Prepare for the upcoming IT Show 2012 and plan your purchases using HardwareZone’s Tech Show Portal. We have all the latest pricelists, deals and the best buys. Go check it out now!

And while you’re at it, don’t forget to check out exclusive subscription offers available for HWM.

MARKETING: Hey everyone, here’s the list of the three lucky winners from each of our regional countries who won themselves a prize for participating in our first ever HWM Regional Tech Survey. Our Marketing department staff will be contacting each individual winner via email on details regarding the collection of their prizes.

If you are interested to know about the analysis of the results from the survey, we’ll be publishing them in your respective HWM country editions by December 2011 or January 2012 issues. Do keep a lookout.

Congratulations and thank you once again for participating.

VIEWPOINT: Our October 2011 digital edition features over 7 prominent tips on mastering Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 7.5 update (”Mango”).

Here’s the video if you’ve missed it. Note that the original video appears on page 123 of our October 2011 digital edition (Zinio for iPad).

VIEWPOINT: For our September 2011 digital edition, we’ve included a quick tips how-to video on calibrating your monitor with Datacolor’s Spyder 3 Elite.

Here, our writer Hafeez, runs you through a step-by-step process on how it’s done, enabling you to get the optimal brightness, contrast and colors for your monitor for professional work and personal viewing.

One of the key reasons why you should calibrate your monitors to display colors accurately is to ensure that you do color adjustments right, especially if you’re in the creative design, architectural or 3D/animation field.

MARKETING: The August 2011 edition of HWM Singapore is out. If you’ve yet to get your copy, feel free to browse our sampler here to get an idea on what’s in the August issue. Basically, expect a collection of the latest apps across different OSes in different smartphones.

Whether it’s iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phone 7, we’ve got just the right amount of smartphone apps to whet your appetite. Besides that, there’s our review of the Samsung Galaxy S II, Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 and a featurette on Apple’s upcoming iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud. If you’re getting our August 2011 issue on the Zinio digital edition for the iPad, check out our CommunicAsia 2011 highlight video on page 82 as well.