From CNET Asia :

Just four more days to go before the iPhone 3G debuts in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand. Countries like Macau, Singapore and The Philippines will be getting the handset in the later part of the year.

When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 3G with its new price (US$199 for the 8GB and US$299 for the 16GB), I thought that was it. I knew I was going to get the handset when it comes to Asia. But the initial rush of enthusiasm started dissipating once the telcos unveiled their data plans for the iPhone 3G last week. Factor in the monthly data subscriptions and the deals don’t look that enticing anymore.

To date, four operators–Optus, Telstra, 3 Hong Kong and SoftBank–have announced their service plans. For the record, Telstra wasn’t in the list of exclusive carriers to sell the iPhone 3G on July 11 when Jobs first announced availability schedules. It’s hard to keep track of everything that’s happening. So if you want to keep your finger on the pulse of the iPhone 3G in Asia, here’s where you should go.

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This week’s review comes earlier as I’m in China right now and will have limited internet access tomorrow -.-”

Facebook murder
Blogged about this earlier in the week.. poor rising starlet got murdered in a facebook reunion. Was Facebook the cause of it?
CNET Asia - Geekonomics : Did Facebook cause the death of this rising star?

Samsung’s iPhone killer
Been hearing about this phone for a while, may even get a set to review soon, will tell you more about it then.
Techielobang : Samsung i900 Omnia to fight HTC Touch Diamond, iPhone?
Chronosphere : Samsung i900 Omnia announced

iPhone reservation in Singapore
So finally, the iPhone has arrived in Singapore thanks to telecommunications giant Singtel whose operations span across Asia and even to Australia. So what’s this about a ’stupid’ reservation system where after a reservation online you still have to go down to the shop physically to confirm it?
The EOK.Network : SingTel’s iPhone reservation system that isn’t

PC Show 2008
The 18th show! So did you manage to catch it? Sadly I missed it due to my travelling. But you still have one more day to catch it if you didn’t! Though I’m not really an IT show kinda geek, I saw some really cheap pricings listed out there (see link)
CNET Asia - Geekonomics : The PC Show 2008

3G iPhone
So it’s finally launched… obviously I haven’t had the chance to take a look at it but it sure looks like reactions are mixed, with quite a few disappointments. You judge for yourself I guess..
Techielobang : Is this the 3G iphone finally
engadget : iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th

Grand Theft Auto IV : Latest response to Saint’s Row
Saint’s Row based GTA IV for lacking stuff to do in it and top in-game GTA IV movie maker Brotha made a video in response. Well since I never got really far in the game, these videos help me to appreciate the scenes which I never got to see.
Gametrailers : GTA IV’s answer to Saint’s Row

Yahoo! + Google = formidable?
Very interesting… Microsoft’s months of wooing seems to have only succeeded in driving Yahoo! to their competitor. Maybe that was Yahoo!’s game all along?
SFGate : Yahoo-Google ad pact raises antitrust eyebrows

I’ve blogged 2 new posts about a gruesome murder that took place after a facebook reunion and about mobile phones that can create popcorns, go check it out.

OK. I’ve done it. Now I’m undone.

I’ve started my own tech blog. Woe is me who’s already busy enough with my other blogs?

Worse still, I’ve done it on my own domain and got myself into this zany world of wordpress installs and plugins.

Life will never be the same again. Well, it was never normal to begin with.

While waiting for me to really get this site up and running, if you are new to my geek world, do check out

My LinkedIN profile

My CNET Asia blog

My thoughts on life - highway of life

Some past tech blog posts - what you might possibly expect from this blog :

Dealing with WIFI tappers

The latest on social networks

Green tech for data centres

SaaS in Singapore

Making US$10mil from CNET Asia

O2 Asia closed doors

Overclocking my PC - the women don’t get it

Singapore government and Second Life

Till the next post! (while this geek figures out his wordpress and plugins)