gadgets, tech, and hong kong
SmarTone gets the iPhone 4S; Apple Online Store sells out in minutes
SmarTone (no longer SmarTone-Vodafone) has just started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4S. Their servers are getting absolutely hammered at the moment, but I was able to order one for pick up which will hopefully be next week. As for price plans, they’ve introduced a nice “advise-and-consent” SMS if you go over your data allowance. Say you’re on the 150MB (previously 100MB) and 500MB plans and you go over, SmarTone will SMS you to ask for your permission to top up. As for the top-up price, it’s a much more reasonable $40 per 200MB.
See here for more detailed info on price plans: SmarTone | iPhone 4S – Monthly Plans and Credit Card Offer.
In other news, the official Apple Online Store in Hong Kong also started taking pre-orders this morning around 9am. Ridiculously they allowed each person to order a maximum of 10 iPhones. No wonder they sold out so fast!
Confirmed: Hong Kong to get iPhone 4S on November 11
Hong Kong, are you waiting for the iPhone 4S? Of course you are. If you haven’t snagged one at Sin Tat mall, then wait a little longer, because Apple has announced the iPhone 4S will land on our shores on Remembrance Day, November 11. What’s more, you can actually pre-order starting this Friday, November 4!
CUPERTINO, California—November 1, 2011—Apple® today announced that iPhone® 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, will be available in Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries on Friday, November 11. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 4S beginning on Friday, November 4.
iPhone 4S is packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
Beginning Friday, November 11, iPhone 4S will be available in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania and South Korea. iPhone 4S is available today in 29 countries around the world and will be available in more than 70 countries by the end of the year.
Shame that Siri does not yet have a local Hong Kong database of items to search through… will the official HK launch change things?
Source: Apple PR
iPhone 4S coming to Hong Kong soon
UPDATE: iPhone 4S will launch in Hong Kong on November 11, 2011.
The iPhone 4S has made it onto Apple Hong Kong’s home page. No official date for the HK release has been announced, and unfortunately Siri’s database does not include Hong Kong yet (Apple Daily, video in Chinese).
Join the forum discussion on this postHKJC app now compatible with iOS 5
After news from HKJC warned users to be aware of incompatibility issues with iOS 5, the HKJC has finally released today version 1.0.6 with iOS 5 compatibility.
Grab the latest version here: Mobile Betting Service (iTunes)
Join the forum discussion on this postMTR and The Standard for iPad apps updated
Couple of Hong Kong-related app updates:
MTR Mobile 4.1 (link)
MTR Mobile 4.1 更新:
1. 用戶現可在「更多」-> 「資料更新」中管理資料庫的更新。
MTR Mobile 4.1 Update:
1. User can now manage the data update manually in “More” -> “Data update”.
The Standard for iPad (link)
What’s New In Version 2.4.3
- Resolve the compatibility issues on iOS 5
- Enhance the overall download performance
VIDEO: History of the iPhone
[CNET UK] Dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs.
From CNET UK: The iPhone might be at the cutting edge of technology but it took a long time and many innovations to get there, take a trip through history and explore the people and technology that contributed to the iPhone becoming what it is today.
Fix your broken Music in iOS 5
I upgraded three iOS devices to iOS 5 (iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2) and all of them would not play any music nor podcasts in the new Music app. The music and thumbnails were there but flat out refused to play.
The fix was to uncheck the “sync music” box in each device, hit apply, and re-sync all music over.
Hope this works for you as well.