Video: Microsoft Windows 7 launch in Saudi Arabia

I have to say that I am not impressed with this presentation by Microsoft Saudi Arabia. Special thanks to @MarwanAlmuraisy for posting the video.

Microsoft is supposed to start a Windows 7 ad campaign this Wednesday, we will see how effective it is going to be.

Windows 7 prices in Saudi Arabia (Full & OEM prices)

Microsoft Windows 7 is now available in Saudi Arabia. The prices are (from Jarir Bookstore).

Windows 7 Home Premium Full 469SR ($125).
Windows 7 Professional Full 889SR ($237).
Windows 7 Ultimate Full 949SR ($253). (thanks Zeyad).

These are full editions and not upgrades or OEM (system builder) versions. The full version of Windows 7 all allow you to [...]

Windows 7 quietly launched in Saudi Arabia

Update: finally found the press release by Microsoft.

In a small event in Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Microsoft Saudi Arabia has launched the company’s latest operating system: Windows 7. Microsoft Saudi Arabia’s “launch party” was a small press release attended by Samir Noaman, MS Saudi’s new CEO, Waiel Snosi, manager of MS Saudi sales and [...]

Find the latest Saudi Geeks news

Covering technology event and everything of interest to the Geeks of Saudi Arabia, SaudiGeeks website was launched with that goal in mind.

Best of luck to Jalammar and everyone else at SaudiGeeks.com, make sure to follow them on Twitter as well.

STC to launch HTC Magic in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is now taking pre-booking requests for their upcoming HTC Magic, a Google Android based phone.

The phone will be sold for 2,399SR ($631) and includes a free subscription to a 12-month data plan with a limit of 1 Gigabyte each (notice that STC’s site called it Gega).

STC will hopefully open [...]

Google’s homepage celebrates Saudi national day

To celebrate The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Day, the Google Saudi Arabia homepage has changed the logo to the following:

The logo was previewed on Google Arabia’s facebook page hours before the beginning of September 23rd.

Additionally, Google has launched a Saudi Arabia edition of Google news a few days ago (via ArabCrunch).

Western Digital in Saudi Arabia

Western Digital is my favorite hard drive brand. Their drives are the most reliable I have ever used. I have contacted their email support many times and they always respond in less than 24 hours with useful information, something other companies should learn from them.

Western Digital has a strong presence in Saudi Arabia thanks [...]

Yelp for Saudi Arabia alternative

Yelp is a database of locations and reviews. It started covering San Fransisco then the rest of the country. Now it’s in Canada and UK. You can use it to find and review restaurants, shopping centers, and many more. Their database is accessible from an iPhone app as well.

It’ll take them forever to expand to [...]

Saudi Twitter users: take this survey

Spot On PR is looking for Twitter users from Saudi Arabia to take this survey.

The survey is about Twitter users in the Middle East and he would like more responses from Saudi users. Thank you!

“UT” team to represent Saudi Arabia (Updated again)

Great achievement for Saudi students from King Saud University, the “UT” team will represent Saudi Arabia in the 6th Sixth Scientific Conference for the care of the talented in Jordan.

Read more about it on Riyadh newspaper and Sabq (Arabic site).Forget about these links! Read actual info about it (in Arabic) on Abdullah Driaan’s site.

The odd [...]