Wednesday, June 29, 2005

I saw The SEGWAY...in RECTO!



I was on my way to the bank lunchtime today to check on my payroll account, and as I was walking out the university gate, I saw a familiar thing, looking at it closely, I was really dumb-struck to realize that it was a SEGWAY. You know, that "revolutionizing" thing. That thing that looks like a platform with wheels and moves mimicking the human movement and balance. Anyways, what really was unbelievable for me was seeing it here in the Philippines, much more in RECTO. They were being used by non other than promotion people from Unilever Philippines distributing Cream Silk sachets samples. There were 4 of these amazing things being used only for promotional gimik. Man, UNILEVER sure has the bucks to spare for these things huh?!

Monday, June 20, 2005

A Surplus Notebook

Just yesterday, I was able to get hold of an "old" laptop/notebook. The brand is unknown to many, even me, and I doubt that if I go to any computer shops, they would know this brand. It's called PURPOSE, hehehe heck, I even tried to GOOGLE it and found not match. I said it's old because it runs on PENTIUM II 400 MHz, has 128 MB RAM, 3 GB of HDD and a 16-bit LCD screen. It was running Windows 98 and by the forces of the dark side, it was terriby slow.

My brother-in-law, gave this notebook to my wife, well, if you'll just look at it, well, it's small, as compared to the VAIO that I am currently using. But when I started tinkering with it, I saw the flaws, and tell you there were a lot. The whole body case creeks, and bends everytime I exert pressure on the thing, the battery is just running perhaps on the small juice it's got left (it won't survive if you try to unplug it from the mains), the whole keyboard marking's a mess (good thing I memorized most of the keyboard markings), and the space where one could rest his left hand while typing heats up like a furnace.

I tried updating the software, so I could use it to surf the internet, I installed the USB Moden driver for our DSL line and updated IE and installed MAXTHON browser (why not FIREFOX you might ask? Well, the disc space is a very big factor). MS OFFICE installed is OFFICE 2000 and I won't dare to upgrade it anymore. I tried installing the DRIVER for my USB Flash Drive to no avail.

I thought of using it for my daily lectures instead of bringing the very big VAIO everyday, but decided not to, this thing might die on me and I might get into prison for it hehehe. I'd be playing with this baby for sometime and well, to the shelf it'll go.

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Hope for the Blind!



A retinal implant is being developed by a company which might restore limited eyesight to patients with hereditary vision loss. It works with a microcomputer worn by the patient either as a spectacles or on the waist. The eyeglasses have a built-in camera and transmits the images to the implant.

NOKIA 770 v2?

There is this strange image of a NOKIA device, no names yet, but has some resemblance to the NOKIA 770 Internet device. Perhaps a v2.0? Pretty sleek though, wouldn't you think?

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

The W800 cousin? SE W600

This is the cousin for the K750 twin, the W800. It's a Walkman branded Sony Ericsson phone. Has the characteristics of the S700. Nice, but not impressive, but still nice. And what's with the orange color theme?



It doesn't sport an external media by way of the MemoryStick Duo slot, but it does have 256MB integrated memory, MP3 and AAC support, a standard 1/8th-inch stereo headphone jack (at last!), FM tuner, 1.8-inch 220 x 176 pixel 262k color display, 1.3-megapixel camera, stereo speakers, Bluetooth, and tri-band EDGE support.

The Sony Ericsson Z520

I don't know with you guys, but I have this fetish with SE phones. Just take a look at this newly-announced SE Z520. Isn't it lovely (sorry for the pun)?



It's got a 65k color 1.8-inch 160 x 128 pixel display, VGA camera, Bluetooth, and quad-band radio without EDGE at this time.

Monday, June 13, 2005

The Motorola V6 PEBL

Well, if you're going to ask me, the new Moto-Phones have very nice designs, although I'm a bit taken back by their User Interface, it's a bit bland. But then again, it's only my opinion.

New Nokias

Nokia never fails to amaze me, here are some of their new releases for this quarter. Damn! I've lost count on what Nokias are there in the market.



Now the phones! There is the 6111 a slider tri-band GSM phone (900/1800/1900) with EDGE, with a 1 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and an FM radio. The 6060 is an entry-level dual-band GSM flip phone with an external LED for call/message notifcation and MP3 ringtones.



And for the Series 40, here are some of them. The 6280 (above, left) a tri-band 900/1800/1900 EDGE phone with a 2 megapixel camera, second VGA camera for video calling, miniSD slot, Bluetooth, FM and visual radio support. The other one is the 6270 (above, right) no second video camera but adds stereo speakers. It’s a quad-band EDGE phone.

The Sony Ericsson 4!

Sony Ericsson is about to officially launch a new set of phones, using the Japan plus S700 concept. Stay tuned for more updates.

Sunday, June 12, 2005

The Mozilla Browser Address Bar

Ever since I've upgraded my PC, I have been using most of the Web Browsers available with IE being used the least. And just a few minutes ago, while using the Mozilla Browser, I found a very simple yet interesting fact about it's address bar, well, it can serve as a search bar as well. It may sound stupid, since most of youprobably knew this for some time now, but it gave a smile on my face finally being able to know this small feature of the browser.

Although most new browsers have this function, most of the search boxes integrated in a browser are totally separated from the address bar, some even doesn't have it on installation but is an add-on. The reason I liked it so much is that, I don't have to point my cursor to the other search box and click on the search button, with this one, I only have to deal with one box, the address box, and simply click on the right button to tell the browser what to do. Another good thing this feature shares with the other search boxes is that it is configurable.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Apple: Intel Inside?

It's true, Steve Jobs just announced that Macs will now shift from IBM PowerPC processors to Intel. Before, it was the PowerPC processors that set Macs apart from the Windows PC (aside from the wonderful design of course), but now, it has been revealed that the Mac OS has been running on Intel processors for some time now in the Apple labs. I wonder what will prevent Windows users from booting up their PCs with Mac OS now that they are using the same processors?

The Slim PS2 in White



I like the Slim PS2, it's so petit yet so powerful. The size may not be intimidating but play with it and you'll learn to appreciate the magnificent power it hides inside. The respect is there and even with the impending rise of it's next generation kin, it'll still command the respect for sometime.