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by Rom Feria on December 08, 2007
Whilst we are talking about Amora, here's how to install it. First of, you need to install the client on your phone. You can download it using your phone or download it on your computer and then...
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by Rom Feria on December 08, 2007
One of the features that gives that "Wow" effect to users is the way the Mac can easily pair with a Sony Ericsson mobile phone, via Bluetooth, and provide automatic remote control. I used to...
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by Rom Feria on November 30, 2007
Not too long ago, I was surfing the net on my notebook with a Serial cable connected to my mobile phone. It was upgraded with a USB cable, which was similar to what I wrote about not too long ago.......
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by Rom Feria on November 30, 2007
I was hoping that I'd be the first one to give you a comparison of the OLPC's XO Laptop and the Asus EeePC but since I was not able to get hold of an XO Laptop, LaptopMag.com beat me to......
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by Rom Feria on November 26, 2007
To continue with our Asus Eee PC user experience, I will talk about how difficult it is to use the trackpad. :) First off, the design of the trackpad may have been influenced by Apple since there is...
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by Rom Feria on November 25, 2007
I managed to get hold of the Asus Eee PC two Fridays ago. The one that I have has 1GB RAM and 4GB of storage (of which 1.3GB is available) and in white (a black one would have been way......
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by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007
I have mentioned about Intel's Classmate PC being targeted for schools and government agencies. I re-quote An Intel executive, meanwhile, said the eePC (sic) will not compete directly with the...
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by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007
In what seems to be a start of a war to get affordable ultra-portable laptops to the consumers, OLPC, Intel and Asus release their products just in time for the holiday. Each one seems to target one...
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by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007
The One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) program has started accepting orders from individuals in the US. Dubbed "Give One, Get One", the program accepts orders for one XO Laptop at USD399 and gives...
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by Rom Feria on November 17, 2007
After reading the OpenMoko soft-dev tutorial, it is now time to take a look at the newest member of the mobile development platform group, the Google Open Handset Alliance's Android. Here's...
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by Rom Feria on November 17, 2007
Now that mobile devices are starting to gain more numbers compared to desktop computers, the race is on to port desktop apps and/or develop new mobile applications for these devices. With various...
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by Rom Feria on November 10, 2007
The less than USD400 Linux-based ultra-portable computer from Asus, the EEE PC, is one sleek device. Weighing in at less than a kilo but running Linux with 512MB of RAM and up to 4GB of flash-based...
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by Rom Feria on November 05, 2007
After much hype over the new Google mobile phone, Google announced a platform instead of an actual device. The platform, code-named Android, will be released under the Open Handset Alliance. As...
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by Rom Feria on November 03, 2007
In an attempt to complete the coverage of this little device, the Neuros OSD, and due to the lack of opportunity to get a review unit, here's a direct link to ArsGeek's review of the Neuros...
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by Rom Feria on November 03, 2007
Being from the Philippines, the SMS capital of the world, we are fond of connecting our mobile phones to computers to manage it, e.g., send/read/download/backup SMS, change ringtones, upload themes...
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by Rom Feria on October 27, 2007
We all know that Apple's iPhone's claim to fame is its multi-touch technology (among other things but this one takes the cake). Mobile phone manufacturers are now trying to get the same user...
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by Rom Feria on October 27, 2007
First it was Linksys, with their WRT54G routers that came with Linux installed as its firmware. Frankly, I had a grand time flashing, re-flashing, tweaking and even bricking my router. I have...
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by Rom Feria on October 19, 2007
This cute little gadget was brought to my attention by my wife a few weeks ago. It was not until Linux.com's Lisa Hoover's review of this critter that I decided to take a second look. No, it...
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by Rom Feria on October 19, 2007
Internet devices seem to be the next cool stocking stuffer this Christmas. Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch seem to have revived this segment of the mobile devices industry. Nokia, who was the first...
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by Rom Feria on September 17, 2007
Don't you just love how the open source community works? Not too long ago, I echoed a call for help in getting the new iPods to work on Linux. Now, in less than a week, we get the first......
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by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007
One of the advantages of having a DSLR or an expensive prosumer digital camera is its support for RAW image format. This gives you the flexibility to tweak the image as you want it - no compression,...
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by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007
Apple released an entire suite of new iPods after it released the iPhone, from the smallest Shuffle to the Classic and adding a new model, the iPod Touch. Whilst everything seems to be ok on the...
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