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Selamat Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya to our Muslim friends! Have a joyous and blessed Aidilfitri with your family. #hariraya

Shouting out to all StarHub Mobile Subscribers! : StarHub calls on customers to pledge 4G4Good

Just in case you are still not aware of this.

Customers of StarHub Mobile are now given the power to pledge their unused talktime, mobile data and SMS for a good cause. 4G4Good is available to all StarHub Mobile post-paid customers. They can opt to pledge their unused talktime, mobile data and SMS for their August billing cycle by SMSing Opt-in to 6904. Customers can make their pledges between 12 July and 31 August 2014 and pledges from billing cycles ending in August 2014 will be consolidated.

StarHub will then provide talktime, mobile data and SMS on a monthly basis to a number of individual beneficiaries from the five 4G4Good charitable organisations. The free talktime, mobile data and SMS will be provided for one year beginning from October 2014. These organisations were selected as their clients and caregivers could benefit greatly from mobile communication to stay in touch with their loved ones, potential employers and medical help, yet they are in circumstances where maintaining a mobile communication device was difficult or impossible.

In addition, all members of the public can donate their working pre-loved mobile smartphones and chargers to these beneficiaries, via StarHub Shops at Bedok Mall, Tampines Mall, Plaza Singapura and Westgate, as well as at StarHub’s corporate office at StarHub Green. Donations can be made in sealed StarHub envelopes, available at donation boxes at the above locations, from 12 July till 31 December 2014. All data in donated phones will be wiped clean to protect the customers’ privacy.

Remember to:

• SMS “Opt-in” to 6904 to pledge your unused minutes, SMS & data
• Donate your pre-loved smartphones (in working condition with charger!)
• Tell your family and friends to do the same!

Find out more on http://www.starhub.com/4Good

Considering Nokia Lumia 930? You certainly must read this!

This is what you need to know about Windows Phone!

Windows Phone brings a lot of cool features like Family Room and Live Tiles. From the recent survey conducted, we learnt that Family Room is one of the top favorite feature that our Windows Phone users love.

As shared by @stardust2810, Family Room allows you to share notes, a calendar, photos, and participate in a group chat with people you choose. These are the features available to the group you create:

• Room Chat - Unlike with group texting, every Room member in a Room Chat session sees each other’s messages and replies, making it easy to keep everyone in-the-loop—and only Room members can see those messages. And with the new Location Sharing feature you can just as easily let everyone else in a Room know exactly where they are.
  
• Shared Calendar - Every Room has a shared calendar, which all Room members can view and update. If anyone adds an event or makes a change, it is automatically synced to all other Room members’ phones. Don't worry if you having family members who are not using Windows Phone, they can also stay connected with you.
  
• Shared Photo Album - Rooms also provide a shared photo and video album—just share a photo or video with a Room and it’ll be visible to all Room members.
  
• Shared Notes - Rooms also make it easy to share OneNote notes, which are automatically synced across all Room members’ phones. The room notes will show up as a shared notebook, with the same name as the room.
  

You will be able to stay connected to your family and keep each other updated by sharing photos and grocery list. You can also create Rooms for other contacts to share information with your close friends and colleagues.



Another unique feature of Windows Phone is Live Tiles. @KingJames and @telemonopoly love the Live Tiles feature that is being offered by Windows Phone. @telemonopoly shared that Live Tiles give the ability to see all real time notifications at a glance instead of having to open the app to see if there is any new messages, Twitter mentions or Facebook notifications. It is much neater as compared to using other widgets. Live Tiles are interactive apps that use the internet to bring live updates to Windows Phone users. They are useful for having instantaneous information on constantly changing data like stock indexes, international weather, as well as local and international news. Live Tiles replace the need to visit certain websites that contain this information, something that many PC users do on a daily basis. Live Tiles also replace the need to launch any of the apps that provide this information; Live Tiles provide you with short, immediate updates without having to leave your start screen.

Don't forget about the camera. Simply point, shoot and capture the moments with Windows Phone. There are a wide variety of photo apps like Instagram that allow you to enhance your photos and share them with your family and friends. You can also use the lens app to add filters and special effects to your photos. With Windows Phone, everyone can be a great photographer.



Windows Phone are great travelling companions too. You will not have to worry about getting lost in a foreign country when you have HERE maps. You can download and take accurate, high-quality maps with you on the go. It's a complete mapping app, designed to work even without a data connection so you can rely on it when travelling. Get walking, driving and public transit directions to the places you want to go, all completely offline. Plan where you want to go and save places so you can find them easily with your phone when you are out and about. @ahtea has travelled to the United States, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia with HERE maps on his Windows Phone.

Here we find out from our Windows Phone fans  and on what they love about Windows Phone.

 (photo taken with my Nokia Lumia 920)

I have meet up with @Gunz for a short interview. He is a proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Lumia 920. Back in June 2012, @Gunz was able to re-contract his line to get a new handset, however he waited for Nokia Lumia 920 to be launched. After using it, @Gunz has never looked back.

@Gunz shared with me that Windows Phone has become an integral part of his house. With his Lumia 1520 and 920, he is able to access the documents on his computer and he can work on them while on the go. Furthermore, he loves the PureView camera which he can capture beautiful images.

Having tried out WP 8.1 on his Lumia 920, @Gunz told me that he enjoys using Cortina - a personal smartphone assistant powered by Bing. Furthermore, he can add a wallpaper on his handset to make it even more personalised. Fret not about the tiles blocking the wallpaper, you will be able to view the wallpaper as some of the tiles are translucent.

@Gunz would like to recommend Whatsapp, Bing News and Nokia MixRadio to the other Windows Phone users. Bing News allows him to keep updated on the happenings and Nokia MixRadio is the app that he loves most.  With Nokia MixRadio, he can listen to his favourite music which are suited to his taste.

As an avid lover, @Gunz would love to see more enhancement to Windows Phone. He feel that Windows Phone can be more customisable and personalised; it will be better if he can use a custom keyboard. He would also like to see more apps available for Windows Phone users.


 (Taken with Windows Phone)

Similar to @Gunz, @sfans has also been using Windows Phone for close to 2 years after switching over from an Android device.

@sfans commented that Windows Phone is user friendly and easy to use. As his notebook is running on Windows 8, there are quite a number of similar apps available on both devices and Windows Phone has made his work more productive. After taking photos with his Windows Phone, he can upload the photos to OneDrive and have them available on his notebook within minutes. With the help of OneDrive, @sfans can easily access his photos and documents on both devices without having to transfer them using USB cable. All he has to do is just to upload them onto OneDrive and eureka! Don't worry if you have another device running on Android or iOS, OneDrive is available on them too.

Windows Phone has enticed @sfans with HERE Drive+ which he has used for navigation (me too). HERE Drive+ offers true offline, turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation in 97 countries. One can simply download the maps and use them overseas without worrying about incurring high data roaming charges (fret not, we have RoamEasy too) as HERE Drive+ does not require a data connection to run.

Another app that he love is the Nokia Camera. You can either use auto made when you can simply point and shoot or switch to full manual control to create the perfect composition. @sfans shared that he can use different shutter speed to capture each moments. You don't have to have a DSLR to be a great photographer. Nokia Camera can do the job for you.

Apart from that, @sfans also love the battery saver function on his Windows Phone. It will turn off some services while in standby to preserve battery life. He will still be able to receive calls and texts when battery is low. He also told me that he enjoy playing games on his device (who says Windows Phone is not for gaming?). Do check this out.

Despite being a fantastic device, @sfans feels that there can be other improvements like handset restart function and more features for NFC to make it even more appealing.

Check out Windows Phone 8.1 here

I am back to blogging

It has been a long time since I last blogged. Since I am now writing articles and reviews on StarHub Community, I might as well share some of the articles here too. I hope that I will be able to share my knowledge and experience with all of you here.

Some background of myself.

I am 26 this year and I love my little princess who is now 4 months old.

I studied in Elias Park Primary School, Park View Park School, Ngee Ann Secondary School, Temasek Polytechnic and Singapore Institute of Management.

In poly, I was doing Retail Management and subsequently Marketing in uni. It has been a long 15 years of education (excluding kindergarden). Even though I sort of loathe to study but I am thinking of going for a Masters in the next few years (Hmmmmm)

I served my time in 42 SAR and I am now with 485 SAR. (Once Armour Always Armour)

That's about it, I shall find time to share some handset/food review here.