Welcome to the new Techgoondu
We thought we'd not do it so fast, but since we've been getting some traffic - mostly from frens and colleagues in the industry - here we are at the…
Back up yer vinyl records
Here's the latest in bit-perfect, lossless music encoding: vinyl-to-plastic audio backup. Now, being a vinyl record nut, I was naturally excited but also aghast to find this backup-yer-vinyl-record tip in…
Samsung Omnia vs HTC Touch Diamond – fight!
As the hype from the 3G iPhone rests a little, the spotlight has now been trained on two "iPhone killers" these past two weeks - the Samsung Omnia and HTC's…
Please port my number to pfingo
In this week's Digital Life, I ran a story about how VOIP services like pfingo, Skype and mediaring are now moving to the mobile phone. The value proposition is simple…
Need for “fuller” number portability?
As a letter writer in the ST Forum mentioned today, full number portability in Singapore does not mean you can switch from a post-paid to a pre-paid plan when you…
Go, Singapore game developers!
Scrawl Studio's Bunny Bounty, a game for bunny lovers - not! Can Singapore be a buzzing computer game developer city? I was at a Media Development Authority's (MDA) news conference…
HDTV rocks
Serious couch potatoes got a big boost last week, when news emerged that HD5 is finally going to be shown on StarHub's cable TV service. What's the big deal with…
HTC Touch Diamond sold out everywhere
It's the latest sign that the "touch-screen" fad is heating up to fever pitch, thanks in much to the iPhone hype. HTC's excellent Touch Diamond, said to be the best…
Qwerty chic!
Just got to fiddle with the new E71 (the one on the right), which was launched at Nokia's own show on CommAsia week. From a 30-minute hands-on take today at…
Touch-screen phones galore
Late post here for CommAsia, as you'd expect the stories with ST have been coming thick and fast, and there's little time to update this little blog (interesting note to…
Two-factor authentication for e-Govt services
It's CommunicAsia week this week, and the tech reporters here at the newsroom are running around Singapore Expo (where the exhibitions are) and Suntec City (where the conferences are). At…
Despatch from the USA
Singaporeans have it good when it comes to mobile services. As we read about the rivalry going on among the three telcos in the run-up to full number portability, my…
Best deal at PC Show?
There's Xbox 360 going for S$399 with freebies like Webcam and charger, and $0 phones like Motorola Q offered by SingTel... but one of the fastest price drops and best…
Let the battles begin
One day (or rather hours) before the number port exercise kicks in, the battle begins at the PC Show, where SingTel and StarHub are readying $0 PDAs and extra $100…
Jab this HP
Do we really fancy jabbing our fingers at a VERY large touch-screen monitor, like 22-inches wide, all the time? HP says yay to the idea with its "closer to B&O…
iPhone next-gen? You gotta be kidding
Sorry, stole that headline from elsewhere... but it's exactly how i feel: "Iphone is next gen? It has been around and remain pretty much unchanged for very long! And 3G?…
Is SingTel deal with iPhone really exclusive?
We've been led to believe that SingTel will be "first" to have the iPhone for months now, in a deal that would make the hyped up gizmo at least exclusive…
Number port on Fri 13th… what plan to choose?
Finally, full mobile number portability comes to Singapore on this Friday 13th. This means you can switch cellphone operators without changing your old phone number, ie one number for life.…
ATI and Nvidia news heat up as new graphics cards to debut this month
After some quiet for a while, AMD and Nvidia seem to be finally at it again. Already purported beta drivers are out for Nvidia's new GT260 and GT280 graphics cards…
More cheap smartphones please
I am no rabid fan of Apple's "I am so cool" iPhone. I think it is a cleverly designed phone, but so is my Sony Ericsson W880i. Why all the…
