Have you gotten your October issue of m|ph yet?
We'd love to hear your opinions about our new paper stock!
Happy reading!
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It features a new paper stock, crisper colors, and is very, very orange. What's more, you can now bend, spindle and fold your mobile magazine for better portability! |
| The issue centers on mobile entertainment, and includes a shootout of hard disc-based MP3 players, a look at the Blackberries and push technology, playing movies on your mobile devices, and a roundup of multimedia laptops, among others. | |
| It may have arrived a bit later than usual, but that's because we had to do something about that strange smell of freshly baked m|ph that plagued our previous issue. That, and the new paper, required some fresh logistics. But we're okay now, folks! |
Continue reading m|ph October.
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Well, now comes proof positive that this otherwise whimsical matter should really be a cause for alarm (at least as far as my warped priorities are concerned). A company named Cornfield Electronics, Inc. has come up with a keychain device that does just one thing and one thing alone, namely turn off practically any television set that you point it at.
The aptly named TV-B-Gone universal remote does this by rapidly cycling through all the known OFF commands in its infrared database at the press of a button. Bothered by the soap opera that’s blaring at your favorite diner? Point and click and TV-be-gone! Feel like annoying the bunch of people who have stopped on their tracks to watch an ongoing basketball game at an appliance store window? Point and click and TV-be-gone! Oh, and you better be gone as well, before the crowd turns into an angry mob that lunges after you.
The TV-B-Gone comes in Asian/American and European flavors, to account for differences in regional remotes. And, according to their tongue-in-cheek 
My first impression was that of a frivolous camera which girlies in minis would be carrying around in the latest weekend rave. Turns out, this Venus from Mt. Olympus had both beauty and brains to offer!
4.0MP is the real vanilla - not one of those interpolated pieces of crap we find here and there. It presents 13 shooting modes made easy to understand to amateur photographers like me (i.e. "Food shots" and "shoot behind glass" modes).
Though the super macro mode (wow!) may not be as powerful as my .jpg)
Winston Chiu of Microwarehouse trying to convince everyone to get a T|5 instead of the upcoming Treo Ace. (But seriously, the initial T|5 inventory has already been swarmed) - pic courtesy of MaPalad's Hannibal
Geeks have other ways of celebrating Oktoberfest! Instead of the usual overflowing beer, members had their fill of new palmOne products with the launch of the palmOne Tungsten 5 and the SD Wi-Fi Card. Despite the many international forum bashings of the T|5, Winston Chiu of Microwarehouse gave a great presentation on the T|5 as an answer to the growing worldwide demand of flash drives and MP3 players.
But the night wasn't just all business - as a MaPalad tradition, limited edition sport bottles, bags and T-shirts were raffled off as prizes and to winners of the "pass the message via IrDA" and "who has the most address book entries" challenges.
MaPalad has been around since October 1999 and was founded by fellow editor Jason de Villa. Stay tuned for the full review of the .jpg)
MaPalad members desperately trying to work their way through the Graffiti contest
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Jason de Villa trying to figure out what in the world he's raffling off
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Ok, it's not exactly a video-phone Dick Tracy style, but it does just about everything else: the aigo U-Watch is a USB flash storage system (128MB or 256MB), an MP3 player, and a voice recorder. The USB interface is only 1.1, but the MP3 player has five equalizer presets (Normal, Pop, Rock, Jazz and Classic) and the watch mechanism is made by Citizen. The voice recorder function should come in handly when you're talking to your boss about a raise. Oh, did I mention that it tells time as well?
It'll be available next month, with the 128MB version coming in at P7,500 and the 256MB version at P9,000. While it would make a nice Christmas gift for the übergeek, personally I wouldn't be caught dead wearing one. But that's just me.
If you're using a Windows powered Pocket PC Phone or Smartphone, you must check out this program by 
Today, self-portraits have gone digital. perhaps more than 50% of camera phone shots taken are self-portraits uploaded in 
"I don't like it"
"It has nothing on the iPAQ 6300"
That's just a couple of things that I would have said 2 weeks ago if people were to ask me what were my opinions of the Anextek SP-230 Pocket PC Phone. Hinge Media head honcho, Poch Bermudez, was raving to me about how this device was the best and perfect device for him, that's what he said about his past devices like the P800, Treo 600, Nokia 6600 and Motorola MPX 200, which he ended up selling after a few months so forgive me if I take his comments about the Anextek with a grain of salt.
But curiousity got to me and I ended up giving the Anextek SP-230 a road test for a day, which resulted in me actually buying the damn thing the next day!
So what convinced me to pluck down cash for this baby? Two reasons why I sold my Xda II unit was because of its big size (relatively speaking) and short battery life, the Anextek SP-230 is neither of the 2. While it doesn't have Bluetooth and is 64MB shorter in memory compared to the Xda II, the SP-230's smaller size is a trade off that I can happily live with. My one big regret now is that I sold my Socket SD WiFi card along with my Xda II, the SP-230's SD I/O slot is just aching to have a WiFi card inserted into it!
Oh, and lest I forget to mention, the Anextek SP-230's is retailing for P10,000 less than the price of the Xda II. Convinced? I know I am.
Watch out for a full review of the Anextek SP-230 in an upcoming issue of m|ph
Since my rusty, decade-old Vitara and I have already been through a lot before, I revved the gas and plowed right through the waters. Bystanders were shaking their heads (“what an idiot
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If you don't know what I mean, try going out of the city with your camera. It will 
The Gadgeteer has an extensive 
