For about a month now, I’ve been using this new cool earphones from YurBuds that was sent to me for review. I’m not a big fan of in-ear earphones and the only time I really get to use them for prolonged periods of time is when I’m at the gym. So I tried it out and replaced my Sennheiser Adidas earphones for a while.
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This is the first time I have seen a Fanny Wang headphone, months after I read that lawsuit by Monster Cable for allegedly copying the design of Beats by Dr. Dre. The Fanny Wang line of headphones are now available locally and selling in several 5th Avenue stores.
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First saw the Olympus PEN E-P3 back in September during our trip to Hong Kong. It was eventually launched in the Philippines in October with a suggested retail price of Php44,750 (includes a MSC-M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED m14-42mm II R f3.5/5.6 zoom lens). Check our full review after the jump.
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Over a year ago, I was invited to join a short photography class with Ken Go and learned how to use wireless triggers. After the class ended, I immediately went to Greenhills to get my own set and try it out at home.
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The Nokia X7 first showed up in the Transformers 3 Movie to intrigue the public and it looks like it’s kinda working well for them. Read our full review of the Nokia X7 below.
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Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft announced their new mobile OS — Windows Phone 7 Series. Microsoft will bring together Xbox Live games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone.
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The LG Chocolate BL40 Black Label Series is LG’s newest multimedia phone. This extra-tall candy bar touchscreen phone makes a great first impression but is it all skin-deep? Check out our full review after the jump.
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When I saw this hi-def video of the Serendra car explosion yesterday, I thought this is the future of citizen journalism — live or almost live video broadcast of incidents as they happen, taken by ordinary people.
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This is by far the biggest and longest unboxing I’ve ever done. Took me over 2 and a half hours to carefully unbox and setup this theater system — a 42″ LG LH70 Full HD TV (LG Scarlet) and a 5.1-channel Blu-ray Receiver System (HB954TB).
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The Sony Walkman W202 was first spotted last February during their Summer 2009 launch. They sent in a unit for me to try out. Check out the review after the jump.
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Reports say that the iPod Nano is the most popular of all the Apple media player line. That’s maybe because when it first came out, it was the cheapest iPod at that time. Now that there are more than half a dozen models, I’d like to see which iPod people buy.
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Nokia announced the N78 last February 2008 along with two other new phone models — the Nokia 6220 classic and the Nokia N96. It’s not yet available in the Philippines though I got a first hand review unit which I’ve been tinkering with for over two weeks now.
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Got this in the Inbox earlier. It’s the new line of compact home theater-in-a-box systems from Samsung. The models I specifically liked are the HT-X710 and X715 series.
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Mp3newswire.net did a round-up of potential iPod killers for Summer 2006.
Looking for an MP3 player and you are open to units other than the iPod? I doubt any of these units will be iPod killers (that silly term their marketing departments continue to use), but they do offer a lot of features not (yet) found on an iPod. As we said before, individually there is no such thing as an iPod killer, but together these players can slowly chip away at Apple’s market share. That’s making the assumption that the iPod’s ability to sell three out of every four players is not sustainable. iTunes does lock a lot of users into Apple’s DRM format, so it may be a really slow chipping away.
- Toshiba Gigabeat S
- Samsung SBH-300 Bluetooth
- Sony NW-A1200 with 8GB
- NEC VoTol
- Sandisk Sansa e200 Series
- Oregon Scientific MP121 Measures BMI
- Samsung YP-U2
- Viliv P1
- Viliv P2 with GPS
- iRiver E10 Subs as TV Remote
- Panasonic D-Snap SD 330 series and SD 500 series
- Archos 104
- Venzero One
- MobiBLU Cube 2
- MobiBLU B153
- RCA Lyra X3000
- Delkin Revel
- JVC XA-F107 and XA-F57
- Acer MP-500
- Dada Code M
- iRiver Clix
- Samsung YP-Z5
- Maxfield Max-Joy Protects the Ears
- Lenovo Easy Cube MP500
- Kiss MP3 Player
- Sony Thumb-drive Player
- Tomy Bear MP3
- Inkel Widetouch 5.6
- Sharp Music Carry QT-MPA10
- Memorex MMP8565
- Memorex 8550 and 3774
- Shiro AS
- Evergreen DN-2000 (sells for less than $10! )
Ok, not all of the media players in the list are really worth it — some are just out of the iPod’s league while others are just cutesy. But if I were in a world where Apple does not exist, I would go for Viliv P2 with GPS (yup, GPS) –
4.3 inch color LCD widescreen, 60GB storage, supports MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, DivX, WMV 7/8/9, XviD, MP3, WMA, OGG, AC-3, and WAV.
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Got an email newsletter from one WHT just now:
Last month, Microsoft launched Microsoft Live Microsoft Live Office Beta for beta testing. Live Office is not an online version of MS Office Suite, but instead a series of tools for small businesses that combine web hosting, design tools, email accounts and groupware features. Google on the other hand launched Google Pages which offers free web pages with an easy-to-use home page creator and 100mb of space. Google Page Creator is focused on making it easy to create static web pages, similar in concept to Geocities and Tripod.
These news have stirred a lot of discussion on WebHostingTalk. Is Microsoft and Google getting into the hosting business? Knowing these two companies as we do, we’re more inclined to ask, “Why not?”. Well, whatever they decide to come up with, we are confident that you will do better! How about picking up some marketing tips from Andreas Gauger, Chairman of 1&1 Internet? Or hiring some new tech support employees? Or even start offering Ruby on Rails hosting? There’s much more you can do to take your hosting business to the next level…
I didn’t put up the links because it requires authentication from subscriber emails.
So, they’re a little concerned that big-time players like Microsoft/Google seems to be invading the hosting industry. (especially the big DCs like 1&1, ThePlanet, etc.)
Who wouldn’t be concerned with that?
Christmas is fast approaching and I’ve been asking everyone for gifts! hahaha
From my end though, I thought it would be nice to come up with a set of list for a possible digital Christmas gifts. Here’s what I had in mind:
- A digital camera, preferably Canon Ixus series. Hand-me-downs will do if they’re a close relative.
- A mid-range Nokia celphone. Can be had for Php500 to Php800 a month for 12 months on BPI sale. I like the N6020 personally; the white has that iPod feel to it.
- Desktop speakers. Logitech has a lot of good ones between Php1.5 to Php3k.
- Mouse. Ah yes, nothing like a brand new mouse — choose from Logitech MX510, MX 700 to the laser-rigged MX1000.
- If they have an mp3 player, a brand new set of Sennheiser headphones.
- A brand new blog (my signature gift) — with a catchy domain, hosting and AdSense to boot!
- If the person has a PC, why not give her/him a TV tuner so she can watch “Ang Panday” and “Wowowee” while blogging?
Will think of some more to add.
Early today, Apple has announced that it has (again) reshuffled it’s entire line of iPods. The price of iPod Shuffle 1GB has been slashed by $20, iPod 60GB is down by $50 and the Special Edition 20GB U2 is now $329 ($20 less). I am sure that local prices will follow suit and official iPod stores around the metro will be holding another iPod sale (probably with BPI SIP).
Likewise, Apple has now dropped the word “Photo” altogether making the entire series with color screen and able to view photos. The iPod 30Gb is no more while the old 20GB has been upgraded to color at the same old price. The U2 version has now a color screen and able to view pictures. Related story from iPodLounge.
It’s kinda irritating now that Apple constantly upgrades the iPod generation so quickly. It keeps me wanna buy a new one (now craving for the 20 GB U2). My iPod Photo 40 GB is now 2 generations obsolete and I only bought it last March thru a BPI sale. I already changed iPods 3 times in the last 6 months!
In the Philippines, old generation iPods have actually been on sale and cna be had between Php18,000 to Php20,000. I have also seen iPod nanos selling for about Php12,500 for the 2GB version and around Php15k for the 4GB version. The iPod video is also for sale at around Php19,5000. Check out your iPod dealers.
Mentions of me or my blogs, including TV interviews, news and features from the Press:
- The Correspondents, Episode 20: President for Sale, ABS-CBN, by Abner Mercado on ABS-CBN, March 2, 2010.
- CES 2010 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, January 14, 2010.
- Tips on Gadget Shopping for Christmas, TV Patrol World, by TJ Manotoc on ABS-CBN, December 28, 2009.
- World Mobile Congress 2009 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, February 26, 2009.
- Movers & Shakers: Philippines Most Influential in the TechBiz, T3 Magazine, January – February 2009 Issue
- Obama Inauguration, Prime News, by Marieton Pacheco on ANC, January 20, 2009.
- What’s IN for 2009!, Eat Bulaga on GMA 7, January 17, 2009.
- CES 2009 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, January 15, 2009.
- Be a Pro Blogger, by Rafael Santos, Entrepreneur Magazine, December 2008 Issue
- Samsung Series 8 HDTV, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, November 28, 2008.
- Tips on Buying a Cellphone, TV Patrol, by TJ Manotoc on ABS-CBN, November 20, 2008.
- Blogging & Social Networking, Mornings@ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, September 18, 2008.
- Kopi Roti, Hired!, by by Paolo Abrera and Mariz Umali on QTV 11, September 16, 2008.
- Gadget Shopping, TV Patrol on ABS-CBN, September 12, 2008.
- Netbooks, Mornings@ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, September 11, 2008.
- Make Money by Writing Online, Globe Masigasig, September 2008 Issue
- Working from Home, Bandila, by Apples Jalandoni on ABS-CBN Channel 2, August 15, 2008.
- RP computer hackers turning into syndicates by David Dizon, ABS CBN News, June 4, 2008 (republished on NewsBreak on June 8, 2008).
- Making Money with Blogs by Raquel Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- Blogging your way to the Bank, by JC Medina on page 44-45, Entrepreneur Magazine, November-December Issue, 2007
- Catching the Blog, by Myrna Rodriguez-Co on Inquirer.net, September 30, 2007
- Filipino bloggers frustrated with NBN Senate investigation, by Erwin Oliva on Inquirer.net, September 21, 2007
- Filipino sells homegrown blog ranking service, by Erwin Oliva on Inquirer.net, September 7, 2007
- Making Money Blogging
(Mel & Joey, August 19, 2007) on GMA 7
- 一線部落客與三線網站之間的「顧問計畫」，猶勝AP？, CNET Taiwan, July 9, 2007
- Try, Try Again: Orkut, Friendster Get Second Chance Overseas, PBS Mediashift, June 16, 2007
- Ethics of Blogging
(Filipinas Magazine, June 2007 Issue) by Yvette Tan
- Libel case vs. local blogger dismissed , Inquirer.net, May 29, 2007
- Philippine auction site gets popular blogger as endorser, CNET Asia, May 17, 2007
- Newsbreak magazine drops print edition, goes online
(Inquirer.net,January 23, 2007) by Erwin Oliva
- The revolution will not be televised, but blogged , CNET Asia, January 9, 2007
- Filipinos taking over blogosphere, CNET Asia, January 1, 2007
- The Day the Pixels Froze: When a Digital World Was Stopped by a Natural Disaster, The New York Times, December 28, 2006
- Filipino bloggers take helm of the Blog Herald, Inquirer.net, December 7, 2006
- Earthquake knocks Asia back to phone age, and beyond, International Herald Tribune, December 27, 2006
- The Blog Herald offers gift to ‘deserving’ blog
(Inq7.net, December, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
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We are all Time’s POTY (and be a perfect SO)
Computerworld, December 18, 2006
- Filipino bloggers tapped for product endorsements, reviews
(Inq7.net, November 23, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
- Should Filipino bloggers follow ethics in journalism?
(Inq7.net, September 14, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
- Filipino ad network for bloggers to launch soon, Inquirer.net, August 13, 2006
- The Business of Blogging
(Mornings on ANC, July 10, 2006) by Ricky Carandang
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Portrait of the Filipino as Blogger
(San Francisco Chronicle Podcast ‘Pinoy Pod’, June 13, 2006) by Ben Pimentel
- Apple Macbook Launch and Blogging
(ANC News, June 5, 2006) by RG Cruz
- The Magical World of Blogs
(Panorama/Manila Bulletin, May 7, 2006) by Susan Ople
- Blogging for money is not for the faint-hearted
(Business Mirror, March 10, 2006) by David Llorito
- Fake iPods spotted in RP shopping centers, consumers say
(Inq7.net, March 6, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Smart Wifi
(Manila Standard Today, February 28, 2006) by Chin Wong
- Smart wi-fi subscribers have mixed reactions on service
(Inq7.net, February 3, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Epixtar asks bloggers to delete comments about salaries
(Inq7.net, January 31, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Epixtar not taking legal action against Filipino bloggers
(Inq7.net, Feb 02, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- I think therefore I blog
(Visayan Daily Star, November 22, 2005) by Rowena Guanzon
- See it, hear it, blog it
(Sun Star Cebu, September 22, 2005) by Max Limpag
- The Pinoy Tech Blog is Born
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, September 18, 2005) by Annalyn Jusay
- A tech talk with Abraham “Abe” Olandres
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, June 13, 2005) by Annalyn Jusay
- Philippine Blogging Summit TV Interview
(GMA 7 Unang Hirit) by Jalwyn Alburo
- The Philippines According to Blogs
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, May 9, 2005) by Annalyn S. Jusay
- How Blogging Started in the Philippines
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, March 28, 2005) by Annalyn S. Jusay
- A blog’s eye view of the Philippines
(Inq7.net, October 5, 2004) by Joey Alarilla
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