December 12th, 2011
The long-battery-life Huawei Honor smartphone was launched on 7 December 2011 and will be available in Singapore from 16 December at S$528 (incl 7% GST).
| Networks |
WCDMA/HSPA+ 900/2100 MHz; GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| Speed |
HSPA+ DL 14Mbps/UL 5.76Mbps |
| Display |
4″ FWVGA (854×480 pixels) capacitive touch screen |
| Operating System |
Android Gingerbread 2.3 |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 4GB ROM, up to 32GB micro SD |
| Camera |
8 megapixel autofocus HD and 0.3 megapixel |
| Size/Weight |
122mm x 61.5mm x 10.9mm (LxWxT) / 135g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB connector, 3.5mm audio jack, DLNA-certified |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| Audio |
FM radio, MP3 ringtones, Dual-MIC |
| Battery |
1900 mAh Lithium-ion |
| Sensors |
Accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, Gyro, compass, Assisted GPS |
| Additional |
Access to CloudDrive (available end Q1 2012) |
Tags: Android, Gingerbread, Honor, Huawei, smartphone
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December 12th, 2011
The stylishly designed Huawei Vision smartphone was launched on 7 December 2011 and is available at S$438 (incl 7% GST).
| Networks |
UMTS 900/2100MHz; GSM 900/1800/1900MHz |
| Speed |
DL 14.4Mbps / UL 5.76Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) capacitive touch screen |
| Operating System |
Android Gingerbread 2.3 |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 2GB ROM, up to 32GB micro SD |
| Camera |
5 megapixel and 0.3 megapixelAutofocus with LED flashHD video recording to 720p |
| Size/Weight |
118.5mm x 59.5mm x 9.9mm (LxWxT) / 121g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB connector, 3.5mm audio jack |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| Audio |
FM radio, 72 polyphonic ringtones |
| Battery |
1400 mAh Lithium-ion |
| Talk time |
(3G) up to 400 min |
| Standby time |
(3G) up to 400h |
| Sensors |
Accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, compass, GPS (& assisted GPS) |
| Additional |
Preloaded games include Angry Birds, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Order & Chaos Online, and Guerilla Bob HD |
Tags: Android, Gingerbread, Huawei, smartphone, Vision
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December 11th, 2011
Curious as to the performance of the newly launched Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker, I paid a visit to the Somerset showroom of Atlas Sound & Vision to try it out.
Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker @ 111 Somerset
The Atlas showroom at 111 Somerset occupies two levels, with three sound rooms on the upper level. The shiny white sound rooms reminded me of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. – minimalist with round corners and viewports that looked out onto the Somerset Road outside.
The first impression of the Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker was how compact it was – less than two inches thick and about the size of a hard cover text book.
At 1.3 kg, it’s not exactly feather weight, but it’s definitely light enough to tote around to a party, a hotel room or even throw in the back of a car. The design is sleek and classy as well.
Setting up is straightforward. Open the cover and fold it backwards to become a stand – like the cover for the iPad 2. Closing the cover back automatically turns off the speaker.
To connect, simply turn on Bluetooth on the mobile device – be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop – and press a button on the speaker. The two devices hook up automatically and gives you a beep.
Sleek and classy design
Simply play the song on the mobile device. You can control the volume from the mobile device itself.
Sound wise, the quality was surprisingly impressive, considering I had reservations about the degradation that the Bluetooth connection would impose.
Mid-range and treble was excellent, although the bass could be stronger. But considering how small the speaker was, the bass performance was already pretty impressive.
Placing the speaker against the wall improves the bass somewhat – 3 dB according to the sales staff.
And if you don’t need the wireless connectivity, you can bypass the Bluetooth degradation by connecting an audio cable from the source to the speaker.
Bring the SoundLink to the beach as a boom box!
As with other Bose audio products, the SoundLink Wireless Mobile speaker does not come cheap, but its price tag reflects the confidence that Bose has in its audio products.
The standard speaker is priced at S$549 while the LX model, with premium trim level and leather cover, sets you back by S$639.
Accessory covers in nylon (bright red or royal purple) and leather (burgundy or tan) are available separately for S$59 and S$99, respectively.
Tags: Atlas, Bluetooth, Bose, mobile, SoundLink, speakers, wireless
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December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 800 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and goes on sale today at a RRP of S$775 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 800 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
The “social” Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and promises great Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9.
Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 colours
It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor.
The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 800 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display with pinch zoom, 2.5D curved glass seamlessly integrated to unibody |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 16GB storage |
| Camera |
8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 mm (LxWxT) / 76.08 cc / 142 g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector, Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, ALS |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m42, m4b, wma, EVRC, QCELP |
| Battery |
1450 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 13 h/9.5h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 265h / up to 335h |
| Music playback |
up to 55 hours |
Tags: Lumia, Lumia 800, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
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December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 710 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and will hit the shelves in a few weeks at a RRP of S$505 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 710 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
Nokia Lumia 710
The Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and is designed for instant social & image sharing, and promises a great browsing experience with IE9.
It is available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.
With the same 1.4 GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 promises to deliver high performance at an affordable price.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 710 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 8GB storage |
| Camera |
5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma |
| Battery |
1300 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 6.9 h/7.6h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 400h |
| Music playback |
up to 38 hours |
Tags: Lumia, Lumia 710, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
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December 9th, 2011
For business folks who need a long battery life, check out the Huawei Honor (S$528 incl GST), which features a 1,900 mAh battery, a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and an 8 megapixel HDR-enabled camera.
Huawei Honor (S$528 incl GST) will be available in Singapore from 16 December.
The high capacity battery promises to provide the longest battery life among smartphones in the 4-inch screen range – lasting up to three days on a single charge
“Huawei Honor is a high performance smartphone which is simple-to-use, but also packed with advanced technology that allows people to communicate, connect, entertain and share content easily,” said Alan Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Device, South Pacific Region.Huawei Honor runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system and has a 16M true colour Full Wide VGA capacitive touch screen (854×480 pixels).
Its 10.9 mm thin body weighs 135g and includes a gyroscope, G-sensor, and proximity and light sensors.
The smartphone is DLNA-certified to enable interoperability with other DLNA-certified devices such as digital cameras, game consoles and TVs.
This makes it easier to share digital photos, music and videos between different devices.
Here are the main tech specs for the Huawei Honor.
Honor customers will get access to Huawei’s ClooudDrive, which will be available in Singapore by end Q1 2012.
This frees users from the constraints of on-board storage, by storing their media files in the cloud.
The Huawei Honor will be available in Singapore from 16 December 2011.
Tags: Android, cloud, Gingerbread, Honor, Huawei, smartphone
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December 9th, 2011
Huawei has announced the availability the Vision which available in Singapore at S$$438 incl GST.
Huawei Vision (S$438 incl GST) with its "3D" carousel User Interface.
The Vision is Huawei’s most stylish smartphone yet, featuring Huawei’s stunning “3D” user interface. “3D” as in a carousal animation display for its app menu, rather than the visualisation of three dimensional physical objects.
“The Huawei Vision represents a smartphone crafted with the perfect balance of technology and style in mind,” said Alan Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Device, South Pacific Region.Huawei Vision features a 3.7-inch capacitive touch screen and has an aluminum alloy uni-body in silver, and crystal sculptured curved lens for its screen.
It measures only 9.9 mm at its thinnest point and weighs 121g.
The smartphone was bestowed the iF Design Award 2012 recently for its design.
Huawei Vision sports Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor and runs with Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system.
It supports 720p video recording and has a 5 mega pixel auto focus camera with LED flash.
Other features include Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, high-speed WiFi 802.11b/g/n for Internet connectivity, and the full range of messaging tools – SMS, MMS, email, push mail and IM.
Here are the main tech specs for the Huawei Vision.
Tags: Android, Gingerbread, Huawei, smartphone, Vision
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December 8th, 2011
More breakout sessions for detailed presentations and discussions between BlackBerry developers and experts from RIM and partners.
Breakout sessions during DevCon Asia fostered interaction and engagement amongst the BlackBerry developer community.
The breakout sessions were organized along several parallel tracks and covered a wide spectrum of topics, from technical issues to commercial and monetizing topics.
The sessions are listed below for both days:
“Ask the Experts” track
- Ask the Experts: Developing Enterprise Applications
- BlackBerry WebKit and BlackBerry WebWorks Platform Development
- Go-to-Market Strategies
- BlackBerry Platform Services
- The BBM Social Platform
- Java Development for BlackBerry 7
- BlackBerry Tablet OS Development
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Tags: BlackBerry, DevCon, DevCon Asia (Singapore), RIM, smartphone, tablets
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December 8th, 2011
For its launch of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, Nokia has made it clear that it is not just launching these two handsets.
Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia Corporation flew in from Finland to expound the virtues of the Lumia product line in Singapore.
Instead, it is launching a holistic mobile experience for the smartphone user – from the hardware performance to the software user interface, right down to the ecosystem of applications for users and development tools and environment for developers.
Tracey Fellows, Area Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific
The launch event was a testimony to this holistic approach.
There were customized sessions to woo different segments of that ecosystem.
The first session of the day was a “fireside chat” where Nokia and Microsoft executives briefed developers how they are developing and building the ecosystem.
Nokia is working with global and local developers to create new, innovative and differentiated apps and content for all Nokia devices.
Emphasis has been placed on supporting local developers transition to develop for the Windows Phone platform.
Ask Andrej Sonkin about how excited he is with the Lumia. He is the Head of Smart Devices for Nokia Southeast Asia Pacific.
It is also partnering with local institutions to actively develop applications.
This was followed by the keynote conference when the actual products were launched, and guests and media had a chance to hands-on the handsets and accessories.
Key executives from both Nokia and Microsoft were on hand for interviews to go into details with their plans for the Singapore market and their local focus, as well as the product specifications for the Nokia Lumia range of products.
The launch event was wrapped up with a bum-boat ride to Clark Quay for a party at Read Bridge.
Tags: Apps, Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
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December 7th, 2011
The first Nokia smartphones based on Windows Phone debut in Singapore. Lumia 800 (S$775 excl GST) will be available in Singapore this Saturday on 10 Decmeber 2011. Lumia 710 (S$505 excl GST) will arrive shortly.
Nokia Lumia 800, Windows Phone 7, S$775 before GST
Nokia Lumia 710, Windows Phone 7, S$505 before GST
Nokia kicks off Christmas vigil with a new beginning – the Nokia Lumia 800 promises consumers the best integrated social experience and fast Internet browsing, bringing content to life for the consumer.
Nokia Lumia 800 comes in vivid colours
Judging from my hands-on with the sleek looking gadget so far, it has every chance of fulfilling that promise.
From the few Windows Phone 7 smartphones available thus far, the Lumia 800 seems to deliver the best Windows Phone experience on the market.
The Lumia 800 comes with in vivid colours and is housed in a sleek, polycarbonate body with a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display.
Containing Carl Zeiss optics, it offers users an instant-share camera experience and HD video playback, and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch access to social networks.
Here are the main tech specs for the Nokia Lumia 800.
Nokia Lumia 710 comes with interchangeable covers
For those looking for a more fun and personal device, the Lumia 710 comes with colorful changeable covers and is more affordable.
Here are the main tech specs for the Nokia Lumia 710.
Both models include signature Nokia experiences optimised for Windows Phone, including Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music.
Nokia has also introduced the on-ear Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset and the in-ear Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster, intended to shoe-in a range of premium audio accessories to complement the Nokia Lumia range of smartphones.
Tags: Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Nokia, smartphone
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