Month: December 2010

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HOLIDAY GADGET SWARM WEEK III: Samsung is giving away a SHARK SERIES SF410 gaming notebook

When I asked Samsung if they wanted to sponsor my anniversary, they did so without hesitation. I’d like to thank Juno and Odette for sending us a brand new SHARK SERIES notebook, the SF410. Guys, this portable is kick ass. It runs on an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a GeForce 310M card. This isn’t just for work — IT’S A DECENT GAMING LAPTOP!

With curves.

Samsung is throwing in so many goodies into their line of portables. If you’re considering a new Windows 7 portable rig, their shark line is a must see because they’re very generous with the specs and have distinguished themselves with the curved shark fin design on the left and right sides of the notebooks.

The SF410 retails for PHP 51,900.00.

Guys do me a favor and ENTER THIS CONTEST ALREADY so that I won’t be tempted to keep it for myself.

Contest Time!!

1. By now you already know the drill. You can submit entries from now till 11:59 PM of December 11. I usually announce the winner by the evening of the next day, the 12th.

2. Since Samsung has been around since the time we were kids (and even before!), I’m reminded of a fun game we used to play. Remember how we’d turn names of countries into acronyms and use it to spell out words? For example, take the country of ITALY:

I
Trust
And
Love
You

Now it’s your turn. Let’s see how much fun we can have with Samsung! Remember, I’ll be asking help from someone from their team (with me having the final say) so please, nothing vulgar. Have fun! Be creative! Make us laugh!

S
A
M
S
U
N
G

3. Entries can be in English / Filipino / Taglish. Just like before, you can submit as many entries as you want in the comments but make sure you leave a valid email address.

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And the winner for Intel Week is …

Believe me. We had a hard time deciding who would win this one. Yung mga iba, kinarir talaga. As much as I would like to give away 20 computers, this week we can only give away one big prize. FYI I’m also being helped by someone from Intel’s PR because the entries are just SOOO overwhelming. Congratulations to everyone who submitted. Winner kayong lahat. This was really amazing. Just remember that this is still WEEK II of the series. Next week we’re raffling off another laptop thanks to Samsung. Stay tuned!

Let’s cut to the chase. The winner for this week’s contest is ELLEN.

TITLE: Intel, You’ve Won
[To the tune of Justin Bieber’s Baby, imagined it to be sang by our very own influencers – Charice and Apl.De.Ap (or Gloc 9 weee!) ]

Oh woooah, oh woooooah, oh wooooah, oh.

Semiconductors, Microprocessors
In top computers, you will be there
You’re number 1, you lead the pack
And they can never ever get you off your rank

Motherboard chipsets and graphic chips
Innovation, you’re best at that
Say there’s no other that can outshine you
No one’s matched all the things that you do.

(Chorus – 2 different paragraphs instead of a repeat)
INTEL Inside!
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
They’ve got DUO, Pentium, and more
From core 3 to core 7 now
Yes, you’ve just changed the world, yeah
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
You’re the SPONSORS OF TOMORROW
From core 3 to core 7 now
Yes, you’ve won our hearts, yeah

You, you’re doing oh whatever
And in the next years, I’m sure you’ll do better
Cared for our mother earth, invest in healthcare
You build us everything, you’ll help in anything.
Intel now please stay, perk up IT and you can free us from ancient technology
Let’s not go down down down down
Coz I believe your brand’ll always be around.

(Chorus – 2 different paragraphs instead of a repeat)
INTEL Inside!
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
They’ve got DUO, Pentium, and more
From core 3 to core 7 now
Yes, you’ve just changed the world, yeah
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
You’re the SPONSORS OF TOMORROW
From core 3 to core 7 now
INTEL has won our hearts, yeah

(RAP PART)
(INTEL),
In 1960s, you‘ve made your first move
And ‘til now nobody can compete with you baby
No matter if it’s surfing, shopping, gaming, you’ll always be on top
You make our lives so easy, you’ve raised the standards
Intel’s revolutionary, worth spending big bucks

The leading brands love you, and it is not hard to see you’re in a streak
Asus, Apple, and Dell, Samsung, HP, Lenovo
You know they’re patronizing ‘cause INTEL’s so amazing
And it’s just groundbreaking, what you did with computing

(Chorus – 2 different paragraphs instead of a repeat)
INTEL Inside!
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
They’ve got DUO, Pentium, and more
From core 3 to core 7 now
Yes, you’ve just changed the world, yeah
Global, topnotch, awesome oaaahhh.
You’re the SPONSORS OF TOMORROW
From core 3 to core 7 now
Yes, you have won our hearts, yeah

(And) I’m done,
In-tel, yeah, yeah,
In-tel, yeah, yeah,
In-tel, yeah, yeah,
You’re number one
My heart, you’ve won.

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Synergy XIII: Club Paradise, Palawan

N.B. There’s still time before we close this week’s contest!

Synergy is a yearly event hosted by HP and Intel and 2010 marked year 13. Back then, it was one of the more innovative types of events as it paved the way for more intimate dialogue with the press. 13 years later, Synergy is still going strong and this year we’re at Club Paradise in Palawan.

Click on to see what happened at Synergy.

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Did you know that Intel has an App Store optimized for Netbooks?

Applications stores seem to be the fad of the end of the decade. With Apple’s iTunes Store, Steam’s disc-less download app, the Android marketplace and the OVI store, it makes sense for Windows to have its own. Although this isn’t the only way for Windows users to find applications, it does allow developers an additional venue to showcase their wares. According to Intel, the online store does have a profit sharing model (up to 70% profit in favor of developer) similar to how the iTunes store works. They are provided with a developer forum and SDK to build apps for AppUp.

Optimized for netbook resolutions, the AppUp Store serves as a central hub for discovering new apps for Windows. Since one of the primary issues of netbooks are small screens, the AppUp store provides an ample list of resolution-friendly standalone apps (i.e. not running on your browser) such as Facebook and TweetDeck.

If you’re running a netbook, it’s definitely a worthy download. But even if you’re not (I’m running it on a MacBook Pro + BootCamp), it still works on any WIndows XP / 7 enabled computer! Even if the app resolutions are optimized for netbooks, some developers have gone the extra mile to make their apps compatible with higher native resolutions.