However, the stock of iPhone was quickly snatched by thousands of iPhone fans within a few hours.  All three operators require the customers to pre-register with them in order to get the new iPhone 4 from them.  For example, Singtel requires customer to book an appointment with them before the customers come to get one during the launch event.  However, many complained that the web site for registration was unresponsive and all the appointments were booked within a few hours.

Well, I guess most of us will still have to wait for more stock to come.

The 16Gb iPhone 4 can be yours for free if you sign up for a 2 years plan with around SGD98 per month.

This latest Samsung Android comes with a pretty good specs:

• 4 inches super AMOLED screen
• WVGA with 800×480 resolution
• 5 mega pixel camera with touch to focus
• Android 2.1

Grab yours and Singtelshop to be one of the first in the world to own this phone.

Wait no more, Singtel has just started to sell this handset on their Singtelshop web site.

Price?

SGD148 for the iFlexi Plus plan (SGD95 per month).  And it costs you SGD448 for the lowest plan.

Grab yours now!

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.

HTC Legend is widely considered as the successor of the successful HTC Hero.  It has a similar form factor with the Hero with some enhancements.  The Legend is covered by Aluminium casing and it is now using a 600Mhz CPU from Qualcomm.  It has FM radio, AMOLED HVGA screen and it will be running the HTC Sense on the latest Android 2.1.

The full press release is after the break.

HTC UNVEILS ENHANCED HTC SENSE™ EXPERIENCE ON NEW ANDROID SMARTPHONE

HTC Legend takes Android 2.1 to a new level with HTC Sense

Singapore – 25 March, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced an enhanced HTC Sense experience that will be available on its latest addition of smartphones that take Android to the next level, the HTC Legend.

“At its essence, the mobile phone is the most personal item you have in your possession. HTC Sense was created to magnify your ability to create and define your own unique mobile experience,” said Jack Tong, VP of HTC Asia. “HTC Legend takes Android to another level in both substance with HTC Sense and style with HTC Legend’s revolutionary crafted aluminum uni-body design.”

HTC SENSE
HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting people at the centre by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were developed by observing and listening to how people live and communicate. These core tenets of Make It Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected continue to be the key to the new HTC Sense experience.

The new HTC Sense experience continues to focus on improving your interactions with your most important people.  This begins with a new HTC application and widget called Friend Stream that seamlessly aggregates all of your social communication including Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr into one organised flow of updates. This simple aggregation makes it easier than ever to focus on what friends are doing as well as to view the images and links that they share.  In addition to Friend Stream, people can be organised into specific social circles, such as groups of friends, colleagues or any other way that makes sense.

The new HTC Sense experience also introduces broad improvements to applications including the browser, email client and others. In addition, the new version of HTC Sense includes a new newsreader application and widget, as well as a new seven-screen ‘Leap’ thumbnail view for quick and easy access to specific screens.

HTC Legend
Built around a newly enhanced HTC Sense, the HTC Legend boasts a unique design with a smooth, continuous surface, machined from a single aluminum block into a seamless compact frame.  To complement its looks, the HTC Legend includes a stunning 3.2 inch, AMOLED HVGA display.  The traditional trackball has also been replaced with an optical joystick, surrounded by a narrow button to improve usability without interrupting its unique design.

Pricing & Availability
The new HTC Legend will be available in early April at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of S$798*. Standard retail HTC Legend package will come with a 2GB microSD™ card.

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.

First of all, we need to pay the price for the phone, that’s USD529 + the country specific AC adaptor that costs USD19.99.  We have to pay the shipping cost for USD28.32 as well.  Before we get the phone, we have already paid Google USD577.31 and it is about SGD808.

Some lucky users have got the phone from Google after paying the freight forwarder SGD68 for GST, the Good and Service Tax that a consumer will have to pay to the Singapore custom when importing anything from oveseas with a high value.  So the Singapore users pay around SGD876 for the phone (phew!) and it is about USD625.  At the moment, the consumers in Singapore have no choice but to order it directly from Google as no operator in Singapore is selling the phone at the moment.

Well, I have ordered my last week and I have been notified that the phone is being shipped to me now.  And I am expecting to get it within these 2 days.  How about you?  Have you ordered and gotten yours already?

If you are in Singapore and want to have the latest Google Nexus One Android phone running Android 2.1, Singapore is one of the three countries outside US (the other two are UK and Hong Kong) that Google will ship the phone to.  For USD529 + shipping (around USD30) and 7% GST (I can’t confirm as I have not ordered the phone), you can get the phone from Google’s web site – http://www.google.com/phone.  According to the FAQ, Google will process your order 15 minutes after you place it.

I logged in to Google’s web site and tried to order the phone but there were some issues.  First, you need Google account and also Google Check Out account to order the phone but these are not the show stopper.  For some reason, there are problems when creating the Google Check Out account – Singapore apparently is not on the country selection list.  While selecting other countries will make the card type (credit card) dissappear.  Hopefully Google will fix the problem soon.

If you are waiting for a subsidized phone from the 3 operators, SingTel, M1 and Starhub, you will have to have to wait a bit longer.  There is no information on when the phone will be sold through them.  At the moment, Google is only working with US and European operators.  I will keep an eye on our local operators and will update you once I have more information.

For the moment, pick up your credit card and order from Google if you can’t wait and want to be the first batch of people to own the Nexus One   And let me know if you are able to order one.

Update: I have found Singapoire under the country list, it is called Rep. Of Singapore.

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.

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.

After months of waiting since Google street view car was first spotted on Singapore’s street, we can enjoy this fantastic service provided by Google now.  If you have a PC now, just launch your favourite web browser and go to http://map.google.com.sg/ and drap the little yellow man on the top left corner to any street and enjoy Singapore’s street view.

And what I did was I used my HTC Hero and launched the Google Map, long press my current position on the map and select the address box popped up and went into the StreetView.  And I took a screenshot of my Hero and you can see it from my post.  The compass mode works very well also.   When I turned to different direction, the scene on screen will just follow my direction.

Hi guys, pick up your phones and try it out now!

The official press release of Google StreetView for Singapore is here.

According to HTC, the HD2 will be available in Singapore early December and the recommanded retail price will be SGD1188.

If you like to see more pictures of the HD2 and some videos of it, you can find them here.