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Before iPhone 4S was launched, I had decided that I would only upgrade if the camera was significantly improved. I know on the outside everything looks the same which I am sure made quite a few people disappointed. But for me, and more importantly for …

The official prices for the new iPhone 4S have now been announced on the website of True Move. The other carriers such as DTAC and AIS are expected to sell at the same price. As you can see, the prices are slightly cheaper than iPhone 4. The following prices include VAT: 16GB – phone only: 22,450 baht / with data package: 21,700 Baht 32GB – …

A few weeks back I started having problems with the “home button” on my iPhone 4. Not too serious at start but after a while I had to press the button hard 3 or 4 times to get it to work. I called True and they said that I should take it to my nearest service center. Not all True shops…

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…

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…

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 …

Now that I have a good camera on the iPhone 4, it is time to think about lenses. One thing I don’t like about the camera on the iPhone is that it isn’t very wide. Sometimes I have to step back in order to get everything in the picture. Now you don’t have to do that with this cool accessory for…

Although the battery life of the iPhone 4 is good and will last the whole day on most occasions, there are times when I run out of battery when I’m covering a live event. For example, when I was documenting the red shirt protests I was using the camera…

With these cables plugged in between your iPhone or iPad and your TV, it is possible to watch movies and photo slideshows on the big screen. This is great when you want to share videos or pictures with a group of friends. …

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…

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…

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 …

Yumnesia is the perfect dining companion. It remembers every dish you eat so you will never forget your favorite (or least favorite) dish again. Take a picture, rate the dish, even add a note, then flip through your past dining …

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 …