The face of Asus: Chairman Jonney Shih. Aloysius Low/CNET JAKARTA, Indonesia — Striding confidently onto the stage at the company’s ZenFone launch this week was Asus Chairman Jonney Shih. Well known for being the face of the company, it was Shih, not Jerry Shen, the current CEO of Asus, who announced the new Android-powered smartphones …
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The ZenFone 4 is the cheapest handset launched today in Jakarta with a $95 price tag without contract. Josh Miller/CNET JAKARTA, Indonesia — Originally announced at CES earlier this year, the Asus ZenFone series of Intel-powered handsets will finally make its way to the hands of consumers in Southeast Asia as early as May. Having already launched earlier in Taiwan …
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OpenSignal While Singapore isn’t a big country when compared to the rest of Asia (or anywhere else, for that matter), the sunny island state can boast a robust LTE network based on a findings from a new OpenSignal report. This follows an earlier write-up on the state of the US 4G network, which showed that those in the US enjoyed …
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This shot of Benjamin Ho, HTC’s chief marketing officer, was taken with the new HTC One M8. Aloysius Low/CNET SINGAPORE — Everyone knows HTC isn’t doing so great — especially after this week’s quarterly earnings report. But Benjamin Ho, the company’s chief marketing officer, brushes aside the short-term view. In an interview with CNET, Ho said he isn’t overly concerned …
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Sony’s 4K-shooting smartphone is now available in Singapore. Andrew Hoyle/CNET You can now get Sony’s water-resistant 5.2-inch Android handset in Singapore for S$998 ($792) without an operator contract or at a subsidised contract price from any of the three local carriers. And the good news is if you’re among the first few buyers, you’ll also be getting a Sony Smartband …
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Out with the old, in with the new. Cyanogen Cyanogen, the company founded to promote the popular Android ROM CyanogenMod, released a new logo this week that its says represents the concept of choice. Looking at the logo, however, I can help but think it somewhat resembles the evil OmniCorp logo in RoboCop. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of things …
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Cortana won’t reach Asia till 2015. James Martin/CNET The latest Windows Phone 8.1 update will make its way to most Windows handsets in the new few months. But if you live in Asia, chances are that some of the more exciting features, such as the Cortana virtual voice assistant, will be missing. This should come as no surprise to most …
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The Gionee Elife S5.5 will soon be available in India. Aloysius Low/CNET China’s Gionee Elife S5.5 claims to be the world’s thinnest smartphone thanks to its 5.5mm-thin frame and the good news is, if you live in India, you’ll be able to get your hands on it soon (mid-April) for just 22,999 Indian Rupees ($383). For the price you’re paying, …
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The new HTC One M8 Andrew Hoyle/CNET Making its debut outside of its home market in Taiwan is the HTC One M8 . Unveiled at a launch event last night in Singapore, the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s flagship handset will be available for 998 Singapore dollars ($792) in the island state on April 5, ahead of Samsung’s global April 11 launch …
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Apple’s iPad Air Josh Miller/CNET If you’re living in China and missing out on the 4G action on your iPad Air or Mini , the good news is that the TD-LTE models of both slates are now available. Both the Air and Mini sport a different model number — A1476 and A1491 — and are meant to work on the …
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