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TIMBRE: Pinoy Pop Art and Music on your Headphones

karlaredor — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:52:55 +0000

TIMBRE headphones is the first Filipino-branded headphones. The TIMBRE headphones will be out by December 2011. TIMBRE has collaborated with Team Manila in designing their first headphones model, named GITARA.

Patterns found on a typical Filipino-made acoustic guitar can be seen on the headphone. Diagonal lines that represent the strings on a guitar can also be found on the design as well. Also, you can easily notice the widely-used design elements: three stars and a sun. What’s to like about TIMBRE headphones? The brand supports local Filipino music. I like their advocacy.

The TIMBRE Gitara headphones will be launched with two colors: Gold-Grey-Charcoal on Matte White, and Gold-Tan-Brick on Matte Black. I like the elegance and simplicity of the Gold-Grey-Charcoal on Matte White.

Check out the product photos below:

Gold-Grey-Charcoal on Matte White

Gold-Tan-Brick on Matte Black

Watch out for TIMBRE headphones at the following stores:

Team Manila Lifestyle
The Sole Project Flip Flops
Analog Soul
The A. Shop
Wooden Canvas
Vinyl on Vinyl
Mobile 1
Wardrobe.ph

Please also watch out for the Zonta Alabang Christmas Carnivale Bazaar on December 17 and 18, 9am to 9pm at Cuenca Court, Ayala Alabang Village.

For more updates, check out TIMBRE’s Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Timbre-Headphones/154767797935816?v=wall and their website at: www.timbreheadphones.com

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Globe Tattoo 4G Tonino Lamborghini Broadband stick

karlaredor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:56:20 +0000

Finally, me and Sha got to see and experience the Globe Tattoo 4G Tonino Lamborghini Broadband stick. With the USB dongle, you can get up to 10Mbps of speed if you are within the areas where HSPA+ is deployed.

In the launch, we also got to see the Globe Tattoo HSPA+’s brand ambassador. Marlon Stockinger is a Filipino race car driver and he is the first Filipino to win in a formula race in Europe.

The Tattoo Tonino Lamborghini Stick is available for at 2,199 pesos per month. You get up to 10Mbps speed if you’re in an HSPA+ site. If not, of course you will get lower speeds. Aside from the unlimited surfing, you may also send 200 SMS to Globe/TM subscribers per month. You also have the option to upgrade to a MyFi device. All you need to do is to add 50 pesos per month on top of your subscription.

Globe Exec. showing the Samsung Galaxy S2

Globe also announced that they’ll be offering the Samsung Galaxy S2 4G-enabled phone. This will be available bundled for free with the My SuperSurf Plan 3799 this coming June 27, 2011. The Samsung Galaxy S2 4G phones shall be shipped with an app called VMS (Video Message Service) which will be free for My SuperSurf Subscribers until July 31. VMS users may upload and share videos. They may also receive and watch videos using their Samsung Galaxy S2.

Left-Right: Coach Rio dela Cruz, Saab Magalona, Marlon Stockinger, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Sarah Gaugler

Red Mobile now offers a postpaid plan

karlaredor — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:41:17 +0000

Finally, Red Mobile now offers a postpaid plan. The 300-peso postpaid plan is inclusive of unlimited calls and texts (Red-to-Red) with free 300 text messages to other networks. This plan is officially available within GMA only.

Here’s the applicable rates:
Voice calls
Globe, Sun, Landline and Others – 6.50 pesos per minute
Smart, Talk n’ Text, Infinity – 2 pesos per minute

SMS
Globe, Sun, Landline and Others – 1 peso per message
Smart, Talk n’ Text, Infinity – 50cents per message

In order to apply for a postpaid line, go to the nearest Smart Wireless Center and just bring a valid ID.

Will the Aerosmith Concert push thru or not?

karlaredor — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:07:02 +0000

UPDATE: Concert was moved to April 2

Previously, the official Facebook page of SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds posted that Aerosmith will have a concert at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds on March 19. Then, www.gig.ph posted in their blog about this concert. Afterwards, the blog of www.gig.ph went down and just recently, SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds removed the said post in their Facebook page.

I actually learned about this concert when my Facebook friend shared a link of the blog post of www.gig.ph. Since their source was the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, it must be true. A lot of people shared this in their Twitter and Facebook accounts.

I checked the tour page of Aerosmith, but there’s no single concert listed there.

~~Since, SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds removed the said post, I guess this won’t push thru after all.~~ What will happen to American Idol?

Sam Pinto: Newest San Mig Light Endorser

karlaredor — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:42:50 +0000

Sam Pinto

Sam Pinto is San Mig Light’s newest endorser. San Mig Light is the country’s top low-calorie beer. Sam Pinto is a 21-year old actress/model. According to San Mig Light’s brand representative, Sam Pinto fits well to the brand. Sam Pinto is in the latet TV commercial of San Mig Light where she’s clad in a blue two-piece bikini.

HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa – Phones with dedicated Facebook buttons

karlaredor — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:10:19 +0000

HTC ChaCha

HTC has announced HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa in this year’s Mobile World Congress. It’s interesting to note that there’s a dedicated Facebook button on each of these phones. HTC ChaCha is a touch-screen phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard while the HTC Salsa is a touch-screen phone. Both of these phones run on Android with HTC Sense.

The HTC ChaCha has a 2.6″ touch-screen with a 480×320 resolution. It is powered by a 600 MHz processor. It has a ROM of 512 MB and a RAM of 512 MB. Memory is expandable through a microSD card slot which is SD 2.0 compatible. The HTC ChaCha has a 5MP rear camera (with autofocus and LED flash) and a VGA front camera for making/taking video calls. It has the following sensors: G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor, and Ambient light sensor. It also has a GPS antenna. Battery life is 7 hours talk time (WCDMA), 7.5 hours talk time (GSM) while the standby time is 660 hours (WCDMA), 430 hours (GSM). It has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and supports Bluetooth® 3.0.

HTC Salsa

The HTC Salsa has a 3.2″ touch-screen with a 320 x 480 resolution (same as the HTC ChaCha). It has also the same processor speed like the ChaCha. Basically, it has the same specs except that the Salsa does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard and its battery life is 7.9 hours talk time (WCDMA) and 9 hours talk time (GSM), standby time is 530 hours (WCDMA) and 445 hours (GSM). With HTC Salsa, you can browse the internet using 3G which you cannot do with HTC ChaCha.

Here’s the list of the some of the features that are readily available on HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa
- Facebook chat widget
- Dedicated Facebook share button
- Calendar widget (syncs Facebook birthdays and events)
- Facebook stream updates (ticker style)
- Friend Stream widget (shows Facebook status updates, tweets, Flickr photos)
- Facebook Places

I think that HTC should release a version of HTC ChaCha where you can browse the internet using 3G. Also, Facebook should already enable Facebook Places here in the Philppines.

Timbuk2 Small Fry Netbook Case

karlaredor — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:18:58 +0000

Small Fry Netbook bag from Timbuk2

While this Small Fry Netbook bag from Timbuk2 was not really meant for an iPad, the iPad fits just right if you are not using the bulky iPad portfolio cases. The case that I’m using for this iPad is the one from Apple.

You may also place your additional belongings in the pocket located in the front. You may place there a small wallet, a mobile phone and or a compact point and shoot camera.

What I like about this bag is its padding which gives additional protection to the iPad. What I don’t like about it though is that I cannot put other essential stuff in the bag like the keyboard and the umbrella.

Thanks to my brother for giving me his bag

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You’ll Desire These For Christmas – HTC Desire Z and HTC Desire HD

Sharlyne Ang — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:32:27 +0000

Christmas is now fast approaching and gadgets are selling like hotcakes. For those of you who haven’t bought anything yet as a Christmas gift to yourself (or to anyone), you may want to consider the HTC Desire Z and HTC Desire HD.

A few weeks ago, we were invited to the launch of these 2 new phones of HTC. As an Android phone user, I would definitely want to at least touch this (even if I can’t buy it yet!). HTC is a brand now getting popular in the Philippines, especially for Android fans.

HTC Desire Z

HTC Desire Z (keyboard showing)

HTC Desire Z (Back)

Suggested Retail Price: PHP 32,000

Features:

3.7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display
480 x 800 pixel resolution
5MP camera with LED flash, Auto focus, Geo tagging, Effects
Video capture: 1280×720 (720p HD), recording format is 3GP
800 MHz processor
HTC Sense UI
Android 2.2 Operating System
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth 2.1
3G Connectivity
DLNA
Tethering
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
3.5mm headphone jack
MicroSD card slot
Built-in FM Radio
Music player supports the following formats: MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI
Video playback supports: MPEG4, WMV, 3GP, 3G2
Built in GPS
A-GPS
Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity Sensor, Light sensor

HTC Desire HD

HTC Desire HD (Front)

HTC Desire HD (Back)

Suggested Retail Price: PHP 35,000

Features:

4.3 inch screen with SRS Surround audio
480 x 800 WVGA resolution
123 mm (L) x 68 mm (W) x 11.8 mm (T), Weight: 164 g – with battery
14.4 Mbps-enabled HSPA connection, uploading is at 5.76 Mbps
Processor – Qualcomm QSD 8255, 1 GHz
Android 2.2 (Froyo) with HTC Sense
Network: HSPA, WCDMA, GSM, GPRS, Edge
3G – up to 14.4 Mbps download speed, up t0 5.76 Mbps upload speed
GPRS – up to 114 Kbps download speed
Wifi
USB and Wifi tethering
Internal GPS antenna, HTC footprints and Google Maps
G Sensor, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Standard micro-USB
Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
8.0 megapixel colour camera with auto focus and 2 x LED flash
720p HD video recording
face detection capability
built-in effects include depth of field, vignette and more
Geo-Tagging
FM radio
Audio supported formats: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma
Recording – .amr
Video supported formats: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv, .avi, .xvid
Recording – .3gp
MicroSD memory card, supports up to 32 GB
HTC Sense

Rhian Ramos Endorses HTC Smart

Sharlyne Ang — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:05:54 +0000

Rhian Ramos for HTC Smart

Last August 10th, HTC officially launched Rhian Ramos as their official endorser for HTC Smart which was launched April 2010. The event was held at the Dolce Superclub in Quezon City.

HTC Smart is one of the simplest touch screen phones in the market today. All communications with friends/relatives are organized by conversation and not through applications. This means that you need not go to Facebook or Twitter to see their status updates. When you click on your contact in the HTC Smart phone, you’ll be able to see all the previous conversations, call logs, emails, Facebook and Twitter updates. The Samsung Galaxy S also has this feature, which makes everything personalized instead of depending on the individual applications. This phone also has what they call Friend Steam which integrates Facebook and Twitter. You will be able to see your friends updates in one application. You can also update your status with this feature. This one, although, doesn’t have Wifi. The HTC Smart phone costs for Php 12,900. HTC will also be releasing a limited edition HTC Smart – Rhian Ramos phones which will be released by September 2010.

You’re maybe wondering about the detailed features of HTC Smart? Please see below:

Processor: 300 Mhz

Operating System: Brew Mobile Platform

Memory: ROM – 256 MB, RAM – 256 MB

Dimensions: 104mm (L) x 55mm (W) x 12.8 mm (T)

Weight: 108g (with battery)

Display: 1.8 inch TFT – LCD touch sensitive screen with QVGA resolution

Network: HSDPA/WCDMA – 2100 Mhz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge – 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent)

Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo handsets
HTC ExtHSB (11 pin mini-USB 2.0)
3.5 mm stereo audio jack

Camera: 3.0 megapixel colour camera with fixed focus and flashlight
Audio Supported formats: AAC, AMR, QCP, MID, M4A, MP3, WMA, WAV
Video Supported formats: MP3, 3GP, 3G2 and M4V

Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 11000 mAh
Talk time: up to 370 minutes for WCDMA, Up to 450 minutes for GSM
Standby time: Up to 600 hours for WCDMA, up to 450 hours for GSM

Expansion slot: Micro SD memory card

AC Adapter: Voltage range/frequency: 100 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 50V and 1A

Value Added applications: HTC Sence, Facebook and Twitter integration, FM Radio, Photos and Videos, Music and Weather.

RIP Google Wave

karlaredor — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:33:51 +0000

When Google Wave was announced, I was eager to try it out since I see its potential of a great collaboration tool. I gave out invites to friends who are interested to try it out. Anyway, Google will stop the developments of Google Wave as a standalone product. However, Google Wave will be still available until the year ends. Even if it Google Wave is still accessible, Google Wave will just die a slow death. Read more about this announcement from Google.