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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 2nd, 2008

Special SIM cards for text voting in contests? Weird.

I love shows that do audience participation. Especially in the form of SMS voting for talent shows like American Idol. Well, we have our own franchise back here called Philippine Idol. And as a fan of these talent shows that, I’ve become a little disturbed with some developments in blatant SMS padding of votes. For […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

December 26th, 2007

Verzio Duplii Review: Dual SIM done right?

The Verzio Duplii is one of two phones (the other one is the Twinn) launched in the Philippines. It is the first “looks good like it ain’t hacked” phone that holds two SIM card slots active simultaneously.
Real estate shows off a fantastic phone design as the Duplii was engineered by former Sony Ericsson and […]

By Jayvee -- 30 comments

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

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