Smart introduces IDEOS, an affordable Android phone

Smart introduces Ideos. An Android 2.2 powered device that is billed as the world’s first affordable Google-powered smartphone. Smart is expecting to sell this at around 5,000 to 6,000 pesos for the prepaid package and bundle it on their postpaid plans for even less.

The name “IDEOS” comes from “ID” which means Industrial Design-centric hardware platform, and “OS” represents the operating system as the core software platform and “E” symbolizes evolution according to Huawei.

Huawei IDEOS Philippine specs and features are as follows:

• Display: 2.8” touchscreen display (possibly capacitive)
• Camera: 3.15 megapixel camera
• OS: Android 2.2 Froyo
• Processor: 528Mhz Processor
• Memory: MicroSD support up to 32GB
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPRS/EDGE/JAVA/3G HSDPA, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Features: E-mail/Push Mail/IM, Photo viewer and editor, Google search/Maps/G-mail/G-Talk

2TB Western Digital My Book Essential Review

After reviewing the 1TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive last year, We will now feature another external drive, this time coming from Western Digital. Their next generation 2TB My Book Essential that supports USB 3.0 transfers. Overview and quick impressions after the jump.

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Site Under Maintenance

This blog is currently being cleaned out as there has been some annoying and lewd pop-ups coming up. I don’t know how it got there and where I can find it to disable it. I’m sorry for those that have been offended by the pop-up. I have no intention of inserting any inappropriate content whatsoever on the blog. Will update this post as soon as the issue is resolved. For reports/complaints, please email techoloph@gmail.com.

Update: Okay so I deleted some scripts which may have been maliciously been hijacked to reroute to some sites. The pop-ups are hopefully now gone. If it ever does show up again, please do email me. (What you clicked? What page you were in?) Thanks!

Zune HD Latest Ad

Better late than never Zune! Now release the Zune HD2 please and make it like WP7 minus the phone part. Thanks! :)

Western Digital introduces 750GB laptop drive

WD Scorpio Black 750GB highlights:

• Desktop-class performance with 7200 RPM spin speed, 16MB cache, and capacities up to 750GB
• Massive capacity with its 750 GB
• Low power consumption, delivers 5400 RPM equivalent power consumption in a 7200 RPM drive
• Advanced Formact Technology for a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities.

MSRP for the WD Scorpio Black 750 GB hard drive is Php5,795

Read the Press Release after the jump

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iPod Touch 4th Generation Review and Photos

In this review, I’ll briefly outline the new features of the iPod Touch 4G and compare it to my old 2nd-generation iPod Touch. I also did some comparison shots of the exterior hardware. I bought the iPod Touch 4G last November 2010 so I had a very long time to play with this and this review will be based on my experience using it. So let’s get started.

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Microsoft Touch Mouse Demo. Coming June 2011

Even if this is a late copy of the Magic Mouse, it sure looks more ergonomic. Notice the Expose-like feature?. If Logitech doesn’t come with anything better than this, this would be my best upgrade choice come June for $80.

Update: Okay..so I just pre-ordered mine on Amazon. Let’s see if I’ll continue on till June or cancel it for some reason :p

Motorola Xoom is the first Android Honeycomb tablet

Motorola Mobility, Inc. today unveiled the innovative new tablet Motorola XOOM the first device on Google's new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system designed from the ground up for tablets. This is not your typical Android phone OS slapped on the tablet.

Motorola Xoom’s Technical Specs:

Display: 10.1” 1280x800 resolution
Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2: 1Ghz Dual Core Processor
Battery: Up to 10 hour video playback
Video: 720p capture. 1080p playback/streaming. H.263, H.264, MPEG4
Camera: 5MP rear-facing caerma with dual LED flash. 2MP front-facing camera
Memory: 32GB on board user memory, SD card support, 1GB DDR2 RAM

HP launching new phones and tablets running WebOS on February 9th?

Well here is the day that webOS users have been waiting for. HP just sent out mailers announcing a February 9th event that has a tag line of Think Big. Think Small. Think Beyond. Big = Palm Pad Tablet?, Small – New WebOS Phones?, Beyond – WebOS Printers perhaps?

I feel rooting for the unappreciated underdog that is WebOS. Even though it’s not officially out in the Philippines, I enjoy the user interface. Palm has been acquired by HP so you never know. HP is in many countries, one of which is the Philippines. But I don’t expect it that they would just look at how Microsoft alienated international users on the zune platform and devices, even 4 years after its release, it’s still nowhere to be found outside the US.

I may stick with it or might revert back to Android (with the beautiful Nexus S) basing on this announcement, but for the time being the Palm Pre Plus is it. (full review coming up)