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Facebook announces free or discounted messaging services, SMART Communications sole PH telco in program

facebook chat messaging smart communications free

OK everything’s happening so fast so I decided to just post it in full here. I got this from Nick of SMART not via a press release but, well, via Facebook. Touche? Note: Globe and SUN Cellular are not part of this promo. The details are not final as SMART is still in the finishing touches with Facebook. If you don’t believe me, Engadget has their version up.

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Samsung congratulates SMART for LTE Networks at Mobile World Congress 2012 ;)

Straight from the camera of Jim Ayson, here’s a rather interesting video he took of a Samsung ad on the bridgeway of the convention center for Mobile World Congress 2012. It’s been a year since I was last in Barcelona for the Netphone launch and seeing these photos and videos brings about a tech nostalgia that only a geek can get lucid on.

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The irony with MWC ’11 was …

Despite being the venue for telcos and everything wireless, the irony of it all was that Internet in Barcelona was a tad crappy. I guess that’s what happens when you have 60,000 people trying to connect at the same time. You should have seen the behind the scenes — my blog posts were written in TextEdit and pasted on to WordPress when it finally loaded. I’d wait for the opportune moment for Internet to kick in (c/o trusty Menu Meters) and then press publish. Hence it was next to impossible to upload YouTube videos (I was only able to squeeze in one or two). So now that we’re back in Manila, we have over 150 videos in 24 gigs shot using two Canon S95’s. Andi and I have a bunch of vides to show so I decided to start with an appetizer…

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play feels pretty good to hold. Hope the games deliver!

You’ve probably read the news that the XPERIA Play running Android 2.3 will also be a ‘Playstation accredited’ phone. You know what? Even if you aren’t into gaming, the XPERIA Play is actually a really good phone by itself. Huge screen, thin, and it just so happens to be able to play very nice games.

The Sony Ericsson booth had a line of mime-SIMS walking around following strangers and copying what they were doing.

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Lighter Moments with Gio Bacareza at MWC 2011