Hot Toys Iron Man 2 Mark IV (Collectible Series)

Techolo.com: Collectibles Series will feature unique collectors items ranging from toys, gadgets, and other random treasures. Collectible provided by Toyrewind.com

It’s time for another collectible! This time we feature Hot Toys Iron Man 2 Mark IV Limited Edition Colletible. This 1/6th scale figure is a direct replica from the Iron Man 2 movie (in a smaller scale of course!) and features interchangeable head, hands, and suit part. There is also an actual “working” ARC reactor – and by working I mean it glows :)

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Speck CandyShell Case for iPad Batwing Black

Having tried Speck’s CandyShell Grip for the iPod Touch 4G, I’m stoked to try out Speck’s CandyShell for the Apple iPad. It comes in different colors: Pink, Purple, Blue, White and Mahogany. Mine came in glossy Batwing Black which looks sleek but obviously will be full of scratches over time.

The case offers good protection from bumps along the sides and back but the front is exposed so better have some good padded sleeve handy. The case also has a flip-style back so there’s no need to remove it when using the iPad dock.

Speck CandyShell for iPad retails for about 1,200 pesos. Click to enlarge photos.

   

iPad 2 coming April 29th?

According to Technoodling.net, the iPad 2 is coming to the Philipines this April 29, 2011. This is suprisingly early release of the ipad 2, considering the iPad 1 took more than 7 months to be locally released. This is good news for everyone interested in getting official Apple products (not from grey market).

I’m particularly interested in getting the Digital AV adapter so hopefully Apple retail stores will have these cable accessories on stock as well. Planning on getting your iPad 2 fix next week? Checkout this post for iPad 2 and iPad 1 Photos and Impressions.

iOS Multitasking Prototype?

Is this the new iOS’s multitasking interface? or an early prototype, even rejected UI? It looks functional than the bottom row of icons we have right now. It provides visual thumbnails of active programs running in the background. I think besides Multitasking, Apple needs to fix iOS’ distractive pop-up notification system. – [via Tinhte.vn]

eBay accounts mysteriously disappears without a trace

My brother’s eBay account mysteriously disappeared minutes ago. All records and profile are not available even password and username recovery is not returning any results. It would seem that the account was just hacked but because all traces were gone I would guess that it has something to do with eBay’s system. Twitter is buzzing also with others having their account closed.

Checking eBay Community Announcements, it seems that they are undergoing maintenance on April 14th and 15th.

April 13, 2011 | 08:35AM PST/PT

The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 23:00 PT (11pm) on Thursday, April 14th to 01:00 PT (1am) on Friday, April 15th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/201104130834571.html

We await eBay’s response on this matter.

Update: It seems the account is now working fine again :) Solution is just to wait and refresh.

Nokia introduces the new Nokia E6 and X7

Nokia just launched 2 new phones with the release of their new Symbian UI named “Symbian Anna”. The new phones are the Nokia E6 and Nokia X7. This latest refresh includes: New fresh icons, Great usability enhancements improving text input, Easier and faster web browser, Enhanced OVI Maps and this is just the the first wave of updates to come. Older models like the Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 will also get this new UI update soon. Below are the phones and specs.

Nokia E6 Features and Specs:

• New Symbian Anna UI
• Comes in Black, Grey and White color
• Touch-screen and Qwerty
• 2.46"  VGA display (640 x 480), pixels per inch: 326ppi
• 8 megapixel camera with 2x zoom and LED flash
• Front-facing camera
• 720p HD video recording
• 8GB internal memory with MicroSD support
• Orientation sensor (Accelerometer), Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity sensor, Ambient light detector

http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-e6-00

Nokia X7 Features and Specs:

• New Symbian Anna UI
• Comes in Black and Grey color
• 4" 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED
• 8 megapixel camera with 2x zoom and dual LED flash
• 720p HD video recording at 16:9
• 8GB internal memory with MicroSD support
• Orientation sensor (Accelerometer), Proximity sensor, Ambient light detector

http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-x7-00

iPad Charging on your PC’s USB via Ai Charger

I have been wondering how to charge my iPad without plugging it in the power cord for sometime. You see the iPad draws quite a large amount of power so some USB bus cannot sufficiently power it hence displaying the “Not Charging” text on the battery icon. Even my iMac (late 2009) cannot charge the iPad while in Windows 7 Bootcamp, but works well when booted in OSX. (Maybe it has something to do with power management of the USB bus on windows and OSX)

In search for the answer I found this tool by Asus. It is called Asus Ai Charger. It is essentially turns ANY PC/Motherboard into a powerful charging station. It boasts of improving charging rates up to 50% faster. I tried it on my iMac and it works! the iPad now charges normally so I can now ditch the power adapter altogether and sync and charge at the same time. I  still haven’t tried if charging works while on Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown. IT would be cool if it would work.

Download Ai Charger

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Play SNES Games on your iPad using an iPod Touch controller

Do you miss you old Super Nintendo games? Do you happen to have an iPad and a spare iPod Touch or iPhone as well? Lucky you, there’s an app for that!

SNES HD is a Super Nintendo emulator for the iPad that has a corresponding app for your iPod Touch of iPhone to stand as the controller (you just need to have a jailbroken device.)

Here are steps to install the SNES HD emulator on your iPad:

1. Jailbreak your device. Read this guide for the how-to’s
2. Open Cydia and then add this source to your iPad and iPod Touch/iPhone: http://wherethewoozlewasnt.com/cydia
3. Install SNED HD on your iPad.
4. Install Control Pad on your iPod Touch or iPhone.
5. Next, find available ROMS on the internet. You could start here.
6. Copy the ROMS to your iPad in this directory /var/mobile/Media using iPhone Browser.
7. Turn Bluetooth on on both devices and then load your selected ROM. Pair the controller to your iPad
8. Game on!!

From my experience, I had a hard time using my iPod Touch to control what's going on the iPad because I can’t feel any buttons. When playing your eyes should, of course, focus on the iPad for the gameplay but the lack of physical buttons makes it hard to look at both devices at the same time just to sync movements. If this method is not your type. You can try another way using a Wii controller in exchange for the iPod/iPhone.

HTC Desire S priced at P26,000 in the Philippines

The HTC Desire S is coming to the Philippines with a starting price of 25,990 pesos according to Yugatech.com. The HTC Desire S is the successor to the original HTC Desire. Notable specs are the following: HTC Sense UI,  1.1GB of internal storage, 768MB of RAM, 3.7-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, front camera, and an all new button-less design.

What is this with companies adding S to newer models? (We have Samsung Nexus S, Desire S, iPhone 3GS.) Of course S meaning Speed will be an obvious upgrade so why not name it HTC Desire 2? then the next can be HTC Desire 3 and so forth. Just me.

Apple iPad 2 versus iPad 1: Photos and Impressions

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We were lucky to have been sent the new iPad 2 64gb Wifi+3G before it ran out of stock almost everywhere in the US. Our batch was among the last ones ( 64gb 3G version) on one of the Apple Store in Las Vegas.

The Philippine iPad 2 launch is still a mystery. Grey market units have been selling for 35,000 to 45,000 pesos for base model of 16GB WiFi alone. There’s no telling how long the Philippine will have to wait for the iPad 2 official release. (FYI: iPad 1 was released only last December 2010)

There has been numerous reviews of iPad 2 so I won’t add do that anymore. It's safe to say that iPad 2 brought much improvements to it's predecessor among them are the new A5 dual core chip, double the RAM, front and rear camera (crap cameras I say), thinner profile and the overpriced Smart Covers (more later) Is 2011 the year of the iPad 2? or will it be Android? Both have strong points and weaknesses (I own an Android phone) but one thing is clear - Apple’s post PC blockbuster is the trend-setter that everybody is following right now.

After the jump are some photos and comparison shots to the iPad 1 and some commentary along the way :) Read on! 

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Apple iPad 2 arrives

Our Apple iPad 64gb WiFi+3g (Black Leather Smart Cover) has arrived in the Philippines. Reviews coming up soon and comparison (shots and features) between original iPad 1. Stay Tuned!