Sunday, July 24, 2005

I'm sure glad I'm using a SonyEricsson!


I sure am glad that I'm using a Sony Ericsson phone, although almost everything about it is better than Nokia and other mobile phones out there, but also because it's not using Symbian. I'm not against Symbian as well, in fact, I like Symbian very much because of it's versatility, but then again, it stops there.

A week ago, while I was in class, I forgot to turn the Bluetooth radio of my phone, an SE K700i. Then all of a sudden, I kept on getting a file sent from a BT device. Curious as I am, I keep on accepting the damn file but to no avail. Nothing was accepted nor recieved. When I asked around, I found out that one of my student's phone is infected with the CommWarrior mobile phone virus. Whew! What a relief!

"Windows Longhorn is changing name...Windows Longhorn is now Windows Vista!"


Codename Windows Longhorn is now defunct, Microsoft has officially launched the real name of the next Windows operating system. It's Windows Vista! So from this day onwards, Windows Longhorn will be called Windows Vista!

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Evolution of Public Busses (on my perspective)!

> No Aircon
> No Aircon with blasting FM radios
> Only provincial busses have airconditioning
> City busses have airconditioning
> Provincial busses have aircon with FM radios (and casette players that play those everlasting medley with that same tempo and beat) & TV
> City busses have airconditioning with FM radios & TV
> Provincial busses have airconditioning with FM radios (and casette players that play those everlasting medley with that same tempo and beat), TV & Betamax
> City busses have airconditioning with FM radios, TV & Betamax
> Provincial busses have airconditioning with FM radios (and casette players that play those everlasting medley with that same tempo and beat), TV & VHS
> City busses have airconditioning with FM radios, TV & VHS
> Both provincial and city busses have airconditioning, FM radios, TV & VCD players
> Both provincial and city busses have airconditioning, FM radios, TV & DVD players

Monday, July 18, 2005

The Motorola RAZR V3x



When I saw the RAZR V3 a year ago on the web, I was awe-struck by the beauty the phone possess, but when I got to hold it in person, I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of feature-set and the somewhat wide appearance, and yet, I still consider it uber-sexy!

Now, behold! The evolution of am uber-sexy phone to an uber-beauty & brains! Featuring the Motorola RAZR V3x!

After sometime of speculation, and being called the Motorola V1150, Motorola officially made an announcement about this new phone and it's features. Other than the sexy looks & Bluetooths (which it shares with it's sister), it now has, 2.0 MP camera, a VGA camera for 3G cameraphone capabilities, an expansion card, enhanced graphics processor for high performance 3D graphics and J2ME™ for the ultimate in 3D gaming choices, Motorola's SCREEN3 technology solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment, and other premium content, Progressive downloading to view media files on demand, support of AAC+, MPEG4, WMV, WMA, MP3 and Real Video/Audio files, advanced speaker-independent voice recognition: state a number/name and be connected without pre-recording, over the air synchronization with the PC via SyncML, & WAP 2.0 browser. Now who wouldn't be in-love with this baby?!

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Ready for UPGRADE...but with what?


It's the time of year for cellphone upgrades. I'm ready to upgrade my phone, a SonyEricsson K700i . But the woes of deciding to what phone is very difficult.

I have looked around and have limited my choices to the Sony Ericsson K750i/W800; Nokia 3230; Treo 650; Motorola RAZR V3 or the Sony Ericsson S700. So there's really not much to choose from.

I have loved my K700i so much that it has become some sort of benchmark for my future phones. Here are some of the considerations for my upgrade:

Sony Ericsson K750i/W800:
- Unmatched screen quality and resolution
- expansion card
- 2.0 MP camera
- camera image quality
- Bluetooth connection (pairs seamlessly with my PC & Palm)
- multimedia capabilities
- user interface
- somewhat bland design, lacks the wow factor

Nokia 3230:
- design
- 1.3 MP camera
- camera image quality
- multimedia capabilities
- it's slow and not so direct interface
- Bluetooth connection (although I haven't used a Nokia and I don't know how it's going to be with data transfer and synchronization with my PC & Palm)

Treo 650:
- design
- only a VGA camera
- wonderful big screen
- thumbpad
- applications & softwares (I don't have to carry 2 devices at one time)
- bigger than my other phones
- multimedia capabilities
- seamless synchronization with my PC

Sony Ericsson S700:
- has the biggest WOW factor of them all
- superb screen size and resolution
- 1.3 MP camera (but hey, I only use 1.3 MP setting with my Cybershot digital camera anyways)
- expansion card
- bulky
- multimedia capabilities
- Bluetooth connection (pairs seamlessly with my PC & Palm)

Motorola RAZR V3:
- has that WOW factor
- very slim (though wider than the rest)
- nice screen resolution (but is not at par with the SonyEricssons)
- only VGA camera
- limited internal memory
- no expansion slot
- Bluetooth connection (though I don't know how it will go with synchronization with my PC & Palm)
- did I mention that it's very slim?
- oh and with it's current price, it's got a free Bluetooth headset that comes with the package

So now what?!

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Google Earth?


Google just recently launched their Google Earth Service. It's basically like the Google Maps with satellite imaging but this time the coverage has expanded to outside the US & Canada and in certain areas, the user can even tilt the image to get the 3D images of the landscaped and buildings. Although their are paid services which offer more detailed searches and images, the free portion give me some delightful experiences. But unlike Google Maps which is web-based, Google Earth will be need a downloadable program to run.

I was so amazed that when I searched locations in the Philippines, that not very many places has been photographed. Fortunately though, Cavite was one of those with extensive pictures and I was able to see our house from a "bird's eye-view".