Episode 2 of TGIS Season 2 is due tomorrow. But if you’re still awake, you can watch the embedded video here.
In this episode, Joanne-Marie chats with Singapore’s youngest iPhone developer: 12-year-old Lim Ding Wen, who created his first iPhone app (Doodle Kids) when he was only nine.
There is also a contest that ends on 4 September, with SingTel vouchers to be won.
SingTel today announced that it will launch Singapore’s first 4G service for tablets on 28 August. Two models will be offered: Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL and Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (LTE). Details of price plans within.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (LTE) and Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL will be available at launch from 28 August.
The service will offer tablet users theoretical download speeds of up to 75Mbps and typical download speeds between 3.4Mbps and 12Mbps.
It will provide mobile Internet access that is more than three times faster than existing 21Mbps 3G tablet services, with one-fifth of the network latency.
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Tablet model |
ASUS Tranformer Pad TF300TL |
Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 (LTE) |
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4G tablet price plan |
Prestige 75 |
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Monthly subscription |
$64.90 |
$49.90 |
$64.90 |
$49.90 |
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Tablet price |
$429 |
$549 |
$329 |
$449 |
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Data bundle |
10GB |
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Excess usage and data cap |
$5.35 per GB (w GST) 1 July to 31 Dec 2012 |
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Contractual period |
24 months |
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Two Android tablets will be available at launch from SingTel with the new Prestige 75 plans. Existing 4G smartphone customers can also purchase the tablets with a multi-SIM plan.
SingTel will launch the mio TV Play app for Android tablets on 28 August.
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Model |
Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL (LTE) |
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (LTE) |
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Operating system |
Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) |
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Screen size |
10.1″ WXGA(1280 X 800) LED Backlight screen with IPS |
8.9″ WXGA TFT technology |
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Internal memory |
32GB, 1GB RAM |
16GB, 1GB RAM |
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Expandable memory |
Up to 64GB |
Up to 32GB |
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Camera specs |
8MP, Front 1.2MP |
3MP |
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Other features |
Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-Core 1.2Ghz |
Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060, 1200 MHz |
This app will offer an extensive library of on-demand movies, including new release Hollywood blockbusters and the latest titles from around the world.
Movies will be offered from $2.99, and users can charge purchases to their SingTel bill or credit card.
mio TV Play will be available for free download at the Google Play app store, and also pre-loaded into the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (LTE).
SingTel has launched the second season of TGIS – the popular lifestyle series on YouTube. At the moment, the plan is to have 12 bi-weekly episodes hosted by Joanne-Marie Sim, the svelte host from Season 1.
Joanne-Marie Sim, returning host of SingTel TGIS Season 2.
With a new look for its second season, TGIS aims to entertain and educate young Singaporean adults on infotainment news with local and international flavor.
TGIS kicked off its second season on August 8, 2012 with a National Day special episode, featuring popular Singaporean artists and personalities like Hossan Leong, Tay Kewei, Ginette Chittick and Alvelyn Alko.
Joanne-Marie Sim with Tay Kewei, Singaporean singer-songwriter on SingTel TGIS.
They were being interviewed by Joanne-Marie Sim, who was voted Singapore’s next social media star during last year’s SingTel Facebook casting call.
On the show, they shared their views on what it means to be Singaporean and also their fields of work.
Upcoming episodes will include uncovering some of Singapore’s emerging technology and entertainment talents.
TGIS features things Singaporeans are passionate about and helps viewers make sense of the world of gadgets, social media and technology.
In addition to an exciting line-up of personalities and stories, viewers will be able to shape the episodes for Season Two in the coming weeks.
Through SingTel’s YouTube page, they can provide comments to influence how the episodes will play out.
The second episode of TGIS will go live on August 29, 2012.
Looking for a weekend chill-out to start off the Formula One month of September? Check out the “F1 for Everyone” roadshow at the Big Splash on 1-2 September, 2012. Admission is FREE!
Returning title sponsor of the Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix for the fifth year, has partnered with Singapore GP to organise a series of roadshows across Singapore which will culminate in the final roadshow on 1-2 September.
| Date | 1-2 September (Sat/Sun) |
| Time | 10am to 10pm |
| Venue | Big Splash, East Coast Park |
| Admission | Free |
The final roadshow will be power packed with lots of race-inspired activities for everyone – including the first-ever electric go-kart race, and past-year crowd-favourite race-inspired fast feats (i.e the fastest person to suit up like a race car driver and the person who can mimic the sound of an F1 engine longest).
There will also be carnival-style activities to bring the joy and excitement of the races to Singaporeans of all ages and walks of life, including fun-filled activities with race-inspired balloon sculptures, stilt-walkers, caricature artists, winning race photo moments and giveaways.
Highlights
Roadshow attendees will also be treated to a live screening of the race in true high-definition and in 3D.
On the second day at this “F1 for Everyone” roadshow, SingTel will be unveiling this year’s F1 trophy and crowning the top 3 SingTel Grid Girls.
Also in store is an exciting showdown as we conclude the search for Singapore’s fastest electric go-kart race car driver who will win a pair of passes to a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the F1 drivers in person at the autograph signing session.
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You can vote for the top three Singaporean faces to flag off this year’s Singapore Grand Prix race.
Top 8 of 55 SingTel Grid Girls 2012. Click for larger poster.
Fifth-time title sponsor of the FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has unveiled this year’s top eight SingTel Grid Girls and their new uniforms.
To vote via SMS, type in this format, [Grid Girl’s code number <space> Name <space> NRIC], and send it to +65 9113 6891. The code numbers are:
Members of the public will be able to vote for the top three from among the eight finalists who are from 18 to 23 years old.
This year’s SingTel Grid Girls will be sporting striking outfits designed by 26-year-old local design talent, Ms Roslinda Abdul Rahman.
She is the winner of The Project Racetrack.
The uniforms for all 55 SingTel Grid Girls will be sponsored by local fashion design house ESTA Pte Ltd.
GG1 Priscilla Lee in the new Grid Girl uniform.
The Project Racetrack
The Project Racetrack is an F1 fashion design competition integrated with a 74-hour long fashion design training course.
It was conducted by the Textile and Fashion Industry Training Centre (also known as TaF.tc) and Singapore WSQ Develop Design Collection in partnership with SingTel.
The competition serves as a platform for young aspiring designers to develop and showcase their creativity with F1 as an inspiration.
How to vote for the top three SingTel Grid Girls
The three finalists will be given the important role of holding the Singapore, Formula One and Singapore GP flags at the race in September.
GG8 Ashvin Sandhu
The top three 2012 SingTel Grid Girls will be crowned at the SingTel “F1 for Everyone” Roadshow at East Coast Park on 2 September.
This year, for the first time, the results will be based purely on online and SMS voting.
From 3 August to 27 August 2012, the public can find out more about and vote for their favourite SingTel Grid Girls at www.singtelrace.com or via SMS.
Voters stand to win a pair of Singapore Grand Prix Pit Grandstand Tickets worth $1,488.
There will also be 10 consolation prizes of Singapore Grand Prix Goodie Bags merchandise worth $150 to giveaway.
This year’s top eight finalists of the SingTel Grid Girls for Singapore Formula 1.
SingTel celebrates Singapore’s 47th birthday with mobile, broadband, mio TV and multimedia content offers.
Check out SingTel’s National Day offers and promotions from 4 to 12 August.
Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) will offer 47 mio TV on-demand movies for just $1 each from 8 to 12 August. Titles include recently released Hollywood blockbusters, as well as Asian, Bollywood and Malay favourites.
Discounts to celebrate Singapore’s 47th birthday.
Customers who sign up for SingTel’s Flexi mobile plans from 4 to 12 August will enjoy $47 off all handset purchases.
They will also receive a discount of $4.70 off their monthly Flexi plan subscriptions.
The promotion is also available to existing customers who renew their subscriptions.
In addition, customers who subscribe to SingTel’s mio Home or exPlore Home broadband plans from 4 to 12 August can enjoy mio TV’s Combo pack at a special price of $19.90 per month, discounted from $29.90 per month.
The Combo pack includes mio Stadium football channels and ESPN STAR sports, as well as English entertainment and Jingxuan Chinese channels.
SingTel has supported the National Day Parade since 1995 as its Principal Telecoms Provider.
This year, SingTel is also providing the technology for the NDP online ticket balloting system and One Place multimedia portal.
With the new Barclays Premier League season starting on 18 August, the Combo pack is ideal for fans of the beautiful game.
In the spirit of the occasion, SingTel will offer a selection of Singapore’s most loved National Day songs for download and streaming through its award-winning AMPed 2.0 music service.
SingTel will also offer the Reuters SMS news alerts service for $4.70 per month, discounted from $7.50 per month.
The two new apps joins more than 400 other apps available for the Samsung Smart TV, with more to come in the next few months.
Angry Birds is developed by Rovio Entertainment. Throughout game play, all actions – including level of difficulty selection and screen zoom in/out – are performed using motion control. Players can activate the unique skills of each bird and even control the game’s trademark slingshot action using arm movement enabled by the built-in camera.
The two new apps are part of a slew of high quality content that Samsung has lined up for consumers in the next few months.
New Smart TV apps in the pipeline
The new Angry Birds app for Samsung Smart TV utilises Samsung’s Motion Control technology, which works with just the wave of a hand in front of the screen.
The SingTel mio TV PLAY is an over-the-top (OTT) video streaming application providing access to web video content in SD, HD and 3D format through an online catalogue and an online video store with Hollywood and Asian movies.
Four interactive edutainment apps developed by the local developer community will be launched in September 2012.
The two Angry Birds and SingTel mio TV PLAY apps will be preloaded on the Samsung Smart TV.
Some of the new Smart TV apps in the pipeline are listed in the table below, together with a brief description and when they will become available.
These apps are a result of a joint call-for-proposal for the development of educational TV apps for the Samsung Smart TV platform and ecosystem announced in September 2011 with the Media Development Authority of Singapore’s (MDA) Interactive Digital Media Programme Office (IDMPO).
SingTel today announced that it has chosen HP as its strategic partner for the G-Cloud five-year tender award by the IDA. G-Cloud will be the first extensive private cloud for all government agencies in Singapore.
SingTel and HP will partner to build “Innovum” which will power the Singapore Government G-Cloud.
SingTel and HP will implement a private cloud computing infrastructure on a whole-of-government basis.
The SingTel-HP partnership is known as ‘Innovum’ – formed by the words ‘Innovation’ and ‘Continuum’ – and is aligned with SingTel-HP’s vision to drive continuous innovations for cloud services in the Government sector.
SingTel has launched the Open Category of the “Home Without Walls” photo contest. The contest is open to all Singaporeans from today to 5 August, 2012; and has a top prize of S$2,500.
This contest is part of a series of activities under the “Home Without Walls” campaign.
Singaporeans are encouraged to submit up to 12 photo entries under the following four themes relating to precious family moments with various members that make up the family:
Participants are encouraged to share the story behind their photos by a caption of not more than 140 characters on what the photo represents.
The campaign aims to inspire Singaporeans to connect with their families and forge stronger bonds with their loved ones.
The Grand Prize winner for the Open Category contest will walk away with S$2,500, and the individual winners for each of the four category themes will enjoy S$500 in cash prize.
This photo contest is open to all Singaporeans and submission is done through the SingTel FaceBook page.
Photographs can be taken with any camera, including mobile devices. Selected entries will be collated into a set of limited edition postcards which will be distributed at a later stage.
Winning photographs from each category will be published by SingTel.
Judging panel
