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Smartphone Showdown: 3 QWERTYs and a Touchscreen


  
As a response to one of our readers’ request, we are pitting the latest smartphones in the market against each other to see which one really stands out in this elite group. Actually, we are also quite curious ourselves to find out which is the best among the bunch as each one has a unique feature […]

HTC Touch HD vs iPhone 3G


Even though the unit you see in the picture is still just a pre-release model, it’s hard to deny that the HTC Touch HD does look better than the iPhone 3G thanks to its bigger and brighter display.

Targus Dash Backpack: Perfect for the Rainy Days


 
The weather is quite unpredictable nowadays; very hot and sunny in the morning, then it’s suddenly raining cats and dogs in the afternoon. It’s times like these that you should have the right bag to protect your electronic gear, and the Targus Dash backpack is just what we would recommend.
It features more then enough compartments to […]

World’s ugliest laptop


I exaggerate. But hey, it almost is.
Once upon a time, a week before the Asian Crisis set in, I bought a black, Singapore-made IPC laptop. It was a pretty good unit for its time, save for the fact that the plastic casing seemed flimsy. It was a Pentium unit with 32MB of RAM, 4GB of hard […]

Cleaning Day


I’ve had my laptop for over a year and a half now, but I’ve never really given it a thorough cleaning. So you could imagine the kind of dust and dirt that it has accumulated by now.
I decided that it was high time that I gave my overworked tool a decent tidying up.
There are a […]

Your digital camera is now a portable scanner


What would you do with an 8.0 megapixel camera? It’s a valid question considering that even just 3.2 megapixels can already give you decent archive-quality photos.
Well, megapixel-rich cameras like the Olympus Mju DIGITAL 800 (reviewed in our upcoming issue of m|ph) have one potential killer application: Document capture mode. It allows you to take a […]

Best of 2005 According to WIRED


Was doing some Digging yesterday and found WIRED.com’s listing of the best of 2005. Two of the more interesting lists are 2005 Best Tech Moments and 2005’s Sexiest Geeks which, unfortunately do not include any of the m|ph editors.
Entries to note include the $100.00 Negroponte laptop and the up-top-date blogging of the Katrina disaster. How […]

Some tips for buying phones


In my experience of reviewing phones there are several questions I would have wanted to ask but forgot, due to the excitement of tinkering with the demo unit in front of the sales guy. The great thing about reviewing phones is that I get to take a more in depth road test which usually lasts […]

Podcasting: Channel Philippines!


ot! I just love good news. It’s news like this that makes me proud to be Pinoy. You see, I just came from an event of monumental proportions - the launch of the Philippine Podcasting Network. Since you all read our mag, you must already know that podcasting is the newest medium of broadcasting that empowers anybody to have a voice over the airwaves.

Of course, we at m|ph also have our own podcast. Since you’ll have to wait a few more days, we’ve decided to upload it onto our site. You can download our first podcast HERE. Booya!