Singaporeans will have the chance of purchasing a very special version of the Nokia N97 Mini. The RAOUL is a Special but very limited Edition phone. If you do want a Mini instead of the real N97, and if you do want a RAOUL, then you’ll have to pay around 400 Euros or about $589 to get it. What do you get? A leather case with the word RAOUL on it, an additional emblazoned back cover and a custom designed Fashion Asia widget. Only 1,000 units will be available so hurry up and get one if you really want it.

via GSM Arena

Tags: Cell Phones, Mini, N97, Nokia, Nokia, Raoul, Singapore, special edition

Can’t wait to get your hands on Samsung’s Omnia II? Well grab the first flight departing to Singapore this weekend. That’s where the phone will be launched already. The phone will be available of around $618 off contract. Add to that the roundtrip plane fare and you’re going to get your Omnia II earlier than everyone else. So what about other markets Samsung? When will the rest of us mortals see the Omnia II in stores?

via Samsung

Tags: launch, Mobile News, Omnia II, Portable Devices, Samsung, Samsung, Singapore

Sony Ericsson has a new special event scheduled for this Wednesday, June 17. The company will probably launch at least one new phone if not more. Are we going to see that much rumored Xperia X2 officially emerge? What else could Sony Ericsson have up its sleeve? It should be pretty hot considering that Sony Ericsson wants to absolutely launch something ahead of the CommunicAsia event. Sony Ericsson’s event is scheduled for 4:30PM Singapore time and we’ll show you soon the new phones.

via clubsonyericsson

Tags: communicasia, event, Singapore, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, X2, Xperia X2

Nokia’s own app store, the Ovi Store, has been soft launched in Australia, Ireland and Singapore. According to Nokia we should “expect a broader announcement and consumer availability soon.” We should probably see the Ovi Store available in other countries soon but we have no idea what soon actually means. In the mean time, check out the shots above for some Nokia Ovi Store action as it would show on a N97 or a 5800.

via allaboutsymbian

Tags: 5800, App Store, Australia, Ireland, Mobile News, Mobile Software, N97, Nokia, Nokia, Ovi Store, Portable Devices, Singapore

Acer seems to like more and more the mobile business. The company will be launching eight smartphones for the Singaporean market in 2009. So far the available handsets are the dual-SIM DX900, the dual-face DX650, and the X960. In May the F900 and M900 are set to arrive and later on the F1, L1 and C1 will also be available. Let’s take another look at the specs of the first five Acer phones:

DX900:

• 2.8-inch WVGA touch screen
• Samsung SC3 6400 533 MHz Processor
• 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM
• Dual-SIM with SIM 1 supporting HSDPA / UMTS 2100/1900/850 MHz and quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, and SIM 2 supporting GSM tri-band 900/1800/1900
• 1.3 megapixel autofocus camera, VGA front camera
• Wi-Fi, BT 2.0+EDR, GPS
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Pocket PC Phone edition with Spb Mobile Shell v2.1

DX650:

• Dual-Face design with touchscreen on one side and keypad on the other
• 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen
• Samsung SC3 6410 533 MHz Processor
• 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM
• 2 megapixel fixed focus camera
• GPS, Wi-Fi, BT 2.0+EDR
• Windows Mobile 6.1 with Spb Mobile Shell v2.1
• Standby time 150h / Talk time: 4h

X960:

• Samsung SC3 6410 533 MHz Processor
• 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM
• High speed HSPA connectivity
• 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera, 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera
• Wi-Fi, BT 2.0+EDR, GPS
• Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office, widget-based Acer Shell v2.0 UI

F900:

• Samsung SC3 6410 533 MHz Processor
• 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM
• 3.8″ WVGA touch screen
• GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSDPA/HSUPA: 2100/1900/850 Mhz
• 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera
• Wi-Fi, BT 2.0+EDR, GPS
• Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office, widget-based Acer Shell v2.0 UI

M900:

• Physical QWERTY keyboard
• 3.8-inch WVGA touch screen
• GSM/EDGE: Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSDPA/HSUPA: 2100/1900/850 Mhz
• Fingerprint reader
• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera
• Wi-Fi, BT 2.0+EDR, GPS
• Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office, widget-based Acer Shell v2.0 UI

Tags: Acer, Mobile News, Other Brands, Singapore

In case you are waiting for the first handsets capable of upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.5, the Touch Pro2 an the Touch Diamond2 from HTC, to arrive then you should make sure you have secured the funds needed to purchase either one of them. HTC has announced prices in Singapore for the two handsets. The Pro2 will cost $887 and the Diamond2 will cost $726. Too much you say? Well they are indeed expensive if purchased unlocked without a contract. You should be able to get them for subsidized prices from your local carriers when they become available.

via Press

Tags: HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Prices, Singapore, Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2

We’ve seen Dell’s new Studio model, the 1555 on a Dell support page and now we have some features for it. Dell Singapore has made it a little more official as it has posted specs and pricing already. The 1555 will come with a 15.6-inch WLED 1366 x 768 screen, a 2.4 GHz P8600 Core 2 Duo, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB drive and a 512MB Radeon HD 4570 graphics card from ATI. All that will cost about $1,044 in Singapore. It will probably arrive in the U.S. soon and we’ll make sure you find out about it in time.

via Dell Singapore

Tags: 1555, Dell, laptop, Laptops, Mobile News, Singapore, Studio

Nokia isn’t a very big name in Korea. The Finish manufacturer hasn’t been shipping any new phones to Korea since 2003. But now it looks like it’s ready to send phones to Korea as the WIPI regulation will soon be lifted. And Nokia has a cool phone for the Korean market. It’s the 6210 Navigator, a phone that might impress even the toughest Korean customers.

Or won’t it? It seems that these Korean customers won’t be able to use the navigation capabilities of the 6210. Which means the 6210 won’t be a good Navigator for anyone in Korea. According to Korean regulations, Nokia has to “embed a server with stored map information” in Korea. Nokia has one in Singapore and it wants to use it. So how is Nokia going to make an impression if they don’t want to play by Korean rules?

Tags: 6210 navigator, GPS, GPS, korea, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, Nokia, Singapore