Hong Kong

CSL LTE/DC-HSPA+ USB Modem

May 16, 2011 Opinion

In technology we are use to dealing with the chicken and egg scenario. Where one technology break through cannot happen until another happens. With LTE (4G), many carriers are waiting for consumer hardware manufactures to catch up before they invest in LTE infrastructures. Consumer hardware manufactures are waiting for mass consumer acceptance of LTE before [...]

Official Carrier-Unlocked iPhone 4 Returns

April 12, 2011 iPhone

It has been over 6 months since Apple HK sold officially carrier-unlocked iPhone 4 through Apple Store online. Unlike when Apple HK begin to sell iPhone 4 back on July 31, 2010, this time there are no limits on the number a customers can purchase.

iPad 2 Officially Available in Hong Kong

March 23, 2011 Apple Inc.

Apple released a press release confirming the dates of the phase 2 launch of the iPad 2 in 25 more countries. In doing so, Apple finally offer a release date; kind of (at least the month), for Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore.

Smartone-Vodafone & iPhone Personal Hotspot

March 15, 2011 iPhone

After Steve Jobs’ announcement at the “iPad 2 Event” that the Personal Hotspot feature will be available in iOS 4.3, people have been wondering if their mobile carriers will allow the feature to work, and how will these carriers charge for the usage of this feature on their network. Like these users I wonder about it for [...]

A New Look in Hong Kong Fashion

January 14, 2011 Announcement

A pair of fellow Hong Kong bloggers, @HKFashionGeek and HKShoeGeek (@cko01), focus on the latest fashion scene, special offers, pre-sales and new releases in Hong Kong with their site HKFashionGeek, just got a minor face lift with a new logo. Please help me congratulates HKFashionGeek and HKShoeGeek on their new look. Along with a new [...]

Hands On with Jawbone’s Jambox by CSL

January 6, 2011 Review

Last November (2010) Jawbone introduced the Jambox portable bluetooth speaker to the world and today CSL introduce it to Hong Kong customers.

100 Mbps Broadband Upgrade [Updated]

November 18, 2010 Opinion

My broadband service provider, Netvigator (by PCCW), throw the switch of my broadband connection this morning to upgrade it from 30 Mbps to 100 Mbps. Although Netvigator has fiber services to homes unfortunately this is not available for my home. Instead what Netvigator offers at my address is DSL at 100 Mbps. Since my DSL [...]

Smartone-Vodafone Still Doesn’t Understand [Updated]

August 18, 2010 iPad

After I published the Open Letter to Smartone-Vodafone in April, I thought Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) finally understands the needs of its subscribers when they released the new tariff plans for the iPad in July. When the dust is finally settled I finds out SMV still doesn’t understand what subscriber needs.

Hong Kong Mobile Carrier iPhone 4 Tariff Plans

July 29, 2010 iPhone

Yesterday I reported Smartone-Vodafone’s (SMV) tariff plans for the soon to release iPhone 4. Not long after my post was published the other competitors in Hong Kong also release their respective tariff plans for the iPhone 4. With the help of @abc1230 (on Twitter) I have created an English version of the spreadsheet (http://bit.ly/iphone4hkplans) comparing [...]

Smartone-Vodafone Prices for iPhone 4 [Updated]

July 28, 2010 iPhone

As we are only 2 days away from the official iPhone 4 release in Hong Kong. One of the three Apple mobile carrier partners, Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) released their contract prices for the iPhone 4. Note that the only difference among iPhone 4 sold through mobile carrier partners, Apple authorized resellers and Apple HK store online [...]

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