Category: Technology

I got the LG G230 for free at the Sun Shop – Park Square branch. I’ve been satisfied with Sun Cellular so it was not a difficult decision to renew my account for another 2 years. Though, Sun Cellular will still need to expand their network as signal is still bad on some areas, I’m hopeful that they can really compete with giant companies, Globe and Smart.

This is my 1st ever LG phone!  I can say that I’m impressed!  I have an iPhone which does everything for me so I got this phone as backup. I don’t plan to have sun as my main phone as signal is not strong in certain areas. I’m still torn though if I’m going to stay with Globe or move to Smart already but I’m leaning towards moving to Smart.

The phone looks so nice! And I just realized that this is also my 1st ever slider phone!!! LG people designed this phone so perfectly, I believe the features of the phone works really well with how it was designed.

Included in the box are:

• Phone Unit
• Charger
• Headset
• Installation CD
• USB cable
• Manual

Best loved feature of LG GB230?  Wireless FM!!!  I don’t know if you noticed, but w/ other mobile phones, you have to connect the headset to get a signal. With LG GB230, its wireless antenna is built-in! You don’t need your headset to listen to FM radio. You can even just use the phone’s speakers to listen to it!

The speaker’s ubercool!  It is powerful, loud, sounds are clear and in good quality.  I definitely love this phone!  If you’re looking for a basic phone and you don’t need 3G, then this is your phone.

I highly recommend it! 🙂  Happy user here!

On October 5, Friendster invited a few bloggers for lunch to meet with Ben Dunn, VP Philippines and Global Head of Brand Experience.

Mr. Dunn asked us feedback about friendster and why some people stopped using it.

We shared our thoughts about the service one by one.  What really came out was friendster lost its edge mainly because they stopped innovating/improving after a while that other services like facebook, multiply took that chance and penetrated the online networking world.

It is really good to know that Friendster is reaching out to get our opinion. I am glad that whatever plans Friendster has, I hope they get to improve their service.

We were treated to Fish & Co.. By the way, I ordered my favorite fish & chips.

Here are what we shared to Ben (I also gathered feedback from friends):

• Reasons why we stopped using friendster
– too much spam – no improvements – grandparents/parents joining the network – site looks dirty – page loads very slowly – no friendster application for gadgets like iPhone & Blackberry

• Suggestions
– Have your own niche – change the look of the site – simpler user experience – develop an application for gadgets like iPhone, Blackberry, Palm OS, etc. – SMS + Friendster integration – aggressive marking & advertising

If you do have suggestions, please do post it here 🙂 I’m pretty sure, Friendster guys will appreciate your comments.

Here’s a picture of the group:

If you have a friendster account, you can add me up here.

I’m a techie by heart.  When I arrived at Taiwan, one of the things I wanted to ask was where can I shop for electronic products?  Are they cheap/affordable?

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When asked about electronics, two stores come to mind to people who live in Taiwan:

• 光華數位新天地 (Guanghua Digital Plaza)

No. 8, Sec. 3, Civic Blvd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan
臺北市市民大道三段8號

This place is amazing!!!  Would you believe a whole building full of computer & electronic shops?  Total paradise for people like us!!!

It even has its own guide book!  That’s how big the place is!  There are 6 floors & 1 basement floor.
– basement for parking
– 1st floor for demo of electronic products (showroom)
– 2nd to 5th floors are where the electronic stalls are located
– 6th floor is for office space & maintenance station

You’ll find any gadgets/electronic/computer products here.  It’s just overwhelming.  It took us 3 hours just to look around the place.  You can find softwares, computers, laptops, computer parts (memory, hard drive, etc), gaming consoles, games, mobile phones and lots, lots, lots more stuff!

Pictures I took when I roamed around the store can be found here.

• Nova 台北店 (Nova Computer Arcade)

台北市100館前路2號
886 (02) 2381-4833

We dropped by Nova at night when they were about to close.  We arrived at around 9pm and they are already closing by 9:30pm.  So most of the stores are already preparing to close.

But still I had a glance of what Nova has.  It’s a haven for people who love technology.  Over 130 booths/shops that sells mobile phones, computers, digital cameras, components, gaming consoles, etc.

The location is very good as well as it is just across the 台北車站 (Taipei Main Station).

光華數位新天地 (Guanghua Digital Plaza) is memorable for me coz it was there where I bought my PS3! And the building wowed me so much! The prices are the same for both stores though. So you can take your pick.

Other products are still more expensive compared to Singapore & US. But there are some items that are cheaper in Taiwan like PS3, iPhone & some computer parts.

I stumbled upon this site from a friend’s website.  When I tried to register, it says that I need to post about the site in order for it to be activated.

So here I am posting about it though I really don’t have any idea how it works or if it really works.

Here are the benefits according to the site:

• For Advertisers

Advertise your business in blogs.  You can get your website noticed by launching a viral campaign about your product or service.  You set price & buy blog reviews with original content written by bloggers.  Each review has an inbound link to your website.  Prices start from 10 cents per one blog post.  Order more reviews and have success in marketing & advertising your business online.

• For Bloggers

Earn with your blog, doing reviews of the goods & services of advertisers.

So if you’re interested, you can just click the icon and join away 🙂  I’ll let you know if mine works soon.

A lot of bloggers attended this event yesterday.  When we received the email, we didn’t have any idea what will happen.  All we know was that we need to dress nicely and be prepared for a surprise.  I was pretty sure they’ll launch a new product from Globe.

First, off I’ll share what transpired from 1-5PM, August 29, 2009.

• 1PM – Bloggers meet at Museum Cafe at Greenbelt 4.  Snacks & Iced Tea were served.

• 2:15PM – We were asked to prepare to leave, no destination place was named.  2 bloggers can ride a harley to the event, the rest of us rode the van to wherever 😛

• 2:30PM – Arrived at Handlebar!  Band was playing, we were served buffet, we can play billiards! They also invited Up Dharma Down to play for us.

• 3:00PM – Globe people shared with us their new product…….. Globe Tattoo!  A blogger also gets a chance to get a REAL tattoo and win a netbook.  I didn’t join, I don’t have plans of having a tattoo anywhere in my body 😛  More information about the new product/offerings later.

• 5:00PM – We got a ride back to Museum Cafe, event ended.

So why did they put up an event like this?  To introduce Globe’s newest offering… Globe Tattoo with a tagline: New Hip. You.  SIMs just like you.

It is a SIM that is all in – take note, a single SIM that can make you do the ff.:

• calls
• text
• internet

It’s kinda cool that you can have one SIM for all needs because it used to be that we have one SIM to make calls & text and another SIM to access the internet.

Other things that Globe shared are:

I believe the pictures can speak for themselves.

Lastly, Globe Tattoo will have a cool new website which is widget-based and has everything in it.  This reminds me of Sandbox from Smart.. I’m a Globe subscriber & don’t have plans on switching since I love my iPhone.  You can take your pick, I’m sticking with Globe.

More photos from the event here.