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RIM becomes Premier Sponsor for Echelon 2012

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Research In Motion (RIM) will be giving BlackBerry PlayBook tablets and BlackBerry smartphones as prizes for the startup winning team and participants.

Echelon 2012 in SingaporeWinners will also receive free membership into the BlackBerry Alliance Program, which includes technical and marketing benefits.

Sponsors for the startup entrepreneur's competition.

Echelon 2012 is a two-day, double-track event on 11 and 12 June 2012 at NUS with over 1,100 delegates, and a demo pit of up to 50 regional startups per day and various workshops.

It is organised by e27, a media organisation focused on the Asian technology startup community.

Representatives from RIM will also be speaking and judging at some of the Echelon
2012’s upcoming Satellites – shortlisting sessions for selecting the finalists for the actual event.

Other sponsors for the event includes Global Brain venture capital, Amazon Web Services, and Lenovo.

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Seven tips for laptop batteries

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

How do you maximise your battery life? Should you constantly charge your battery? Should you keep your battery installed even when your laptop is plugged in? When should you replace your battery?

Check out Lenovo's Guide to Laptop Batteries.

Check out Lenovo's Guide to Laptop Batteries.

Here are the answers to these and other frequently asked questions, courtesy of “Lenovo’s Guide to Laptop Batteries”.

1. Maximise your battery life

  • Dim the display when not connected to an AC supply
  • Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not in use
  • Disconnect unnecessary external devices such as USB flash drives

2. Keep your battery installed even when your laptop is plugged into a power source.

3. Do not constantly charge your battery. Reduce the maximum charge threshold if you connect your laptop to an AC supply most of the time.

4. When storing your extra battery, ensure there is at least 50% charge level, and store in a cool environment.

5. Keep your battery cool when in use to slow degradation.

6. Modern Li-ion batteries do not need to be fully charged and discharged because they do not suffer from memory effects.

7. A little obvious here – replace the battery when it can no longer hold a full charge, or when its actual run time falls significantly below its original run time.

Read or download “Lenovo’s Guide to Laptop Batteries” below:

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IT Show 2012 promotions: Lenovo

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Lenovo will be at the IT Show 2012 in Suntec Singapore at Level 4, Hall 401, Booth 8358.

Click to view or download Lenovo's IT Show 2012 flyer for tablet computers.

Click to view or download Lenovo's IT Show 2012 flyer for tablet computers.

Check out the promotional discounts and freebies for Lenovo’s tablets, notebooks and desktop computers.

You can view or download Lenovo’s IT Show 2012 flyers below.

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CES 2012 roundup: Televisions

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The four-day CES 2012 (10-13 January 2012) is being held in Nevada, Las Vegas. A flurry of pre-show conferences and announcements gave a hint of what is to come this year. Here’s a quick round-up of televisions – a dynamic gadget frontier this year.

They will come smarter, bigger but thinner.

LG's stunning 55" OLED EM9600 measures only 4mm thick, thinner than a smartphone.

LG's stunning 55" OLED EM9600 measures only 4mm thick, thinner than a smartphone.

The most impressive offerings come from LG. It has unveiled its 55″ EM9600 measuring just 4mm thick – that’s thinner than a smartphone.

The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) system offers a ‘refresh-rate’ that is 1,000 times faster than most current sets – this means that moving images will appear much smoother.

The TV weights only 7.5kg.

LG will also be launching an 84” TV with ultra definition, as well as voice control remote controls, and a 3D gesture-control interface like that of Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect.

Samsung is pushing its 55" Super OLED TV, the ES 8000.

Samsung is pushing its 55" Super OLED TV, the ES 8000.

It’s Korean rivals, Samsung, is offering its flagship Super OLED TV – the ES8000.

It comes with an integrated camera for video conferencing and “smart interaction”; content from its GALAXY smartphone platform including Angry Birds; as well as 3D, voice, gestures, facial recognition.

Powered by a dual-core processor, users can surf the web while using or downloading multiple apps simultaneously

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Thematic shopping with Digital Style

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Newstead Technologies has opened a new multi-brand IT concept store in Funan DigitaLife Mall today. “Digital Style” is organised into six thematic zones, based on the needs of the modern IT consumer.

This is in keeping with the times – since consumers today have different purchasing habits and approaches.
This is the first of a chain of such stores. Eventually, there will likely be four to five such stores geographically distributed around Singapore, according to Evelyn Chua, Business Development and Marketing Manager of Newstead Technologies.
The 2,647 square feet store is located at #03-32 of the mall and opens from 11 am to 8 pm from Tuesdays to Sundays, and 11 am to 7 pm on Mondays.

The six themes are Entertainment & Media, Gaming, Home Computing, Mobile Communications, Office & Professional, and Ultra Mobile & Business.

The focus is on allowing shoppers to try out, for themselves, different products in the themes they are interested in.

For instance, in the gaming kiosk, the whole spectrum of gaming related gadgets and peripherals – from consoles, laptops, speakers and controllers – are displayed, for shoppers to mix-and-match and plug-and-play the various components together at one-stop.

The store is organised into six themes.Across the various themes, products are featured from all the major brands, including Acer, Asus, BlackBerry, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HTC, Lenovo, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba and others.

Apple related products are absent, so you’ll have to visit authorised Apple resellers, such as Nubox, which is also under Newstead Technologies.

I noticed that digital cameras and video cameras are not sold at the shop.

Update (24 February, 2012): Newstead Technologies has opened its second and bigger Digital Style store in Jurong Point. The next will be at The Star Vista towards the end of 2012.

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New Android tablets from Lenovo to debut in the U.S.

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Two new tablets based on Android 3.1 will hit the shelves in the U.S. Lenovo, China’s largest maker of personal computers, will be launching the IdeaPad Tablet K1 (from $499) and the Thinkpad Tablet (from $479).

Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1, from $499. Orders from July 20, 2011. Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, from $479. Available from August 2.
Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 (from $499), orders from July 20, 2011; and the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet (from $479), available from August 2.

Lenovo began sales of its LePad tablet in China in March. Its two new tablet devices will be competing in a tightly fought market dominated by Apple’s iPad.

IdeaPad Tablet P1 from Lenovo, based on Windows 7, coming this fall.

Lenovo's IdeaPad Tablet P1, based on Windows 7, is coming this fall.

Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo, the world’s three biggest makers of PCs, are introducing new tablets as the popularity of Apple’s iPad eats into demand for desktop and notebook computers.

Gartner reports that global PC shipments rose 2.3 percent in the three months ended June – much less than the 6.7 percent increase predicted by the research house.

Although the two tablets uses the Android operating system from Google, Lenovo plans to launch a new tablet- the IdeaPad Tablet K1 – in the fourth quarter based on the Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft.

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“Bid to Give” On-Site Auction of Notebooks for Charity

Friday, May 6th, 2011
Spanking new notebooks were auctioned off on last evening with proceeds going to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF).

Another 13 notebooks will be auctioned off tonight at the Funan DigitaLife Mall. These are part of a two-week campaign by the consumer electronics retailer, Newstead Technologies, and its partners.

FM91.3 DJ Jeremy Ratnam as one of two host auctioneers

FM91.3 DJ Jeremy Ratnam as one of two host auctioneers.

Bidding for the notebooksDay 1 of the “Bid to Give” charity auction was held on Thursday evening. With starting bids of only S$199, all 14 notebooks were snapped up within the hour by warm-hearted contributors who attended the charity drive at the Main Atrium of Funan DigitaLife Mall.

Partners of Newstead Technologies who sponsored the notebooks include Microsoft Singapore, Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, AMD, Blackberry, Brightpoint, ECS, HTC, Huawei, Ingram Micro and Jos Distribution.

There will be another 13 notebooks up for auction tonight at 6pm at the same venue so you can still show up and contribute your share for charity.

Tay Hong Kuan with his Panasonic notebook with the night's highest bid of $1,349

Tay Hong Kuan with his Panasonic notebook with the night's highest bid of S$1,349.

The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund is an annual community project that provides pocket money to children from low-income families to help them through school. The children can use this money to buy a meal during recess, pay for their bus fares or use it to meet their other schooling needs.

In addition to Bid to Give, Newstead Technologies will also be donating $10 for every notebook sold and another $5 for every Microsoft Office 2010 purchased at its roadshow from May 5 to May 8 and at Newstead Technologies’ outlets at IMM #02-06, City Square Mall #04-20, Suntec City (e-life) #02-002/A and nex Mall #04-55 from May 9 to May 15. Newstead Technologies hopes to raise a total of $17,000 from the charity auction and sale of notebooks during this period.

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