Giorgio Armani-Samsung phone launches quietly

If you previously shunned the LG Prada Phone because you are a Giorgio Armani advocate, here's your chance. According to the Korean phone-maker, the Armani phone is immediately available in Asia. In Singapore, the handset retails at S$1,388 and is available at the boutique outlet in Hilton hotel and selected stores across the island.

Besides the usual accessories, the premium pack also comes with a Bluetooth headset, leather case, 2GB microSD card and handset pouch. If for whatever reason you prefer a more affordable co-branded phone, the miCoach by Samsung and Adidas announced last week may be just your thing. We are still awaiting availability of this phone in Asia.

Update: According to Samsung, the miCoach will not be available in Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Is Singapore becoming tech-spensive?

If you are a geek, and are on a trip to Japan or the US, there is no doubt that a visit to a tech shopping area like Akihabara would be in order. Not only do these places have amazing variety that makes your local tech mall look like a 7-Eleven store, prices are generally cheaper there even after you factor in the exchange rate. To a lesser extent, Singapore has had such a reputation in this region, too. You frequently see tourists or businessmen from countries like Malaysian, Indonesia, the Philippines and even the Middle East snapping up items from tech malls like Sim Lim Square and Funan DigitalLife Mall.

But a recent discussion on the Singapore Palm Users' Group (SPUG) got me thinking, is Singapore becoming too expensive?
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N-Gage commercial rollout in "a matter of weeks"

Bits of information about the upcoming N-Gage are streaming in as we inch closer toward the launch date. According to Keith Liu, head of Go-to-Market for Games in Nokia, the commercial launch of the N-Gage First Access is due "in a matter of weeks", which will probably be either this or early next month.

There will be between six and eight titles at launch, with the number expected to grow to about 30 by mid-2008. Each game will cost approximately S$15 to S$18. Although testers are now able to transfer the license key for each game on up to two handsets, end-users will not be able to do so once the service rolls out commercially.
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CellSpin mobile blogging and media platform welcomes Symbian

Up until today, only Windows Mobile 5 and 6 and BlackBerry users could take CellSpin's mobile blogging and media-sharing platform for, well, a spin. On Thursday the San Jose, Calif. company announced a big addition to the family: Phones on the Symbian platform.

Adding Symbian cell phones, many of them high-end, brings CellSpin's free beta service to over 300 handsets and over 30 carriers worldwide.

CellSpinners can quickly share photos, video, text, and audio to Blogger, eBay, Facebook, YouTube, Picasa, LiveJournal, Flickr, and Windows Live Spaces, with more partnerships on the way. Of course, there are a few limitations brought on by the partner sites. YouTube only accepts video submissions, for example, and photos are the only media that can be uploaded to Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook. The blogging sites and eBay accept all four media types.

Via Webware

Padded lampposts for texting walkers

After reading this story, I checked my calendar to make sure it wasn't April Fools' Day. Apparently, lampposts are being padded as a trial in London to protect pedestrians when they are looking at their mobile phone while walking. The trial is being started at Brick Lane, which has the highest number of "walking and texting" injuries in the UK.

This is a prime example of using taxpayers' money to protect the stupid. If someone is dumb enough to walk into a lamppost because he's looking at a phone display instead of where he's going, he deserves that knock on the head. On the bright side, at least the hobos there will have something easy to steal so they can get a better night's rest.

News and image courtesy of Yahoo! (Via Engadget)

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