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Comex enjoys consumer electronics buzz in Singapore
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06 September 10
The Business Times by Victoria Ho
WITH the electronics market enjoying a revival, exhibitors at Comex this year say the buzz from consumers was back on the show floor. The IT fair, held at Suntec City over the past four days, drew 815,000 visitors and takings of $68.5 million this year, according to its organiser, Eastern Directories. Melvin Koh, general manager at Eastern Directories, said 330,000 square feet of exhibit space ...
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Comex 2010 opens today
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02 September 10
The Business Times
GADGET lovers looking for the greatest and best at bargain prices will be flocking to Suntec for the Comex 2010, tradeshow which opens today. The show will run till Sunday and is expected to attract a record number of visitors and generate millions of dollars in sales Last year, the show attracted more than 710,000 visitors and generated sales worth US$63 million. According to Melvin Koh, ...
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Faster, cheaper high-end broadband
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01 September 10
The Strait Times by Chua Hian Hou
SINGAPORE'S next-generation broadband network has finally arrived, and a price war for high-speed services is on the boil. A new entrant to the consumer broadband market, SuperInternet, is offering plans for 100 Mbps broadband - fast enough to download an entire DVD-quality movie in minutes - for just $50 a month, beginning today. This is 42 per cent cheaper than a similar plan offered by ...
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Discount for those who now want OpenNet
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01 September 10
The Strait Times
AT THE media conference announcing its new broadband services yesterday, SingTel said OpenNet will offer discounted installation rates to home owners who had previously rejected its offer to wire up their homes for free, but who have since changed their minds. OpenNet, the company contracted to lay the fibre-optic network, saw rejection rates as high as 50 per cent when asking home owners to ...
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New Products
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01 September 10
The Strait Times by Phebe Bay
- DUAL CAMERA Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA100 $1,199, from authorised Sanyo dealers This Sanyo camera allows users to take 14-megapixel photos and full high-definition videos in 1,920 x 1,080/60i mode. It can capture underwater footage up to a depth of 3m. A ...
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MIL cameras
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01 September 10
The Strait Times
Choosing a digital camera used to be easier. If you wanted to take professional-looking photos and could afford it, go for a DSLR camera. If you craved convenience above all else, go for a compact camera. - - Samsung NX10 COMEX PRICE: $1,199 white 30mm kit (above); $1,099 for 18-55mm OIS kit;) Booths 8328 and 8328A - - But these equations have changed today. One big reason is ...
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Get top broadband service
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01 September 10
The Strait Times by Grace Chng
The bugbear of the uber-technophile who hates slow and flickering Internet video footage is about to be squashed. At least, that is the promise that comes with services being driven over Singapore's ultra-fast digital highway, the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN). The opening of the services was launched yesterday. Four service levels - at different prices - are being ...
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Movie streaming for the iPhone
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01 September 10
The Strait Times by Tan Chong Yaw
Video-streaming service Netflix launched an app last Thursday which allows iPhone (above) and iPod Touch users to enjoy movies on their devices. Like video-sharing website YouTube, the movies are streamed - not downloaded - to a device. Think of it like a personal TV broadcast service. An Netflix iPad app is already available. A subscription to Netflix starts at US$8.99 a month. But users in ...
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Samsung N230 netbook
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01 September 10
The Strait Times
TECH SPECS - Intel Atom N470 1.83GHz processor - 1GB DDR2 memory - 250GB hard drive - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics - 10/100Mbps Ethernet, wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n - Windows 7 Starter With its tapered edges and a razor-thin side profile, Samsung's latest all-black netbook exudes business chic, putting it in a class above the sea of drab-looking laptops in the ...
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2
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01 September 10
The Strait Times by Tan Chong Yaw
TECH SPECS - 12.1 megapixels - 17.3mm x 13mm Live MOS sensor - 3-inch LCD, with 460,000 pixels - ISO6,400, 1/4,000 to 60 seconds Without taking my eye off the viewfinder of this camera, I can switch from shooting photos to videos by moving my finger by less than 1cm - the distance which separates the shutter and video buttons. I found this level of convenience incredible as someone ...
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Telcos take their fight to the next level
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01 September 10
The Business Times by Winston Chai And Victoria Ho
(SINGAPORE) Local telcos SingTel, StarHub and M1 are taking their bitter rivalry from this generation to the next in a services showdown on Singapore's next information superhighway. The country's new fibre-optic backbone opens for business today and the three telcos will go head-to-head on an entire spectrum of new ultra high-speed broadband packages for consumers and businesses. The first ...
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Govt moves seen spurring entry of new telcos
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31 August 10
The Business Times by Jamie Lee
(SINGAPORE) Fresh moves by the government to deter anti-competitive behaviour by telcos are aimed at bringing in more broadband service providers to make the best use of Singapore's upcoming high-speed network, analysts say. Last Friday, the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts proposed stiffer penalties - among other things - for telcos that unfairly elbow out competitors. It has ...
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Sales, margin boost for Micro-Mechanics
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31 August 10
The Business Times
THANKS to a surge in revenue and gross profit margin, Micro-Mechanics (Holdings) posted a net profit of $4.8 million for the full year ended June 30, way above the net earnings of $540,000 for FY2009. This translated to earnings per share of 3.44 cents, up from 0.39 cent. The period saw gross profit margin surging to 47.5 per cent from 38.8 per cent. Although the designer and manufacturer of ...
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New technology expected to spur smart card use: Frost
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30 August 10
The Business Times by Amit Roy Choudhury
SINGAPORE is expected to see a healthy growth in the number of transactions taking place by means of contactless smart cards, especially with the advance of NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. Reuben Foong, a research analyst with Frost & Sullivan, told BizIT that NFC is a much anticipated technology both in the Asia-Pacific region as well as globally, with more than 200 pilot projects ...
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PCs fuel sales of consumer electronics
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30 August 10
The Business Times
CONSUMER electronics demand is alive and well in Singapore, bucking a global downward trend, according to market research company GfK. The company said the global economic crisis has not seemed to dent enthusiasm for personal gadgets and electronics. In particular, desktop PCs sold remarkably well in the second quarter of this year, posting a 39 per cent growth over the same period last year. ...
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