Phone keypad + Qwerty keyboard = HTC S740
In a move that may seem confusing to potential phone buyers, the Taiwanese firm on Tuesday launched its S740 phone, basically a Touch Diamond that has both a slide-out Qwerty…
Warhammer Online: 10 insights in 80 hours
This is less a review than a compendium of plaudits and rants on Warhammer. If you’re looking for an introductory review, you’re better served elsewhere as the review assumes some…
Nokia’s touch-screen 5800 XpressMusic launched
Nokia has taken the wraps off its new 5800 XpressMusic phone, the long-awaited touch-screen phone from the top phone maker. Pictures of the device, Nokia' answer to the touch-screen craze sparked…
iPhone 3G price drop in Hong Kong
How'd you like an unlocked iPhone 3G at S$878? Local newspaper Apple Daily has reported yesterday (see the 27th Sep edition if you read traditional Chinese) that parallel imported iPhone…
Hong Kong Apple Store selling unlocked iPhone 3G
Hong Kong's online Apple Store has started selling unlocked iPhone 3Gs! To my knowledge, its the only Apple Store to be doing that. Not cheap though! The 8GB is HK$5,400…
Sigma DP2
A little late but better late than never ... Sigma yesterday announced the DP2 compact digital camera - barely 6 months after the launch of the ground-breaking DP1. In case…
Google Android phone makes debut
As anticipated, Google launched the first phone with its Android OS just a while ago in New York. The device, also known as the T-Mobile G1 and HTC Dream, comes…
Google/HTC Dream phone to launch tonight (SGT)
In the past few months, it's been photographed and it's been talked about to no end. No, I'm not thinking of the iPhone, which has a fast-growing list of flaws…
Microsoft mouse and keyboard that make you say “chio!”
Here's a mouse that will feel comfy whether you use in on the desktop or on the go. Say hi to Microsoft's Arc Mouse, which as its name suggests, is…
Nokia ovi – can it better other online services?
A year after announcing its ovi online services, Nokia today showed off a near-complete version of its answer to Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's online offerings here in Singapore. At a…
Spore: great aesthetics, gameplay lacking
Concept and ambition: A. Design aesthetics: A+. Gameplay: C-. Four mini-games and a shallow end game do not a great game make. Don't get me wrong. Spore is not a…
Price drops on Netbooks – Asus Eee PC and more
Just returned from a trip down to the computer centre in Mongkok here in Hong Kong and found that the prices of many Netbooks have been slashed - and they…
Shiretoko’s cool
While the tech media were busy swooning over Google Chrome this past week, I've been busy trying out Firefox's newest browser version - Firefox 3.1, the curiously-dubbed Shiretoko. And I give…
Blackberry Bold’s coming here, but is it too late?
BlackBerry phones are cool. How they handle email is still the best in the market. BlackBerrys have fab qwerty keyboards, an intuitive interface and excellent battery life. And that free-spinning…
Building a no-compromise music player, part III
I've ditched iTunes, finally. Finally, I've found a media player application that is quicker and better than Apple's nice but increasingly bloated app to manage my 10k+ and growing song…
Can Google Chrome make people switch from Microsoft?
How do you refine a piece of software that everyone has been using since the Internet arrived on home computers in the mid 1990s? The answer, as Google will tell…
Last-minute bargains at Comex today
Traditionally, computer bazaars have the best deals for the last day, when retailers clear their stock at low, low prices. This is when the crowds rush in. When I went…
Centrino 2 laptops find their way to Comex
I had written just last week that some retailers were keeping their new Centrino 2 laptops for the Comex show, even though the faster, energy-saving portables were already ready to…
What’s hot at Comex 2008 part 3
Anyways, here the deals/gadgets that caught my eye at the show. (1) The Ultimate HP Student Offer (but they were willing to sell to this 39-year-old as well) at Booth…
What’s hot at Comex 2008 part 2
Visiting the big IT fairs today is very different from the experience 2-3 years ago. The last few tech shows (we have four every year, one every quarter, in Singapore which…
