By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

SEAGATE and Creative are the only two Singaporean IT brands that have name recall in the Philippines. However, an upstart firm wants to join its Singaporean brethren.

Axioo International is the latest OEM (original equipment manufacturer) notebook to enter the somewhat saturated laptop market. Nevertheless, the company is confident that there is a market for their product in Asia, including the Philippines.

Here’s a video interview I conducted with Axioo International managing director Stephen Lim, who talks about the Singapore-based company’s decision to launch its laptops in the Philippines.

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

CHILL. Blossom. Streak.

Can you imagine calling your Dell notebook by those names?

Apparently, these are the new names of three of the eleven colorful notebooks unveiled by Dell Inc., as it announced that it is entering the Philippine consumer market.

Where did they get the names? Evan Williams, Dell consumer sales and marketing general manager for South Asia, said he is not sure how these names came to be. But he’s sure that they were partly influenced by Dell’s “risky move” of relying on consumer feedback when designing their products.

Check out this video interview I conducted.

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By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

THE APPLE MacBook Air is now in the Philippines and the distributor says the first batch of the latest MacBook incarnation has already sold out.

Already, MSI-ECS is preparing to get another batch of MacBook Airs to be distributed in the Philippines.

The MacBook Air had a small launch with Filipino reporters at the MSI-ECS office in Libis, Quezon City. MSI-ECS Apple product manager Cheche David said the demand is so high that they had closed the pre-order selling during the first batch. Those hoping to buy the device would have to go to an Apple store to order their units.

Here’s a video I took of David demonstrating some of the features of the MacBook Air.

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HERE’S another video that INQUIRER.net technology reporter Lawrence Casiraya sent in from the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai of “Fuwa,” a personal robot made by China’s Fudan University, that runs on Intel technology and can follow voice commands. Will this cute robot give Asimo a run for his money?

And here’s a pic of Fuwa that Lawrence took.

If you’re wondering what else Lawrence has been doing in Shanghai, check out his Tales of the Nomad blog post.

HERE’S another video sent in by our technology reporter Lawrence Casiraya for INQUIRER.net VDO from the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, China.

The new version of the Classmate PC, which will go on sale in the next two months, was rolled out in schools in China. Video shows Chinese students using the new Classmate PC in a demo during the Intel Developer Forum.

And here’s a photo Lawrence took.