@VictorTan and @iamdawnyeoh

Yesterday I was at the SingTel INQ event at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza again to take pictures of SingTel INQ Mini 3G and was lucky enough to meet one of the remaining 7 Princesses from the Big M, @iamDawnYeoh in person!

@iamDawnYeoh was very frank when she was being interviewed by @RandallTan – She shared that she only created her Facebook profile 2 days back, specially for the launch of SingTel INQ Mini 3G! Guess what? I’ve just found 6 profiles on Facebook with her name and picture! *face palm*

The lady from SingTel giving @iamdawnyeoh a quick run through of the phone

The lady from SingTel gave @iamDawnYeoh a quick run through of the phone to prepare her for the interview on stage. We could see that she was quite attentive

@iamdawnyeoh being interviewed on stage

@iamDawnYeoh shared that she find it very troublesome to switch on her computer at home after a long day work. Having the SingTel INQ Mini 3G will allow her to be connected with her friends and fans on the go! @iamDawnYeoh‘s fans REJOICE!

@RandallTan setting up the Twitter account for @iamdawnyeoh

@iamDawnYeoh was quite fascinated when she saw TwitterFall in action and wanted to know more about Twitter. @RandallTan shared about how Twitter works with her briefly. And the next thing we realised, @RandallTan was setting up the Twitter account for @iamDawnYeoh!

Welcome to the Twitterverse, @iamDawnYeoh!

Before she left, she asked us how to super poke on Twitter. There was a moment of awkward silence before we start telling her that super poke is a feature on facebook, not twitter. Guess she should be having fun super poking and tweeting now with the SingTel INQ Mini 3G on hand!

To view a few more photos of @iamdawnyeoh, you can find them on my Flickr set.

I had a brief encounter the SingTel INQ Mini 3G at the launch event yesterday by the invitation of 24seven. Prior to the event, there were some discussion on twitter that SingTel INQ Mini 3G is overhyped, which I beg to differ. The tweeps were comparing SingTel INQ Mini 3G with Smartphones like HTC Hero and iPhone!

Hello? You can’t really compare a budget car like Chery QQ, with a luxury car like Mercedes right?

Picture taken during my second appearance at SingTel INQ Mini 3G event

My iPhone was running low on batt when I reached the event location yesterday after a morning of tweeting at SMBSG7. The peeps from 24Seven were kind enough to allow me to charge my iPhone! The best thing was, they loaned me a SingTel INQ Mini 3G to relieve my twitter withdrawal.

My short rendezvous with SingTel INQ Mini 3G was a pretty good one! While it felt a little sluggish at times, it managed to serve my needs! There are a few features that I liked about this phone:

1. It does “RT UserID” when you retweet. Most twitter apps on iPhone don’t retweet this way, you know!
2. It downloads your Facebook phone contacts into your phone!
3. It connects to Windows Live Messenger!
4. You get notifications in the phone inbox when you receive a message on Facebook.

Of course we do not expect phone that is ZERO DOLLARS (2 years 3G Flexi Lite AMPed plan or the iOne Plus Youth plan) to be perfect, right? Here are some limitations of this phone:

1. It doesn’t show mentions and replies on twitter.
2. The Facebook application is linked to the Mobile Web version for most of the time.
3. You can’t upload photo taken using the built in camera to facebook or twitpic it. (Correction: Photos can be uploaded to Facebook from the Picture Album app, not from the Facebook app.)

Would you like to have a try of the SingTel INQ Mini 3G phone? Be at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on 21 Sep 09 to try it out for yourself! Jesseca Liu will also be making her appearances between 2 to 6pm.

Bloggers Photo Challenge

If you are lucky enough, you may stand to win the phone by taking part in the daily lucky draw or a pair of F1 Tickets when you take a photo with one of the featured bloggers between 4 – 6pm!

I must say that we had a lot of fun camwhoring and playing with the phone at the event! A big thank you to SingTel and 24Seven for having us there!

P.S. Just a note to the peeps from INQ mobile: You may wish to produce non-camera versions of your social media phones to meet the needs of the Military guys!