http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:20:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.NET   MANILA, Philippines – The market for widescreen television in the Philippines is gradually increasing as more consumers continue to look at more fashionable electronics with cinematic qualities.   Prices of widescreen TVs, specifically LCDs, are also in the decline as demand and competition of different brands increases. Two years ago, ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/10/16/content-breaking-the-mold-of-ordinary-tvs/ By Lawrence Casiraya SAN FRANCISCO - In this year’s Oracle Open World conference here, Scott McNealy served as front act to Larry Ellison. Ellison and McNealy have carved out quite contrasting personas in Silicon Valley lore – Scott the quintessential server geek and Ellison the sharply-dressed billionaire. But like ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/10/13/the-scott-and-larry-show/ Music has always been an integral part of the Filipino culture.   From the days of the vinyl records to CDs to digital music players, Filipinos have always wanted to carry their own music with them around. Some would download songs and play them from their home theaters, some of which ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/10/06/pump-up-the-bass-on-these-pc-speakers/ By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.NET I live in Rosario, Pasig City and “Ondoy” literally inundated us. She started hitting hard at around 6 p.m. on Friday, bringing with her rain and strong winds that would not let up. I went home around 9 p.m. expecting heavy traffic. Instead, the roads from Makati City to ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/09/28/saved-by-a-battery/ By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.net SINGAPORE – The Philippines – at least to my knowledge – does not yet have a real multifunction TV. None of the major brands, save for Samsung although limited, have a TV that can connect to the Internet. Sure there are computers with TV functions, such as Lenovo’s A600, but ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/09/22/a-hands-on-multifunction-tv-experience/ By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.NET In the early 1990s hard disks had capacities no bigger than 100 megabytes and these were already called “turbo” back then because these could execute file searches in seconds. Take note “seconds” is in plural form. These things would cost P3,000 to P5,000 that time – a fortune ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/08/10/big-bad-hard-disk-for-the-hd-era/ By Alexander Villafania INQUIRER.NET Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) has been trying to jump into the latest trends in mobile phone designs. Not surprisingly, it was RIM’s flagship Blackberry phones that revolutionized tactile QWERTY keyboards that have been followed by other mobile phone manufacturers. The trend has shifted towards multi-function phones that ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/07/14/the-touch-and-tact-of-blackberry-storm/ WITH a brand known for its high-end corporate smartphones, Taiwanese device manufacturer HTC is setting to introduce cheaper mobile phones for the entry-level consumer market in the Philippines. While the company did not announce which specific models will be available in the country, HTC Philippines Country Manager Mark Sergio said prices ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/04/15/more-smartphones-coming-to-rp/ INTERNET giant Yahoo! has invaded more mobile devices, including RIM’s Blackberry and the Apple iPhone. The mobile portal of the Internet giant is now be available in over 300 mobile devices. The company now allows users to download the mobile application in 8 countries, including the Philippines. Once installed in ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/04/06/yahoo-invades-more-mobile-devices/ GLOBE Telecom announced the availability of the Blackberry Curve 8900, touted as the thinnest device yet by the Canadian firm Research In Motion. Available to corporate subscribers, the Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY Blackberry device. The device features richer multimedia capabilities, as well as advanced phone, email, messaging, ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/techaddicts/2009/03/30/globe-releases-thinnest-blackberry-device/