Mobile Philippines

The best reason to keep your phone quiet

Luis Cruz — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:47:47 +0000

Art Ilano is trying to get you to shake your booty - by getting you to set your phone to vibrate. The fact is, he says, “the ring tone on your MP3-enabled phone that you think is so cute is actually annoying to just about everyone else around you.”

Well, Art, this bit of news just might kill you - now you can make your ringtone play on the phones of the people you call. Nope, this isn’t the ringback option offered by our local telcos - you don’t listen to the ringing tone set by the person you’re calling. This is an entirely different animal.

Emotive’s Push Ringer “allows a caller to push an outgoing ringtone to a receiving phone allowing the caller, not the called person, to set the tone and override the phone’s pre-set ringer.” Yup, you can call somebody and force them to listen to your favorite love ballads until they answer you call.

The service isn’t available here yet, but I’m dreading it already.

Treo 680 Official

Luis Cruz — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:23:34 +0000

First came the rumors of a budget smartphone from Palm. Then a list of rumored specifications popped up here. Now it’s official. Palm has now formally announced the newest addition to its line of smartphones, the Treo 680.

So the rumors are true after all - but how accurate were they, really?

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Really Hard Drives

Luis Cruz — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:58:51 +0000

Last March, Samsung launched a 32GB solid-state disk. A couple of weeks ago, TDK followed suit with their own offering. Unfortunately, these solid-state drives, as far as I can tell, are still prototypes.�� (more…)

Low-end Treo

Luis Cruz — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:45:13 +0000

Rumor has it that Palm will be releasing the Treo 680 as a ~~low-end~~ budget smartphone running the (beloved) Palm OS. Despite lacking many top of the line features (it is a budget PDA after all), it will retain the 320×320 display we’ve all grown to love.� It boasts of a robust feature set, including a ~~3MP~~ VGA camera, ~~Bluetooth, WiFi, and 3G capabilities~~.

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I’d probably be one of the first in line to get this.� I miss the Palm OS, and I would gladly give up my XDA iis.� No Bluetooth?� Well, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.� It has an SD / MMC slot at least, right?�

It only has a VGA camera, you say?� Who needs that when you carry around an 8MP dSLR everyday?� Why?� Hmm… I think that issue is meant for another post - or another blog even.�

In any case, I can’t wait for the Treo 680 to hit Philippines.

Clone Wars

Luis Cruz — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:48:28 +0000

Microsoft’s Zune hasn’t officially launched, but another player bearing an uncanny resemblance to it is now ready to hit the streets. Meet the MPF2110, Oriphe Industrial Limited’s latest MP4 player. (more…)

Introductions: License and Registration, Please.

Luis Cruz — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:31:58 +0000

I’m Elber Cruz, known to some as driver ng bayan. I’m a freelance photographer, graphic designer, and writer. I’m also a boy scout, or so I’ve been told. I almost always have a flashlight, a multi-tool / utility knife, a pen, or some other thing that might be useful in a given situation.

Today marks the day I start blogging on Mobile Philippines. Being the geek that I am, I think that’s a pretty nice birthday gift.

Yes, that’s right - it’s my birthday today.