I got my new net buddy exactly in time and  I am truly satisfied with its specs although a 10-inch Netbook is quite small for me but I like it as I can bring anywhere. This Mini 1012 is just good for my hobbies like blogging, social networking and online streaming.

Here are the Specifications of my new Dell Inspiron Mini 1012

Dell Inspiron Mini 1012

Processor: Intel Atom N450 (1.66 GHz, 512k L2 cache)

RAM: 1 GB

Display: 10.1 inch Widescreen Display (1024×600) integrated 1.3 Megapixel Cam

Graphics: Intel NM10 Express

Storage: 250 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Battery: 6 cell Li-Ion 56Whr (up to 8hr)

Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Starter for Small Notebook 32bit

Wireless Lan 802.11n Mini Card

Ethernet Lan

3 in 1 card reader

I/O: 3 USB 2.0 port, 1 VGA output, 1 LAN Port, 1 Headphone Output, 1 Mic-In Input

As I’ve said I bought my Dell Mini 1012 online so I got it for a little bit lower at $299 plus tax and delivery fee which totaled to $348.51 USD equivalent to 16K PHP not bad than those here in the Philippines. Last time I checked it was P22,900 in Electroworld if i’m not mistaken.

I had it delivered to my dad’s house in Carson, CA then he asked my uncle who visited here in Manila to give me my new mini laptop. Sad thing though the corrupt immigration saw it and had the chance to bribe my balik-bayan uncle but he refuses instead he paid the appropriate tax for my gadget.

Inside the box of my new Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 were AC adapter, Inspiron Mini manual, Dell warranty card, Dell PC restore CD and Windows 7 Starter back-up DVD. I didn’t saw a accessories that is appropriate for my Dell Mini 1012 so I opted to buy the screen protector and keyboard protector here.

What i like about this Mini Netbook of mine is that I feel like I customized it my self. I bought this on Dell build your own system so I took the most possible options out there.

I just love the look and its simple design, the glossy obsidian black top finish combined with the white glossy body. Add it with almost full size 92% keyboard and a big touchpad that makes scrolling up and down a bit easier than any other Netbook.

Although Netbook like this Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 were built just for daily computing and for internet surfing, I can still play some low-end games like plants vs zombies and even counter-strike and still I’m satisfied considering that it only have Intel NM10 Express graphics card.

Positive note on my Review of Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 is that this netbook that I got were already pre-installed with Windows 7 Starter Edition plus I got this with extra additional free components such as McAfee Anti-Virus Free for 15 months not to mention the 2GB Dell Datasafe Online that is already included when I bought this little machine.

It also have its own Dell Dock were in all the programs you needed is organized in front of your desktop and it has auto-hide feature. But since the screen of this Netbook is little in size so it is inappropriate to have this on screen so I had to closed it.

The downside on this Dell Mini and other netbooks that I also like such as Acer Aspire One AO532h is that it does not have dvd-rom but it is surely compatible to external DVD optical drive.

I also noticed that the start up eats a little time with approximately 1 minute to start the windows, maybe because it is only backed up by a 1GB of RAM. So I am still thinking if I will change my Mini 1012 memory to 2GB which is the highest possible for netbooks.

Another thing is the non-flexibility of the Windows 7 Starter as it is a little bit limited on its functions like the wallpaper and theme can’t be change. Well for me I have to use a little trick to be able to change my desktop wallpaper. I have to use Stardock Mycolors to change themes and able to use my own images as a wallpaper.

Above all these things I am purely satisfied with my first Netbook Dell Inspiron Mini 1012.

Cherry Mobile Trident was released just the first week of this month (July 1) to be exact. For only P6,490 now you can bring just one phone on the go while connected to all network! may it be Smart, Globe or Sun Cellular.

Cherry Mobile Trident Q300 Features

• Analog TV with Recording
• Touchpad Navigation
• 3,000 Phonebook Entries
• Triple SIM / Triple Standby
• QWERTY Keypad
• Wire-Free FM with Record
• G-Sensor
• Document Viewer (Excel & Word)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• WiFi
• Bluetooth

It has TV tuner and wireless radio that can be recorded. Trackpad is also a plus on this Cherry Mobile Trident. The battery life could be one of the issue here but hey! 3 sims in one phone? plus this exciting features. For its price this phone is totally awesome.

I’ve been searching online and looking for a netbook that really fits my taste and my budget as well. I came up looking at Amazon and found Acer Aspire One AO532h for only $298 USD. I then started to look in different malls and electronic stores for the Acer Aspire One AO532h and to my surprise, the price are ranging from 23k PHP and up which disappoints me to buy here in our country. Just imagine a 9.5k PHP difference when you buy in US (as I’ve said above “my budget”). So just forget buying in Philippines.

What I mostly saw in the mall and stores here is the Acer Aspire One AO532h Garnet Red Netbook. When I saw it I was then in love with its looks and design and it looks greater than the Acer Aspire One AOD250 that my sister has. So that is a plus factor for me to buy the Aspire One AO532h! The stores here offers all 3 colors to choose from which is garnet red, onyx blue and matrix silver with specifications below:

Acer Aspire One AO532h

• 10.1? display screen @ 1024×600 pixels
• Intel Atom N450 @ 1.66GHz
• Intel GMA 3150 with 64MB memory
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• 250GB HDD
• Bluetooth 2.1
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
• 0.3MP webcam
• 8-in-1 card reader
• 3 x USB 2.0 ports
• Windows 7 Starter

And by the way I was planning to order the Acer Aspire One AO532h Online and have it delivered to my dad’s address in the US and let my dad handle on how he could send the Netbook here. yay! Hopefully Pacquiao vs Clottey Live Stream would earn a few bucks for me to add it into my budget on buying the Acer Aspire One AO532h soon!

Smart Bro Surf TV is a device that connects into a television set that will let you access the internet anywhere as long as there is 3G Network.

Smart Bro Surf TV will let you surf, chat and email even without a PC. Just plug the Smart Bro SurfTV to your television set and you can easily access the World Wide Web.

All you need is a colored Television and you can easily access the internet with Smart Bro SurfTV.

Smart Bro SurfTV is a complete set with a keyboard, a mouse, a remote control, and a Smart Bro Prepaid plug-it modem with a prepaid SIM, pre-loaded with Php100 worth of load. The entire Smart Bro Surf TV kit costs only Php4, 500.

The speed of Smart Bro Surf TV is up to 2 Mbps, Pay per use for connection P10 for every 30 minutes.  You can also have the option for surf-per-minute charging but online registration is required, RCA connection to your TV to Smart Bro Surf TV.

Now you can Chat, E-Mail, Socialize and blog right in front of your favorite television set. But we still don’t know what the capacity of this product is if it could handle the downloading and uploading of files just like any other regular desktop can.

Few days before the much-awaited day of Black Friday 2009, the Black Friday 2009 Deals list are piling up. Many people are searching for advice in purchasing products from Laptops to Digital Camera so I decided to list all the Black Friday Buying Guides for your Black Friday 2009 Sales and Deals research list.

You can view all the Black Friday 2009 Guides Below:

Black Friday Deals: Laptop Buying Guide

Black Friday Deals: Digital Camera Buying Guide

Black Friday Deals: HD Television Buying Guide

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Black Friday 2009 Deals for Digital Camera, There are a lot of classes and technical terms for Digital Camera there are Megapixels, compacts, DSLRs, ISO, all that stuff. It can be very confusing, so I advice our Black Friday Sales Shoppers to look at the specifications before buying or research for the certain item. Listed Below are the Black Friday Deals for Digital Camera and the Black Friday 2009 Digital Camera Buying Guide in price categories.

Digital Cameras below $100

Kodak M381 EasyShare

Store and Price: AAFES – $89.00, RadioShack – $99.99

• Model: M381
• Megapixels: 12.0
• Zoom: 5x Optical Zoom
• Screen: 3.0″ LCD

Nikon Coolpix L20

Store and Price: OfficeMax, Sears, Staples – $99.99

• Model: L20
• Megapixels: 10.0
• Zoom: 3.6x Optical
• Screen: 3″ LCD

Olympus FE-4000

Store and Price: OfficeMax, Sears, Staples – $99.99

• Model: FE-4000
• Megapixels: 12.0
• Zoom: 4x Optical
• Screen: 2.7″ LCD

Digital Cameras $100-$150

Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS

Store and Price: Best Buy – $149.99

• Model: SD1200 IS
• Megapixels: 10.0
• Zoom: 3x Optical Zoom
• Screen: 2.5″ LCD

Olympus Stylus 7000

Store and Price: RadioShack – $149.99

• Model: L20
• Megapixels: 12.0
• Zoom: 7x Optical
• Screen: 2.5″ LCD

Sony Cybershot DSC-W220

Store and Price: Staples, OfficeMax – $129.99

• Model: DSC-W220
• Megapixels: 12.1
• Zoom: 4x Optical
• Screen: 2.7″ LCD

Digital Cameras $150-$200

Panasonic Lumix ZS1

Store and Price: Costco - $199.99

• Model: ZS1
• Megapixels: 10.1
• Zoom: 12x Optical Zoom
• Screen: 2.7″ LCD

Canon PowerShot SD780IS

Store and Price: Sears – $179.99

• Model: SD780IS
• Megapixels: 12.1
• Zoom: 3x Optical
• Screen: 2.5″ LCD

Nikon Coolpix L100

Store and Price: Staples – $199.99

• Model: L100
• Megapixels: 10.0
• Zoom: 15x Optical
• Screen: 3.0″ LCD

Digital SLR Cameras $200 above

Nikon Coolpix P90

Store and Price: Best Buy – $299.99

• Model: P90
• Megapixels: 12.0
• Zoom: 24x Optical
• Screen: 3.0″ LCD

Nikon D3000 Digital SLR

Store and Price: Best Buy, Staples – $499.99

• Model: D3000
• Megapixels: 10.2
• Zoom: 3x Optical
• Screen: 3″ LCD

Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i Digital SLR

Store and Price: Best Buy - $699.99

• Model: T1i
• Megapixels: 15.1
• Zoom: 3x Optical
• Screen: 3″ LCD

The Nokia Charger Exchange program will only replace three charger models – AC-3E, AC-3U and AC-4U – manufactured between April and October this year.

This charger models that included in the list of Nokia Charger Exchange program were reportedly have some problems like the plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components that can lead into an electric shock.

Nokia said that AC-3E and AC-3U chargers purchased before June 15, 2009 and AC-4U chargers purchased before April 13, 2009 are not within scope of the Nokia Charger Exchange program.

Here is the 3-step process of the Nokia Charger Exchange Program:

Chargers within the scope of the exchange program can be easily identified through the following three step process.

Step one – Identify the charger model number to determine if it is within scope of the program. Eligible models are AC-3E, AC-3U and AC-4U. If the charger model is not listed, it is not within scope of the program and no further action is required.

Step two – Determine if the charger was manufactured by BYD. If your charger label has the letters “BYD” it may be within the scope of the program. If BYD is not identified on your charger label, it is not within the scope of the program and no further action is required.

Step three – Identify charger production date code. If you own the AC-3E or AC-3U, and your charger model contains production codes between “925” and “932” it is within the scope of the program and should be exchanged for a free replacement charger.  If any other code is listed it is not within scope of the program and no further action is required.

If you own the AC-4U, and your charger model contains production codes between “916” and “943” it is within the scope of the program and should be exchanged for a free replacement charger.

Consumers are asked to visit Nokia Charger Exchange Program Website or send an SMS with the following format “charger model, manufacturer name, 26 digit charger serial number” to 0905-3224923 (for Globe subscribers), 0920-2678978 (for Smart subscribers) or 0922-8589360 (for Sun subscribers) so they can be assisted.  Or they may call the Nokia Careline at (632) 886-1234 between 8:30am – 8:30pm from Mondays to Sundays.

Image Legend:

1. Model number

2. Identification number

Here is the  demo video of  Pomegranate Phone:

The video seems true until it came to the coffee maker part and the shaver part. I was so amazed at the start of the video and thinks that it may be possible for the projector feature and language translator. But for the coffee maker and translator it is so impossible. I could have believed in this Pomegranate Phone if I saw it myself and if the Philippines started selling this crazy Pomegranate Phone, the so called All in One device.

It was a big help for people who loves to travel especially to those going to provinces that are not familiar to the places they’re going to.

I personally encourage all of you people to grab a (GPS) Global Positioning System gadget either for your car or personal use. It is so accurate and even here in the Philippines where in there are many small streets as well as main roads it’s still functioning well.

Ours is the Garmin Nuvi 760 (GPS) Global Positioning System, listed below are its specification: