Catching my attention with the Sony VAIO F series
Apparently there were three sets of launches yesterday — one for the morning shows, a mid-day “lunch launch” for the media and an evening with the online community. I made like a BLT and sandwiched myself into the noon event.
Great event. Sony launched the new VAIO line, which was...
Source: Jayvee Fernandez on Technology and New Media in the Philippines
HTC Hero First Impressions
We finally got an HTC Hero to review, the P33,900 gadget endorsed by Bianca King. Pics and a few first impressions follow.
The first thing I noticed about the Hero? How hard it is to type in text on the phone’s touch-screen keyboard! It doesn’t help that the Hero has a relatively...
Source: Technograph
Level Up Games Retail Store Sighted
To be clear, the store’s name is “Level Up Games & Gadgets”, and not “Level Up! Games”. Unlike the Amazon Computer store however, we went through the trouble of finding out what was sold, and at how much. We simply had nothing better to do over the long Christmas vacation.
First...
Source: Technograph
HTC Hero Officially Costs P33,900 in the Philippines
Thanks to my coverage of Filipina Bianca King endorsing the HTC Hero, readers have asked about the Android OS phone’s price and availability.
An email from my contact within HTC Philippines—fittingly sent to me through from his own Hero, stated that the HTC Hero was actually available since...
Source: Technograph
Nokia X3 Costs P8,830 in the Philippines
Just in case you missed it, the Nokia X3 has been officially available in the Philippines for around two weeks now, at an official SRP of P8,830. So what do you get for that price?
Basically a sliding phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera, stereo speakers, and an FM radio. There’s of course a...
Source: Technograph
Costs of Calls Unchanged Over 10 Years
That’s the assertion by Tonyo Cruz, sometime reporter and currently full-time blogger. Mr. Cruz also uses his distinctively journalistic style to highlight how telcos have managed to work around the NTC’s recent memo calling for a more reasonable cell phone call charging scheme.
The money...
Source: Technograph
The Samsung Corby Pro (B5310) Excites Me
The Samsung B5310—marketed as the CorbyPRO—looks like an attractive budget option for Filipinos looking to buy a phone come January 2010. Here’s why.
The official launch price of the CorbyPRO will be P11,990. That price gets buyers the following features:
2.8″ QVGA (320 x 240) touch-display
Slide-out...
Source: Technograph
Globe Announces New Call Rates
Related to the new call charging scheme prescribed by the NTC, Globe sent me the following announcement this morning.
Globe Advisory: In compliance with NTC Circular 05-07-2009, Globe is pleased to offer our subscribers per second charging for voice calls within the Globe network for only 10 centavos...
Source: Technograph
The Nokia N97 Mini Review
At first glance, the Nokia N97 Mini seems like a good buy. Here after all is a P25,000 phone that is in many ways better than its P30,000 predecessor, the original Nokia N97. If only it lasted longer on a single charge!
Spec-wise, both phones are virtually similar. The difference is that the N97 mini...
Source: Technograph
