Month: March 2010

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BlackBerry App World now available in the Philippines

I got a bit of good news that arrived in the mail three days ago — BlackBerry App World is now available in the Philippines. RIM’s presence in Manila is sure paying off. We’re seeing great support for BlackBerry products and the rollout is happening quite fast. I was hesitant to buy into the BlackBerry experience after it took ages for my Pearl to be serviced (a 6 month wait turned to more than 2 years) but I think this time, it’s going to be harder to resist buying into the BlackBerry experience as the support mechanisms are rolled out.

You can visit their site (http://www.blackberry.com/appworld) to grab the app or download directly into your phone using this link: http://mobile.blackberry.com.

N.B. Downloading BlackBerry App World doesn’t mean that you could not download apps before. Unlike the iPhone, which NEEDS the iTunes Store as an exclusive conduit, BlackBerry users can download apps directly from a central hub with App World or directly from developer websites.

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Panasonic GF1 Owners: Now you can bring your four thirds underwater

Jovic Santos from Splash Photography is selling casings for GF1’s that need to get wet! 10Bar seems to be the only “serious” case manufacturer for Panasonic as the Japanese brand doesn’t seem to carry stock housings for their cameras. It is a bit pricey (almost the cost of a regular housing for a DSLR) but if you really want to take great shots with a Leica lens underwater, this is how you’re going to get it done!

A sturdy aluminum housing for the Popular Micro Four Thirds camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1. A camera system that allows interchange of lenses with a DSLR image quality, Focusing speed and DSLR performance in a very compact design. Kindly see link for camera information:

10Bar housing allows the use of the popular lenses from Lumix such as 20mm, 45mm Macro, 14-45mm zoom and 7-14mm Wide zoom lenses.

Introductory price of Php 55,000 for orders placed on or before March 31, 2010. Normal price is Php 65,000.00

Splash Underwater Imaging is OPEN @ Shoppesville Arcade, Greenhills Shopping Center Level B, Store # 2003. Call us at +632 7249803 or +639175259639, email to [email protected] or [email protected] www.splashuwimaging.com

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A Note from Quark Henares

Quark (@quarklovesyou) is guest editor for UNO’s March ’10 issue (@unomag). Here’s his note. It’s a love letter to Cebu.

Fina-fuckin-lly.

I never purposely meant for it to happen, but I realize that in the past ten years I’ve written for almost every men’s magazine (except ones like Red, but they don’t really count do they?)– Manual circa 2004, then Maxim around 2006; Rogue 2007 and FHM 2008. The only one I haven’t written for is UNO.
Which is a shame, really. Right now, as a male magazine fan, I can say with absolute confidence that UNO is the best men’s mag we have. It’s young, it’s tuned in, it’s beautiful, the writing is exquisite, and it’s got Shawn Yao. Also, and I’m both ashamed and proud to admit this, my best friend Mikey once pointed out that every time he turns a page he knows at least one person featured or involved. Erwin joked that it’s the most expensive barkada newsletter around.

Read the rest.

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You’ll be able to update your PS3 firmware to enjoy 3D gaming on your BRAVIA

I’ve been piecing together what seems to be Sony’s grand plan for bringing a great consumer experience in Manila’s next generation entertainment: 3D.

Last month, I attended the side by side media launch of Sony’s new BRAVIA line that boasts a milieu of features in design. But what excited the industry the most is definitely the next step in visual entertainment, which is 3D television for the new line of Sony Bravias. Each Bravia comes with two sets of 3D glasses, and if you’re unaware you’d think Sony is in the market for making great looking shades. You’ll need to be within 7 feet in distance to enjoy the 3D experience as moving any further away distorts what you see on screen.

For the demo we were shown Killzone, Sony’s Gears of War competitor and the 3D effect looked as how you’d expect — gorgeous. I’m still not sure how gamers will adjust to hours and hours of gaming with three dimensions (eye strain?). But I see no reason why it would not make gaming, especially with shooters, more engaging!

Today, I got a media invitation for the official launch of Sony’s Playstation (LOL) which means, among other things, full support of Sony for the Philippine market. This is a first in a long decade and a half of console gaming as we all know that piracy cripples this aspect of the industry, especially in Manila where we thrive in 100 peso games from your local flea market. This isn’t so with Sony as Blu-ray hasn’t been pirated and access to PSN (Sony’s online gaming network) is free.

During the press conference for the Bravia, we were told that the road map for 3D technology will definitely extend to the Playstation 3. A mere firmware update will allow you to enjoy 3D gaming, as long as you also have a 3D television. Correct me if I’m wrong but apparently this part of the technology is hardware dependent and has little to do with the games themselves.

For more updates, add @SonyPSPh on Twitter.

Exciting.

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How to score FREE Timbaland Tickets for this Saturday

Our little BlogBank group is doing a raffle. We’re giving away more than a dozen tickets to the Timbaland show this Saturday. Since I’ll be in Thailand for the next few days, I asked help from a few friends if they were willing to raffle off tickets (of varying worth) on their blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

I was kinda informed that Justin Timberlake will be performing about 8++ songs and he’s flying over Jessica Biel.

Some of the other bloggers raffling off tickets include:

Fritz, Benj, Boy Kuripot, Helga, and Azrael.

There’s nothing to lose, so if you want to score these tickets, I suggest hopping over to their blogs and entering their respective contests. If you do want to buy tickets, here are the details:

Ticketworld Pricing
VIP PhP 4,651.20
GOLD PhP 3,100.80
SILVER PhP 1,550.40
BRONZE PhP 310.08

Mosh pit or VVIP section for TIMBALAND concert PhP8,268.80.
Not available via website purchase. Call TicketWorld @ (+632) 891.9999

The show is almost sold out, so you better call quick!