I was ready to sing hallelujah's to my Sony Ericsson K800i when its much-vaunted Cybershot camera died on me a few weeks ago. Died. Kaput. Gone. These days when I press on the camera button, all that displays is a vast space of nothingness. Whatta pity since this Sony Ericsson K800i model is supposed to be my favorite cameraphone of all time. It's been my trusted companion from Quiapo to Baguio to Batanes. It has taken snapshots of everything that's caught my fancy, from a newly-steamed dimsum to sunsets to my kids laughing in glee at the sight of ice cream. ... Continue Reading...

iPod Touch from My Sweet 2 Note: These two successive posts on the iPod Touch are part of my Blog-O-rama column last Monday entitled "She Says, He says on the iPod Touch ." MR. Z SAYS : Given a choice between an Asus EEE and an iPod Touch, the iPod had to win - love Apple’s products, and couldn’t bear to support Windoze :) The fact that I REALLY wanted to see one myself had nothing to do with my choice, I assure you. The hardest part in selecting an iPod Touch was choosing a size, and an inscription. Some selfish part of me couldn’t let you have ... Continue Reading...

iPod Touch from My Sweet (Adapted from Blog-O-Rama) The last iPod I had was the Mini, so you can just imagine the excitement I had when I got the 16 GB iPod Touch from my Sweetheart for a gift last New Year's. It was an elegant black box with the picture of John Lennon in it. Inside was one of the most beautiful machines I've held in a long time, black with chrome glass in front and a mirror-like silver at the back. Most of all, My Sweet had the words "Please keep me close to you.." especially inscribed at the back which all the more took my breath ... Continue Reading...

Among my friends, Christmas is usually the best time to upgrade or change cellphones. It's either because of The Bonus or the Good Samaritans among our loved ones. Luckily, am not pining for a new one. My present mobile baby, the Sony Ericsson K800i, was something I bought a little more than three months go and have been happy with it since. Before this, I owned the Samsung D900 whose form factor I absolutely loved. It was Ultra Slim and it was black which meant it was non-existent to the eyes of pickpockets when placed in my bag. The world would be a better, less ... Continue Reading...

Here's a reprint of my Manila Bulletin Technews Blog-O-Rama column for 26 November 2007: The title of this article is inspired by a friend who commented that buying her son a Sony PSP Portable didn’t do them good after all. This is brought by the fact that her son had become "anti-social" after being glued to his PSP for hours on end. My friend said the son was not his lively, prancing self because he was concentrating on his game-playing; he hardly talked and if he did, it was to mumble unsatisfactory one-liners. This was not actually the first-time that ... Continue Reading...