Of Gadgets and Lipsticks

One major concern for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which offer delivery of goods is cash collection. To address this Pldt-sme nation developed Shopes Wrok Unplogged (SWUP). It is basically a card payment system which accepts all credit and debit cors using Electronic Fund Transfer POS Terminal using a wireless mode.
SWUP utilizes the GPRS network of Smart.

SWUP accepts major card brands such as Visa, MasterCard, JBC, American Express and Diners Club international, Megalink, Bancnet and Express Payment System.

This provides additional security for SME's for their off site transactions. The advantage for the consumers is the convinience of payment with a credit card.

For more information visit PLDT-SME

This powerhouse laptaop is designed by Toshiba. It is designed for those who look for high performance and mobility. The product is surely an eye catcher with its glossy red finish. The exterior is an elegant black with silver linings.

This super machine is powered by Intel®’s new Core™ i5 and i3 processors. It is also slim and portable at just 29.1mm at its thinnes point and weighs only 2.7kg.



To prove its supremacy in mobile media entertainment it has the following features: Blu-ray Disc™ 6x Rewriteable Drive which also supports DVD; Harman Kardon speakers provides vibrant audio; 15.6 in Trubrite HD display with LED backlighting; NVIDIA GeForce GT330M graphics processor with 1GB VRAM. Movie fanatics can truly enjoy watching their favorite genres in high quality.

It uses the upconversion software Resolution+ developed by Toshiba. It upconverts videos and content in general with standard definition quality to near high definition levels. Unlike conventional upconversion processes that simply upscale the image, Resolution+ downscales the upconverted image for comparison with the original one, and improves and enhances image quality before upscaling again to near high definition quality.

Folks let's light up our Kindle. Kindle is a wireless reading device. Both the hardware and software is developed and powered by non other than ebook provider Amazon. What better way to compliment their hold on ebook provision?

The Kindle 2 was released on Feb 2, 2009 at the price of $359. It features a 16 level grey scale display, 2GB of internal memory which can hold 1500 non-illustrated books. For audiobook lovers it has a text to speech option to read the text aloud.

It's very easy to access the archive books stored in Amazon and with one click your favorite book is downloaded straight to Kindly. Also if you are an avid reader of newspaper why not subscribe to New York Times and have the paper delivered right to your own bedroom. Well that is if you leave your gadgets inside your own bedroom.

This is definitely a revolutionary paper on a portable electronic device. Literally a library can be replaced which one Kindly.

This is a a whole new page in modern development.

Multiply is a tool for entrepreneurs. It acts as a pseudo website to showcase the latest wares of their online shop. The advantage of using it is that it is very easy to setup and maintain. You don't have to pay for domain names and site maintenance because it's free. Yep the best things in life are for free.

With 15 million registered users of which 5 million are Filipinos, entrepreneurs gain instant access to a lof of potential shoppers. Now tell me who wants to refuse free advertising to such a wide market?

Expectedly, there are 2000 Filipino sellers using Multiply. Multiply realizes that there is a lot of money transactions going around the market place. The company comes up with ecommerce marketplace, where online shoppers can browse tens of thousands of virtual store fronts.

Do I sense an upcoming bazare? How convenient can that be? Shopping and bargaining right at the comfort of my home. I can smell my new shoes already.

Multiply is one of the largest social networking sites. It has 15 million strong registered users. The florida based company is also 5 percent owned by ABS-CBN. There are 3 countries with high usage of multiply site. Philippines is one of it and the other two are Brazil and Indonesia.

One of the advantages of multiply is that it can store original, full resolution photos. It does not need to reduce the quality of the photos to be uploaded on the personal site. The print quality photos can be downloaded and printed easily.

Digiprint partners with multiply to provide the print services in the Philippines. This will certainly shorten the print time of your favorite photos. Digiprint boasts of 38 retail branches nation wide. It also provides delivery services.

Now imagine this... You are sipping your fave refreshing fruit shake under the shade of a palm tree. In front of you are the ocean waves crashing to the white sand bar. You are tinkering with your Macbook and upload the photos which you took a couple of minutes ago by your trusty DSLR. With one click of a button you have your photos reprinted by Digiprint and have it distributed to your family and friends in an instant.

Oh by the way just be careful not to spill your shake in your Macbook that's 50K for you down the drain...

Google is omnipresent.

Do you want an infrastructure to share and manage your company documents? Try Google Docs.

Are you lost in Singapore? Are you a tourist in Europe? Do want to find out where Pa Chai Road is? Do you want to travel from New York to LA? Are you in need of a comprehensive GPS Map? Try Google Maps. And while you're at it link your mobile phone with GPS to it. By the way I'm not really sure if there is a Pa Chai Road so don't. You might want to try it in Google Maps and I wouldn't be surprised if you find one.

Do want a sleek Operating System for your new high powered mobile phone? Do you want to operate it efficiently? Try the Google Android. How about a brand new mobile phone by Google? Try the HTC Nexus One.

What about if you want a sleek new internet browser? Try Google Chrome.

What about a new OS? Well what about it exactly?

Google is trying to establish itself on literally every facet of computing. Isn't it just a few months back that Microsoft is trying to buy out Yahoo to give Google a run for its money in the quest for Search Engine supremacy. The deal didn't really consummate.

Now there is the buzz of Google treading on the waters dominated by Microsoft. With this bold move, Google is literally taking the fight to Microsoft. Mind you the Google Chrome took 1 percent share of the Internet Browser in only 24 days of its release. With the not so rosy reception of Windows Vista, this doesn't really bode well for the software giant.

Were definitely in exciting times. Will this be the end of a dynasty and the beginning of a new one?

The new ipod nano 5th gen is definitely an improvement of the last generation. The body basically remains the same. However, the LCD has slightly increased from 2 to 2.2. This is definitely not conducive for watching two hour movies with your buddies. But it should be enough to play some quick clips.

The bigger screen comes at the expense of the click wheel which needed a bit of size reduction. This isn't really that noticeable for those with small and cutesy fingers. However, some extra expertise and adroitness maybe required from bigger more masculine fingers. Generally, this shouldn't be that much of a problem.

One thing really distinguishable is that the new nano now has a video camera. Ipod definitely barges into the quick recording gizmos as popularized by cellphone cameras. Though the resolution is just 640x480 VGA, this is still very much suitable for the you tube crowd out there. It boasts of various filters such as the cyborg, security camera, film grain, tunnel vision and more. Plus the microphone pics up the conversation at a surprisingly good quality.



It also now has a standard FM player. This comes with an added feature of "Live Pause." You can stop your program for as long as 15 minutes and it will store it in cache memory.

You can enjoy a mini speaker. The nano is already small enough itself so you'd wonder how Apple fit that speaker into that tiny package.

For all ye fitness buffs out there you gain a pedometer. Count how much calories you can burn. The accuracy may not be at par with Nike's own version. Still this is one cool feature to boot.

Grab the new Ipod Nano for $150 to $180.