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After months of waiting, we now know the details of the latest iPhone mobile device. It is called iPhone 4S and will be released in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on 14th October 2011. Two weeks later, on 28th October 2011, the …

With the MCOT app you can watch live Thai TV such as Ch.9, MCOT 1 and also the English language ASEAN TV channel. In addition there are 62 MCOT radio stations from around Thailand. As well as TV and radio, there is the latest news from MCOT. The default language is Thai but you can switch to …

Smartr’s the fastest way to get your news on Twitter. It turns the links in your twitter feed into beautiful, readable content. One of the main problems with Twitter clients for the iPhone and iPad is that you never know if a link to an article or blog is going to be interesting or not. The only way to…

This is a handy app for discovering the Top 100 iPhone apps for any country around the world. If you are like me and are always on the look out for new and popular apps, then the AppTop100 might prove to be very useful. It is …

NationTV Live Two of Thailand’s 24 hour news stations now have their own dedicated apps for the iPhone. TNN 24 were the first to bring out their live streaming app back in June 2009. As well as live TV, they also have an archive of programmes that you can watch on demand for free. The latest dedicated app for a…

With over 2,000 “survival” phrases and 10,000 words the Thai-English-Thai Collins Phrasebook & Dictionary will meet all your language needs and will make your trips more comfortable and fun. There must be several dozen phrasebooks by now for people who are learning…

Madame Tussaud's in Bangkok The latest world-class tourist attraction to open in Bangkok is Madame Tussaud’s. They already have one in Hong Kong and Shanghai but this is the first Madame Tussaud’s to open in South East Asia. I think it is also the first branch to open …

One of the most beautiful festivals in Thailand takes place on the full moon night of the 12th lunar month. It is known in Thai as Loy Krathong, but is sometimes referred to as the Festival of Lights. The next one will take place …

November in Thailand sees some of my favourite festivals. These include Loy Krathong (21st November 2010), Surin Elephant Round-Up (20-21 November 2010), River Kwai Bridge Week (24 Nov-5 Dec 2010) and the Monkey Buffet Festival (28th November 2010). The sunflower season also kicks off in November. For a full list…

It has been about seven months now since the release of the iPad in America. So far, it hasn’t been officially released in Thailand. However, like many other people, I have already bought an iPad at a store in MBK in Bangkok. Prices have come down so much that it is now comparable to the US and cheaper than the…

On your iPhone, you can now view your Picasa Photo albums and also bulk upload photos from your iPhone to old or new albums by using this free app called Piconhand – Picasa Web Albums on Your Hand . For a while now I have been looking for somewhere to upload my iPhone pictures while I am still …

The iPhone 4 was finally released in Thailand in the early hours of Friday 24th September 2010. We now know the price of the iPhone 4 and the data packages being offered by the three carriers: TrueMove, DTAC and AIS. I was at the launch party last night for TrueMove at Siam Paragon. I will be going back again this …

This evening I gate-crashed TrueMove’s launch party for the iPhone 4 at Siam Paragon. Lot’s of HiSo people, movie stars, pop stars and wannabies. Plenty of celebrities who seemed to already have an iPhone 4. I took pictures of a few of them but the free beer…

All three carriers in Thailand are selling the iPhone 4 at exactly the same price. The midnight launch is tonight and is already fully booked. AIS sold all their quota and now have none left. We expect the same to happen with DTAC and True. In the meantime, we now have the official prices from AIS …

Despite the launch of the iPhone 4 tonight by DTAC, AIS and TrueMove, most customers do not yet know the price of the handset and the new data packages prices. Yesterday, we blogged the leaked prices from TrueMove , now we have …

Late last night I finally received an email from TrueMove about the iPhone Launch. This is a result from registering on their website the other month. At the time they made a big thing about us being the first to…

It seems that within a matter of hours, AIS have managed to take pre-orders for their complete quota of iPhone 4 handsets. When I received my e-mail from them at 3.30 p.m. this afternoon, the 3 rounds on Friday 24th September 2010 were fully booked (see previous blog here ). This only left the midnight launch on…

Last week I registered my interest in buying an iPhone 4 with AIS on their website. I only did so because I wanted to be informed quickly of the availability. I also registered for TrueMove last month. DTAC have a page as well but only for their customers. So far I have only heard back from AIS. In…

With the official launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand by DTAC, AIS and TrueMove at midnight on Thursday, everyone has been asking about the price. The three camps have been very quiet on this. Which is strange as they are asking us…

This morning I received my invitation for TrueMove’s iPhone 4 launch on Thursday 23rd September. It doesn’t give much information. It is basically inviting me to attend a seminar on the topic of iOS 4.1 Thailand at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Apparently, if I go to the that then…