Personal Blog of Lyle R. Santos. Part-time Nurse, Full-time Blogger.
Tech Review
Korean One-Woman Band Creates Music Using iPhone Apps
Apr 6th
Apple, Inc. recently launched its much talked about slate computer more popularly known as the iPad. The media frenzy surrounding the commercial release of Cupertino’s new gadget is phenomenal. No other slate or tablet computer has received this much attention.
The iPad’s precursor, the iPhone, was launched two years ago with the same fanfare if not even more.
Cignal HD Subscriber Review
Dec 25th
Cignal HD Receiver
Last month, I wrote about Cignal Digital TV’s launch in Davao. Thanks to a Cignal HD voucher (free satellite dish, HD receiver, and free MSF for 3 months) which I got from Andrew, I am now subscribed to Cignal’s HD combo package at Php1,290/month. That’s 21 standard definition (SD) digital channels plus 8 high definition (HD) channels.
Google Wave Invites
Nov 25th
Google Wave Invites
I have sixteen (16) google wave invites waiting to be given away. Leave a comment below if you want one. Invitations will be given to the first 16 commenters with gmail addresses.
High Definition (HD) Programming Arrives in Davao
Nov 13th
The day every HDTV owner in Davao has been waiting for has arrived.
Cignal HD Digital TV, a direct-to-home digital satellite television service, is launching the first and only High Definition (HD) programming in the city. With eight (8) HD channels and twenty-one (21) DVD-quality digital channels, Cignal HD is also proving to be the “best-bang-for-your-buck” television subscription service.
Beaming at 720p and 1080i resolutions, viewers can enjoy amazingly real pictures on their HD television sets when they subscribe to the Cignal HD bundle.
HP Recovery Manager
Jan 8th
Every Windows Laptop from HP and Compaq comes with a handy recovery application called HP Recovery Manager which can be activated by simply pressing the F11 key (note: some notebooks may have a different key assignment) immediately after turning the notebook on. It’s a nice utility by which owners can restore their notebook to an earlier working state using Windows’ System Restore or reformat the laptop to its default factory settings without the hassle of re-downloading and re-installing device drivers.
Apple Launches Online Store in the Philippines
Nov 11th
Pinoy macheads are in high spirits right now following the e-mail announcement by Apple, Inc. that it is formally opening an online store in the Philippines.
iPhone 3G to Go on Sale in the Philippines on August 22
Aug 7th
Steve Job’s 3G iPhones will officially go on sale locally on August 22, 2008 but don’t expect buyers to line-up outside Globe Telecom’s business centers.
The price for the both prepaid and postpaid units is prohibitively expensive, some people are calling it highway robbery.
Blogging Has Gone Mobile With WordPress for iPhone/iPod Touch
Aug 1st
If you’re a blogger and using the wordpress platform, blogging just got better for you. Automattic has just launched a free iPhone App for WordPress.
Getting Down and Dirty with iPhone FW2.0 and App Store
Jul 21st
Thanks to the iPhone Dev Team, my first-gen iPhone is now running App Store apps courtesy of the unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 2.0 firmware. After fiddling with it for a couple of hours, here’s what I found:
The Not-So-Good Stuff:
- iPhone FW2.0 is a bit sluggish compared to its predecesor, FW1.1.4
- MobileME is still very buggy. I added two contacts on the web version and it got pushed to my laptop a few minutes later and to my iPhone 10 minutes later. Not good considering it’s supposed to PUSH information instantly or at the very least after a few seconds.
- Some App Store apps are still very buggy causing it to quit suddenly and sometimes even cause the iPhone to reboot spontaneously.
- Still no flash support in Safari.
- Still no A2DP (wireless music streaming over Bluetooth) support.
