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March 30, 2012

BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 Review

Just ten months after the BlackBerry PlayBook was launched, RIM released an OS update that addresses some of the tablets crucial shortcomings in the form of BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0. Since it was officially released, we’ve been exploring (and loving) the BlackBerry Playbook’s new features and figured to write something about it.

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Reviews, Software
November 30, 2010

Huawei E5 “Pocket Mifi” Review

There was a time when mobile Internet was considered a luxury service. It was only limited to corporate executives who needs mobile Internet to access Outlook emails and SharePoint files. Globe’s Visibility and Smart WeRoam were still uber expensive and you’re locked with a contract. Prepaid 3G or even EDGE connection is non-existent.

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Daily Dose, Mobile
September 06, 2010

Globe MyFi: 10 Things You Need to Know

Globe Telecom lent us their new toy — the mobile 3G router they call Globe MyFi. I’d like to share 10 things about the MyFi so you’re better informed about it before deciding to go and get one.

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Mobile, Telecoms
May 14, 2010

What’s your first laptop?

Just bought a new laptop this week while roaming around VirraMall and also saw a number of really old ones being put on display. It reminded me of my very first laptop and it looked similar to the ones I saw.

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Personal Computing
January 28, 2009

Samsung Show W7900 Phone Projector

While this is not the very first mobile phone to sport a projector built-in but the Samsung Show W7900 might make this the next hot feature on mobile phones.

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Mobile
January 05, 2009

What I want to see in 2009?

This is more like a wish list rather than a prediction for the year 2009 with specific focus on the Philippine tech landscape. Hopefully, we’d be able to see some of the items on the list become a reality before the year ends.

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Curious
July 21, 2007

Here’s why bloggers need proper PR Disclosures

Bryanboy throws in the towel on Globe Visibility. I’m a bit embarrassed, considering I was the one who hooked him up with the Globe guys. To be fair though, I also referred him to the people from PLDT WeRoam. In that same entry, the B alludes to the apparent silence of tech bloggers who are also Globe subscribers:
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Pinoy Bloggers
November 21, 2006

Jet lagged in Lahore

Haven’t arrived to my final destination yet. Arrived here in Lahore just before midnight (3am Manila) and went straight to Holiday Inn to get a night’s sleep — something I didn’t really get maybe because of the tiring 14 hours trip and jet lag. So even if it’s early in the morning here, I feel like it’s noon already.

King Power

We flew over Calcutta, India and the top view of the huge city at night is breath-taking. Reminds me of the planet Coruscant in Starwars.

I will be flying to Islamabad in 4 hours so I won’t have enough time to check out the city. It’s cold outside and when I went up the rooftop swimming pool to take pictures of the city, there wasn’t enough to see because of the fog.

Breakfast was okay and most have curry or some spice. I found some insect (was that a cockroach?) in my coffee. I asked them to replace it and the second cup I got still has one leg floating in it. Oh, well. I skipped it.

Holiday Inn

Good thing the hotel had free internet in the room but it took them a while to look for data cable I could use to plugin my laptop (note to self: bring data cable next time). The net is a little unreliable (keeps going on and off) so if you’re wondering why I haven’t responded to your emails, it’s because GMail wouldn’t load but yeah, I can see about a dozen or so unanswered emails already.

Holiday Inn Lahore

Hopefully, I will get some decent connection when I get to Islamabad. I’m on international roaming (SMS only) so you can text me for urgent stuff.

Note: Pictures taken using my N6233′s 2MP built-in camera.

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Trips & Travels
March 11, 2006

Another “PLDT reading blogs” incident

Over 5 months ago, I blogged about the “PLDT reading my blog” incident and though that was the only time we’ve witnessed companies trolling blogs for feedback on their products and services, it was a sign of more good things to come. Behind that is the power of any regular customer to voice out (thru blogging) their satisfaction or lack thereof for a certain product or service.

The same also happened to Alfa who blogged about PLDT’s WeRoam service. The product manager basically approach her and answered all her questions about WeRoam because of a post on her blog. While we only seldom hear stories like this, it’s still an indication that corporations or companies even as big as PLDT and Smart are wise enough to listen to what bloggers are saying.

I’m also glad that main stream media has been picking up stories from blogs as a source of news on this regard. A classic example of which is the publication of Inq7.net and Manila Standard Today about the issue on Smart Wifi referring to blogs to source feedback and comments that could be representative of the general consuming public.

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Telecoms