Thailand Stories

Two new apps have been released for the 32nd Bangkok International Motor Show. One for the iPhone and the other for the iPad . Both are free. The show is taking place now, 25 March to 5 April 2011 at the Challenger, Impact Muang Thong Thani. The apps give you …

If you have kids and an iPad then you should rush to get these Talking Books while they are free. These two apps, iReading – Stories Collection I and iReading HD – Virtue Education Story Series are both produced by the excellent Apple Tree Books . I have already bought many of their reasonably priced books for…

The HELLO! Magazine is now 60 years old and has 14 different editions worldwide including Thailand where it is published in the Thai language. Today sees the launch of the iPad version in Thailand. You can download the app for free from iTunes. They …

If you live in Bangkok and are interested in computers or gadgets, then you are probably going to visit Commart Thailand 2011 which takes place this week, 17th-20th March. A new useful app for the iPhone and iPad called Commart Thailand has just been released which will help you get the best prices at the event. The …

Today saw the announcement of details about the new iPad 2. The release date is expected to be 11th March 2011 in America and about 25th March 2011 for 20 or so countries internationally. No news yet about an official release date for Thailand. The iPad 1 was released…

Learning your Times Tables has never been so much fun. No child should ever miss out on knowing something as important as their Times Tables. Tables Splat allows children to develop their speed and accuracy in this fun and enjoyable game. It is always great to …

Speak Shan is the first app ever made for learning the Shan language. Shan is spoken by over three million people in Shan State of Burma, northern Thailand, and southern China. A new app, called Speak Shan , has been released for the iPhone for people to learn a minority language called Shan. There are…

One of the most important places to celebrate Makha Bucha Day, a Buddhist holiday, is at Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan. This royal temple, in Nakhon Si Thammarat in Southern Thailand, houses a relic of the Lord Buddha. On the full…

BBC TV and Radio programmes now on your iPad. Watch and listen live, or choose your favourites from over 400 hours programming from the last 7 days. One of the most eagerly awaited apps for the iPad is the BBC iPlayer . Up to this point, we could only watch BBC programmes on…

The Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit is now available in Thailand at iStudio and iLife. The iPad Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera: using your camera’s USB cable or directly from an SD card. iPad and the Camera Connection Kit support standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW. The…

Translate words and phrases between more than 50 languages using Google Translate for iPhone. For most languages, you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations. There are already a number of apps for the iPhone and iPad that makes use of Google Translate. Some are…

Watch Al Jazeera English live on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Covering the world, bridging cultures and setting the news agenda; the world’s first English language news channel to have its headquarters in the Middle East is now available live on your iPhone/iPod touch with this …

For those of you who play the Stock Exchange in Thailand (SET) you might be interested in a new app for the iPhone and iPad called CNSRealtime . It has real time stock information provided by Capital Nomura Securities. There is another free iPhone app called Settrade Streaming which was released in…

I bought my first iPhone at the end of February 2010 and then started this blog a short time later. Up to now I have been asking people what their favourite iPhone apps were. As I have had an iPhone now for nearly a year, I thought it was time that I put together …

Thai dictionaries have come a long way since the time when I first started learning Thai about seventeen years ago. Back then, most Thai/English dictionaries in the shops were for Thai students. Not much good if you couldn’t read…

Thai Talkboard for the iPad for learning Thai is certainly interesting in it’s approach. Instead of categories and scrolling lists, it gives you a “talk board” where what you see is what you get. Click on any of the phrases and words to hear a native speaker. It is of course very limiting as you only get this one page…

When I first started teaching at Sriwittayapaknam School nearly 17years ago, I used to do penpal projects between my Thai students and students in other countries such as America, England and Australia. It was great fun for all the students involved as they got to communicate with people on the other …

One of the most exciting innovations for the year 2010 is Video Conferencing. Apple introduced it on the iPhone 4 and called it Face Time. I had never tried the front facing camera on the iPhone until today as Skype has finally updated …

Whether you’re on a short trip to Thailand or studying the Thai language in-depth, this iPhone app is the one dictionary you can really use. There are already quite a few Thai/English dictionary apps for the iPhone. Most are aimed at Thai people and so are not good if you…

Looking for some good iPad apps? Here are the Top 10 lists of iPad apps in the Thailand iTunes store for 2010. Top Free iPad Apps in Thailand 2010: iBooks Google Mobile App City Story Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD Hot Tennis 2 Adobe Photoshop Express Restaurant Story Vuvuzela 2010 EC Dict VLC Media Player Want some more? Here are a few from…