Afterword

ThimphuTech was the first technology blog in Bhutan. We started writing it in 2009, just as broadband and mobile internet started to take off. (Although internet in Bhutan was launched in 1999, it was either super-slow or super-expensive, and was only used by a selected few).

In the blog, we wrote about technology and food, but also about plenty of other stuff. The blog became popular and influential in Bhutan. A companion bi-weekly column -- Ask Boaz -- was published for many years in the Kuensel, Bhutan's national newspaper. (The complete Kuensel columns are available as an ebook, Blogging with Dragons).

We stopped updating the blog when we left Bhutan in 2014, but the information within the posts can still prove useful, and thus we decided to keep it online.

We thank all our readers.
Tashi Delek,
Boaz & Galit.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

iPhone 4 update

I have previously blogged about using the iPhone 4 in Bhutan. To repeat the bad news, in a nutshell: Both TashiCell and B-Mobile do not offer the new micro-SIM cards required by this new phone.

But now there are also good news: If you're in Thimphu, it is now easy to convert ordinary mini-SIMs to micro-SIMs. How? I happen to have a micro-SIM puncher that will easily do the work. So if you put your hands on an iPhone 4 (or an iPad 3G, for that matter) and need to plug in a local SIM card, just let me know (boaz@thimphutech.com).
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, March 07, 2011

    Oh, great! When I saw that we needed the new micro-SIM and wondered whether we would find it in Bhutan, Ken said just search Google for Bhutan and iphone4. Of course your site came up! So we will come by for a punch... see you soon! - Anju and Ken

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, March 09, 2011

    thats a real good news. I am still having problem updating my local Sim. Will see you soon if you could kindly give me your address or contact number.
    Radhi

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  3. BoazWednesday, March 09, 2011

    @Radhi, send me an email (boaz@thimphutech.com) and we'll get in touch

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