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May 6th, 2008

Get $5.00 Off from Animoto and Create Unlimited Kick Ass Videos!

Animoto, the photo presentation site that makes kick ass videos (Samsung Roadshow Video here) is offering $5.00 off when you sign up for a subscription plan with them. All you need to do is enter the code in bold below when you sign up for a new account subscription or click on this link.
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March 23rd, 2008

Telco Sponsors Live Crucifixion

The Holy Week, a week-long celebration / reflection on the Passion of the Christ culminates today at Easter Sunday. The feast of the Holy Week includes the Good Friday live Crucifixion which is done in the popular province of San Fernando, Pampanga. The Good Friday story was written by Brit tech site, The Register.
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March 3rd, 2008

Travel and the Geekiness

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As a cellphone geek who’s been traveling around the neighboring Asian countryside I’ve developed an eccentricity to never put my phone on roaming. Instead I’d always buy a “souvenir” SIM card from each country (Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia) and put it on my open-line phone. […]

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February 25th, 2008

Social networking and being more “fluid”

Arrington from Tech Crunch has some thoughts about an iPhone-only social network. Branding from the elitist persona of Apple fanboys (like me, kidding) allows such things to become quick realities.

I personally think that these niche social networking applications (like that on the iPhone) is highly “liquidated” only when the application is very much integrated […]

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January 20th, 2008

C228s Bayan “Wireless Landline”

I was sent over a HUAWEI CDMA-based C228s phone, aptly known as the “Bayan wireless landline.” With GSM being the primary network used for mobile phones in Asia, CDMA still has its niche. In the Philippines, the wireless landline concept has become a favorite among vendors and stall owners that don’t have access to a […]

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January 11th, 2008

NOKLA phones being sent to NOKIA service centers

Some consumers are the perfect target for things like this. Nokia sent over an email a few days ago exposing how owners of NOKLA phones are sending them to NOKIA service centers for repairs. Because of the inferior design quality, these phones tend to break. The problem with consumers is that they tend to mistake […]

By Jayvee -- 8 comments

January 9th, 2008

Sony Ericsson T650i in Gold

Not sure why they had to choose this phone of all models, but the Sony Ericsson T650i is now encased in gold. It isn’t the whole phone, mind you - just the screen, You know, cost cutting measures here and there especially with the weakening of the dollar. What this basically means is the screen […]

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December 10th, 2007

What’s the worst phone you’ve ever used?

Lately, community blog comments over here have been leaning towards the rants. Truth be told, the influx of crap phones are much faster than the influx of pretty good ones. If you were to compile a list as a public service to other phone buyers on the crappiest phones in the market, what would these […]

By Jayvee -- 4 comments

December 2nd, 2007

Watch the SideShow

Windows Vista has a little brother in Windows Mobile. At least that is where it seems to be going. The SideShow application turns your mobile device into a small “Tempest Junior” for the huge desktop “Thunder Sub.”

Here are a few things up for the testing grounds according to the devs:
* New […]

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November 26th, 2007

Paygate London: Cellphones are the new currency

So what’s your take on the latest development of the London currency being dispensed by mobile phones?

“Early next year Barclaycard will run a trial of the technology on the back of its new ‘OnePulse’ contactless card, which was launched in September. OnePulse cards are combined credit cards and Oyster cards, and also allow small purchases […]

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