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Saturday, July 12th, 2014
The new ASUS ZenFone 6 will be available at S$329 from today at ASUS brand stores and ASUS Official Online Store. All three local telcos (M1, SingTel and StarHub) will be offering the phone with data bundles.

The ASUS ZenFone 6 will be in 3 colours – Charcoal Black, Pearl White and Cherry Red.
With the 6-inch HD (1280 x 720) screen, the ZenFone 6 is the big brother of the ZenFone series.
It runs on an Intel Atom Z2580 processor running at 2.0GHz, and ships with Android Jelly Bean 4.3 (upgradeable to Android 4.4 KitKat) with ASUS ZenUI.
Promotional price
The ZenFone 6 is now offered at a special promotion price of S$299 with free flip cover and complimentary 24-hours delivery service on the ASUS Official Online Store.
The ZenFone 6 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with image stabilisation and F/2.0 lens, as well as a 2MP front camera (F/2.8).
Weighing 196g and measuring 166.9 x 84.3 x 5.5~9.9 mm, the phablet is powered by an internal 3300 mAh polymer battery.
The ZenFone 6 comes with 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, and MicroSD card support up to 64GB. It can accomodate two Micro-SIM cards.
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Tags:Android, Asus, Jelly Bean, KitKat, phablets, Singapore, smartphones, ZenFone
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Friday, July 11th, 2014
The 9044-square feet store in the newly renovated Suntec City Mall features novel store-in-store concept and customer service counter.

Digital Style Suntec City is located at Tower 3 of Suntec City Mall, #01-618/619/620/621/622 at 8 Temasek Boulevard. It is open daily from 10.30am – 9.30pm.
Digital Style Suntec City is the Digital Style store by Newstead Technologies.
First impressions:
I was at the opening of the store and noticed that the store offers quite a comprehensive range of audiovisual equipment from headphones to mini home theatre systems.
Some of the brands, including gaming product makers, are not carried in other multi-brand electronics stores.
The largest Digital Style to date at over 9,044 square feet, Digital Style Suntec City is a multi-brand electronics store that is decked out with the latest trending gadgets and devices.
It is designed for customers to get hands-on with gadgets by allowing them to plug-and-play, mix-and-match products.
Digital Style Suntec City offers Newstead Technologies’ new Store-in-Store concept, in which six consumer electronics brands feature their hottest and latest gadgets in dedicated spaces of approximately 353 square feet each.
The six brands are ASUS, Samsung, Lenovo, Acer, Dell and HP.
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Tags:Asus, DELL, Digital Style, gadgets, Lenovo, Newstead, Samsung, shopping, Singapore, Suntec
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Thursday, July 10th, 2014
The new Lumia 930 smartphone with Windows Phone 8.1 will be available in Singapore stores and all three telcos at S$789 from this Saturday on 12 July.
Update (12 July, 2014):
The Lumia 930 from Microsoft Devices is now available in Singapore at Nokia Stores and Nokia Solution Partners, at an RRP of S$789.
All three local operators will also be retailing the device with bundled data plans.

The Lumia 930 will be available in a range of colors including bright orange, bright green, black and white.
The Lumia 930 integrates the best of Microsoft into the Lumia family of smartphones to deliver better video and imaging experience on a smartphone.
“In today’s social world, capturing and sharing video is more important than ever. The Lumia 930 provides the perfect blend of Microsoft and Lumia to deliver cutting-edge imaging technology for an unrivalled video and imaging experience on a smartphone,” said Vlasta Berka, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Microsoft Devices.
It is the new flagship smartphone from Microsoft Devices after Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile business.
The device packs a rich suite of applications and services into a beautifully crafted design with metallic details and vibrant new colours, while keeping content like photos, videos and documents in sync across Windows Phone, PC, tablet and Xbox devices.
In terms of key specs, the Lumia 930 has a 5-inch Full HD OLED display with the signature convex screen that enables a 180-degrees viewing angle.
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Tags:launch, Lumia, Lumia 930, Microsoft, Nokia, prices, Singapore, smartphones, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8.1
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
The ASUS Transformer Book has been updated with quad-core processor. It will retail at S$599 at all ASUS authorised stores and brand stores in Singapore from 5 July.
Update (18 July, 2014):
The ASUS Transformer Book T100 is now available in red and white. Both will be retailing at S$599 from tomorrow onwards.

The white Transformer Book T100 will be available at all ASUS authorised retailers and ASUS brand stores, while the red Transformer Book T100 will be available exclusively at all Best Denki outlets.

The Transformer Book T100 offers the productivity and performance of a laptop and the portability of a tablet — with instantaneous switching between the modes.
The Transformer Book T100 is a 10.1-inch ultraportable laptop with Intel Atom “Bay-Trail” quad-core processor and a detachable HD 1,366 x 768 display that can be used as a standalone Windows 8.1 tablet.

The refreshed Transformer Book T100 is available in gray, with more colours to follow soon.
Weighing 550g for the tablet and a 1.07kg when combined with the mobile keyboard dock, the Transformer Book T100 is one of the lightest ultraportables in the market.
It is an extremely compact ultraportable for users who wish to have the productivity features of a laptop with the portability of a tablet – and the flexibility to switch between the two in an instant.
In addition to hybrid storage of 32GB eMMC and 500GB HDD, the Transformer Book T100 comes pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 with full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
The Transformer Book T100 is suitably ideal in both school and work places.
Featuring Intel Atom Z3775 quad-core processor, the Transformer Book T100 is capable of fast and smooth multi-tasking performance with up to 11 hours on battery power and up to 14 days on standby mode.
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Tags:Asus, hybrid, notebooks, Singapore, T100, tablets, Transformer, Transformer Book, transformers, Windows, Windows 8.1
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Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Here are the local pricing, availability and promotions for the new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet in Singapore.
Prices start from S$1,108 with availability expected before the end of August 2014.
Update (6 August, 2014):
Microsoft has just announced that the Surface Pro 3 will be available for purchase at retail outlets and commercial resellers on 28 August in Singapore.
Customers can pre-orders for Surface Pro 3 now at the Microsoft Store online, as well as at authorized retailers Challenger, Newstead and Harvey Norman.

The Microsoft Suface Pro 3 tablet is now available for pre-order online now.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 was unveiled last month in New York City.
Here are the tech specs for the Windows tablet that promises to be a replacement for laptops and is targeted for both personal and business use.

Surface Pro Type Cover features a double-fold hinge enabling you to magnetically lock it to the display’s lower bezel.
Pricing and promotions below.
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Tags:availability, laptops, Microsoft, New York, notebooks, prices, promotions, Singapore, Surface, tablets, transformers, unveil, Windows, Windows 8
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Friday, June 27th, 2014
The new 36.3-megapixel D810 caters to both enthusiasts and professionals. It now records Full HD (1080p60) video and offers a wide ISO range from ISO 64 to ISO 12800 (expandable to ISO 32 to ISO 51200). Hits the shelves in late July.
Singapore price TBA. US price US$3299.95.
Update (15 July, 2014):

The new Nikon D810, before we got our hands on it.
The Nikon D810 was officially launched in Singapore today at the Altimate lounge club in 1-Altitude at Raffles Place.
The DSLR will be available at S$4,888 (body only) from 17 July onwards.

The new Nikon D810 will be available in Singapore in late July.
The FX-format D810 replaces the D800 and D800E and does away with the OLPF (optical low-pass filter) in its 36.3-megapixel (7360 x 4912) CMOS sensor.

The Nikon D810 is powered by EXPEED 4 engine.
It features the EXPEED 4 engine from the D4s to give a bigger ISO range, better image quality and metering and faster burst speed.
The Nikon D810 ships with an electronic first-curtain shutter option, has a redesigned mirror mechanism to reduce vibration, and includes Auto ISO in manual mode.
For video, it can relay uncompressed HDMI output to an external recorder with simultaneous video display on the camera’s rear LCD display and external LCD monitor, while recording to the internal card (compressed).
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Tags:cameras, D810, DSLR, full-frame, Nikon
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
The new iPod touch lineup starts at S$278.

iPod touch 16GB is available starting in the US today and worldwide in the coming days, in red, pink, yellow, blue, silver and space grey through the Apple Online Store and Apple Authorised Reseller. Photo: Apple
Apple today announced its 16GB iPod touch is now available in vibrant colours and equipped with a 5 megapixel iSight camera.
| Apple iPod touch lineup (SGD prices incl. GST) |
| 16GB |
S$278 |
| 32GB |
S$348 |
| 64GB |
S$398 |
The entire iPod touch lineup features the 5 megapixel iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording, brilliant 4-inch Retina® display, Apple’s A5 chip and FaceTime camera.
iPod touch features an ultra-thin and light anodised aluminium design and is available in pink, yellow, blue, silver, space grey and (PRODUCT) RED.
iPod touch comes with iOS 7, offering more than 200 features including Camera app filters that let you easily add real-time photo effects.
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Tags:Apple, Apps, audio, iOS, iPod, prices, touch
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Thursday, June 5th, 2014
The 24th edition of Singapore’s longest running information technology (IT) and consumer electronics show returns for four days from June 5-8 at the Singapore Expo, Halls 5 and 6.

Here are the floor plans for PC Show 2014 at Singapore Expo Halls 5 and 6.
The second of four major IT shows in Singapore every year, the PC Show 2014 will open daily from 12pm to 9pm (admission FREE).
Customers who make purchases at The PC Show 2014 will stand the chance of driving away with a brand-new Chevrolet Cruze5 Sportback 1.4(A) Turbo in a lucky draw organised by Lines Exposition & Management Services.
For every $100 spent, customers will receive one chance to win the top prize and a host of other attractive prizes.
Organised by Lines Exposition & Management Services Pte Ltd., the PC Show 2014 encompasses four sections in 400 m2 of exhibition space: The PC Show 2014, Digital Imaging 2014, GAME 2014, and Consumer Electronics 2014.
The Show will play host to leading brands such as ASUS, Aztech, Brother, Canon, Case Logic, Creative, Dell, D-Link, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Fujifilm, HP, Lenovo, M1, Microsoft, Samsung, Seagate, SingTel, StarHub and Toshiba.
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Tags:exhibitions, IT exhibition, PC Show, PC Show 2013, promotions, Singapore, Singapore Expo
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Sony offers professional quality in your pocket with wider, brighter lens and built-in viewfinder in the compact body of the RX100 mark III.
Available in Singapore from June: S$1,199.

Sony Singapore invited us down for a hands-on on the camera which had just arrived earlier this morning.
The current RX100 II will continue to be sold with its price reduced from S$999 to S$899.
Both cameras will continue to be sold on the market with the RX100 II catering to compact camera users while the new RX100 III targets users looking for better performance and image quality and using it as a second camera to their DSLRs.
Here are the main features.
- Bright, wide angle ZEISS® Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F1.8-2.8 lens
- Clear, retractable OLED Tru-Finder™ with ZEISS® T* coating
- 20.1 effective megapixel back-illuminated 1.0-type Exmor R™ CMOS sensor and powerful BIONZ X processor
- 50 Mbps high bit-rate Full HD movies with XAVC S support
- LCD flips for easy selfies
- 4K still image output
- Evolved manual controls and new custom button
Here are the specifications of the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III.
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Tags:cameras, compact, Cyber-shot, launch, price, RX100, Singapore, Sony
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Monday, May 26th, 2014
Here are the technical specifications for the key features for the new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet that was unveiled in New York City on last week.
Here are the local pricing, promotions and availability for the tablet in Singapore.

Surface Pro 3 is available with an Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processor with up to 512 GB of storage and up to 8 GB of RAM.
The new tablet is positioned as a laptop replacement and is targeting both consumers for personal use as well as enterprises for business use.

The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet features a more adjustable, continuous kickstand than its predecessors.
BMW Group, the Coca-Cola Company and LVMH Group have already committed to deploying Surface Pro 3 in their respective organisations, using the tablet in a business environment.
Tech specs for the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 below.
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Tags:laptops, Microsoft, New York, notebooks, Surface, tablets, transformers, unveil, Windows, Windows 8
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