iPhone 4S will be available in Singapore on 28 October. This is the launch date posted on the official Singapore Apple Online Store web page. I reckon the local telcos, especially Singtel will be able to start sell the iPhone 4S on that date too.

You can find out more on the iPhone 4S Singapore launch date at this official Apple web page:

http://store.apple.com/sg/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone

No pricing of the new iPhone 4S in Singapore dollar yet, however, I expected the price of the iPhone 4S without contract to be same as iPhone 4. SGD888 for 16GB and SGD1,048 for the 32GB model.

At the time of writing, there is no news from any of the telcos: Singtel, Starhub or M1 on their official launch date of iPhone 4S in Singapore yet. Meanwhile, we just have to wait for a few more days for the confirmed date and pricing for the iPhone 4S plans.

SingTel iPad 2 will be available from Sat, 14 May 2011. The cheapest iPad 2 with data plan offered by SingTel starts at SGD399. The mobile broadband plan costs SGD40 per month.

SingTel iPad 2 Mobile Broadband Plan at $40/mth

If you have made up your mind to get the iPad 2 64GB WiFi+3G, it will cost only SGD599 – you save SGD509. Factoring the data plan cost for 24 months which total to SGD960, you end up paying SGD18.80 per month for the 7.2 mbps data plan. I think the SingTel iPad 2 offer is reasonable and quite attractive.

To be among the first to get hold your iPad 2 from SingTel, go register your interest before 12pm, 13 May 2011 at

www.singtelshop.com/ipad/register.html

It was announced last month that Singapore will get it’s Apple iPad 2 in April 2011. Finally, the iPad 2 was launched on April 29, 2011. The cheapest iPad 2, the 16GB WiFi model costs S$668 and the most expensive 64GB with 3G costs S$1,108.

There were rumours that the new iPad 2 price will be lower than that of the iPad in the initial launch due to the stronger Sing Dollar. But who’s complaining about the price? It’s the delay of the launch in Singapore that upset Apple fans in Singapore.

Apple to ship iPhone 5 in September?

According to a report at Yahoo Finance, iPhone 5 will be available in September 2011.

Now that the date of iPhone 5 is drawing near, will people wait to see what new features iPhone 5 has to offer before deciding whether to buy the iPad 2?

The official iPad 2 release date is 11 March 2011 in the US and will be available in 26 other countries on 25 March 2011.

And the 26 countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, POrtugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK.

No, Singapore is not in the list. There is no exact iPad 2 release date in Singapore yet.

[Updated 23 March 2011] According to a report in The Straits Times, iPad 2 will be available in Singapore in April 2011.

iPad 2 Specifications

As for the new iPad 2 specs…

• Thinner and lighter
• Faster processor, dual-core A5
• 9 times faster graphics
• 2 cameras: 1 front and 1 back
• 10-hour battery life

Detailed technical specs at http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

iPad 2 Singapore Release Date

We, in Singapore, usually have to wait until the 2nd tier or even 3rd tier launch date which could be as long as 6 months after the official launch in the US.

I am hoping that the iPad 2 release date in Singapore to be within 45 days of the initial launch and I could pre-order at Apple Store tomorrow.

[UPDATE] Apple released a press release on Mar 22, 2011 announcing that the iPad 2 will be available in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea in April.

Sources:

Apple confirms March 2 iPad event

Rumors pin iPad 2 announcement on March 2

Before iPad 2 release date there are production issue to be sorted out

The Singapore IT Show 2011 will start in less than 10 days time. This is probably the largest, in term of visitors and revenue, among all the consumer electronics trade fairs in Singapore.

Last year, the 4-day IT Show attracted a massive turnout of over 80,000 visitors and chalked up over $65 million in sales

IT Show 2011 Singapore

10-13 March 2011
Level 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
Suntec Singapore
Opening hours: 12.00pm to 9.00pm

People flocked to the IT Show to look for latest gadgets such as smartphones, iPad-like tablet PC, digital cameras, portable entertainment devices. As for the staples like the laptops, netbooks, flat panel TVs and monitors, printers and etc., people come to the IT Show to look for the best bargain.

Beside major brands e.g. ACER, ASUS, Apple, Canon, Creative, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, LG, Nikon, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, you can expect the 3 Singapore telcos: Singtel, Starhub and M1 at each other’s throats vying for more subscribers.

Hot Gadgets at the IT Show 2011

Here’s my list of hot gadgets for IT Show 2011:

• MacBook Pro
• Lumix GF2
• Olympus E-PL2 and XZ-1
• Free MacBook Air offer by telcos

Have I missed out something? Tell me what hot gadgets you are buying at the IT Show 2011. Leave your comment at the box below.

The international release date of iPad has been confirmed. iPad release date for UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland is on Friday, 28 May 2010. Apple online store in these countries will be taking pre-order from 10 May 2010.

As for diehard Mac and Apple fans in Singapore and Hong Kong, you will have to wait for 2 more months.

iPad Singapore Release Date

The release date of iPad for Singapore, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands and New Zealand will be in July. Apple will announce the exact date, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine countries at a later date.

However, it was not clear if both iPad and iPad 3G will be both available for the international release on 28 May 2010.

The international release date has been delayed due to the strong demand of iPad in the US market.

In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. More information on iPad release date at the following press release:

iPad Available in Nine More Countries…

Steve Jobs announced the new iPad 2 on March 2, 2011. The Apple iPad 2 will be available on 11 March 2011 in the US in both black and white color.

iPad 2 Price same as the first iPad

The prices for new iPad 2 priced at the same level as the first generation iPad starting from US$499. Here’s the US prices all the models of iPad 2 …

iPad 2 Singapore Price

At the time of writing, there is no official annoucement on the iPad 2 Singapore pricing yet. However, it is not hard to guess how much the each model of the iPad 2 will cost in Singapore.

Steve Jobs announced that the price of the new iPad 2 will be similar to that of the first generation iPad. So we could just assume the Singapore prices to remain the same.

[Updated on 12 May 2011]SingTel iPad 2 would be available from 14 May 2011. The cheapest iPad 2 model offered by SingTel starts at SGD399 when purchase with a 24 months data plan contract at SGD40 per month.

[Updated on 29 April 2011]The table below shows the prices of various of models iPad 2 at Singapore Apple Store.

**Prices in Singapore Dollar

The price of the older iPad has dropped significantly. You could get the iPad 16GB for S$538, down from S$728 at the Apple Store (Singapore).

You can buy iPad 2 online at Apple Singapore online store.

White iPad 2 & Colorful Smart Covers

Initial Reactions to the 1st generation iPad

Apple sold 15 millions iPads in the first 9 months of the initial launch in April 2010 and generated US$9.5 billions in revenue.

When I first viewed Steve Job’s keynote announcing the iPad and discovered about the affordable iPad price, my reaction posted on Facebook was…

“iPad… Why only $499? I want it now!”

“if you have an iPhone, Life Will Not be Complete Without the iPad!”

However, I also discovered that not everyone loves Apple products. Some of my Facebook friends said:

“iPad, No Multitasking, No Buy”

“guess it is just like iPhone .. just BIGGER”

“The iPad (the name is soooo =_=|||) is disappointing. No SD card slot, no drag-drop, no USB port, no flash (!), no camera…a whole lot of new accessories to buy. Will wait for the Android-powered tablets, Asus is coming up with one soon.”

MrBrown thinks “Apple’s iPad is a giant iPod Touch“.

And people are already mocking at the iPad – the other kind of pad?!

What do you have to say about the iPad?

Please leave a comment below.

I was disappointed to find out that the iPhone bluetooth is Not working as expected. This is the first phone with bluetooth which I owned that is not connecting with my PC. I have used Nokia and Sony Ericsson bluetooth to connect my PC and backup my phones. With iPhone, the only way is to use the USB cable to connect to your PC.

The iPhone crippled bluetooth can use bluetooth earpiece or bluetooth headset.

iPhone does not support:

• Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
• Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
• Basic Imaging Profile (BIP)
• Basic Printing Profile (BPP)
• Cordless Telephony Profile (CTP)
• Device ID Profile (DID)
• Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN)
• Fax Profile (FAX)
• File Transfer Profile (FTP)
• General Audio/Video Distribution Profile (GAVDP)
• Generic Access Profile (GAP)
• Generic Object Exchange Profile (GOEP)
• Human Interface Device Profile (HID)
• Intercom Profile (ICP)
• Object Push Profile (OPP)
• Personal Area Networking Profile (PAN)
• Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)
• Serial Port Profile (SPP)
• Service Discovery Application Profile (SDAP)
• SIM Access Profile (SAP,SIM)
• Synchronisation Profile (synch)
• Video Distribution Profile (vdp)
• Wireless Application Protocol Bearer (WAPB)

Source: iPhone’s Bluetooth is dumb, purposely crippled or both?

iPhone 3GS Bluetooth with Windows Vista

As for the new iPhone 3GS, Windows Vista may the the culprit that prevent proper communication over bluetooth. My Vista kept asking to look for “Bluetooth Peripheral Device”?! Apparently, Vista does not have a driver to support iPhone 3GS bluetooth profiles.

If you manage to connect using bluetooth for Internet tethering, leave a comment below.

[Update 18 Aug 2009] iPhone 3GS Bluetooth Internet Tethering
Managed to connect my MacBook Pro via bluetooth to iPhone internet tethering after performing latest software updates including the latest version of iTune 8.2.1 (6).

[Update 28 Jan 2010] Steve Jobs announced the Apple iPad yesterday. Will the iPad be another crippled device?

Got an SMS from Singtel at 3pm announcing that the iPhone 3GS will be launched on 10 July 2009 in Singapore. More information on the price plans and upgrage options will be available early next week.

Then I search on Google for Singtel iPhone 3GS and read about the Dow Jones Newswires on CNN Money.

CNN Money: SingTel To Offer iPhone 3GS In Singapore On July 10

Here’s why you want to own the new iPhone 3GS:

• 2X faster
• Video, edit it and share it
• 3-megapixel camera, auto-focus
• Voice control
• Digital compass and GPS
• Cut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications
• Landscape Keyboard
• Send MMS and forward one or more messages to others
• Internet tethering
• Spotlight searches everything in your iPhone
• and all those free apps from iTune Store

It was no surprise to me that Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone 3G yesterday – it was just a matter of time. However, what really surprises me are the price(very cheap) and availability(everywhere).

According to a AFP article on iPhone 3G published at Yahoo news, the new iPhone 3G(8GB) will sell for US$199 and available in every country in the world.

When Can I Get iPhone 3G in Singapore

July 2008.

The official launch date is set in 11 July 2008. And Singapore should be one of the first countries in the world to get iPhone.

Why?

Because all major mobile phone manufacturers launch their new models in Singapore first. If iPhone 3G didn’t get here soon, Nokia, Sony, Samsung and LG will definitely come up with some iPhone-killer model to protect their market share.

Maybe, they will have a sample iPhone 3G at the PC Show 08 Singapore this Thursday.

More information on the new iPhone 3G:

• vnunet.com: Apple unveils iPhone 3G
• PCWorld: 5 Reasons to Buy the Apple iPhone 3G
• Apple.com