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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
The Bose SoundLink Mini is the smallest wireless speaker in the Bose family, and is 70% smaller and 50% lighter than the Bose SoundLink. Atlas Sound & Vision is selling the speaker online at S$299.
Pre-order now for delivery by end-September.
Blue, orange or green soft covers are available (sold separately but free for pre-orders) for the Bose SoundLink Mini.
The new SoundLink Mini speaker fits in the palm of your hand, and connects wirelessly to a smart device or tablet, allowing you to enjoy the music out loud.
The SoundLink Mini comes with a charging cradle.
At 680 grams, the SoundLink Mini speaker weighs similar to the average tablet, measuring a compact 5 x 18 x 6cm.
That’s 30% the size and 50% the weight of the original SoundLink Mobile speaker.
Its anodised aluminum housing resists scratches and fingerprints, and is strong and durable enough for the rigors of everyday use.
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Tags:Atlas, audio, Bluetooth, Bose, launch, music, Singapore, speakers, wireless
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Lenovo has unveiled in Singapore the following: Lenovo Flex 14, Miix, A3000, U330p and U430 Touch, S210 Touch and S410; as well as the Lenovo Iomega ix Series Desktop line of storage devices. Pricing and availability within.
Lenovo’s new range of devices includes (from left): IdeaPad U430 Touch notebook, IdeaTab A3000 tablet (7″ Android 4.2 Jelly Bean) and Miix tablet (10.1″ Windows 8, Intel Atom). Not shown to scale.
Below are the pricing and availability. COMEX this year is from 5 – 8 September.
| Lenovo |
Price from |
Available |
| Flex 14 Ultrabook |
S$999 |
COMEX |
| Miix tablet |
S$799 |
TBA |
| A3000 tablet |
S$269 |
COMEX |
| U330p laptop |
S$999 |
COMEX |
| U430 Touch laptop |
S$1399 |
end Sep |
| S210 Touch laptop |
S$799 |
Now |
| S410 laptop |
S$899 |
Now |
| Iomega ix2 storage |
S$312 |
Now |
| Iomega ix4-300d storage |
S$1,189 |
Now |
Below is the press release with the details.
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Tags:Android, Android 4, COMEX 2013, IdeaPad, IdeaTab, Jelly Bean, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, notebooks, Singapore, tablets, Windows, Windows 8
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
First announced on 1 July, Canon’s latest DSLR – the EOS 70D – will be available (S$1,499 for body only) at Canon authorised dealers on Friday 23 August 2013.
Canon EOS 70D is embedded with a powerful DIGIC 5+ image processor and a 20.2-megapixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor.
The following are the recommended retail prices:
- Body only: S$1,499
- Kit I (EF S18-55 IS STM): $1,699
- Kit II (EF S18-135 IS STM): $2,049
- Kit III (EF S18-200 IS): $2,149
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Tags:availability, cameras, Canon, DSLR, EOS, photography, price, Singapore
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
The Phantom of the Opera is playing in town at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. But in many places in the heartlands, special front row seats have been specially reserved for the “real” hungry phantoms from Hell.
Special front row seats for some very special guests. All photos taken with a Nikon D5200 with AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm DX f/3.5-5.6G VR kit lens. All the photos (except the one above which was taken at ISO 5000) were taken at ISO 6400. Photo credit: John Tan.
So I was driving back from the Lenovo launch in town, and thinking of the Phantom of the Opera musical that the family was going to watch the next day.
The MC for the night is this fancifully dressed lady. Does she remind you of Liu Ling Ling in the local award-winning movie 881? That’s because it is Liu Ling Ling!
Another performer for the night. Each singer performs a few songs, which may include requests from the audience and the residing deity of the temple organising the Getai.
Tags:Buddhism, Chinese, festival, ghosts, hungry ghosts, photography, photos, potd, Taoism
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
From 23 August (Friday), the retail price of the PlayStation Vita system will be reduced to S$299. This is a substantial reduction from the current prices for both the Wi-Fi model (S$399) and the 3G/Wi-Fi model (S$469).
Two days from now, the Sony PlayStation Vita will be available in Singapore at S$299 for both the Wi-Fi (S$399) and the 3G/Wi-Fi (S$469) versions.
Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Limited has also reduced the prices of the PS Vita memory cards.
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Tags:games, gaming, Sony, Sony PlayStation, Vita
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
In line with the current climate of going “local”, this year’s Formula 1 motorsport event in Singapore (20-22 September) will be infused with a distinctive local flavour as SingTel, Title Sponsor of the Singapore Grand Prix tries to bring the F1 race experience closer to Singaporeans with Formula 1 Singapore Style.
“The theme, Formula 1 Singapore Style, aims to create an F1 experience where everyone can be involved – both on and off the race tracks. They’ll even have a chance to take the driver’s seat in a race to the chequered flag,” said Mr Allen Lew, Country Chief Officer Singapore, SingTel (center). He is flanked on both sides by local celebrities Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh.
As per previous years, a series of promotional activities has been planned leading up to the actual race.
The Big Race
The Big Race is an island-wide search for Singapore’s fastest race driver.
SingTel’s F1 web page
Check out SingTel’s F1 page for details about how to participate in The Big Race, Wave the Flag, Singapore! and hot to vote for the SingTel Grid Girls; as well as other F1 information and updates.
Local celebrities and self-proclaimed Formula 1 fans, Joanne Peh, Qi Yuwu, Pei Fen and Romeo Tan kicked off The Big Race today by clocking their fastest lap times in the Official F1 racing simulator game.
There will be a series of four roadshows where the public is invited to clock their fastest lap times in the game.
Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh getting into the F1(R) spirit for The Big Race.
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Tags:F1, Formula 1, Formula One, Grand Prix, Singapore, SingTel, SingTel Grid Girls 2013
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
The seventh month on the Chinese lunar calendar is the ghost month, when the hungry ghosts from Hell are released to visit their relatives on earth – and get a good meal as well.
As the seventh lunar month approaches, huge marquees are set up in many places in preparation for festivities. All three photos taken with a Nikon D5200 with AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm DX f/3.5-5.6G VR kit lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Since this is the hungry ghost month, I will be featuring photos that I take during visits to celebratory activities surrounding the festival.
The festival has its origins from the buddhist scriptures and is celebrated by both Buddhist and Taoist believers in Asian countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia etc.
An altar in the marquee pacifying the agents of Hell with offerings and (to the left) wads of Hell cash.
The main theme is filial piety.
One of Buddha’s disciples visited his mother in hell and found her languishing as a “hungry ghost” (that’s a specific genre of ghost) which was perennially – what else – hungry.
She had apparently been stingy towards hosting Buddhist monks whilst indulging herself with the money that her son had left her.
As a punishment by the judges of hell, she was transformed into a hungry ghost after her death.
Buddha taught the son how to redeem his mother and the filial son succeeded after much effort to help his mother get reborn as a human.
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Tags:Buddhism, Chinese, festival, ghosts, hungry ghosts, photography, photos, potd, Taoism
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Monday, August 19th, 2013
The Suomenlinna Church was first built in 1854 as a Greek Orthodox garrison church for the Russian troops stationed in the Suomenlinna sea fortress, and originally had five onion domes.
The simple chandelier hangs directly below the dome of Suomenlinna Church. Both photos taken handheld with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
During the 1920s, the Suomenlinna Church was converted into an Evangelical Lutheran church.
Its central dome serves as a lighthouse, which sends out blinking Morse code signals for the letter “H” in Helsinki.
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Tags:church, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Suomenlinna, travel, vacation
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Sunday, August 18th, 2013
The new single app plan of Adobe Creative Cloud for teams is available for a suggested retail price (SRP) of US$29.99 per user per month. (Promotional pricing for existing customers with CS3 or later: US$19.99 per user per month).
Customers can now subscribe to a single specific app instead of all the apps in the Adobe CC suite of software.
The new offer makes it easier and more flexible to purchase and deploy Adobe’s Creative Cloud.
Both the complete and single app plans are available via the
Adobe SEA Store.
Adobe has launched a new subscription plan for Adobe Creative Cloud that allows subscription to a single desktop application like Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC or any other application from the entire collection of CC desktop applications.
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Tags:Adobe, Apps, cloud, Creative Cloud, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Singapore, software, suite, update
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Sunday, August 18th, 2013
My family and I were walking back to our hotel in Helsinki when we spotted this Irish Wolfhound across the road.
Gigantic Irish Wolfhound along the streets of Helsinki. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Its owner was taking it for an evening walk and both of them were waiting at the traffic light to cross the road.
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Tags:dog, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, streets, travel, vacation
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