The Motorola Droid RAZR

I've been a fan of Motorola, dunno why, maybe it's the name, or the quality that comes with the name. I've never been a fan of Nokia or any "common" brand...I always wanted brands that are different...kinda mental I know.

And I've been interested with the RAZR branding ever since. I've been a fan of the original RAZR...and now this. It's so sexy and sleek. The OS doesn't count now, they're all the same...it's the hardware that counts now. Now I just wish they'll bring this in the country.

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My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One - YouTube

My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One - YouTube: ""
can't stop laughing...very good take on BlackBerry, Apple and the "Xbox360"

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The Most Awesome Person that Influenced the World

This guy has failed to impress the world with the products, the innovations that he churned out thru Apple and he was able to change the world literally in months. His influence was not just limited to people that knows technology, in fact, he made people go into technology.

I salute you Sir Steve Jobs!

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The iPhone4S

Everybody was excited to hear Tim Cook announce a "new" iPhone...we all wanted an iPhone5, how it's going to be prettier and heavier with features compared to the iPhone4, but all we got was an iPhone4S...an upgraded version of what we have now, just faster and a new OS.

I'm still perplexed as to the race to make the faster mobile phone...it's a phone, yeah a smartphone but that's it, you can only do so much on it then pfffft. You cannot make a cellphone too big, otherwise, you'll defeat the "mobile" in the mobile phone meaning. But to enjoy a great movie, it has to be on a big screen. So we go into circles.

The features of OS5, well, hmmmmm let's say, we've been spoiled with innovations from Apple, that most of the time, it's them who start a trend...like...multi-touch, like the icons on the screen, the iPad, the iPhone, the iPod...but this time...what's new? There's the "notifications".... just a "modified" version of Android's unobtrusive notifications....the "card" hmmmm I wonder how many non-US residents will actually use this feature....the "My Friends Location" is just Google Latitude!!!! Then the iMessenger....I won't link it to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), but there are a host of 3rd Party apps that has been doing this...the recently revived Kik, Groupme, Beluga and a host of other apps that work the same way as that. Oh and there's Siri....very interesting....well, not really...perhaps Apple has just implemented it better than others, others who did it 1st like Google's voice search and voice recognition software. I wonder how many will be talking to their phones after this hehehehe.

But what interested me the most was the rumor of a cheaper iPhone4. I've never been a fan of a phone with a huge internal memory...i mean, when you're done with the phone and you want a new one...you just wasted that much memory space going to nowhere especially if you're the type who doesn't sell your stuff (like me). So a "cheaper" version is welcome...heck, there's none in the outside appearance of the iPhone4 that will tell you that it's not an iPhone4S. But that said...I was surprised to see that they're offering it at $99 with subscription for the 8GB iPhone4...if only Globe can match that price...I'm getting one! A sub-10k iPhone is always a welcome thought.

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Mortal Kombat 3 legacy rebirth official "movie" trailer 2011 - YouTube

Mortal Kombat 3 legacy rebirth official "movie" trailer 2011 - YouTube: "

Been a fan of movies based on comic book characters, game characters and those derived from TV shows.

Though the 1st Mortal Combat movie was "exciting" it was more of cartoonish rather than serious to take ones. This trailer looks promising.

My New BlackBerry Playbook

 

At last I got my BlackBerry Playbook last saturday and was so excited to use it, and "bridge" it with my BlackBerry Bold 9780.

I've been using a Motorola Xoom for a while now and I have no complaints about it even up to now. I love the size of the screen of the Motorola Xoom. Whenever I'm out, I have with me, the Motorola Xoom, the LG Optimus One where a SUN Cellular Postpaid line is hooked up to, and this is what I use to connect the Xoom to the internet using Android's Mobile Router feature or the wireless tethering function. And of course, my trusty messenger, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 which is using a Globe Postpaid SIM with BlackBerry Internet Service. 

I'm not saying that I am not getting enough from what I'm paying Globe Telecoms with my unlimited data of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), but with the BlackBerry Playbook, I mean, I can still do more. 

I love the Playbook for it's simplicity, this is what RIM is known for, they know how an "exclusive class" should look like. And one look at the Playbook will tell you right away of it's snooty-ness genre.

It's so plain and elegant that there are very few things that will break the continuous lines of the device. Ports at the bottom are the microHDMI, microUSB (which can be used for charging) and the propriatory port which is used with a dock. 

At the top there's the 3.5mm headphone jack (i would want it at the bottom just in case I use it with a car mount and no wires will be dangling all over the dashboard), the 4 flushed buttons (3 media buttons - volume up and down + the play/pause) and the power/standby button. And at the opposite side of the heasphone jack is the tiny hole for the microphone. 

On the sides of the screen are two speakers (stereo I think).

The screen is awesome, although small compared to the Motorola Xoom, but your eyes won't get strained while looking at it. One might think that the bezel is too think for the device, well, that's because those are touch-sensitive areas where "gestures" to control the device originates.

Originally there are 4 tabs for the applications: All, Favorites, Media and Games, but another tab is added, the BlackBerry Bridge tab, when the device is "paired" with a BlackBerry phone (OS5, OS6 and OS7 supported).

I'm very impressed at how almost immediate the notifications are. After hearing the alert from the phone, I check the Playbook and there it is, either the upper left corner is glowing (when you're on another application) or the notification icon appears. A bit of a warning though, Bridge will only give you alerts for BBM and emails messages, SMS and other application alerts doesn't happen on the Playbook.

The virtual keyboard is fun to use, but coming from the Motorola Xoom, I found it minuscule at first, but decided to do thumb-typing instead and everything now is a breeze.

One disappointment is the "selective" roll out of BlackBerry apps (the ones developed by RIM). It doesn't have the Podcasts and BlackBerry News app and I cannot download it from the App Store since it's not available in my region (PHILIPPINES).

Although some other disappointments are the lack of a native Twitter app (the one included is just a shortcut to the Twitter website), though a native Facebook app is included. Then there's the lack of instant messaging or video calling apps like Skype or GTalk. Not everyone has a BlackBerry Playbook to use the VideoCalling app. I have yet to test the AIM A/V app, hopefully it'll be my stopgap app until decent apps (if ever they come) are developed.

The Playbook is one multi-tasker if I might say, I opened up 5 tasks and still it works.

Here are pictures of my very new toy, a 16GB BlackBerry Playbook.

As you can see, the Xoom is humongous compared to the Playbook or the Playbook is minuscule compared to the Xoom.

SUN still tops Blackberry Plans in the Philippines

I'm a fairly young Blackberry user, having joined the Blackberry foray for just a couple of years.
My 1st Blackberry was a Curve 9520 their very 1st consumer oriented handheld and was reasonably priced. Before only the enterprise can afford a Blackberry. But with the market trends shifting, it was a good decision from RIM to "expand" their targets and include the pop consumers this time. And I guess they made the rgith choice not ignoring consumer demands.
I got the curve as a Globe prepaid kit, since I just want to try it out. It came with a free 1 month Blackberry Internet Service (BIS). And it that one month, I was hooked! Hooked I tell you! After that 1 month, I requested that the BIS on my plan be activated and from that day on, I've been using a Blackberry.
Problem is, it's a bit expensive. Then, it was P1200/month for the BIS alone, that's on top of my Monthly Service Fee (MSF). Then after a couple of months (I think) Globe brought it down to P999 a month and stayed in that area for years. Then just a couple of months ago, Globe brought that price to P599/month. Pretty aggressive marketing mind you.
Here in the Philippines, there are 3 networks that offer Blackberry Plans...Globe Telecom, Smart Communications and Sun Cellular. Everything was pretty the same until mid of this year when Sun offered the BEST Blackberry plan to date. One only has to pay, P999 a month, and that's it! P999 for the BIS, for unlimited intranetwork calls & texts, unlimited mobile internet. Unlike Globe's P599 a month but still doesn't include the charges for calls and SMS. Smart I s better than Globe's offering since it offers consumable plans, but still doesn't beat Sun's offering.
The only thing that's holding be on to Globe's network is my number, since number portability has not been applied here yet, and the coverage since Sun's coverage is still relatively concentrated within the Metropolis. Hopefully, the merger between Sun Cellular and Smart Communications push thru to help Sun get a ride on Smart's nationwide coverage.
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Watch a Water Fountain Animate in Real Life

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I am always fascinated with fountains, especially those "dancing" ones. But this fountains in Osaka, Japan is just amazing! It can control the water spray to make graphics like flower patterns, musical notes and even fonts.

The Blogger app

Posting this using the Blogger android app. I don't know why i didn't do it before, the Market place didn't allow me to install this in any of my devices, kept on getting the "this device is incompatible with all of your devices" prompt. Then it dawned to me that I can install apps on my phone some other way, thus here it is.

LG Optimus One P500 Gingerbread Update

I read online a couple of weeks ago that the Gingerbread update for the LG Optimus one will be rolling out soon. I decided to try out my luck tonight as I hook my Optimus One to my PC. Sure enough a roughly 117MB update was available. I didn't expect it to be Gingerbread though as not much chatter can be seen online. And after the update, I saw that the firmware version went down from V20G to V20D...so I rebooted the phone and to my surprise there were visual changes!

The notification bar is now black and the icons are green (i know i know, lots of Android phones had this even before Gingerbread, but hey...i said, it's new on the Optimus One) plus a location icon which was not included in the quick buttons in the notification bar buttons.

And pretty much Samsung's settings page, it's now colored (as compared to the previous' bland bi-tone layout). As for the apps, well, the notification app (the one that tells you if there's a new firmware) has disappeared while a download app has popped-out.

So far, those are the changes i've seen. Now, my LG Optimus One is now running Android 2.3.3

Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 7.7 with Android 3.2 and a Super AMOLED Plus display | Android Central

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I am so into tablets nowadays...and then Samsung came out with this...OMG!!! It's a portable Honeycomb! Although I don't know how I'll react on it on a 7.7inch screen but I'm excited about the portability...I mean, the 7 inch market is really there...that's the right size!

Difficult Browsing using Chrome

I've been having difficulty browsing Google sites the past days. Then I restarted the router today...wham! Now I'm getting speedy refreshes and Google sites can now be access with ease.

The was supposed to be a "routine" troubleshoot. Yeah I know, but the stubborness in me was overwhelming logic as I didn't want to "disturb" my "downloads". :)
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