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November 19, 2009

Toshiba outs Portege T110, T130 Ultraportables

Toshiba introduced their own version of ultraportable notebooks powered by Intel CULV processors and boasting of battery life of up to 11 hours — the 11.6-inch Toshiba Portege T110 and 13.3-inch Portege T130.

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Personal Computing
November 19, 2009

JBL MX100: iPod Dock and CD Player System

This has been in the box for about a week now and I’ve only gotten the chance to do the un-boxing today (lots of other stuff in the line to unbox around here). First up is this JBL MX100 which is a stereo system with an iPod Dock and a CD player in tow. See our unboxing photos after the jump.

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Tech Toys & Gadgets
November 18, 2009

Sony Cybershot DSC-T900

Sony lent me a couple of gears last week for my trip to Misibis Bay. Hoping that we could do some water-related activities, I picked the Sony Cybershot DSC-T900 with Marine Pack.

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Photography
November 17, 2009

Sun Double Unlimited will do it for Php249

While Smart and Globe are both offering Php499 a month for unlimited calls on mobile and landline within their own network, Sun Cellular Double Unlimited is also offering similar to its subscribers for half that price — at Php249.

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Telecoms
November 17, 2009

Liberty Telecoms doing free WiMax trials?

A tip from a reader shares that Liberty Telecoms is gearing up to be introduced commercially this November providing WiMax connectivity to cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati and Quezon City.

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Telecoms, WiFi
November 16, 2009

Nokia X3 gets Priced Ahead of Local Launch

The new Nokia X3 has been spotted on a local distributor’s site ahead of the official launching in the Philippines. The listed retail price — Php8,990.

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Mobile
November 16, 2009

MSI Wind12 U210 Review

MSI’s 12 inch Wind12 U210 netbook is the very first one in its category to sport a AMD Athlon Neo processor. Check out our review below and see how it fares in the Atom-dominated world of netbooks.

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Personal Computing
November 15, 2009

Manny Pacquiao knocks out PLDT WatchPad

My brother kept on begging me for a week to set up PLDT WatchPad on the laptop so we can hook it up on the LCD TV for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight today.

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Telecoms, TV and Display
November 15, 2009

Driving a Rhino ATV at Cagraray Island

This is the second year that I’ve been invited to join HP and Intel on their annual Synergy trip. This time, it’s at the Cagraray Island in Albay (we went to Bohol last year) where I got to drive around a 1,000-cc Rhino ATV.

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Automotive
November 14, 2009

HP Mini 5101 in the flesh

First time I saw the HP Mini 5101 was earlier this week during the Windows 7 Enterprise Launch. I only had a short video clip of it. Fortunately, I had another chance to use it again today. Check out the video and photos after the jump.

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Personal Computing
November 14, 2009

MSI Wind12 U200 Pro

Aside from scoring an AMD Athlon Neo in one of its Wind netbook series, MSI also brought in some CULV processors to boot. I saw the MSI Wind12 U200 in a magazine ad inside a Cebu Pacific plane yesterday.

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Personal Computing
November 13, 2009

Speaking at CEL Manila Tomorrow!

Consumer Electronics Live! (CEL Manila 2009) starts today until Sunday at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. I will be speaking at a panel tomorrow afternoon so drop by if you can.

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Events
November 13, 2009

How to Effectively Measure Broadband Speeds?

There will always be claims of product/service superiority among competing companies and the one between Smart and Globe is a classic example. The latest one is the battle between mobile broadband services Globe Tattoo and Smart Bro.

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Telecoms
November 12, 2009

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YugaTech
November 12, 2009

HTC Touch HD 2 First Impression

During the Windows 7 Enterprise Launch earlier this week, I was able to take a sneak peek at the upcoming HTC HD 2 and though I was not allowed to take pictures or video, they allowed me to play around with it for a while.

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Mobile
November 11, 2009

Xitrix TravelPro M10 Netbook

A Philippine-based company called Xitrix has assembled their own netbook and the specs are a bit souped up. Check out the photos and specs after the jump.

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Personal Computing
November 11, 2009

Sony-Ericsson Xperia X2 Video Demo

The Sony-Ericsson Xperia X2 is expected to be coming out this December and we’ve got a first-hand video demo yesterday. It also has a lower introductory price compared to the X1 at Php37,000.
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Mobile
November 10, 2009

Smart buys Chikka.com

It’s been confirmed that yesterday Smart Communications has bought Chikka.com for some undisclosed amount. Two top executives from Chikka Asia Inc. posted updates on their Twitter account about this development.

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Telecoms, The Internet
November 10, 2009

Nokia Booklet 3G to go for Php39,000

That’s the best price of the Nokia Booklet 3G we’ve heard so far. That doesn’t include customs and VAT so I’m guessing that will be the lowest figure when it officially gets here in the Philippines.

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Personal Computing
November 10, 2009

Google to Acquire AdMob

I already saw this coming but didn’t thought it will be this soon. Email from AdMob (biggest mobile ad network in the world) states that they have reached an agreement with Google for a buy-out.

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AdSense, Gooooogle, Mobile