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Monday, January 14th, 2013
Arieso has just released the results of a study into recent trends in extreme data, revealing new challengers for Telcos and network operators.
The latest Hungry Handsets report by Arieso
This year’s Hungry Handsets study finds that:
- Smartphones trump tablets in terms of data consumption and generation
- Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s GALAXY SIII goes head to head against each other at the top of the data utilisation list
- Data upload has grown, as users generate more data.
This latest analysis by Arieso into mobile data use also reveals that 40% of all data is consumed by only 1% of users, although LTE is starting to take the strain.
Interview with study author
Dr. Michael Flanagan, study author & CTO, Arieso
I spoke with Dr. Michael Flanagan, the study author and Arieso CTO about the report.
He observed that the data crunch in the wireless industry started by the launch of the iPhone was not abating; and the study revealed that increasingly sophisticated devices are unleashing unprecedented levels of user demand.
He cautioned that the particular results in this study corresponded to the specific market that was studied, and that these results could vary depending on a number of circumstances (including morphologies, available devices, regional customer behaviors, and socio-economic user factors).
“Yet again we found that novel usage patterns, new technologies and regional idiosyncrasies are conspiring to make life increasingly difficult for mobile operators trying to meet evolving customer expectations,” said study author and Arieso CTO, Dr. Michael Flanagan.
As such, these results are intended to be illustrative rather than definitive.
Dr. Flanagan urged network operators to embark upon similar subscriber and network evaluation programs in order to determine the clear and present data demands being placed on their networks as well as the most appropriate response strategies to best satisfy this demand.
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Tags:Apple, Arieso, data, Galaxy, HTC, iPhone, network, Samsung, smartphones, study, tablets, telco
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
EpiCentre Pte Ltd will be at SITEX 2012 in Hall 6, Booth 6E01. They will be retailing Apple products as well as third party products, some at more than 70% discounts.
Click to view or download Nikon promotions for SITEX 2012. (Caution: 5MB PDF file with 5 flyers)
EpiCentre’s full range of Apple products includes the latest MacBook Pro with Retina display, iPad with Retina display, iPhone 5 (with SingTel contracts) and iPods
Purchases of laptops or tablets from EpiCentre’s SITEX booth or at any of the eight EpiCentre stores located islandwide will come with gifts worth more than S$400.
Below are EpiCentre’s promotions for SITEX 2012.
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Tags:EpiCentre, EXPO, IT exhibition, promotions, Singapore, SITEX, SITEX 2012, SITEX 2012 accessories, SITEX 2012 computers, SITEX 2012 smartphones and tablets
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Nubox will be at SITEX 2012 in Hall 6. They will be retailing Apple products and accessories at up to 70% discounts.
Nubox is an arm of Newstead Technologies with Apple Premium Reseller (APR) and Apple Authorised Reseller (AAR) stores in Singapore.
Nubox will be offering the complete range of Apple products from the new iPod touch and iPod nano to the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini.
Nubox will be sellings accessories from:
iHome, Jays, Tucano,Incipio, Klipsh, Tunewear, Innergie, Patchworks, UE, Jabra, Skech, Uniq, Jaybird, Synaps, Xdoria
Purchase any Mac from Nubox at the show and enjoy savings of up to $258.
There’ll be discounts of up to 70% on accessories including audio products, covers and electronic items as well as exclusive star buys.
Nubox will also be conducting hourly workshops on OSX and Mountain Lion during SITEX 2012.
Tags:EXPO, IT exhibition, Keywords: SITEX 2012, Nubox, promotions, Singapore, SITEX, SITEX 2012 accessories, SITEX 2012 computers, SITEX 2012 smartphones and tablets
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Apple introduces iPad mini (S$448 – S$878), Fourth Generation iPad (S$658 – S$1,088), iMac and Mac mini (S$1,088 – S$2,788), as well as 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (S$2,388 – S$2,788) at San Jose, California. All prices include GST.
Philip Schiller introduces the iPad mini in San Jose, California. Schiller is Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing.
As rumoured, Apple has introduced the iPad mini, with a 7.9-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) non-Retina display and 7.2mm thick.
The new iPad mini with its bigger brother, the Fourth Generation iPad.
It is a quarter thinner than the Fourth Generation iPad and thinner than a pencil, according to Apple CEO, Tim Cook.
The Fourth Generation iPad is an update that includes a new A6X CPU, a 720p FaceTime HD camera, additional LTE carrier support and faster Wi-Fi.
Externally, the only difference is the 9-pin Lightning connector which replaces the old 30-pin jack.
The Wi-Fi only version of the two tablets will be available in 34 countries from 2 November and can be pre-ordered in 26 countries from 26 October. Singapore is in both lists.
The Wi-Fi + Cellular versions will only start shipping “a couple of weeks after the Wi-Fi models”, according to Apple.
Many expected the iPad mini to be priced to compete with 7-inch tablets such as Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus 7, both of which start at US$199.
Apple’s new iMac is super thin at the edges – only 5mm on all edges.
However, the iPad mini will start at US$329 instead.
Apple has also updated its Mac mini and iMacs (21.5 and 27-inch).
The later is particularly stunning with its razor-thin all-in-one form factor that has excited the tech community.
It comes with a new storage option called Fusion Drive – which combines 128GB of flash with a standard 1TB or 3TB hard drive.
The Mac mini is available today, while the 21.5-inch iMac and 27-inch iMac will be available in November and December respectively through the Apple Online Store.
Philip Schiller – Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing – also unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro that is 20 percent thinner than its predecessor and weighs nearly half a kilogram lighter.
New 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Starting at S$2,388, the new notebook has a 2.5GHz Intel processor, a high-resolution Retina display with more than 4 million pixels, and a solid-state flash drive instead of a spinning hard disk.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro is available from today through the Apple Online Store.
In the other big tech event for this week, Microsoft is releasing its Windows 8 cross-platform operating system for General Availability this Friday on 26 October.
Tags:Apple, iMac, iMac mini, iPad, iPad Mini, MacBook Pro, Philip Schiller, prices, Retina, Singapore, Tim Cook
Posted in All-in-One, Apple, Desktops, Gadgets, iOS, iPad, Launch, Mac, Notebooks, Prices, Specifications, Tablets, Tech news, Tickers | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
This Thursday, the third of four large annual IT exhibitions in Singapore will kick off at Suntec Singapore. For four days from 30 August to 2 September, the COMEX will open from 12 noon to 9 pm (Admission FREE).
COMEX 2012, 30 August to 2 September, 12 noon to 9pm, Levels 3, 4 and 6. Admission FREE.
COMEX 2012 will be held on three Levels – 3, 4 and 6 of Suntec Singapore. With more than 830 exhibitors, COMEX claims to be Singapore’s biggest IT and consumer technology exhibition.
I will be listing some of the promotions available during the exhibition. To see a consolidated list of postings related to COMEX 2012, click here.
You can also click on the COMEX 2012 button (that looks like the logo above, on every page of tech4tea.com during COMEX 2012) near the top of the sidebar on the right and below the search box.
Here are the floor plans for the exhibitors on Levels 4 and 6.
The four major IT exhibitions in Singapore are:
Tags:COMEX, COMEX 2012, COMEX 2012 accessories, COMEX 2012 cameras, COMEX 2012 computers, COMEX 2012 printers, COMEX 2012 smartphones and tablets, IT exhibition, Singapore, Suntec
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Friday, August 24th, 2012
With the opening of its 10th Apple Premium Reseller (APR) store in Sim Lim Square today, I have created a new company byte for Nubox.
Nubox is an arm of Newstead Technologies with Apple Premium Reseller (APR) and Apple Authorised Reseller (AAR) stores in Singapore.
Read a byte-sized profile and background information of Nubox for quick reference here.
You can also read articles related to Nubox on tech4tea.com here.
Tags:accessories, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch Mac, Newstead, Nubox, Singapore
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Friday, August 24th, 2012
Nubox today opened its 10th Apple Premium Reseller (APR) store in Sim Lim Square. Prior to this, it had an Apple Authorised Reseller store at the geek’s paradise.
The new Nubox APR store replaces the previous AAR store in Sim Lim Square.
To be awarded APR status, the store met stringent criteria from Apple: ability to offer impeccable service to customers, store location and size and availability of staff with Apple Certified Support Professional certification.
Where is the new store?
The 1,100 square feet store is located at #01-53/54 at Sim Lim Square, 1 Rochor Canal Road.
In addition to the complete range of Apple products, Nubox@Sim Lim Square will offer a quality range of third-party accessories and software as well professional services that include training and service support.
Newstead Technologies now has 11 Nubox stores across Singapore, comprising 10 APRs and one AAR in Funan Digital Life Mall. The Funan AAR will also be replaced with an APR next month.
Evelyn Chua, the Chief marketing Officer of Newstead, tells me that she plans to open a twelfth Nubox APR in Bedok Mall next year.
Store opening promotions for Nubox @ Sim Lim Square from 24-26 August, 2012. Click on thumbnail to zoom in.
For the time being, the plan is to stop at twelve. You can read more about Nubox and its stores here.
As part of the store opening, there will be promotional offers from today till Sunday.
Tags:accessories, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, launch, Mac, Newstead, Nubox, Sim Lim Square, Singapore
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Apple has just announced its financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ended 30 June, 2012. Profits missed analysts’ predictions.
Major news agencies reacted negatively towards Apple’s quarterly results.
Compared to analysts’ predictions for a profit of $10.37 a share on revenue of $37.2 billion, net income was reported as $9.32 a share on sales of $35 billion.
“Apple’s profit and sales fell short of analysts’ projections for only the second time since 2003 as customers held off on iPhone purchases while waiting for a new model to be introduced later in the year,” reported
Bloomberg today.
The major news agencies don’t seem to have taken the results in positive light.
The consensus seems to be that customers are holding off on iPhone purchases in anticipation of a new model, which is expected to be introduced later this year.
Shares fell some 6 percent in late trading.
This is the first full quarter of sales for Apple’s latest iPad, which was released in March.
Note the 84% growth in iPad sales over the same quarter last year.
Some 17 million iPads were sold in the quarter alone!
| Sales growth this quarter |
| Device |
Number of units sold |
Compared to year-ago quarter |
| iPhone |
26 m |
28% |
| iPad |
17 m |
84% |
| Mac |
4 m |
2% |
| iPod |
6.8 m |
-10% |
It’s interesting to note the 10% decline in iPod sales.
It is an indication that it may be made redundant by the proliferation of smartphones which can fulfil the functions of a mobile personal music player cum entertainment device.
On the other hand, Sony is still launching new models in its rejuvenated Walkman media players cum entertainment devices.
Apple’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $2.65 per share of the Company’s common stock.
“Apple disappointed analysts despite reporting profits up 21% year-on-year to $8.8bn (£5.6bn) and revenues up 23% to $35bn, after missing targets that Wall Street had forecast,”
Guardian reported.
The dividend is payable on August 16, 2012, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 13, 2012.
This continues Tim Cook’s announcement in March to pay dividends – something that Apple had not done in 17 years until then.
The dividends are estimated to cost Apple about $10 billion a year.
Apple has around $100 billion in cash which many investors have called over the years to be returned to investors.
Tags:Apple Quarterly Results, Bloomberg, growth, Guardian, iPad, iPhone 5, iPod, Macs, net profits, Reuters, revenue, sales, Sony Walkman
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Saturday, July 14th, 2012
The one-stop specialty boutique selling covers, accessories and connectivity solutions for your mobile device at nex Mall (#02-22/23) opens today.
The new tech@vogue at nex Mall, #02-22/23
This store is the first of a new chain of specialty stores and caters for smartphones and tablets across various operating systems including Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows.
For audiophiles
The new stores will be managed by the same team that runs Nubox – an arm of Newstead Technologies.
Nubox currently includes 11 Apple stores in Singapore.
The cozy 898 square-feet tech@vogue in nex Mall (#02-22/23) will be open daily from 10:30am to 9:30pm.
For those who are unfamiliar with the area, nex Mall is a large shopping Mall located at 23 Serangoon Central, above the Serangoon MRT station.
tech@vogue Gallery
The new tech@vogue Gallery categorises accessories under eight zones.
These are: Blast It, Dress It, Gotta Have It, Hear It, Juice It, Link It, Perk It and Style It. Check out what each of these zones specialises in at the end of the post.
Personalise your smartphones and tablets.
There will also be an “experience zone” at tech@vogue where shoppers can see, hear, and feel the various solutions first-hand.
Wireless and connectivity solutions
A number of international brands including Belkin, InCase and Just Mobile will debut their first demo corners in Singapore at the new store.
Be inspired by the Belkin products that enable you to connect to your home electronics anytime anywhere with a smartphone.
Learn how InCase products protect and enhance the technology that is essential to our lives.
Immerse yourself in the suite of stylish and award winning accessories from Just Mobile.
“With over 45 stores in Singapore, we hear the frustrations of our customers in their relentless search for the perfect accessories for their mobile devices. Often, style is compromised by the need for function and that is something which tech@vogue is set to change … we have accessories that consumers may not even know they need before visiting our store,” said Evelyn Chua, Chief Marketing Officer, Newstead Technologies.
Other exciting displays include the Slingbox which allows users to watch and control their home television on their mobile devices; and a dedicated Samsung corner that demonstrates the integration of functions through technology to provide a seamless experience.
The second tech@vogue Gallery will open at Marina Bay Link Mall in August 2012. Evelyn tells me they are looking to add a third in the Orchard area.
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Tags:accessories, connectivity solutions, covers, Newstead, nex Mall, Nubox, Serangoon, tech@vogue
Posted in Accessories, Android, Audio, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Events, Gadgets, Galaxy, headphones, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Launch, Lifestyle, Phones, Shopping, Tablets, Windows Phone | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 11th, 2012
A year ago, Steve Jobs made his last appearance at an Apple WWDC. This year, Tim Cook helms his first WWDC as Apple’s CEO.
Apple's WWDC 2012 is from 11-15 June in San Francisco.
The annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year is being held from June 11 – 15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Tickets were sold out in a mere two hours when it went on sale in April.
Here’s a quick roundup of some of the revelations from the opening keynote presentation on first of the 5-day conference.
MacBooks / OS X Mountain Lion
- Refreshed MacBook Air & Next-generation MacBook Pro ships today.
- In comes Ivy Bridge processor and USB 3.0, out goes Ethernet and FireWire 800 ports, MacBook Air becomes thinner and lighter, MacBook Pro gets 60% faster graphics performance.
- Retina display in MacBooks: 220ppi with 2880 x 1800 resolution.
- Highest-resolution notebook display in the world.
- Retina Display support: Final Cut Pro, Aperture and Diablo3 now supports 220ppi display.
- AutoCad and Photoshop support in the works.
- iPad-style Dictation is introduced to Mountain Lion for Macs.
- Speak directly into native Apple software, Microsoft Word and Facebook.
- AirPort Express available now.
- Pocket WiFi router supports simultaneous dual-band.
- New OS X feature: Power Nap.
- Mac updates emails, notifications and photos, and backs itself up while charging.
- OS X Mountain Lion available on Macs in July.
- Free upgrade for new Mac purchases between now and arrival of the new OS.
iOS 6
- iOS 6 unveiled Beta today, full release in the fall.
- More than 200 improvements: launch apps with enhanced Siri, and it comes to iPads, FaceTime over cellular data.
Supported: iPhone 3GS and up, 2nd gen iPads and up, 4th gen iPod touch.
- Enhanced Siri launches apps and comes to new iPads and eventually into cars.
- Siri to get into the car with Eyes Free: demo: Toggle Siri on by tapping a button the steering wheel.
- iOS 6 to get Do Not Disturb feature from Mountain Lion.
- Select which push notifications to mute and which to stay on.
- iOS 6 integrates more tightly with Facebook, Twitter and App Store.
- Share directly from core apps like Maps, Photos and Safari.
- Safari offers unified search across the web, browser history and bookmarks.
- Following in Chrome’s footsteps.
- iCloud Tabs syncs Safari web-browsing across all devices.
- Simultaneously see all the tabs open on any device.“IOS 6 will include Apple’s own mobile mapping software to compete with software from Google. TomTom will supply Apple with map data and related content.” – statement from TomTom.
- Enhanced Safari features.
- Multitouch to help navigate tabs, upload images directly, Offline Reading List.
- Passbook provides one-stop purchase of tickets and boarding passes.
- No more paper QR-codes and tickets.
- Apple replaces Google Maps with own Maps app.
- Maps comes with Yelp integration and turn-by-turn navigation, and 3D.
Tags:Apple, conference, Eyes Free, Google, iOS, iOS 6, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, maps, Mountain Lion, Siri, TomTom, WWDC 2012
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