Archive for the 'Gadgets & Tech' Category

16 GB iPhone 3G “Pirated” Versions Available

Got this tip from Abe at Yugatech. It looks like the 3G iPhone has finally landed on Philippine shores! I’m not totally sure though if these are legal iPhones or if they are smuggled goods (which is most probably the case). It’s currently being sold at 30,000 through Auction.PH, a web based selling portal [...]

Final Fantasy VII Action Figures: Cloud & Sepiroth

Other than my World of Warcraft action figures, I also collect Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children toys. The very first one I got was Sepiroth, and it only took a few weeks before I found myself buying Cloud together with his motorbike, Fenrir. They’re a bit more pricey compared to the WoW toys but it’s [...]

Asus EEPC - Really Small

Mich recently got promoted and is currently being trained to become one of the newest reporters for ABS-CBN (Congrats!). I decided to buy her a gift to congratulate her on her recent success. I distinctly remember seeing a lot of journalists using the ASUS EEPC so… while we were in Greenhills last Sunday, we decided [...]

Join Me On Facebook!

One of my latest hobbies is tinkering with my Facebook profile. It’s actually very addictive and I personally find it more engaging and enjoyable than other social networks like Friendster and Multiply. Other than my blogs, I find myself regularly updating my Facebook profile as well and it’s really fun since you can actually play [...]

SEAOIL Prepaid Price Lock Card

The price of gasoline will continue to rise every week. In fact, according to a news item, gas prices can reach up to 80 PHP per liter this year. That’s really alarming since that will have an impact on other commodities as well. Seaoil, one of the newest players in the gas industry, is offering [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]