Jul 23, 2011 Posted by Winston

Sending FREE text messages with Gmail

Good news Filipinos and SMS fan boys and girls! In a PR released yesterday, Google formally announced the availability of Gmail-to-SMS service for local telcos in the Philippines. Gmail users can now enjoy sending of SMS to Smart, Globe and SUN numbers from within Gmail for free. When a recipient replies from his phone to the local access number of his network, the sender will receive the message on his... read more

Jun 9, 2011 Posted by Winston

Smart LTE Testing in Boracay

If you’re to ask me, the fastest internet connection speed that I have experienced was 62Mbps back when I was deployed in Osaka in Japan for work last year. I’m not sure though if it was the fastest internet in Japan at that time but maybe it is safe to assume that it is above the average. My internet connection back then was from the data cable used to deliver content to my internet... read more

May 14, 2011 Posted by Winston

Paid Apps on Android, now available

Yey! Good news for us Android users. Paid Apps on the Android Market is now open for Philippines. I first noticed the changes yesterday morning when I started downloading updates for the apps stored on my Samsung Galaxy S. Please take a look at the screenshot below: You can use either Visa or Master cards to purchase applications from the Android Market. The availability of the Android market in the... read more

Jul 20, 2010 Posted by Winston

Samsung Galaxy S unboxing

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jayvee Fernandez unveiled to us the unboxing of his Globe’s exclusive Samsung Galaxy S. It was also on that same day that I posted the photo of Samsung Galaxy S in the box ( a few hours before it was unboxed by Kuya Jayvee ). Today, I will be unveil to you the unboxing photos of my Samsung Galaxy S from Globe. At first I thought the Google Nexus One has the most neat... read more

Jan 22, 2008 Posted by Winston

Tips Before You Buy Online

Last December, I bought a few items from e-Bay, a touch screen replacement for a Sony Ericsson P910 Phone and a screen protector for my iPod Video. The items I bought were from a merchant in Hong Kong. Luckily, the transaction was not fraudulent and the items were sent to my house while I was in Manila. The item was shipped through an ordinary HK Courier service. The merchant did not have a tracking... read more