Category Archives: Computers & Technology

iPhone launch in Singapore on 22nd Aug!

Oh wow what a surprise!
It is out sooner than expected!
But i predict the price would be hefty.
I predict
$600 for an iPhone 3G 8Gb with Plan
and
$800 for an iPhone 3G 16Gb with Plan
due to 4 reasons.

Singtel has paid a hefty price to carry this phone early
They are the current monopoly for getting the iPhone
There is no [...]

Get Ahead of the Weather!!!

With the weather delivered straight into the app you view the most (or for me at least) iCAL!!!
or any other calender app that can support ical subscriptions!
I get the subscriptions from the weather underground and they auto update every hour.
For e.g
Go to http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/48698.html
Copy the link of the ical icon on the right hand side of [...]

iPhone SMU Checklist!

Here are the things that the 2G iPhone can do in SMU!

Login to WLAN-Student (Suppose to be able to work in iPhone 3G)
Print (Rumored to be in the works)
Surf (via SMUGIP)
Receive Email
Send Email (Cant seem to get the settings right)

If you find other things your iPhone can do, send me a comment!

iPhone EDGE Settings in Singapore

Image by pouwerkerk via Flickr
Here are the settings for iPhone Users in Singapore
Singnet “EDGE” Settings
APN: internet
Username: 65IDEAS
Password: ideas
Starhub “EDGE” Settings
APN: shwapint
Username:
Password:
M1 “EDGE” Settings
APN:sunsurf
Username:65
Password:user123

Run Windows On your Mac For FREE!

Virtual Box is a free virtualization software that does what parallels and vmware does, but for free!
Check out
http://www.virtualbox.org/
Switching to a mac just got that much more attractive
and for a nice clean tutorial please visit
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/virtualbox-running-windows-on-a-mac-for-free-sort-of/

Singapore iPhone Apps Store!

Its up! its up!
Singaporeans can now slap themselves with one more piece of evidence that the iPhone is coming soon!
This was taken using itunes 7.7

Download Firefox 3 FINAL before the rest do

Image via Wikipedia

OSX version
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=osx&lang=en-US
Windows version
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US

Reserve your iPhone in Singapore today!

Legally that is and with Singtel
http://home.singtel.com/iphone/
So as the hype is buliding up in Singapore, an unoffical survey of 5 friends, they all want an iphone, now with the cool price as well as the possiblities of GPS on a phone and apple. The iphone is becoming a serious must have gadget.
Soruces that have talked [...]

3G iPhone in Singapore

Image by mathoov via Flickr

Here are my predictions for the iPhone in Singapore.
1. Deep market penetration
Looking at the numbers of people willing to buy the iphone “illegally” including myself, the general pop is gonna jump at this. Also the people i know who didnt want to get the iphone cited cost as the factor [...]