Thailand Stories

This morning TrueMove held a “Blogger Day” at Siam Square where, among other things, they announced new data packages . This will come out soon to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand. There isn’t any announcement on their website yet, but I managed to get …

We have now received official notice that the iPhone 4 will be launched in Thailand next week as expected. According to this picture, posted by siampod on the pantip forums , True will be holding a Midnight Launch Party starting at 10 p.m. on Thursday 23rd September 2010. The iPhone 4 will then …

China is the latest country to launch the iPad which comes out there on Friday 17th September 2010. In the past, Thailand has received Apple products before China but not this time. We still have no official release dates for Thailand which is getting a bit strange…

The three websites of DTAC, TrueMove and AIS are still saying “coming soon” for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. At the moment, AIS and TrueMove are inviting people to register their interest in buying a iPhone 4 handset. At the time of writing, DTAC doesn’t have a page on their website for this, but we are expecting them to …

You can now buy an ‘iPhone without the phone’ at only 7,900 baht! While we are still waiting for the official launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand, the Apple Store here has just launched their new line-up of iPod Touch, iPod nano and iPod shuffle devices. Yesterday, the …

Although there has yet to be any official word, all signs are that the iPhone 4 will be available for pre-order this week in Thailand and will go on sale in the shops from 24th September 2010. Of course, these are just rumours, but…

We are expecting to be able to pre-order the iPhone 4 next week at True, DTAC and AIS websites with an expected release date in Thailand of 24th September. Of course these are just rumours at the moment but AIS have just joined the club this afternoon by…

There are many rumours going around at the moment about the imminent release of the iPhone 4 in Thailand. As the expected release date for the iPhone 4 nears, prices at MBK in the grey market are coming down. Is it now time to buy one or should we wait for the official release in …

Do you want the features of iPhone 4 for not much more than 7,000 Baht? Now you can with the release in America of the new iPod Touch. It does practically everything an iPhone 4 handset does without the expensive carrier charges. Even before the iPhone 4 gets an official release in Thailand, we are already being…

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . Friday 20th August 2010: US Presses Thailand on Extradition Case for Merchant of Death (VOA) http://is.gd/epjSa…

Ever missed an appointment or important email because you were away from your desk? Now Google Mobile App can help with push notifications from your Google account to your iPhone — an icon badge shows you’ve got new mail in Gmail, and Google Calendar event reminders appear right on your home screen. You can get the update…

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . Friday 13th August 2010: Pregnant woman, who the Queen praised for chasing car thieves, gives…

For over a month now I have been eagerly scanning the newswires and Internet blogs for any reports about the release date for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. Back in June 2010 we predicted that the iPhone 4 would be released in Thailand in September 2010. We…

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . Friday 6th August 2010: The Bangkok Post today, including the front cover picture, is in 3D. http://twitpic.com/2by5kt # King …

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . Friday 30th July 2010: At about 3am @ js100radio reported an …

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . I have also started a new version of my Bangkok Dangerous Map as…

Over the recent long holiday weekend in Thailand, we celebrated two important Buddhist holidays: Asarnha Bucha and Khao Phansa. The first takes place on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month. It commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon to his first five disciples. On this day people celebrate the Triple Gem. This represents…

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . Weekend 16th-18th July 2010 US names new Thailand envoy http://j.mp/bWKMFJ Democrats, who are facing dissolution, held merit-making rituals to “shore up the party’s waning luck” /BkkPost…

True Move have just released the iPhone 3GS 8GB in Thailand this week with attractive prices starting at only 1,235 baht per month. You will also get a free leather case. The iPhone 3GS 8GB basically replaces the old iPhone 3G with better speeds and camera. Up to this point in Thailand, we only had iPhone 3GS 16GB …

We noticed yesterday for the first time that the iPhone 4 is being featured on the front page of Apple’s Thailand wesbite. If you visit http://www.apple.com/th which is Apple’s homepage for Thailand, you will see that there …