HCMC Apple Store

When looking for some office furniture along Nguyen Thi Minh Khai in District 3 I ran across this sign saying iPhone Coming Soon. It turns out it was a good advertisement. We later returned to the store to buy a new MacBook for my daughter. I don't know if they are selling iPhones yet, but I think they may carry MacBook Air laptops...



Here's a picture of the storefront. Note all the crazy utility wires running down the street.




KTC Apple Store
384 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai
District 3

Pocket Tweets: Twitter for the iPhone

Just bookmarked this baby on my iPhone. The interface looks sweet in my iPhone. Not sure what the star icon is for, but it looks nice.

iPhones in Saigon

I'm the owner of a spanking new iPhone. Gotta love a market economy! (Thanks for the tip, Kevin.)


If you're in Ho Chi Minh City and looking for an iPhone that will work with the local carriers, drop by Tin Tuc Dien Thoi at 683 Tien Thanh in Quan 10. They have hardware unlocked phones, including TurboSIM hacks. The scary thing about TurboSIM is that they have to slice off the corner of your SIM card. Ok, maybe this is a drawback to the prepaid plans. I believe that if you hose your SIM you loose your funds.

They claim that they may be able to fix my poor dropped iPhone in the meantime. I'm going to drop it off and see what they can do. If they can fix it, the wife will have a nice new toy as well.

Don't drop that iPhone!

One of the features I love about the iPhone is how easy it is to setup alarms. I have one set for 6am Monday through Friday as we need to get up that early to start our day. Since you can set the day of the week, no more rude awakenings on the weekends like we used to have.

Living in Vietnam, we also have power outages a few times a month. No problem for the iPhone, that alarm will still ring if the power is off.

It also has a useful countdown timer, great for naps. I'm still getting over jet lag so I set the timer for 30 minutes yesterday. I woke up feeling groggy, grabbed my iPhone and promptly dropped it on the floor. I've done this a few times, with no ill effect. This time the SIM card popped out slightly. Without thinking I pushed it back in. The screen said no service, no surprise. I restarted the phone and it came back with the dreaded Connect to iTunes screen. I did that and revived it partially. The Home button just doesn't work anymore, it occasionally makes weird clicking sounds, and it runs very hot at times.

Time to go shopping for a new phone. :-)