Personally, I don’t foresee myself using the DBS mobile banking service until they decide to make some changes to the authentication procedure. However, since this might be a security issue, DBS probably wouldn’t enhance the login procedure. Oh well!

DBS Mobile Banking site (can only be accessed with phones): DBS mBanking

DBS Bank and POSB customers can now access mobile banking services that allow transactions to be carried out on mobile phones.

Singapore’s biggest lender finally joined rivals OCBC Bank, Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank in offering the increasingly popular facility.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_513714.html

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When I first received the Nokia X6, I was told that its greatest plus point is the music function of the X6. So immediately I started to play some of the default music that came with the X6 and I was surprised. The music quality was superb! Seriously, it sounded like the phone came with an in-built bass! I was listening to some music on the Nokia X6 while talking to my friends online over voice chat, and they were even surprised that music quality sounds so good over my microphone to their speakers! I think Nokia played it right this time, to target a niche market of music-crazy mobile phone users. What’s more, the phone comes with 32Gb on-board memory, which means you can store crazy amount of music in your phone!

How Nokia distinguishes itself from other handset makers in the musical phone industry is with its unlimited music download service “Comes With Music”. The site Comes With Music http://www.nokia.com.sg/explore-services/music/comes-with-music have millions of songs that you can download for free! My set even came with a Nokia headphone to listen to my endless choices of songs!

Another factor of the Nokia X6 is its home screen, it can display your emails, facebook contacts, RSS feeds linked directly from your homepage. It is obvious that this phone not only targets the youths that loves their music, but people that love their social networking tools to be part of their mobile phones. Over all, the phone feels nice to touch, by that I mean the screen is sensitive enough to accurately display what I select. It is definitely by far more sensitive than many other touch screen phones in the market currently. Nokia also added a setting to prevent clicking wrong buttons; you would have to double click on some of the options to select them.

The best part of the Nokia X6 is definitely its simplicity. As I’m not a frequent Nokia phone user, I’m not sure how Nokia have evolved its GUI, I’ve heard that some Nokia phones come with very complicated interface with many applications that people don’t use. However, with the Nokia X6, the menu only pops up 12 options ranging from phone setting to Apps. The menu interface is not cluttered and the home screen interface gives its users maximum interactability.

The X6 is already out in Singapore stores and the last I heard, it’s selling at about SG$1000 or $380+ with a Singtel plan. For a phone that is simple, sweet, great sound, great camera, it’s definitely a good deal!

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With a smart phone, it was naturally for me to want to install some cool applications to enhance my experience with the phone. LG launched it’s first phone application store with the LG Joy phone that features many different kinds of Windows mobile programs and games. The list of applications I bought from the store were:

Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit Poker for Windows Mobile Pocket PC

I love to play Texas Hold’em. It’s the perfect game to play while traveling.

SMS-Chat – Unlimited Threaded SMS Messaging! Simply the Best!

U got this application so that my SMS will look more like one from a chat messenger. Some phones already have this function, but those that don’t, you can just download this application to customize how your sms chat looks.

Spb Backup 2 – #1 Best Selling Backup Program!

This is something EVERYONE should get. Backing up all your data of your handphone is really important. Especially if you like to change your handphone all the time, or just incase you lose your handphone or you need to send it for repair.

Superior Theme Pack – Over 500 Themes!

I haven’t yet tried out all the themes, but there are over 500 themes to chose from!

Tetris Refresh

Another classic game that every handphone should have!

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It was love at first sight when I first saw this phone – the LG Crystal GD900. The Crystal’s see-through keypad is so awesome! The keypad not only functions as a normal keypad, it is also touch-screen. Meaning, the screen of the GD900 is touch-screen, and the crystal portion also works as a touchpad and can be used as a mouse to navigate! Another added feature of the Crystal is its Gesture Shortcut ability, by drawing pre-determined symbols on the touchpad, it will load the shortcut function that is assigned to the symbol you chose. Although, I’m such a klutz, I’m sure I’ll manage to somehow break it.

The model’s hot~

Thanks Sab for helping me take this picture! She’s using the LG Smartphone GM730 to capture this shot

You can read more about my first thoughts about the LG GM730 Smartphone here

Group picture of the bloggers and the LG Smartphone mascots taken from IZ’s blog

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This is the LG Smartphone GM730. LG have many promising plans and strategies with the launch of LG’s very own Smartphone. Following the footsteps of their competitors, LG designed a Smartphone for users that wants more customizability and usability of their phones. The difference is that LG’s Smartphone aims to target users that are new to Smartphones with its intuitive user interface design. “You don’t have to outsmart your smartphone” approach. Another demographic that LG aims to reach are those that wants to use the Smartphone for more than just business.

LG will be launching their own LG store in Singapore and Australia after 14th July 2009. With it, thousands of applications will be made available, given the choice of free, free to try, and direct purchase. The bloggers will have the opportunity to download some apps before the 14th July!!! We’ll be ask to report bugs and give feedback on improving the store, what more, the best contributors get free credits to download apps!

After trying out the LG GM730, I felt there were many similarities between the LG smartphone and the iPhone. The interface is slightly different since the smartphone uses the S-cube interface and it also have a multi-tasking function that allows you to perform many functions at the same time. I guess I need to play around the phone more to experience the convenience of having a smartphone

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The phone comes in stylish touchscreen face with a QWERTY keypad that can slide out. Some new and improved features of the LG Prada 2 include 3G compatibility with video calling, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, a 5 mega pixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens, full HTML browser and Wi-Fi accessibility. The functions of the phone are rather similar to most new mobile phones out there now, messaging, pictures, games etc. but what really sets the LG Prada phone apart from its competitors is the sleek and stylish fashion accessory launched with the Prada phone – the Prada Link.

(my number censored so u cant stalk me!)

The Prada Link has a big enough interface to show messages, missed calls, caller IDs clearly, the watch still looks very stylish and reminds me of some futuristic gadgets you would expect to see on a science fiction movie. However, sadly, you won’t be able to answer your phone via the Prada Link. The Prada Link currently only works with the LG Prada phone, so if you’re bent on wearing this latest fashion statement, you’ll have to get the phone too! I won’t be surprised if people were to purchase LG Prada because of this watch.

At the LG Prada launch, Chang Ma – Vice President of Marketing Strategy from LG and Matteo Sessa Vitali – Licensing Director from Prada, did mention that this watch is made for both men and women. The watch does look quite adrogenous, and they did mention there would be straps that you can change to suit individual’s taste. However, I haven’t had the opportunity to see the different colour and sizes straps to judge if I would like any of them. The default black actually looks sleek and fits in with the futuristic theme! The watch’s core is made with stainless steel metal, with black leather band, and it is, very importantly, 3 ATM waterproof.

I’ll blog about my experience at the LG Prada event, the six stars St Regis hotel, other bloggers I met (including KennySia and other international bloggers!) and the pictures soon!

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