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Getting 3G onto the Apple iPad Without Actually Buying a Microsim

In Geek Toys, Technology on 27 July 2010 tagged 3G, DIY, iPad, microsim, SingTel with no comments

My latest gadget purchase was the Apple iPad, the 16GB 3G version to be exact. While I already did have a data plan on my mobile, I wasn’t about to subscribe to one of the new microsim data plans from either SingTel, StarHub or M1, simply because those plans are a little too rich for [...]

Nokia World 09: How the N97 Mini breaks my heart

In Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology on 3 September 2009 tagged N97, N97 Mini, Nokia, Nokia World with no comments

First day here at Nokia World 09, and it’s been quite an interesting past couple of hours. While i’m still digesting the loads of information shoveled my way, along with finalizing coverage for both HWM and HardwareZone.com, I realized that somehow, large scale events like these always find a way to slap me in the [...]

CrunchPad Specs Revealed

In Geek Toys, Technology on 31 July 2009 tagged Crunchpad, Fusion Garage, Tablet with 45 comments

Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad appears in today’s Singapore Straits Times. The Straits Time team apparently interviewed the Fusion Garage chaps last week. In short, the specifications as revealed by ST is as below: Dimensions: 12.77 x 7.83 x 0.74″ Weight: 1.2kg Screen: 12″ Hardware: 1.6GHz Atom & 1GB RAM Software: Webkit browser/operating system, developed by the [...]

Nokia N97 Preview

In Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology on 24 May 2009 tagged Mobile, N97, Nokia with 2 comments

Despite hanging in the air for close to half a year now since the initial announcement back in December, Nokia’s soon-to-be flagship Nseries device is due to be made available sometime in June this year, a little less than two weeks from now. The timing is no real coincidence, after all, Nokia did say they’d [...]

New Geek Toy: Flip Mino HD

In Geek Toys on 31 March 2009 with 1 comment

Colleague just got back from a junket to Los Angeles for a HP launch, and while he was there, I managed to get him to pick up my geek toy of the month, teh Flip mino HD. Yes, I know i’m ultra-late to the game where the Flip is concerned, but since I missed out [...]