Samsung has just unveiled its latest flagship series of Android phones comprising three models: Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. These phones will arrive in Singapore on 17 February 2023, with pre-orders beginning today for delivery from 10 February. Prices and introductory promotions below.
The new Samsung Galaxy S23 Series at a media preview/hands-on a few days prior to Galaxy Unpacked. From left: S23 Ultra, S23+, S23.
Samsung first subsumed the flagship Note-series phablets into its flagship S-series smartphones last year with the S22 series.
The S23 series is a continuation – offering the strong photographic chops of the S-series and the productivity afforded by the S Pen (S Pen only available in the Ultra model), in conjunction with the top-notch hardware and performance of both the flagship series.
Samsung has launched the GALAXY S4 with LTE in Singapore. The Android smartphone will be available from 27 April at S$998 in Black Mist and White Frost.
The S-View Cover(S$98) comes in many colours and has a window to display key information. The Flip Cover (S$68) comes in the same colours but without the window.
The Samsung GALAXY S4 was first unveiled in New York last month and brought to Singapore for a preview to the media two weeks ago.
M1, SingTel, and StarHub, as well as the Samsung Experience Stores had begun accepting registration of interest from interested consumers yesterday.
Upon collection, consumers will receive a GALAXY S4 With LTE Limited Edition Accessory Pack (worth S$160) consisting of a car charger, desktop dock and HDTV adapter, while stocks last.
Accessories for the GALAXY S4 With LTE at launch include the S-View Cover (S$98 in black and white) and Flip Cover (S$68 in black and white).
Key highlights of the Samsung GALAXY S4 With LTE are listed below.
The first three episodes of Cybergeddon has been released at 1pm today. The remaining six webisodes will be released over the next two days. Catch the movie at Yahoo!
Also check out “Cybergeddon” app – the free mobile game on the Apple App Store for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad; as well as Google Play store for Android devices.
Cybergeddon, Anthony E. Zuiker’s digital blockbuster will premiere globally on Tuesday, 25 September.
Cybergeddon follows agent Chloe Jocelyn (Missy Peregrym) as she investigates a slew of seemingly unrelated cyber-attacks with fellow agent Frank Parker (Manny Montana) and incarcerated master hacker Chase ‘Rabbit’ Rosen (Kick Gurry).
Anthony E. Zuiker and Missy Peregrym on the set of Cybergeddon in Toronto, Canada.
In a world where everyone is connected, Chloe and her team must break the worldwide cybercrime ring led by Gustov Dobreff (Olivier Martinez) before it is too late.
Olivier Martinez (from “Unfaithful”) acts as villain Gustov Dobreff.
The “movie” is actually a web serial comprising 9 webisodes to be released on Yahoo! over a period of three consecutive days starting 25 September 2012 (Tuesday).
Cybergeddon debuts on 25 September (Tuesday) on Yahoo! with three webisodes released each day for three consecutive days.You can watch the trailer here.
Cybergeddon will debut in over 25 countries and 10 languages.
The digital blockbuster was produced in Toronto, Canada and puts the spotlight on the growing threat of cybercrime, identity theft and vulnerabilities in our highly connected and digital lives.
Missy Peregrym (from “Rookie Blue”) acts as heroine Chloe Jocelyn.
Norton by Symantec consulted directly with the projects’ creators to lend credibility and technical insights that helped inform the narrative and led to the creation of a cybersecurity character in the film.
I found the show struck a good balance between technical depth and entertainment value.
Missy Peregrym’s character is framed by the villain in Cybergeddon.
There was an adequate supply of technical jargon to appease the informed hacker in the audience without boring the living daylights out of the layman viewer.
Manny Montana (from “Breakout Kings”) acts as agent Frank Parker.
In fact, well-designed animation was used to illustrate abstract hacking processes to help audiences appreciate the complexities and progress of various hacking processes.
Missy Peregrym in the Norton Security Operations Center (NSOC) in Cybergeddon.
The pace of the movie was maintained throughout so that the show felt like a regular action thriller – actually, there was plenty of chase and fight scenes, complete with pyrotechnics and gory stabs so even if you don’t understand any of the hacking bits, you can still enjoy the flick.
Re-creation of the Norton Security Operations Center (NSOC) for Cybergeddon.
Microsoft has released the preview of Outlook.com, a web-based “unified” email that allows the user to consolidate mails and messages from Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo mail.
It is also connected to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and soon – Skype.
Try out the Outlook.com preview here.
You can find more details for the Outlook.com preview on the Outlook blog.
Windows Phone 8 will get a Start screen facelift; share technology core with Windows 8; support for NFC, in-app purchases and eWallet; more developer tools; and better security for enterprise use.
But existing Windows Phone 7.5 users will only get the revamped Start screen through an upgrade to Windows Phone 7.8.
Microsoft gave a preview of what Windows Phone 8 will be at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco.
The immediate cosmetic change to the user-interface is the Start screen.
In addition to the current square tiles and rectangular (twice the width of the square tiles) tiles, there is now a third size for tiles.
This is what I call the “mini-square” tile. Each of these is a square tile a quarter the size of the original square tile.
Whereas Windows Phone 7.5 does not allow users to specify which tile to use for an app – Windows Phone 8 will let users specify which tile size to use for each app.
Bigger tile for more frequently used apps (or to display more live information), and smaller tiles for less used apps.
The smaller tiles also allows more tiles/apps to be displayed on each screen to minimise scrolling.
Existing Windows Phone 7.5 users will get this revamped Start screen through an upgrade to Windows Phone 7.8 (no date given), but that’s pretty much all they’ll get – they will NOT be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 when it becomes available end of the year.
Yes, some who have just bought spanking new Windows 7.5 phones are complaining that they’re now landed with “obsolete” handsets.
Microsoft says that Windows Phone 8 is a generation shift in technology so it will not run on existing hardware.
Read more details about Windows Phone 8 on the official Windows Phone Blog.
Here are some screenshots from the Windows 8 developer preview during the ongoing BUILD conference (13-16 September 2011) in the Anaheim Convention Centre.
Windows 8 will be Microsoft’s attempt to wrest market share in the fast growing tablet market from market leading iPads from Apple and the whole slew of tablets based on Google’s Android.
Click on the images for a larger view. These screenshots have been provided by Microsoft.
The personalized lock screen shows unread emails and other app notifications.
See apps and content at a glance on the start screen.
Pick the files you want to send or share from one place.
Touch browsing seems fast, fluid and intuitive.
Large buttons for typing on the touch keyboard.
The thumb keyboard to avoid having to reach into the centre of the screen.
At the developer-focused BUILD conference, Microsoft has showcased a detailed preview of the next major release of Windows, code-named “Windows 8”, including new tools for developers to write applications for the new operating system.
The ongoing BUILD conference (13-16 September 2011) is being held in the Anaheim Convention Center. Here are some screenshots of the preview. Windows 8 is not expected to be come out of beta until at least the second half of 2012.
Main features
The user interface (UI) is centred around a touch interface, although it works with a mouse and keyboard too. Microsoft calls the UI “Metro” style – displaying important information first, whilst emphasising simplicity and user control. Internet Explorer 10 aims to provide a fast and fluid touch-browsing experience.
On the start screen, apps form the focal point, the Apps “tiles” fill the entire screen. The apps work together and communicate with each other in Windows 8. For example, photos can be selected and shared from different apps via email, Facebook, Flickr or the hard drive.
The ongoing BUILD conference (13-16 September 2011) is being held in the Anaheim Convention Center.
If you use multiple devices, Live roams all the content from the cloud services you use most — photos, email, calendar and contacts — keeping them up-to-date on your devices, be it a desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet or smartphone. With SkyDrive, you can access your files, photos and documents from virtually anywhere with any browser or with Metro style apps in Windows 8.
Windows 8 is an enhanced Windows 7 with lower memory footprint, and runs even on low-end hardware. For PC users, Windows 8 features an enhanced Task Manager and Windows Explorer and new, flexible options for multimonitor setups.
For developers, the Windows Store will allow developers to sell their apps anywhere Windows is sold worldwide, whether they’re creating new games or familiar productivity tools. For games developers, DirectX 11 gaming power underlies Windows 8, allowing the easy creation of full-screen games with smooth, flicker-free action.
Hardware wise, Windows 8 supports ARM-based chipsets, x86 (including x32 and x64) devices, and sensors. It promises instant-on and long battery life for ultrathin PCs and tablets, and is backward compatible with software/devices that run on Windows 7.
Windows President in Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky, previewed the next version of the Windows operating system that will likely premier in March 2012.
The radically revamped OS works on tablets with touch screens; runs on desktop and laptop computers with touchscreen, mouse or keyboards; runs existing Windows software and runs on both Intel and ARM chips.
Windows 8 is set to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPad iOS and Google’s Android.
Sinofsky gave a preview of Windows 8 on a 10.6-inch touch-screen tablet during the AllThingsD’s D9 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
A 30-minute demonstration was subsequently given at the Computex 2011 in Taiwan by Mike Angiulo, Microsoft corporate vice president.
In appearance, it resembles Windows Phone 7 – Microsoft’s operating system for smartphones – using “tiles” instead of icons to represent applications. The tiles on the computer’s start screen can be automatically updated to display the latest information from applications. For instance, a stock ticker app could display stock quotes right on the tile without requiring users to open the app.
Windows 8 will be the first full version of Windows capable of operating on ARM chips which has been the sole supplier of tablet CPUs since Apple launched its iPad in 2010.
Citing Jefferies Group, Bloomberg reports that the number of tablets sold globally will almost quadruple this year to 70 million units from 18 million in 2010. This will more than double to 158 million in 2012. Apple, which will control some 64 percent of the 2011 tablet market, will see its market share fall to 41 percent in 2012.
