HTC revealed Incredible S Smartphone

The alluring HTC Incredible S smartphone combines cutting-edge design with a premium mobile experience for those who dare to be different. Showing what can be achieved when engineers and designers work together to raise the bar for mobile phone design, the HTC Incredible S smartphone features a stunning, contoured body that highlights the internal hardware components of the device. Capturing and viewing video in crystal clear High-Definition has never been so easy and a bright 4-inch WVGA Super LCD display and stereo surround sound bring a vibrant cinematic experience to the palm of your hand.

HTC Incredible S also takes high quality pictures with its 8-megapixel camera with dual flash, and it easily enables videos, photos and music to be shared from the handset direct to a TV using DLNA technology. Thanks to the HTC Incredible S’s front facing camera and video call functionality, users will constantly be able to chat with their friends face-to-face.

HTC Incredible S Specifications

Processor	1GHz
Platform	Android with HTC Sense
Memory	Internal phone storage: 1.1GB RAM: 768MB *The actual available internal phone storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your phone
Dimensions & Weight	120 x 64 x 11.7mm, 135.5g (with battery)
Display	4-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution
Network	HSPA/WCDMA 900/AWS/2100 MHz Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Upload speed of up to 5.76 Mbps and download speed of up to 14.4 Mbps *Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer A2DP for wireless stereo headsets PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n 3.5 mm stereo audio jack Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
Camera	8 megapixel color camera with auto focus and dual LED flash 720p HD video recording 1.3 megapixel front camera
Audio & Video Supported Formats	Audio: Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9) Recording: .amr Video: Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, wmv (Windows Media Video 9) Recording: .3gp
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery Capacity: 1450 mAh Talk time: Up to 380 minutes for WCDMA and up to 580 minutes for GSM, Up to 370 hours for WCDMA, and to 290 hours for GSM *All subject to network and phone usage

Acer Iconia Dual Screen Laptop for Php70k

Acer recently unveiled a line-up of personal computing devices under the Iconia series. Among them is this 14-inch dual-screen multi-touch laptop — the Acer Iconia-484G64ns — which is already being sold at Villman.


Acer Iconia-484G64ns
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.66GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz
4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1066MHz RAM
14″ display @ 1366×768 pixel
Intel HD Graphics
640GB HDD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Gigabit LAN
Bluetooth 3.0
3000mAh 4-cell Li-ion battery
2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port
1 HDMI port
1.3MP webcam
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Dual multi-touch screens supports up to 10-finger touch. Suggested retail price at Villman is Php70,896.

Samsung expands the Samsung GALAXY Tab range with a 10.1-inch Entertainment Powerhouse

Samsung raised the bar on the tablet market competition by announcing the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 (Model: P7100). Compared to first generation Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with a powerful Dual-Core Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) Smart Media Device, designed to deliver the ultimate mobile entertainment experience, sporting a large 10.1 screen and dual surround-sound speakers, it enables users to enjoy multimedia to the maximum extent without having to compromise mobility. At just 599g in weight and mere 10.9mm- slimness, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is lighter, slimmer and more portable, meaning users are free to enjoy its many features while on the move. With the need to remain constantly connected, Samsung has also included super-fast HSPA+ 21Mbps, Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity to support rapid mobile download speeds and reduce data transfer times.
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Senate Bill No. 2644: SIM Card Registration

Introduced by Sen. Manny Villar, the Senate Bill No. 2644 (or Prepaid SIM Card Registration) is “an act of requiring the registration of the buyers of prepaid SIM cards, and providing penalties for the violation thereof”.
Filed in January 20, 2011, the bill seeks to address some “text messaging related scams” and other crimes that involve the use of disposable prepaid SIM cards.
Inquirer.net reports that the Department of Justice has endorsed this bill as well:

Villar, in his proposed SB No. 2644 said that prepaid SIM cards are used by criminals in committing money-making activities such as e-raffle and random lottery.
Prepaid SIM cards, he added, have also become a tool of the so-called “dugong-dugong” gang to commit robbery or extort money from their victims.
The bill proposes that all sellers of prepaid SIM cards will require buyers to present government issued identification cards and record all personal information of the buyer.
The bill proposes a penalty of a fine ranging from P100,000 to P1 million and imprisonment from one year to two years for all violators.

Already wrote my piece about SIM card registration here before.
This is not new since telcos are already doing SIM card registration to all postpaid users — over 2 million subscribers are required to register their name and address when getting a postpaid SIM card. This process is just being duplicated to all non-postpaid (prepaid) users.
I’m sure the all postpaid subscribers would agree that this is a secure process — otherwise, I don’t think they’ll remain in postpaid and have their name registered anyways.

Cellphones, Mobile Handsets Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo named and previewed in one fell swoop, bringing Gingerbread to MWC 2011

We said it at the Show and we'll say it again, Sony Ericsson just doesn't know how to keep a secret. One of its phones set for launch at Mobile World Congress 2011 has just slipped the net (again) and this time we have its full product name to boot, the Xperia Neo. You'll be familiar with this Android 2.3 handset already from mobile-review's thorough preview a couple of weeks ago, though at the time it was known under its codename of MT15i. This latest hands-on look at the hardware is similarly positive about the Neo, describing it as a well constructed phone and praising Sony's Android modifications as restrained and actually useful. Talk about a 180-degree turn from the way things used to be.

There's another reason to be excited about this phone, however. Back in December, Sony Ericsson registered trademarks for Xperia Arc, Xperia Play, Xperia Neo, and... an Xperia Duo. We expect all four to be out and about at MWC this year, and we may have already seen the latter device in yet another bit of leaked photography.

Globe PowerSurf15: Php15 for 60 minutes

Globe has also introduced a new per minute bucket pricing for their mobile 3G called PowerSurf (as opposed to the unlimited SuperSurf). Rate starts at Php15 per 60 minutes (1 hour) but goes down to Php10 per hour for larger buckets.


Php15 for 60 minutes (expires in 1 day) – text PowerSurf15 to 8888
Php30 for 180 minutes (expires in 1 day) – text PowerSurf30 to 8888
Php50 for 300 minutes (expires in 3 days) – text PowerSurf50 to 8888
You need to have Php1 minimum load for PowerSurf15 and Php5 minimum load for PowerSurf30 and PowerSurf50 to activate this. It’s just a promo though and only lasts until June 30 this year.