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Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » HTC Magic on Smart gets priced
Smart Comm. announced today their exclusive deal with HTC on the new Adroid-powered phone, HTC Magic. The phone is the 3rd Android OS powered smartphone coming from HTC. Smart is offering the HTC Magic for a 2-year lock in period witht he ff. postpaid plans: Suggested ratail price: Php 39,900 Smart Plan 500: Php27,000 Smart Plan 800: Php24,000 Smart Plan … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » LG Arena is officially out in the market
Joining the premiere showing of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, LG has officially announced that their flagship mobile phone for 2009, the LG Arena (KM900), is officially out in the market. This multimedia phone comes at a retail price of Php24,900 and is available in black and silver titanium colors. Here are some feature that you will get for that … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » PayPal launches new Seller Protection for eBay Sellers
PayPal, an eBay company, yesterday announced that it is launching new protection for its Filipino eBay sellers. The new coverage will provide protection against unauthorized payments and claims for items not received for eligible items sold on eBay websites. Sellers will benefit from a new feature which alerts them of potential, high-risk transactions within moments of receiving a payment so … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Information on Twitter Threat
Following on from last month’s phishing attacks on Twitter via the mass distribution of spam messages, Symantec Security Response has now detected a wave of fake Twitter invitations that come carrying a mass-mailing and malicious worm. The observed messages appear as if they have been sent from a Twitter account; however, unlike a legitimate Twitter message, there is no invitation … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Win a Sony W202 Walkman when you buy from adidas
Sony and adidas teamed up to celebrate the Def Jam and adidas Originals’ 25th anniversary collection by giving you a chance to own a Sony W202 Walkman. With the Originals Def Jam Promo starting from June 18 to July 18, for every purchase of adidas Originals apparels from participating Metro Manila outlets worth P3,000, you will receive a raffle entry … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Nokia intros cheap 5530 XpressMusic
A new full touch screen phone was just announced — a Nokia 5530 XpressMusic — which has a similar form factor as the earlier 5800XM. 2.9″ screen (360×640 pixels) proximity sensor accelerometer sensor handwriting recognition 3.15 MP (2048×1536 pixels) Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth TV out The 5530XM does not have 3G, only EDGE, as … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Are you ready for Globe’s WiMAX?
Globe just launched their newest broadband internet offering powered by WiMAX technology for those areas that are not reached by 3G or DSL. This is the first in our country. Now before you go on thinking that Globe has poor coverage for its 3G so why should I bother with this new WiMAX thing, you should know the basics of … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » iPhone 3GS gets an upgrade
Apple unveiled an upgraded version of their iPhone, the iPhone 3G S (the S in 3G S seemed to indicate speed). Aside from bigger storage capacity (16GB and 32GB models), the iPhone 3G S also has a better built-in camera with autofocus and can record video at 30fps. Apple also claimed to have improved the battery life to last 50% … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » The Palm Pre is here!
The Palm Pre goes on sale today via Sprint. Here’s a first-boot welcome video when you open the Palm Pre for the first time. We can onyl wish the Pre would be available for GSM networks and be sold in the Philippines. Hopefully, maybe later this year. [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » The new LG Scarlet is a thing of beauty
LG just recently launched its latest LCD TV, the new Scarlet LH70. If you love the LG Scarlet (LG60) released last year, you’re gonna love the LH70 even more. The LH70 is now a full HD LCD TV and looks sleeker and slimmer than its older sister with a mere thickness of 1.56 inch (39.7 mm). It’s tuner and components … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Microsoft Bing Commercial
Microsoft is re-introducing their search engine as a decision engine and called it Bing. To get the message across, MS launched a series of funny commercials for Bing: Bing: Cellphone Commercial Bing: Ticket to Hawaii Bing: Search Overload Is Over [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » The new LG Scarlet is a thing of beauty
LG just recently launched its latest LCD TV, the new Scarlet LH70. If you love the LG Scarlet (LG60) released last year, you’re gonna love the LH70 even more. The LH70 is now a full HD LCD TV and looks sleeker and slimmer than its older sister with a mere thickness of 1.56 inch (39.7 mm). It’s tuner and components … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » MSI XSlim X340 now in stores
MSI has announced that their new ultraslim X340 notebook are now available in stores. The MSI X340 is 6 mm at its thinnest and 20 mm at its widest, weighing only 1.3 kilograms with battery. Specs: - Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Intel® Core2 SU3500 ULV 1.4GHz Processor 3MB L2 Cache - WLAN Intel Shirley Peak 1×2 (802.11agn) - Genuine … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Globe Broadband 30 day trial free for SMEs
Globe is offering a free 30-day trial of its wired broadband packages with no commitment, no hassle, and no charges. From May 15-July 31, small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) availing of any of Globe’s broadband and landline plans will automatically be given a one-month free trial of the service. SMEs availing of the promo will also get additional savings as … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Asus Eee PC 1008HA: First Impressions
Asus launched it’s new line of Eee PC’s today they call the Seashell. I was able to get a first-hand look (and touch) of the high-end model of this line which is the 1008HA and I have to say it’s one of the most gorgeous ultra-thin netbooks I’ve seen. First, let’s get out the basic, boring specs that netbooks of … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Amazon announces 9.7″ Kindle DX
This week, Amazon announced its 3rd generation wireless reading device, the Kindle DX. It’s now even bigger than the previous two Kindle at 9.7 inches. The bigger dimension (10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″) may make reading newspaper a lot nicer. holds up to 3,500 books, periodicals, and documents display auto-rotates from portrait to landscape as you turn the device so … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Samsung i7500 Android phone is official
Samsung made official last week their very first Android cellphones, the i7500. The Samsung i7500 has a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen runs on the latest Android OS version 1.5. The i7500 is fully-featured in the connectivity department — Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G/HSDPA & HSUPA, Bluetooth. Plus, it has a 5MP autofocus camera. Storage is 8GB built-in with option to expand via microSD … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » 13-year Old Boy takes 1 Billionth Apple App Download
In just 9 months, the Apple Store was able to reach 1 billion app downloads for iPhone and the iPod Touch. The App Store has more than 35,000 applications available to consumers in 77 countries. Apple announced last Friday that customers have downloaded one billion applications from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The one … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » HP intros Vivienne Tam Special Edition Mini 1100 Netbook
HP recently announced three new ultraportables in its netbook line — the HP Mini 2140, HP Mini 1100 and the red Vivienne Tam Special Edition. The aluminum-cased HP Mini 2140 is an upgrade to the earlier VIA-powered Mini 2133. The Mini 2140 now runs an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz with options for SSD or 160GB HDD. Suggested retail price is … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog » Nikon D5000 announced
Nikon has announced a new mid-range dSLR — the Nikon D5000 sits somewhere between the Nikon D90 and the D60 with an effective 12.3MP CMOS sensor. 12.9 MPDX-format CMOS sensor (12.3 million effective pixels) 2.7″ LCD monitor (tilt and swivel) 720p video capture at @ 1280×720 (24 fps) Live View IS0 Range between 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded) 4 fps continuous … [Link]
