M1 has just announced a new pre-paid card which has the benefits from post paid card. The card will will be retailed at SGD25 and SGD38.  And it comes with: Free incoming calls. Free local outgoing calls from 12am till next day 10am. Free local data surfing from 12am till next day 10am Per second billing This is definitely good news for those people who want to control the cost of the phone bill and [...]

Android 1.6 (a.k.a. Donut) has been released – only to the developers with the unlocked HTC dream.  The rest of us, please wait the official release. Android 1.6 will bring quite a number of significant updates, namely: Supports for different screen sizes. CDMA support. Text to speech engine. Well, some of you might not have to wait till the official release as hackers will be working hard to bring it to other devices before Google [...]

SPB Mobile shell has always been considered as one of the best user shell available for Windows Mobile platform.  The interface is impressive and it has always been leading the market.  Well, Mobile Shell version 3.5 has been released now and it is being sold for USD29.95.  However, it is free upgrade for version 3.0 owners. Pocketnow has a video review for it:

Before you buy a Nokia N900 Maemo 5 device when it hits the street, make sure you read this extremely detailed review from mobile-review.  The review includes a big array of screenshots as well as covering most of the aspects of the device. The device will look familiar to the owners of N800, N810.  However, the Maemo platform has been under a major overhaul by Nokia, hoping to bring a good alternative smart device to [...]

Palm WebOS 1.2 is ready for download.  According to palm site, there isn’t new feature for the new version.  However, there are quite a number of updates for the existing applications. To name a few of more significant updates: User can download paid apps from App Catalog now LinkedIn is now supported for Contact Sync Palm did not “fix” the syncing issue for iTune 9.01.  I am just wondering whether Palm will still want to [...]

What a number! 2 billion downloads.  It took the App Store to have 1 billion apps to 1.5 billion apps in 3 months.  And now, 1.5 billion to 2 billion in just 2 months plus. According to the press, Apple has now over 85,000 apps in the App Store.  Apple owns the number one web store at the moment.  Palm, Microsoft, Google and others still have a long way to go to beat the numbers. [...]

I just visted the Singtelshop web site and found out that the HTC Hero is back to the store but with a differebt price range.  It is now S$298 for the high plan(S$82.93/month and above), S$498 for the low plan and S$598 for the super low plan (S$15/month). Damn, should have ordered one when it was listed as S$98 for the high plan.

We have been seeing more and more features being built into the TouchFLO 3D 2.5.  The video from Pocketnow.com shows there are quite a number of new features in the latest build. To name a few: Twitter tab, show and update status, even with photo upload and shorten URL Animated wallpaper and weather wallpaper option for Home tab Redesigned calendar tab New email tab with longer message previews Large, more colorful icons for the swipe [...]

During the Venture Capital Submit, hosted by Microsoft, Steve Ballmer admitted they screw up Windows Mobile and Window Mobile 7 should have been here by now.  He said this will not happen again and stated that new telants have been pumped into the team. Windows Mobile is now the second priority in Microsoft after Windows 7.  A lot of resources have been allocated to the team and it is reported that the team had been [...]

Eric Chu from Google has posted on Android Developer Blog stating the ADC2 has started: I am happy to announce that Android Developer Challenge 2‘s first round of judging has begun!As a reminder, user voting determines which apps will make it to the second round. Voting will occur through an application called Android Developer Challenge 2, which is now available for download from Android Market. Android Developer Challenge 2 presents apps for each user to [...]