From personal experience, Singapore is a great place to look for—and buy—gadgets. But you have to be careful about where you buy. Or at least know when it’s ok to fork over those hard-earned funds.

The stories as related by the victims are practically the same. It involves a seller and a buyer agreeing on a price; after the latter hands over the money, the former suddenly claims that he already gave the merchandise. Continue reading for a sample account, which details how these unscrupulous sellers take advantage of tourists. Read more

I’m currently in Singapore for Nokia Connection 2008, basically their own “lock out” version of CommunicAsia. I’ve written up a few posts about this on Cellphone9 and would like to recap everything that has happened form day one to the middle of day 2.

Highlights would include the launch of the new Nokia E71 and E66 enterprise phones and a more solid Ovi platform. There are also hints of Nokia going into the mobile advertising business.

The Nokia Connection 2008 Launch Party: A closer look at N-Gage, new phone launches and testament to the Ovi commitment.

Nokia E66 and E71 Details: Essentially the same phone with two different ways of input, both phones come with the revamped OS, better options for enterprise solutions and push mail and security encryption. Here’s a detailed look on the E71.

Nokia Interactive Advertising: Nokia is entering the mobile advertising space with contextual ads on the mobile platform. They’re going up against the big Google when it comes to mobile ads but methinks their strategy is a simpler solutions provider. Not a lot of details was released as to how they’re going to go about it. Mostly case studies were presented of other online campaigns. But Nokia really hints that they’re going into this space because of the higher CTR and segmented penetration. Well, let’s wait and see.

Share on Ovi: Is Ovi going to be the Flickr killer? Seems like it. You can upload video, photos and audio for free. You can embed photos on blogs. You can create channels. There is a stronger social networking aspect and a more robust mobile upload platform. Seems to me, yes. It might just kill Flickr, even for the mere fact that it is free