Archive for June, 2008

Sony Ericsson’s C905 - 8.1 MP Camera Phone

Let the geek fest continue! Sony Ericsson is also coming out with a new kick ass mobile phone that really tops all of the phones in the market in one aspect. Get this guys, the new C905 has an 8.1 Mega Pixel Camera! It’s literally as good as the digital camera that’s being offered by [...]

Nokia Announces New Units - E71 & E66

Apple announced the 3G iPhone, Samsung announced their iPhone killer, the Omnia, and ChinaKing came up with a mobile phone that had the capability to project. Nokia, the leading brand here in the Philippines, announced the E71 and the E66. Both of these units are business phones and have various functions that will really be [...]

China iPhone Version has Projector Functions

I assume you guys were really excited upon reading about the Apple 3G iPhone and the Samsung Omnia. ChinaKing recently released their version of the iPhone and it has one breakthrough feature which really floored me. Guess what? The ChinaKing Mobile Phone also functions as a PROJECTOR. WTFOMGBBQ! Yes, you read that right! A friggin’ [...]

Philippine Ragnarok Online Weekly Update (6/18/08)

Hello everyone! Sorry for not being able to post much lately. I’ve been very busy at work preparing for RWC’08 and coordinating the fix for SMART BRO. Anyway, here’s the weekly Ragnarok update. As usual, feel free to leave your feedback, comments, and suggestions. I’ve already escalated last week’s concerns and as soon as I [...]

A Prayer for Ces Drilon

Okay, let’s take a break from all the gaming, girls, and gadgets. As most of you know, ABS-CBN Star Reporter Ces Drilon was abducted by a terrorist group while she was in Mindanao following a lead for her story. They’ve already released her camera man but she’s still there together with a professor and another [...]

Alodia - Pinoy Otaku Princess?

Alodia, one of the most popular anime and pop icons in the Philippines, did an autograph signing and also hosted the Cosplay Competition at the recent Toy Con ‘08. I was sitting in the LU booth when I saw a huge crowd gathering just across us. I initially thought that Marian Rivera arrived already since [...]

Philippine Toy Convention ‘08

This year, Level Up sponsored the annual Philippine Toy Convention ‘08, more commonly known as the Toy Con. I was able to find time yesterday to drop by and oh my god it was really jam packed with people. Anime lovers, gamers, and kids of all ages filled the megatrade hall and the venue barely [...]

SMART BRO Issue Update

Before anything else, let me greet all the dads out there happy father’s day! Okay, now on to the business at hand. I made a few calls to follow-up on the status of the SMART BRO connection issues and our ICT Head advised me to get more information so they can finally resolve the problem, [...]

Happy Father’s Day!

Today’s Father’s Day! To all the readers of this blog who are already dads, I’d like to take this chance to greet all of you and congratulate all of you for being fathers. It’s really one hell of a job to be a father - it takes so much patience, hard work, love, and generosity [...]

SMART BRO Users - Need Your IP Address

I’ve received several reports on how SMART BRO users can’t seem to access Level Up websites and any of our games for almost 3 days running. I’ve talked to our IT Head and Chief Operating Officer and they’ve already begun coordinating with SMART BRO. They also asked me to get the IP Address of SMART [...]

Prepaid iPhone at 34,000 PHP

Steve Jobs started it off by announcing a massive price cut and saying that the new 3G iPhone would retail for $199 USD or around 10,000 pesos. A few days later, we got info from Globe that it would be priced at around 20,000 pesos. Now, based on Yuga’s computations, the unsubsidized 3G iPhone will [...]

Wild Card Nomination Double Voting Points

Starting today at 4:00PM, you will get double the amount of votes you can cast in the Wild Card Nomination that we’re currently running across all servers. This is a great chance for you to catch up and get into the running and get the various in-game prizes that we have lined up for the [...]

Globe 3G iPhone to Cost 20,000 PHP?

Here’s another cross-post from Carlo Ople dot Com. I forgot that I should be writing on Gadgets & Technology more often here than the other blog, hehe. A few days ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs released an announcement that really floored the entire world. He was releasing a new version of the iPhone at half [...]

Philippine Ragnarok Online Weekly Update (6/11/08)

Good day everyone! For today’s weekly update, I’ll focus more on the updates and promotions since we have a lot going on. I’d still love to hear from you regarding the technical issues that we had with siege so if you have comments on that, don’t hesitate to post below. If all’s good with the [...]

New 3G iPhone for 10,000 Pesos?

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, recently announced the launch of the new version of the iPhone. It wasn’t loaded with new features except for Microsoft Sync, 3G, Push E-mail, and GPS Maps. Nothing really revolutionary since these are already being offered by different brands already. However… Steve Jobs also announced that the new iPhone will [...]