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We were happy to receive this article from Stephen Etheredge about his experiences of using an iPhone in Thailand. Stories like these are always worth their weight in gold. Please feel free to post a comment if you have anything to add. Having an…

It seems like a good idea to learn Thai on your smartphone. After all, it is always going to be with you wherever you go and so you have no excuse not to learn some phrases in a spare moment. My first learning Thai app is called SurvivalPhrases - Thai …

For most people using an iPhone in Thailand the iTunes Thai Store is pretty dismal. Up until recently you only had access to the iPhone app section. Now it looks like they allow us to browse podcasts as well. However, if you are like myself, and have an account at a store in your home country, then you …

I have said it before, but no-one believed me. This year will see the start of a significant number of people using e-guidebooks instead of hefting around large bricks that the Lonely Planet books are starting to resemble. Lonely Planet actually started to go the right direction when they offered as…

The QR code is basically a two-dimensional barcode that can contain a lot more information than the traditional barcode. The QR (Quick Response) code was first used in Japan in 1994.  In Japan, QR code is used widely in advertising media as most mobile phones can read this code. It hasn’t taken off …

What do smartphones, Twitter and the Red Shirt rallies in Bangkok have in common? The answer is simple. It has at times meant the difference between life and death for foreign tourists and expats in Bangkok. Maybe a little melodramatic, but it has a grain of truth. Without Twitter, and the …

The iPhone officially arrived in Thailand in January 2009. It was sold by True Move who enjoyed a monopoly until March 2010 when DTAC started selling the iPhone. Of course, unlocked iPhones have been around in Thailand since almost day one. Even the iPad could be found in Bangkok a few weeks after the American launch. However, no news yet when True…

One of my complaints about the iPhone is that the batteries tend to run out quickly if you are using it intensively for work. And as we all know, the batteries are built-in so you cannot carry around a spare. On my first walkabout at…

For the first time today my iPhone 3GS didn’t turn on. According to the Apple website, the following are two ways of turning it on or rebooting it. To restart iPhone , first turn iPhone off by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake …