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Took HTC long enough, but the HTC Dream (made famous as the T-Mobile G1 in the United States) is now finally available in Singapore, thanks to the chaps at SingTel. Now, not only does the biggest telco in Singapore have the Apple iPhone 3G, but now they’re also the first operator in Asia to bring their customers an Android-powered handset. While parallel imported units of the HTC Dream have already been floating around thaks to enterprising individuals looking to make a quick buck, here’s your chance to pick one up for less money, along with a contract. Not only that, Optus Australia (also owned by SingTel), will be also be carrying the HTC Dream.

As for how much the HTC Dream will cost you in this part of the world, we’re still waiting on an official announcement from SingTel.

Check out the full press release after the break.

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It’s official. The 5800 XpressMusic is hitting Malaysian shores come early January 2009. Considering that this is the first S60 touchscreen phone from Nokia, I’m pretty sure there are quite a number of people who are just waiting to get their hands on it. DC’s initial complaints about the 5800 aside I would really like to get my hands on this baby one more time and give it a run. Hopefully it won’t disappoint.

The web’s all abuzz with Nokia’s announcement of their new flagship mobile device, the Nokia N97, at the 2008 chapter of Nokia World, which is currently ongoing in Barcelona.

Digging through the live feed, press release and other information available, here are some of the more standout specifications that Nokia crams into the N97:

• 32GB of on-board storage; a microSD slot enables even more. 16GB cards are already shipping, and we should be seeing 32GB cards in a matter of months.
• 16:9 touchscreen display, with 640×360 pixel resolution, 3.5″ in size; the screen on the N97 is a smidge larger than on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic for example, but has the same resolution and aspect ratio.
• QWERTY keyboard; this combined with the onscreen virtual keyboard should make typing a cinch in just about any situation. Finally, blogging on the go will be the seamless, hassle free process that every mobile blogger dreams about.

Other features include 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, DVD-quality (really?) video capture, HSDPA, GPS and WLAN. Continue reading →