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Archive for the ‘Unwired Oddities’ Category

December 17th, 2007

Text campaings don’t work during office hours and on long holidays

Textually reports of the power of text messaging. You’ve probably heard of the coup attempt done about two weeks ago in the Philippines. It was broadcast all over BBC and CNN. Textually cites that the power of SMS can rally a huge mob in a matter of a 2 to 3 hours.

What happened? Had […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

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 7th, 2007

Woman falls to death grabbing her cellphone

You know, the headline says it all. Darwin Award?
A WOMAN, identified only by her tattoo as Karra, fell to her death from the fourth level of a mall to its basement Thursday afternoon.

Dionisio said that in their investigation, it appears to be an accident; apparently the woman lost hold of her cellphone and tried to […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

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 […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

November 8th, 2007

Karaoke on your mobile phone idea

When i was a lot younger, I had a teacher who always carried a tape deck with minus one songs at the back of his car. He was a good singer and he would tell me that the deck would be a “precaution” just in case people would ask him to sing at parties. Apparently […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

October 31st, 2007

Dog is iPhone for Halloween

Well, really. ‘Nuff said.
[Gizmodo]
Tags: Apple, Costume, Cute, Dog, Funny, Halloween, iPhone, Pets, Unwired OdditiesShare This

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

October 31st, 2007

Samsung’s Batty Halloween

Well, it’s nothing much. But considering that phone company websites don’t really do this, a huge kudos to Samsung for exerting the extra effort to get batty this Halloween. If you visit their website today, you’ll be rewarded with a screen filled with falling bats and a jack o’ lantern at the bottom right.
Tags: Batty, […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

October 22nd, 2007

Do you own a Nokla N95?

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I’m not too sure though if this applies. The Nokla N95 is widely available in the Philippines and has been reviewed by several bloggers and journalists as a phenomenon gadget.
The Nokia Phone blog shows us a detailed illustration on how to distinguish between a real […]

By Jayvee -- 104 comments

October 17th, 2007

Symbian CEO calls us all cavemen!

The guys from The Register reports that Nigel Clifford, CEO from Symbian addressed the crowd, calling everyone neanderthals at the recent Symbian Show.

Yes, we’re cavemen, said Clifford, only cavemen who want to take our environment with us. “Connected cavemen”, in fact.[Read]
The move came as a creative expression to point out that despite the fact that […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

October 4th, 2007

3M Bumpons: Out of the box protection!

So I got a set of these Bumpons from 3M yesterday. I’ve always believed in a gadget protection solution that allows you to admire your device without the fear of having to encase it in a suit of armor to protect it from scratches. So I purchased a pack of Bumpons for about $2.00 for […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments