Thailand Stories

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…

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…

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 . 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 …

Fans of True Academy Fantasia Season 7 will be happy to hear that an iPhone app has just been released for this popular reality show now in its seventh season. You can now watch live streaming of True AF7 as well as a wealth of video archives from the previous week. I tested it out…

The iPhone 4 will finally be available tomorrow, 24th June 2010, for those people lucky enough to live in US, France, Germany, Japan and the UK. Expect  long queues and units sold out that first day. In Thailand, the iPhone probably won’t enter the grey market at MBK until the end of June at the …

At the moment we still don’t have any official news of release dates and prices for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. However, the TrueMove website is already advertising on their front page for the iPhone 4 to be “coming soon” to Thailand. At the moment, we are expecting the iPhone to be released during September 2010. However, can you really keep …

The interest in the new iPhone 4 has overwhelmed even the people at Apple. On Tuesday this week, Americans could place pre-orders for the first time for the iPhone 4 which is expected to ship on 24th June. But the demand was so high that it crashed the payment …

True Move and DTAC have both released to the Thai media brief press releases confirming their intention on selling the new iPhone 4 in Thailand. This follows the recent keynote speech about the iPhone 4 by Steve Jobs. TRUE MOVE: “ทรูมูฟ พร้อมเปิดตัว iPhone 4 ในประเทศไทย อย่างยิ่งใหญ่อีกครั้ง เร็วๆ นี้ ซึ่ง iPhone 4 เป็นสมาร์ทโฟนที่บางที่สุดในโลก พร้อมการแสดงผลบนหน้าจอโทรศัพท์มือถือที่มีความละเอียดสูงสุด ติดตามรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติม …

In the early hours of the morning, Thailand time, the new iPhone 4 was unveiled to the public for the first. Due to the number of leaks, there weren’t really that many surprises, but it was good at least to have some of the rumours confirmed. Some of the major new features include: iPhone Stills …

Skype recently updated its iPhone application to allow you to make Skype to Skype calls over 3G. Previously we could only do that using WiFi. When I first upgraded the Skype app a message said it was free only until August 2010. But when I…

‘Happy’ introduces “Happy Internet”, the new SIM that require neither minimum charges nor any service package subscription but impose a flat rate of only 25 satang per minute. The new product is to support social media, which are serving the users of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and bloggers. The Bt69 Happy Internet SIMs…

One of the benefits of having a data plan with True Move is their 3G network. On the downside, it is mainly limited to locations in Bangkok and cities such as Chiang Mai, Chonburi, Phuket and Maha Sarakham. However, I had …

The iPhone 3G has been in Thailand for a year already but we still don’t have a comprehensive 3G coverage. It is true there is some coverage in places like the big shopping malls in Bangkok and also over at Suvarnabhumi Airport. …