Posts Tagged ‘tablets’
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Redesign your home and plan for new furniture with the help of information and visuals from this new free iPad app.
Blum Connect is a new free iPad app for home renovation ideas and guide.
Thinking of rebuilding your kitchen? Check out this free iPad app from Blum.
Developed by Apostrophe Digital, the app serves as a guide for consumers, designers and reference for the sales team for Blum.
There is a gallery of product and lifestyle images for the kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, children’s room and study. Double-click to zoom in.
Related brochures, prices, memos, videos, press information, and pricing can be easily accessed and shared with friends and family via email or Facebook.
The brochures and memos, containing detailed information for each product or product category can be downloaded and stored as iBooks.
A list of authorised Blum Design & Build partners, carpenters and dealers is also provided.
Tags:Apple, Apps, Blum, iPad, tablets
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Bose has introduced the Bluetooth Headset Series 2. It is available in Singapore for S$249.
Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 (S$249)
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 assures conversations remain clear and natural – even in challenging environments, or when surrounding noise levels change suddenly.
The headset integrates Bose full-range audio and A2DP, and comes in either right or left-ear versions.
Availability
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 is available for S$249, and includes a portable zipper case, a one-foot USB cable, and three StayHear tips (small, medium, large) for a personal fit.
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 can be purchased from selected partners, Atlas Experience Audio Visual Boutique at TripleOne Somerset and Bose at Millenia Walk.
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 includes a proprietary dual microphone system to improve speech intelligibility beyond that of conventional Bluetooth headsets, rejecting background noise and tremendously reducing the audible effects of wind.
Bose proprietary signal processing further counteracts the unwanted sounds of a wide variety of places – gusty walkways, commuter rail platforms or airports.
To keep incoming voices clear, Bose TriPort acoustic structure and Bose Adaptive Audio Adjustment technology react automatically as noise levels change so that there’s no need to adjust volume settings or strain to hear a conversation.
The new internal antenna substantially reduces acoustic artifacts – the “pops,” “clicks” and “buzzes” familiar to Bluetooth headset owners – and minimises reception difficulty between the headset and a phone being carried in a pocket.
Compatibility
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 is compatible with devices using the Bluetooth 2.1 (or earlier) specifications that support the Bluetooth hands-free or A2DP profiles.
For consumers who want to maintain an active connection between their headset and two Bluetooth enabled devices, it includes multi-point functionality.
Tags:Atlas, Bluetooth, Bose, headset, smartphone, tablets
Posted in Accessories, Audio, Bose, Gadgets, Launch, Music, Phones, Prices, Specifications, Tablets | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 16th, 2012
An advanced messaging experience; innovative people-centric calendar and contact apps; and improved office productivity tools are some of the features in the PlayBook OS 2.0 upgrade.
An advanced messaging experience with a powerful unified inbox.
Announced during CES 2012, and expected to be available in February 2012, the free upgrade will enable customers to be even more connected and productive with heaps of new features.
People-centric calendar and contact apps integrated with social networks.
For an advanced messaging experience, a powerful unified inbox integrates with built-in messaging and social networking sites (Twitter, LinkedIn etc), as well as ‘tabbed email’ for managing multiple accounts.
You can also compose and edit messages in rich text and manage you inbox with useful new tools (for setting out-of-office alerts, signatures etc).
There are innovative people-centric calendar and contact apps that connects and feeds from your social network to make organising your day and getting in touch with people easy and fast.
Enhnaced office productivity tools such as Word To Go & Print To Go.
Remote control your PlayBook using your BlackBerry smartphone, especially if your PlayBook is connected to a TV via the HDMI output – perfect for watching movies or typing out notes.
Revamped and improved productivity tools with new Documents To Go, and Print To Go application for wireless printing and enhanced browsing, plus much more.
Tags:BlackBerry, CES 2012, Opera, OS, Playbook, RIM, tablets, update, upgrade
Posted in Announce, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Gadgets, Operating Systems, PlayBook, RIM, Software, Specifications, Tablets | No Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The 10.1-inch tablet sports the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the newest NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor. Prices within.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201, world's first tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is housed in an ultra slim 8.3mm metallic spun finish chassis that weighs only 586g.
Super IPS+ screen for vivid wide-angle viewing.
The Eee Pad Transformer already boasts a wide 178° viewing angle IPS display, with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass.
Now the Transformer Prime goes further, upgraded with a brighter Super IPS+ screen that enhances the brightness of the screen for a better outdoor reading experience.
It has a 1.2 megapixel front camera for video conferencing and an 8 megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash.
Asus Transformer Prime in Amethyst Gray colour.
The rear-camera boasts a large aperture of F/2.4 and a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, touch-to-focus depth of field and low light noise reduction.
A first for any tablet, the 8 megapixel camera also has the ability to take full 1080p HD video.
Battery life of the pad alone is 12 hours, with an additional six hours when combined with the mobile dock.
The tablet itself has a micro SD card slot, 3.5mm combo audio jack and micro HDMI port for sharing.
The docking station comes with keyboard and touchpad, additional ports and 6 more hours of battery life.
The S$199 mobile dock contains a keyboard and touchpad, as well as a USB port and SD card slot.
The other available colour is Champagne Gold.
The preinstalled SuperNote application is able to take, draw or record notes.
Polaris Office gives users the ability to read and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint (MS Office 97-2007 version compatible) files.
In addition, ASUS is offering 8GB of free cloud storage for life via ASUS WebStorage, so users have access to their files via the cloud no matter where they are.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime was launched yesterday evening and goes on sale today.
The usual prices for the tablet with and without the dock is S$1,098 and S$899 respectively; although the introductory prices are S$899 and S$759 respectively.
All prices include GST.
The main technical specifications for the Transformer Prime is tabulated below.
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Tags:Android, Asus, EeePad, Ice Cream Sandwich, tablets, Transformer
Posted in Android, Asus, Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Gadgets, Prices, Specifications, Tablets | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The world’s first Android 4.0 tablet has been launched in Singapore. The 10.1-inch slate is also the first in the world to sport the new NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime was launched in Singapore on 11 January 2012.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime comes in Amethyst Gray or Champagne Gold and the 32GB version will be available from tomorrow at introductory prices at S$899 (with dock) and S$759 (without dock). All prices include GST.
The predecessor of the Transformer Prime in Germany and the Czech Republic.
Attending the launch event for the Transformer Prime brought back pleasant memories of our family holiday in Germany last year, when we had the opportunity to bring along the newly-launched Transformer.
The predecessor to the Transformer Prime was already a powerful performer and proved really useful for the parents and entertaining for the kids during our two-week drive down the castle route from Frankfurt in Germany to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Singapore is the third destination after Taiwan and Hong Kong to launch the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, which has been nominated as a CES 2012 Innovations Honoree.
The new tablet boasts the latest operating system, an extremely powerful processor, highly spec-ed camera and quality music.
The 10.1" tablet comes with a mobile dock with keyboad and touch pad, additional ports and 6 more hours of battery life.
100 units of the tablet were put up for pre-order on Facebook last week and all were snapped up within two hours on 4 January.
The Transformer Prime is the world's first Android 4.0 tablet.
Another 200 units will be put up for sale on-the-spot today after the launch.
These pre-launch units come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb but will be upgraded over the air to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tomorrow.
NVIDIA claims that the new Tegra 3 processor is up to five times as fast as its predecessor, the Tegra 2.
Although the Tegra 3 is named a quad-core processor, NVIDIA says there are actually five processors.
The pad is 8.3mm thin while the mobile dock is 10.4mm thin.
A companion processor handles most of the work until additional processing power is needed, at which time the remaining four processors begin kicking in one at a time.
The Transformer Prime is the world's first tablet to run on Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor.
A demo showed how the increased processing power of the Tegra 3 and its 12-core GeForce GPU rendered a smoother and better quality output when playing videos and graphics intensive games, when compared with competing tablets.
The Transformer Prime also boasts enhanced audio performance that is powered by ASUS SonicMaster technology, which is known for its crisp and acoustically accurate audio reproduction.
Check out the technical specifications here.
Tags:Android, Asus, EeePad, Ice Cream Sandwich, NVIDIA, tablets, Tegra, Transformer
Posted in Android, Asus, Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Events, Gadgets, Launch, Operating Systems, Prices, Software, Specifications, Tablets, Travel | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus tablet from Samsung will be available in Singapore in January 2012 at S$768 (incl GST).
Update (6 January 2012): The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus will be available for purchase in Singapore starting from 7 January.
The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus tablet from Samsung will be available in Singapore in January 2012 at S$768 (incl GST).
The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus is finally arriving in Singapore, although a display unit was still not available yet during the Samsung launch event at Clarke Quay. It is already available in Malaysia.
Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus
The 7” tablet weights 345g and is 9.96mm thin. It is slightly smaller than its S$898 cousin – the GALAXY Tab 7.7.
Like its predecessor, it offers voice and video call support, without the need for a headset, allowing users to catch up with friends and family from anywhere.
Samsung is pitching this tablet as a portable tablet which not only fits in a lady’s handbag or a man’s clutch bag, but also doubles up as a backup phone.
If you don’t fancy holding up the tablet to the ear when making calls, use it with a pair of earphones or Bluetooth headset.
Here are the main technical specifications of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus tablet.
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Tags:Android, Galaxy, Honeycomb, launch, Samsung, Tab 7.0 Plus, tablets
Posted in Android, Events, Gadgets, Galaxy, Google, Launch, Operating Systems, Prices, Samsung, Specifications, Tablets | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Samsung today launched the GALAXY Tab 7.7, which will be available in Singapore in February 2012 at S$898 (incl GST).
Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.7. Will be available in Singapore in February 2012 at S$898 (incl GST).
I had a quick hands-on on the GALAXY Tab 7.7 during the launch event, which also saw the launch of four other Samsung tablets and smartphones.
The launch of the GALAXY Tab 7.7 and Tab 7.0 Plus continues Samsung’s strategy of providing the whole spectrum of sizes for the customer, instead of dictating which is the single best size that they should adopt.
I like that approach. Depending on my personal preference and use case, I can choose which size tablet to purchase, ranging from the largest GALAXY Tab 10.1, to the smaller Tab 8.9, Tab 7.7, Tab 7.0, Tab 7.0 Plus, 5.3” Note.
The Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.7 fits snugly in the dainty palms of ladies and their handbag.
The Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet is a handful – just large enough to be held in one hand. With a 7.67” disuplay, it is slightly larger than the common 7” tablet form factor in the market but the difference is hardly noticeable.
The Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.7 is the world’s first tablet to feature the brilliant Super AMOLED Plus display technology that makes images look more vivid through a wider range of colours.
It is powered by a 1.4GHz dual core processor, and measures only 7.89 millimeters in thinness and 335 grams in weight.
Samsung’s Hub Services – Game Hub, Readers Hub and Social Hub – offers easy access to content including games, eBooks and music. The Game Hub is pre-loaded with easy social games with fast graphics.
Here are the main technical specifications of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.7 tablet.
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Tags:Android, Honeycomb, Samsung, tablets
Posted in Events, Gadgets, Galaxy, Launch, Prices, Samsung, Specifications, Tablets | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Samsung ushered in the new year in Singapore with a slew of new products. Two new tablets (GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus and GALAXY Tab 7.7) and three new smartphones (GALAXY Nexus, GALAXY W, Omnia W) will be available in the first two months of 2012.
Update (6 January 2012): The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus, GALAXY W and Omnia W will be available for purchase in Singapore starting from 7 January.
Here are the prices and availability.
Samsung launched five new mobile devices in Singapore today at Aquanova in Clarke Quay. The prices listed above includes GST but excludes line contract.
Tags:Android, Galaxy, launch, Mango, Omnia, Samsung, smartphone, tablets, Windows Phone 7
Posted in Android, Events, Gadgets, Galaxy, Launch, Operating Systems, Phones, Prices, Samsung, Tablets | 7 Comments »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
This free WD TV Remote app from Western Digital turns an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android compatible mobile device into an advanced feature remote control for the WD TV Live or WD TV Live Hub.
WD TV Remote app has all the features of the standard WD TV remote control, plus additional advanced features.
The WD TV Remote app allows users to more easily navigate the wide variety of digital media WD TV users enjoy on their television.
The WD TV Remote app is already available for free download at the Apple iTunes Store. It will become available on the Android Market soon.Android devices must have OS 2.1 or higher and iPhones, iPad or iPod touch must have OS 4.0 or later.
Users must own a WD TV Live with firmware release version 1.05.18 or WD TV Live Hub updated with firmware release version 3.01.19.
This includes media from leading entertainment services like Vimeo, Dailymotion, TuneIn Radio, Deezer, Facebook and YouTube, to personal video, photos or music.
The new WD TV Remote app provides all the features of the standard WD TV remote control along with several advanced features.
A gesture pad helps users to navigate menu screens and services with intuitive touch gestures.
QWERTY keyboard support for text entry and search functionality is also included.
Western Digital WD TV Live wireless streaming media player
A favorites screen provides quick access to entertainment services on the WD TV.
Tags:Android, Apps, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, smartphone, tablets
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
It’s Boxing Day and a day of recovery from the Christmas celebrations. Check out the Angry Birds game apps from Rovio Entertainment for the PlayBook in BlackBerry App World, now available for US$4.99 each.
PlayBook owners registered in Singapore can buy the apps at S$4.99 each.
Play Angry Birds from Rovio Entertainment on the BlackBerry PlayBook.
The popular game/series from Rovio – Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Seasons are now available on the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Angry Birds
Angry Birds on BlackBerry PlayBook
The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Each of the 288 levels requires logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.
Angry Birds Rio
Angry Birds Rio on BlackBerry PlayBook
What happens when everybody’s favourite fierce fowl get caged and shipped to Rio? They get very angry! In Angry Birds Rio, the original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to the magical city of Rio de Janeiro, where they eventually escape their captors and set out to to save their friends, Blu and Jewel – two rare macaws and the stars of the hit motion picture, Rio. Angry Birds Rio will pair the physics-based gameplay of the original game with unique twists based on the film.
Angry Birds Seasons
Angry Birds Seasons Rio on BlackBerry PlayBook
It was a dark and stormy night … but that won’t stop the Angry Birds! Pursue the pigs through 30 levels filled with pumpkin patches, exploding jack-o-lanterns, and creepy skeletons, lit by a full moon and eerie lantern light. You’ll get some unexpected help from a BRAND NEW BIRD – he starts out small, but don’t let his looks fool you! Complete all the levels to find some special tricks and treats!
Tags:Angry Birds, BlackBerry, games, Playbook, RIM, tablets
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