Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Designed specially for business and government use, HP ElitePad 900 is a 10.1 tablet running on Windows 8.
SRP: S$1,099 (incl GST) for 32GB eMMC SSD and S$1,299 (incl GST) for 64GB eMMC SSD. For S$199 more, HSPA+ versions are also available for mobile broadband connectivity.
The HP ElitePad 900 is a tablet designed for businesses, with a 10.1 inch diagonal screen and a range of accessories.
I first saw the ElitePad 900 as a prototype back in October last year. Half a year later, the tablet is now available in Singapore.
Back of the HP ElitePad 900
ElitePad 900 offers the full serviceability, enhanced security and manageability found in HP Elite PCs, and military-grade durability for drops, vibration, dust, temperature extremes and high altitude.
Optional accessories add to the usability and connectivity of the ElitePad 900.
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Tags:availability, business, ElitePad, HP, Singapore, tablets, Windows, Windows 8
Posted in Announce, Availability, ElitePad, Enterprise IT, Gadgets, HP, Microsoft, Notebooks, Prices, Specifications, Tablets, Windows 8 | 4 Comments »
Monday, April 29th, 2013
The Vostro 5460 is the thinnest and lightest 14-inch Vostro ultra-portable laptop to date.
Available today, Vostro 5460 with Windows 8 starts at S$749, while Vostro 5460 Ultrabook with Windows 8 starts at S$1,099.
Vostro 5460 – Dell’s thinnest and lightest Vostro 14-inch notebooks.
Only 18.3mm in thinness and 1.54kg in weight, the ultrathin Vostro 5460 delivers more power and portability for value-conscious customers and professionals, and IT decision makers looking for mobility and performance at the right price.
Dell Vostro 5460, 18.3mm thin & 1.54kg in weight.
Sporting an expansive 14-inch high definition widescreen LED (HD WLED) TrueLife display that supports up to 1366 x 768 pixels, the new Vostro 5460 comes with integrated stereo speakers and a dedicated subwoofer powered by HD audio with Waves MaxxAudio 4.0.
Users get to enjoy 720p video content in immersive audio and visual detail.
The laptop also features an integrated 720HD 1MP camera with microphones for high-definition web-conferencing.
The Vostro 5460 is equipped with a full-sized Chiclet keyboard, a multi-touch gesture touchpad allowing users to fluidly navigate through the Windows 8 operating system, and a sophisticated cool-to-the-touch aluminum palm rest to ensure comfort for users.
Available today, Vostro 5460 with Windows 8 starts at S$749, while Vostro 5460 Ultrabook with Windows 8 starts at S$1,099.
All these rich features are encased within a sleek brushed-aluminum chassis in graphite silver or fire red, and supported by a 3-cell integrated Lithium Ion battery promising up to 5 hours of battery life.
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Tags:computers, DELL, laptops, notebooks, Singapore, ultrabooks, Vostro, Windows, Windows 8
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Friday, April 5th, 2013
Singapore is the first South East Asia market to launch the Microsoft Surface RT tablet computer. Both the 32GB (S$668) and 64GB (S$798) versions are now available in Singapore at 20 Challenger stores. Price list within.
Microsoft Surface RT tablet has just been launched in Singapore.
Microsoft describes the Surface RT as “a tablet with some laptop capabilities”.
One big selling point is that the tablet ships with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 RT – which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Hands-on
Physically, the Surface RT feels light at 680g and is only 9.4mm thin (275 x 172 mm in size).
Integrated kick-stand to prop the tablet up in landscape mode.
There is an integrated kickstand that folds out behind the tablet – allowing it to stand in landscape orientation.
Unfortunately, the stand doesn’t work in portrait orientation so you’ll have to hold it with your hands instead.
The keyboard doubles up as a cover to protect the 16:9 widescreen high-definition display (10.6-inch ClearType HD touchscreen display with 1366 x 768 pixels).
Two types of keyboard covers are available – a 3mm-thick Touch Cover for gesture-based touch typing or a 5mm-thick Type cover with traditional moving keys.
It was easy to attach and separate the keyboard/cover from the tablet.
Simply pull the magnetic connectors apart or put the edges close to each other for the connectors to snap in place.
There is a full-sized USB port and microSDXC card slot for additional storage.
The Surface RT runs on a Quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU with 2GB RAM.
The Touch Cover is really thin at 3mm.
It runs Windows RT and works exclusively with apps available in the Windows Store.
What this means is that don’t expect any software written for the full Windows OS (Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP etc) to run on the tablet.
Challenger is the sole launch retailer for the Surface RT in Singapore.
Prices are listed below.
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Tags:Challenger, launch, Microsoft, Office, prices, RT, Singapore, Surface, tablets, Windows
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
All three models come with Windows 8 and are available from today. Prices below.
New notebooks from Samsung. From left: Series 7 CHRONOS, Series 9 Full HD, Series 7 ULTRA.
The Series 9 notebook gets a Full HD upgrade, the enhanced Series 7 CHRONOS delivers professional performance in a thin and light form factor, while the Series 7 ULTRA takes Ultrabooks to the next level with enriched computing power, graphics and touch capability.
Below are more details of the new models and their prices.
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Tags:CHRONOS, notebooks, Samsung, Series 7, Series 9, ULTRA, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Panasonic is at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Click to view or download Panasonic promotions during IT Show 2013.
Check out Panasonic’s business notebooks and ruggedised tablets.
The FZ-G1 runs on Windows 8 while the FZ-A1 runs on Android 4.0 (S$1,499).
Their latest is the Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook CF-AX2 which debuts at IT Show 2013 at S$2,899.
The monitor flips over to convert the Ultrabook into a tablet. IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Tags:Android, Android 4.0, convertibles, hybrid, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, notebooks, Panasonic, promotions, ruggedised, Singapore, tablets, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8
Posted in Android, Brochures, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Hybrid, Notebooks, Panasonic, Prices, Promotions, Specifications, Tablets, Ultrabooks, Windows 8 | No Comments »
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Lenovo will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1321.
Click to view or download Lenovo promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: Large PDF file – 2.7MB containing 8 flyers.
Check out their Lenovo’s complete range of desktops, All-in-one computers, notebooks, Ultrabooks, and convertibles in IT Show 2013.
The four star products are the IdeaPad Yoga 13, IdeaPad Z400, ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and the IdeaPad Y500.
Light and svelte Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the Ultrabook workhorse for the mobile warrior.
Lenovo has many offerings for Windows 8 but if you’re looking for a Windows 7 machine, my favourite is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, which I used when travelling in Kyushu, Japan in December.
It’s light, slim and the battery life lasts forever. It’s also svelte and fashionable!
Tags:AIOs, computers, convertibles, desktops, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Lenovo, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, notebooks, promotions, Singapore, tablets, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8
Posted in All-in-One, Brochures, Desktops, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Hybrid, Lenovo, Notebooks, Prices, Promotions, Specifications, Tablets, Ultrabooks, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
It’s the first day of the Lunar New Year. Happy New Year to all the people from cultures that celebrate this traditional festival! And to all Chinese around the world, Happy Chinese New Year!
财神爷 wishes all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Chinese New Year! Taken with an HTC 8X Windows Phone 8 smartphone. Text added in Photoshop CS6.
I was having breakfast at the neighbourhood coffee shop last Sunday morning when I noticed the tiny figurine in the photo sitting in the middle of the table.
Afterwards, I left him where I met him – to let the next patron mull over the presence of such an esteemed dignitary in the local neighbourhood.
Since this is the Chinese New Year period, I suppose it’s Cai Shen Ye – the God of Fortune in the traditional Chinese pantheon.
Was this merely a handphone charm inadvertently left behind by another patron, or is the popular deity paying a visit to the mortal world?
At any rate, I lost no time in snapping a candid shot with my own handphone.
Tags:Chinese New Year, CNY, HTC, HTC 8X, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
Posted in Gadgets, Holiday, HTC, Phones, Photos, Windows Phone 8 | 2 Comments »
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
We were walking through this neighbourhood street mall on Chinese New Year’s Eve morning. Shops were teeming with people doing last minute shopping for the Reunion Dinner that night.
Having a sleep-in past noon on a Saturday. Right in the midst of the hullabaloo of Chinese New Year’s Eve shopping all around it. Taken with an HTC 8X Windows Phone 8 smartphone.
In the midst of all that hullabaloo, this kitty was sleeping most indulgently on the doorstep of one of these shops.
“在午时熙熙攘攘的除夕年货市场当中，这只猫咪却安详地沉睡着。完全淘迷在甜蜜的睡梦中。” – 科技点心（微薄）
Some of the shoppers tip-toed around it, while others looked like they’d have stepped right on it.
The kitty itself, however, was totally oblivious to the buzz of activities surrounding it.
An escapade too many, the night before, perhaps?
Tags:Chinese New Year, CNY, HTC, HTC 8X, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Microsoft has released prices for Windows 8 after 31 January 2013 – when the current promotional prices expire.
The new prices are much higher, so if you’re planning on upgrading to Windows 8 – get it before the end of this month.
An auspicious 88 days for Windows 8. Click to enlarge.
88 days have passed since the global launch of Windows 8, with 60 million licenses sold, (as of 8 January).
Top eight Windows 8 apps developed locally. All of them are free apps.
- Advanced English Dictionary
- DBS
- MerlionWords
- Parts of a Computer
- SG Deal
- SingAdventure
- The Straits Times
- WeGo Travel
Since the opening of the Windows Store the number of apps has quadrupled and globally Microsoft recently passed the 100 million app download mark – just two months after general availability.
In Asia-Pacific, the number of locally-developed apps is currently being added to at a rate of 50 per day and the developer community itself has swelled by 82% since the October launch.
In Singapore, more than 4,000 developers have been trained to develop apps for Windows 8 since launch.
Below are the prices for the various upgrade editions for Windows 8 from 1 February 2013.
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Tags:Apps, Microsoft, Singapore, upgrade, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Posted in Announce, App, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Prices, Software, Specifications, Windows 8 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Dell has unveiled a full-featured, enterprise-ready Windows 8 tablet for S$700 (32GB version) – ideal for schools and small businesses.
Dell Latitude 10 Essentials Configuration 64 GB (S$805) is available today while the 32 GB (S$699) version will be available later.
The new tablet brings ease and affordability to deploying, securing and managing tablets to budget-conscious organisations.
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Tags:available, DELL, Latitude, schools, Singapore, tablets, Windows, Windows 8
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