StarHub will offer iPad with a range of attractive data plans that will allow customers to connect to its advanced nationwide high-speed HSPA+ network and experience speeds of up to 21Mbps.

Get the new iPad from 8am onwards at Marina Bay Link Mall, Bugis, Plaza Singapura and OUB StarHub Shops.

You can also get it from selected StarHub retail outlets at the usual operating hours.

StarHub new iPad Price Plans after the break:

The new iPad will be available at Courts Megastore as well as stores located at Causeway Point, Orchard and Toa Payoh. Stocks are available on a first-come-first-served basis. No reservations allowed.

Alternatively, pre-orders of the new iPad can be made at any Courts store, after the launch day.

For enquiries, please contact:
Customer Care Hotline
1800 222 6868
Monday – Saturday (10am – 7pm)
Sunday (10am – 2pm)

M1 will offer iPad with a range of attractive data plans that will allow customers to connect to its High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network with speeds up to 21Mbps.

The new iPad will be available at the M1 Paragon flagship store on 16 March at 12:01am. Customers may also obtain the new iPad from all other M1 shops at usual operating hours.

Pricing details after the break:

For complete details on pricing and availability please visit www.m1.com.sg/iPad.

A quick search on Apple’s LTE broadband frequency band spectrum support on the new iPad shows the following:

Wi-Fi + 4G model: LTE (700, 2100 MHz); UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Singapore’s LTE broadband frequency band spectrum from the various telcos:

M1: 1.8 GHz, 2.6 GHz frequency bands
SingTel: 2.6 GHz (for now) and 1.8 GHz (later) frequency bands
StarHub: 1.8 GHz (exploring) and  2.6 GHz (possibly) – Q2 of 2012

But don’t worry yet, IDA has mentioned in many papers, journals, and reports that they are exploring 700/800 MHz spectrum.

Hey, you still have 3G on the new iPad.

This is a summary of what was covered at the Apple’s The New iPad Launch event on 8th March 2012 2am Singapore Time.

Apple Updates:

• PC devices made up 76% of Apple’s revenues
• Sold an astonishing 315 million ​devices through last year, 62 million in Q4 2011.

Siri:

• Siri in Japanese is a part of iOS 5.1
• Available today
• Rolling it out in Japan over the next few weeks.

App Store:

• 585,000 apps
• 25 billion apps downloaded
• 25 billionth app was downloaded in China

iCloud

• 100 million iCloud
• iTunes in the cloud now supports movies

Apple TV

• movies and TV shows now​ support 1080p with a “streamlined new user interface”
• iTunes playlists from iCloud
• access to movies already purchased in iCloud
• iTunes Match support
• Photo stream support
• Apple TV retains the same low price of $99, available from 16th March 2012

iPad

• 15.4m in the last quarter alone
• Favourite for e-mail, web-surfing, e-reading, gaming.
• 200k+ over custom apps specifically for iPad

The New iPad

• Retina Display - 2048 x 1536 pixels
• 3.1 million pixels, 264 ppi
• 44 % greater color saturation
• A5X chip – quad core graphics
• Compared to Tegra 3, Apple says the A5 is “twice as fast” and the A5X offers “four times the​ performance”
• dual-core CPU
• iSight camera - 5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, hybrid IR filter, and ISP built into ​the A5X chip.
• Advanced optics with IR filter
• Autofocus and white balance
• Face detection
• 1080p HD video recording
• Video Stablization
• Temporal noise reduction
• Voice dictation
• Supports US English, British, Australian, French, German and Japanese
• 4G LTE
• supports HSPA+ for up to 21Mbps, DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, LTE at 73Mbps
• 3G World Ready
• personal hotspot
• Battery Life
•  same 10 hours of battery life, and 4G is 9 hours.
• 9.4mm thin, weighing 1.4lbs
• Wifi – $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB
• Wifi + 4G - $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB
• Launching March 16th 2012
• United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia
• Launching March 23rd 2012
• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
• Exclusive games/apps
• Sky Gamblers from Namco
• SketchBook Ink from Autodesk
• Infinity Blade: Dungeons from Epic Games
• iWork updated
• Garage Band ($4.99) - Smart Strings, Note editor, iCloud, Sharing (
• iMovie ($4.99) - storyboards and new editing tools
• iPhoto ($4.99) - Smart Browsing, Multi-touch editing, Professional Quality Effects, Brushes, Photo Beaming, Photo Journals, 19-megapixel photos

iPad 2 price updates

• 16GB Wifi iPad 2 at $399, Wifi + 3G at $529

Experian has released their analysis of web searches by Singapore Internet users in 2011, providing interesting insights into Singaporean social habits online. There are some interesting findings in 5 different areas.

Social media

• Facebook continues to be the most popular social media platform with website traffic of almost 32 per cent.
• YouTube peaked at second place with almost 21 per cent share of visits.
• Followed by the increasing popularity of Google+ at almost 16 per cent, up from 1.2 per cent in August 2011.
• Microblogging and community forums such as Twitter and Singapore HardwareZone Community are also gaining ground in the category with a combined website traffic of 6.67 per cent.

Shopping

• UK fashion brand ASOS has surfaced as the top website at 13.22 per cent share of visits in the fashion and lifestyle category
• Forever 21 only has 4.03 per cent share which has a physical store in Singapore.
• Love Bonito, which claims the title of most popular Singapore blog shop, has a visit share of 2.89 per cent in the category.

Group-buying sites

• Groupon Singapore and Deal.com.sg are the top two deals aggregators, accounting for 35.25 per cent of website traffic of sub-category rewards and directories.

Electronics

• Apple remains the top website Singaporeans go to with 18 per cent share of visits.
• Other top websites in this category include Gizmodo, Sony Singapore and Samsung Singapore.

Celebrity and music

• Singaporeans prove to be unwavering fans of K-Pop as clearly shown by 65.49 per cent combined share of visits on the following websites within the Music Band and Artists category: Entertainment on xinmsn, AllKPOP.com and Wonderful Generation, resonating the popularity of the Korean boy and girl bands’ concerts held in Singapore last year.
• Celebrity websites in Singapore are dominated by the K-pop fan community as well. One of these websites is Soshified.com with 50.37 per cent share of visits.

I’ve been using the gmail app for the past few hours, and it feels very much like the online version. I find it a little unresponsive, where it required a sec or so to react when you want to view an email.

But the quick access to the various labels are very useful, together with the push notifications and the quick shortcuts to archive, delete, etc. However, they don’t have support for selecting the different email addresses to send out to that are connected to your one gmail account at the moment.

I like it, but it could have been more optimized. I was expecting the same features as everyone. It feels like a web app (if it isn’t already) packaged into an iPhone app.

You can download at the iTunes Store – Gmail.

In 1995, a 40-year-old Steve Jobs was interviewed by the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation two years before his return to Apple. Watch this exclusive 75-minute-long footage, published by CIO, where the recently passed former Apple CEO discuss his vision and opinion on technology trends.

SingTel deF!ND is the first intelligent mobile concierge app that integrates local information and allows bookings of services that Singaporeans find essential in their daily lives while on the move. The app also has a voice recognition capability for local food and ethnic restaurants.

With the voice recognition, SingTel deF!ND pretty much Siri (iPhone 4S) or Iris (Android) but specifically for Singapore’s context and accent, and runs on both iPhone (iOS 3 onwards) and Android (2.1 onwards).

SingTel deF!ND is available on both Android and iPhone for free.

The Apple iPhone 4S is upon us today in Singapore, and here are the summary of all the launch details for the 3 telcos – SingTel, M1, and StarHub.

All launches starts on 28th October 00:00 midnight.

SingTel – Suntec Convention Hall 402
M1 – M1 Shop Paragon
StarHub – StarHub @ Plaza Singapura (invited customers only)