Samsung Philippines set me up to an overnight stay at the Maxim’s Hotel last Monday to be the first one to get a closer look and enjoy their latest Smart LED TV. This 55-inch Samsung ES8000 is just one of three models of flagship LED TVs the Korean has put out for 2012.
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A 7-inch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet for under Php6,000 sounds too good to be true by the Ainol Novo 7 Paladin has landed and is now the cheapest Android ICS tablet in the market. Check out our full review after the jump.
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Samsung very first tablet came out about 2 years ago. Since then, the Korean company has outed half a dozen other tablets with ranging sizes and form factors (from 5.0, 5.3 to 7.7, 8.9 & 10.1 inches). The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is basically a refresh of the very first model. Check out our full review after the jump.
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This is part of my year-ender series for 2011. We’ve done a ton of gadget reviews for 2011 and one of the key indicators that a gadget is hot or very interesting is by the number of pageviews it gets thru the years. Check out which devices got the most hits in 2011 after the jump.
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I did three TV guestings/interviews today (all about Top Tech Trends of 2011) and while I’m waiting for the 4th one this afternoon, I thought I’d ask our readers here about the best gadgets that came out in 2011.
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Samsung Philippines booked us for an overnight stay at the Picasso Hotel last Sunday so we can try their new flagship 64-inch Plasma Smart TV, the Series 8 8000.
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Lenovo’s laptops usually has that design signature that you’ll easily spot a mile away. The IdeaPad U260 does not seem to inherit the usual genetic make-up and thus gives it a much refreshing look. Check out our full review of the Lenovo IdeaPad U260 after the jump.
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This is the very first Neo laptop I’ve reviewed here so the Edge Z3265 gave a lasting impression about the Filipino company’s future in the PC-making business. Check out the review of the Neo Edge Z3265 after the jump.
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Samsung Philippines previewed their newest 55-inch LED TV last October, the inch-thick Samsung B8000 Series 8. They sent me one to test out for a week and I’m curious how that internet connectivity feature works.
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A new 55″ Samsung Series 8 LED TV is coming out and they’ll still be as thin as 1.2 inches. We’ve had the Series 7 before and this new one adds new features that could well replace a separate media player.
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LED TVs are just starting to make an entry into the market and Samsung is one of the very first few ones that’s introducing them to consumers. Their entry-level model in the Series 7 is a 40-inch LED TV. This model uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) as its primary light source, rather than traditional cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) found in regular LCD TVs nowadays.
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Samsung Philippines sent this LED TV over just this morning. I was actually drooling over it when I first saw the TV last April but it’s just beyond my budget at the moment so I’ll settle for a loaner at the meantime. See unboxed photos after the jump.
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Yesterday, Samsung Electronics unveiled its new ultra-thin 40″ to 55″ 1080p LED Full HD TV — the Samsung B6000 and B7000 Series. The new series now uses Light Emitting Diode (LED) instead of the usual Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL).
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Was looking around from some good deals on 40+ inch LCD TVs and Anson’s Appliance Store seems to be doing a sale this summer. Check out some of the good deals I saw on HDTVs after the jump.
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It’s been a while since I’ve made a dedicated thank you post to our advertisers and sponsors here at YugaTech. Please do check them out below and see what promos they’re offering to readers here.
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Yesterday, Samsung Philippines introduced their new line of HDTVs just in time for the Christmas shopping season — the Series 7 and Series 8 LCD TV with 46″ and 52″ models.
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LG Electronics may be one of the smaller and silent players in the mobile market but records showed it has made great success with a couple of earlier models. The LG Chocolate ranks as the 4th most popular phone of all time while the LG KU-250 became the first cheap 3G phone in the market. The new LG Secret will attempt to make a name for itself as well.
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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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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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