a series of new handsets powered by the Windows Mobile operating system, the company is now reported to plan launching no less than eight devices on the Singapore market. All th...

23 April 2009
11:50 GMT

Nokia Messaging Available in Singapore

SingTel and Nokia announced today that the Nokia Messaging service would be offered to users in Singapore on the Nokia E63 with special data plans. Through the launch of mobile messaging for its customers, SingTel becomes the first operator in Asia and one of the first carriers around the world to come up with the of...

3 April 2009
09:12 GMT

Nokia Launches Comes With Music in Singapore

The Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today that its Comes With Music service has been launched in Singapore. Today’s launch marks the first time when the service becomes available on the Asian market, after the release of the Comes With Music in the UK back in October last year. At the same time...

27 February 2009
15:01 GMT

Nokia Comes With Music Goes to Singapore

The Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today that it plans to deliver “music loud and clear” to users in Singapore through the launch of the revolutionary Comes With Music service in the area. The service will come to the Singapore market in the following weeks, the first time it becomes avail...

13 February 2009
05:19 GMT

BlackBerry Bold Goes to Singapore and Indonesia

After being released in several European countries as well as in Canada, RIM's newest high-end smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9000, is getting ready to conquer Asia. The handset was officially announced for Singapore and Indonesia, thus it will become available (theoretically at least) to almost 240 million pos...

3 September 2008
03:14 GMT

Motorola VE538, a Simple Web Phone

Motorola has recently unveiled, in Singapore, a brand new phone that is targeted for those who need to access the Web while on the go. The handset in question is VE538 and it was announced together with other four devices that will soon hit the Singaporean market: Motorola ZN5, Motorola A1600 Ming, Motorola EM330 and...

25 August 2008
08:14 GMT

Nokia 6210 Navigator Available in India and Singapore

Nokia has recently released its new 6210 Navigator in two important Asian markets, namely India and Singapore. The new handset is not yet offered by any of the mobile carriers from India and Singapore, thus it can only be bought unlocked. In Singapore, the 6210 Navigator has a retail price of 678 SGD (almost 500 USD ...

30 July 2008
09:19 GMT

Filming Women in Toilets with a Camera Phone Gets You Arrested

In the vast history of mankind, there have been lots of weird reasons for a person to be arrested. In the more recent "history of mankind using cell phones" there might have also been curious circumstances that got someone deprived of their liberty after improperly using a handset. It was one of these circumstances t...

13 June 2008
06:38 GMT

PlayStation 3, the Number 1 System

This statement will have two results: the Xbox 360 fanboys will be outraged and they'll start sending me e-mails full of hatred, while the PS3 fanboys will say "Yeah, we already knew that. Something new?". The truth is, though, that none of the two factions would be right in such a situation. Because, as good as...

28 May 2008
12:06 GMT

Singapore Bans Adult Websites

Singapore has recently banned two adult websites offering free videos as a move meant to protect young users living in the country, the Singaporean authorities said according to Reuters. Although the names of the websites have not been disclosed, people are already speculating that the banned pages were two online vi...

23 May 2008
05:57 GMT

Racist Blogger Arrested in Singapore

Posting entries on a blog is usually a pleasant activity and some people managed to do a real business out of it. However, publishing messages on a blog sometimes may bring you more trouble than you have ever expected according to recent reports concerning a blogger who may go to jail due to comments posted on his bl...

22 May 2008
05:11 GMT

Ericsson Brings Faster 3G Speeds to Singapore

Ericsson signed today an agreement with SingTel, Singapore's largest mobile operator, according to which, the Swedish company will enhance the carrier's GSM, WCDMA and HSPA networks. After Ericsson upgrades SingTel's network, the carrier will be able to provide higher data transfer speeds as well as an...

16 May 2008
06:56 GMT

Microsoft Warns Customers of "High-End" Pirated Software

Microsoft has warned consumers to exercise caution and be wary of what it referred to as "high-end" pirated products. According to the Redmond company, end users and small businesses are the most likely to fall victim to counterfeiters dealing with high-quality bootlegged software. Illustrative examples of high-end p...

12 May 2008
10:23 GMT

Nokia Music Store Launched in Singapore

Nokia opened its first Music Store portal for Asia today, in Singapore, bringing Singaporean music lovers 24/7 access to millions of songs, both from their Nokia phone and from their PCs. The tracks offered by Nokia belong to international artists as well as to local ones and represent one of the most comprehensive o...

29 April 2008
08:29 GMT

Google Earth Faces Another Regional Ban

Google Earth may receive another regional ban after the Singapore authorities revealed that Google's downloadable mapping application infringes the Singapore Land Authority copyright. The report was published by SinGeo on April 1st so we're not sure if this is only an April Fool's Day prank or real new...

2 April 2008
03:31 GMT

3G iPhone to Reach the Singapore Market

SingTel, the largest mobile operator in Singapore, plans to offer Apple's iPhone to its subscribers starting September 2008. Since by then the 3G version of the handset will be released and Singapore mainly uses 3G mobile networks, it's almost certain that SingTel wants to bring the 3G-enabled iPhone. Curre...

25 March 2008
16:11 GMT

Can a Simple User Sue Nokia and Win? Of Course!

There's a general belief that "simple customers" can't sue big companies and win, even if they have the truth on their side. Moreover, many users don't even think about suing when a phone, a headset or another accessory doesn't work properly and the company that produced it refuses to change it or...

26 February 2008
04:43 GMT

To the Beat Y'all! To the Censoring Beat!

The above is paraphrasing a song from System of a Down, "Toxicity". And with that out of the way…You do like the happy Asian people that seem to always be wherever some karaoke event is bound is happen, don't you? Well you're in for a treat with this YouTube video, as middle-aged executives are seen moving ...

26 November 2007
10:39 GMT

Thinnest Nokia Cellular, the 2630, Hits the Market

Nokia 2630 will now be available in Singapore from now on. The slimmest handset from Nokia line of devices will finally be out on the market, after it was unveiled at the beginning of May, this year.The thinnest mobile phone coming from Nokia has the dimensions of 105 x 45 x 9.9 mm. That's not nearly as satisfyi...

24 September 2007
03:21 GMT

Yahoo: We Finally Did It!

Yahoo's officials were invited yesterday to a meeting with the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to talk about the innovations offered by the giant portal. The meeting took about an hour, the two officials sustaining they talked about the technology provided by Yahoo and the economical features of the g...

9 May 2007
05:22 GMT


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