CORP TALK: Singapore’s telecom and cable TV provider StarHub has has launched an enhanced mobile TV app across major phone platforms like BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Android, with support from phone brands like Acer, HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

Plans are also underway to have this app on Apple iPhone and Nokia Symbian platforms before the end of the first quarter of 2010.

The StarHub TV on Mobile service was launched about a year ago, and it now boasts 24 premium cable TV channels anytime, anywhere. The app itself was developed by award-winning mobile developer SPB. (more…)

CORP TALK: It has been in talks for months but it’s finally here. The two remaining telecom companies in Singapore - M1 & StarHub - will be joining SingTel when they launch the Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS this Wednesday, 9 December 2009.

SingTel was the exclusive distributor of the iPhone 3G when it was first launched last year. It then brought in the iPhone 3GS on July 10 this year.

The Singapore team at HardwareZone.com has compiled a chart comparing the plans of all three telcos in the run-up to their impending launches.

Hit the link to check out the chart (prices are in Singapore dollars). (more…)

CORP TALK: Singapore-based telecom provider StarHub has now become the first mobile service provider in Asia to offer free access to MSN Live Messenger and Facebook to post-paid customers at no charge for data usage.

This service is currently available only on selected handsets, such as the Samsung OMNIA II, HTC Touch Diamond 2, Nokia E63 and the new LG GM730 multimedia touch-screen smartphone.

The LG GM730 is exclusively pre-installed with the Facebook client which allows mobile users a one-click easy access from the home screen. LG GM730 will start to retail tomorrow at all StarHub Shops and Exclusive Partners’ outlets.

To use Windows Live Messenger or Facebook from a supported mobile device, customers simply launch the application from the phone menu. No prior registration with StarHub is required.

CORP TALK: Following up on an earlier report we did on Huawei partnering with Singapore-based StarHub to launch an upgraded commercial HSPA+ service, StarHub will be rolling out the service for real tomorrow.

Called the MaxMobile Elite, the HSPA+ service offers download speeds of up to 21Mbps nationwide, priced at S$118 (US$81) per month. For customers who take up a two-year subscription plan, they get a 30% discount on the monthly fee, paying only S$82.60 (US$57).

Those on the MaxOnline post-paid plan (with the exception of MaxOnline FlexiSurf) enjoys 50% and pay only S$59 (US$41). Whatever the plan, the Huawei HSPA+ USB modem is free. Besides the MaxMobile Elite, StarHub also offers a 7.2Mbps (Ultimate) and 2Mbps (SurfLite) service.

Singapore's StarHub had a public launch of their HTC Touch Diamond2 offering on 9 May with these two 'raider girls'.

SHOWCASE: Smartphone manufacturer HTC, announced the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 to the media in countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand during the mid- and end-April period but the availability of the Touch Diamond2 is only made public today (in Singapore at least), while the QWERTY-based Touch Pro2 is expected to hit stores a few weeks later.

Ever since the Touch Diamond was first launched in June 2008 (in Singapore), the strength behind its abstract looks and TouchFLO 3D interface was further echoed when the Touch Pro was later introduced. Both the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 are follow-ups to those two successful models respectively. For a detailed spec list of these two models in one glance, check it out here.

If you want a quick overview of what exactly the Touch Diamond2 (and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 really is all about), here’s a video produced by the HardwareZone Singapore team for you:

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