Archive for November, 2008

HTC unveils high-definition handset

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Taiwanese mobile phone company HTC is expanding its market portfolio in the Philippines with the launch of three new mobile phones.

The new phones are the HTC Touch Viva, the Touch 3G and the Touch HD — all of which are powered by the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system.

Instead of targeting business users, HTC is focusing on mid-market mobile phone users and so-called “power users.”

In light of the launch, Mark Dewey Sergio, HTC Philippines Country Manager, said the company is planning to expand operations in the Philippines.

He said there would be more offerings from the company as they build their brand in the Philippines.

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By Alex Villafania
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21.11.08

Intel, HP keeping it green in RP

- Causes, Environment, Going Green, HP, Intel, Videos -

THE technology sector is at the forefront of this era’s green movement. Naturally, HP and Intel - two of the largest tech companies in the world right now — are advocates.

The two companies are channeling innovation into this movement and their mantra can be deduced to three words: “less is more” — from manufacturing computer chips that run on less power to redesigning product packaging that use less raw materials.

In their annual Synergy press off-site , dubbed “Greenergy” to conform with the theme, HP and Intel talk about local green initiatives.

By Lawrence Casiraya
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20.11.08

Headaches of using PLDT WeRoam

- Customer Service, Tech Support, WeRoam -

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net

PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone (PLDT)’s WeRoam wireless Internet broadband service is supposed to make my work convenient and faster. But it has been more of a headache lately causing delays and inconvenience.

I experience good service usually before 12 midnight. It get around 60 kbps (kilobits per second) of wireless Internet speed but the wireless signal is weak. It is just teeny bit faster than dial up at a higher cost. A100-percent signal (based on the service’s indicator on the laptop) won’t even reach the promised 1.8 Mbps (megabits per second) speed.

PLDT and Smart are both boasting nationwide service coverage. But how come I am having signal problems in my area which is in Manila. I called the PLDT corporate customer care service (177) several times until they referred me to a WeRoam expert who admitted that I couldn’t use 3G (third-generation mobile service) in my area because of the “walled area” in Supreme Court and the Department of Justice. They said even users in the Office of the Chief Justice are complaining about their WeRoam connection.

They said they would be installing a hub inside the Supreme Court to resolve the 3G signal problems but that would take time. So I just had to rely on slower GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), which is what is usually available if WeRoam can’t deliver the promised 3G speeds. Fine, but it has been weeks now and my GPRS signal is nothing but annoying. Sometimes, I just couldn’t use my WeRoam. I would call the hotline. But no one could give me a straight answer. They promised to call me back but they didn’t.
Their promised of a strong, wireless, faster signal, is really no more than “so many feet of the blue sky.”

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11.11.08

Sennheiser demos wireless earphones

- Gadgets, Reviews, Sennheiser, Videos, demo -

CONSUMER product manager for Sennheiser Electronics Asia Edwin Leong shows INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Lawrence Casiraya how the MX-W1 wireless earphones work. The earphones operate via Bluetooth and features Kleer technology that produces uncompressed audio.

By Lawrence Casiraya
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11.11.08

New e-learning center rises in QC

- Education, Internet -

By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has opened its seventh e-learning center in Loyola Heights under its eSkwela project.

The CICT through its Human Capital Development Group (CICT HCDG) launched in 2005 eSkwela to provide disadvantaged youth with educational opportunities to help reduce the digital divide and enhance their capacity to be successful participants in a global and knowledge-based economy.

The Loyola Heights center received an enrollment of 55 learners, mostly aged below 20.

The eSkwela project hopes to provide opportunity for Filipino out-of-school youths and adults (OSYAs) to go back to school.

According to a 2004 study by the Department of Education, there are 15 million Filipino out-of-school youths and adults. A major cause of this is poverty. Instead of going to school, children from poor families start working at an early age to help provide for their families.

According to the Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), public education in the country is free but the poor find it difficult to cover transportation, food and allowances cost of going to school.

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