Singtel, is currently the only operator that is selling this device, the other 2 operators, M1 and Starhub, will get ts at the later stage.

The Xperia X10 is retailing from SGD288 to SGD688 from Singtel, depending on the plan you subscribe.

Get yours from the Singtel Hello shop or from its singtelshop web store now.

The DEXT is the first Android phone from Motorola and it comes with a customized interface and social engine from Motorola called MOTOBLUR.  The phone was released in US and Europe few months ago, but it will only arrive in Singapore this weekend.  Hey, Motorola, when is your MILESTONE (DROID) coming to Singapore?

Motorola DEXT is available from Saturday, 23 January 2010 from as low as S$0 – S$248 (on any 3G Flexi Plans) or S$0 – S$348 (on SingTel’s free incoming call plans).

The press release from Singtel is after the break.

Motorola Introduces a Unique Mobile Experience with the Launch of Motorola DEXT, Exclusively with SingTel

Singapore – 20 January 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) introduced in Singapore a unique mobile service platform with the launch of Motorola DEXT™, Motorola’s first Android-powered device.

SingTel customers will be the first in Asia to enjoy this breakthrough social mobile device, powered by the unique MOTOBLUR™ platform and complemented by SingTel’s mSocial service plan.

Developed by Motorola, the MOTOBLUR™ platform is one of the first solutions to synchronize contacts, posts, feeds, messages, e-mails, photos and more – from sources such as Facebook^TM, Twitter^TM, MySpace^TM, Gmail™, work and personal email – and automatically deliver them all to the home screen.

Motorola DEXT™ is the first device in Motorola’s Android-powered product portfolio to come with MOTOBLUR™. Following a string of successful and acclaimed launches of its new generation of Android-powered smartphones in North America and Europe, Motorola brings the DEXT™ to Singapore customers looking for an easy, intuitive and smart way to manage their work and social lives – all with the touch of a finger. Plus, users will have access to more than 18,000 applications through Android Market^TM, as well as the ability to search Google^TM right from the homescreen.

SingTel will offer a newly created value-added service, mSocial, priced at S$5.35 per month for consumers to enjoy unlimited local mobile data using the MOTOBLUR™ platform. These include photo uploads, postings received and status updates on popular social networking sites, including Facebook^TM and Twitter^TM within the MOTOBLUR™ service platform.

mSocial includes 100MB of local data for all other internet surfing and email access. In addition, excess usage beyond 100MB is capped at S$30 per month, giving customers peace of mind when using Motorola DEXT. Also, as a launch promotion, mSocial is free to all customers who sign up for any 3G Flexi plans with the device.

“Life’s a blur. So much to do, so little time! MOTOBLUR^TM connects everyone in your life by blurring the lines among the various social networks,” said Spiros Nikolakopoulos, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and International Distribution, Motorola Mobile Devices. “Today’s mobile phone must be more than ‘smart’. It needs to be social – and the DEXT^TM funnels your entire social life into a single stream, making it easy for you to keep track of all your friends, your conversations, your life. No more reason to be anti-social!”

“SingTel and Motorola have cultivated a longstanding relationship through many years of successful collaborations. DEXT^TM is no exception and the innovative MOTOBLUR^TM platform makes it a breeze for customers to stay connected right from the home screen. With SingTel’s affordable mSocial service, customers’ social networking experience will be taken to greater heights when they engage friends, without worrying about data charges, said Ms Sarah Chua, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, SingTel.

SingTel customers can also access a suite of services to meet their mobile lifestyle needs. The exciting services include: i) MobileTV viewing for Channel 8 Primetime, Channel NewsAsia, Bloomberg  and Football Frenzy ii) TrafficLIVE, an intelligent traffic planning service and iii) Android applications like SingTel’s first “BroadBand on Mobile” data usage application for Android devices. This application allows customers to keep track of their data usage and will be available free of charge soon.

Pricing and availability details

Motorola DEXT^TM is available from Saturday, 23 January 2010 from as low as S$0 – S$248 (on any 3G Flexi Plans) or S$0 – S$348 (on SingTel’s free incoming call plans).  Customers on free incoming call plans who sign up for mSocial will enjoy an additional S$50 discount.

Customers on SingTel’s free incoming call plans (excluding 3G Flexi plans) can sign up for mSocial at a promotional price of S$5.35/month (usual price is S$9.90). mSocial is free for customers who sign up for the latest enhanced 3G Flexi plans that come with 12GB of local data, starting from S$39/month, with local data usage capped at S$30.

To purchase DEXT^TM, visit any SingTel retail store or SingTel Exclusive Retailers, and SingTel’s online store, www.singtelshop.com

To experience DEXT^TM with MOTOBLUR^TM, please visit www.motorola.com/motoblur. For the latest product news and promotions, customers can go to the Motorola page on Facebook and Twitter.

ImSocial

With the arrival of the much anticipated DEXT^TM, SingTel will launch a social media marketing campaign, ImSocial (I am social) today. ImSocial is a campaign calling out to social networkers to form the first photo mosaic created via a social media platform.

A dedicated Facebook Page will be created and users can join as fans to upload a photo showing them at their ‘social best’ on the page. Selected photos will also be featured in SingTel’s marketing campaign for Motorola DEXT.

The winning entry will get a chance to win an all expenses paid private party on a yacht with 10 of his/ her friends from social networks.

The public can experience this social media campaign on the 23 and 24 January 2010 at a popular shopping mall in the city area. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ImSocial.

The phone is going to be sold by Google and supported by Google and HTC.  T-Mobile will be just providing the phone plans.

[via tmonews]

The launch of the HD2 is overshadowed by the iPhone war in Singapore started few days ago.  The coverage from media and the operators are much lesses the iPhone.  However, this super Windows Mobile 6.5 phone from HTC is still generating a lot of interest from the market.  Those who preordered the phone have been collecting it from the operators.  And now, it is available for general market.

The phone comes with a huge 4.3″ capacitive touch screen, a 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU and it is the first HTC Windows Mobile phone that comes wih Sense.  It is top of its class.

Prices?

Starhub: Starting from SGD698 from a low plan to SGD398 for a high plan.  There is an extra SGD100 off for data plan sign up.

M1: Starting from SGD838 from a low plan to SGD638 for a high plan.  There is a discount f SGD100 for data plan sign up as well.

Singtel:Starting SGD838 from a low lan to SGD488 fo  high plan.  There is a SGD50 discount for MobileMailExchnge sign up.  No discount mention for data plan sign up on their web site yet.  (update 12 Dec: Out of stock according to the Singtelshop web site).

Well, if you have been waiting for this, go and grab it from the operator of your choice.

Original bundled with 10Gb of data (and it was the highest until Singtel and Starhub raised theirs to 12Gb), M1 is now bundling 12 Gb of data and cap the data charge at SGD30.

For Starhub, it has thrown in free IDD (international) calls to 18 countries for free, instead of paying SGD5 for monthly subscription.  Take that, Singtel and M1 where we have to pay SGD5 monthly to enjoy that.  This is a good news for people like me who need to call some countries like US, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia quite often.

Do something Singtel and Starhub, I don’t want to pay the extra 5 dollars for this service.

So I guess we just have to wait patiently for Starhub to call.  While the sales date of the phone keep slipping from week to week.  We are really hoping it will be on sales from the operators by this weekend.  So we just have to cross our fingers and wait for the announcement, hopefully this weeked.

Singapore consumers, you are now free to choose your iPhone operators.  And we are seeing the prices and bundles keep changing from the 3 operators these few days.  M1‘s iPhone plans were bundled with 10Gb of data originally, and now they are bundled with 12Gb of date after Singtel and Starhub increased their bundled to 12Gb.  And Starhub data usage charge is capped at SGD30 (from SGD48) now, after Singtel changed the data charge to be capped at SGD30.

And I am not sure when this will end.  If you are planning to buy one, I suggest you wait till everything settles down

At the end, the consumers win.  And yes, Apple will win too, because the iPhone market in Singapore will now be expanded.

The news plans apply to the new iPhone customers, as well as the existing iPhone plan holders.  The new plans include 12Gb of data bundle and a cap of SGD30 from 9th December.  The existing iPhone plan holders have started to receive the notification SMS already.

Below is the table for the price plans (in SGD):

The prices and the data bundle now look competitive to the other operators now.  And hey guys, if you are waiting for this moment, go and grab one from any of the operators now.

And it seems like M1 has got a better deal when it comes to the package.  We have a 10Gb of data bundle to start with, not 1Gb as from the other 2 operators.  Check it out below (price shown are in SGD):

The dedicated iPhone site from M1 can be found here and it includes all information.

According to the press, Starhub will be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS on 9th of December, making it the second operator in Singapore to sell after Singtel and breaking its monopoly after 2 years since iPhone was first lauched in 2007 in Singapore.  And you can get a 16Gb iPhone 3GS for free if you sign up for a SGD98 plan for 2 years.

“Starting December 9, 2009, customers who have pre-registered for iPhone will be given priority access for a limited time to purchase iPhone with a StarHub two-year price plan.”

Below is the table of the complete price plan from Starhub (prices in SGD):

At the moment, there is no news from the other operator, M1.  Although M1 announced they are going to sell iPhone by this year before Starhub announced their plan.

Go get one 2 days later for your Christmas, if you are one of the waiting people.

(Update 12 Dec) Starhub just revised their iPhone plan after M1 published theirs.  The data bundle for the first 3 plans are now revised to 12Gb, instead of 1Gb as originally bundled.  Singtel has also announced that they will revise the the existing iPhone price plan for new and also existing customers.  Hurray!! The consumers win.

The watch phone is currently available on Singtel online store, Singtelshop, only.

This 3G watch phone from LG comes with a screen of 128×160 pixels, 80Mb internal memory, 7.2Mb HSDPA connection, VGA camera for video calls.  A James Bond style video call is no more science fiction any more.

If you are fan of owning the latest and fanciest gadget, this is something you should not miss.  Go and grab it from the web site.

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 don’t mind making calls and checking emails from midnight till next morning.

Check the link.