Thursday, April 5, 2012

Sony Xperia S Price Philippines

Sony Xperia S Price in the philippines in the gray market would be around Php 25,000. While the at the official store expect the price to start at Php 27,5000

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

2012 Coachella Lineup


The full lineup for the annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival set to take place in California in April has been announced, with bands Radiohead, The Black Keys and rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg slated to headline each night.
The festival, which brings together some of the top musical acts in the world at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, just outside of Palm Springs, is also know for hosting the reunion of bands and musical outfits that have split up. This year’s festival is no exception, as post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, Swedish hardcore punk band Refused and 1980s alternative rock band fIREHOSE have all reformed for to play the fest.
For the first time this year the increasingly popular festival, which has become a worldwide destination event, will take place over two weekends: April 13-15 and April 20-22. Each weekend will have identical lineups, and currently only weekend passes are available, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Tickets for the festival, which takes place across five stages at set up at the polo club, have gone up in price since the first event in 1993. This year a three day pass will cost approximately $315, with prices exceeding $1300 for the full VIP experience.
Other bands set to take the stage at the festival in April include recent Record of the Year Grammy nominee Bon Iver, hit maker Florence + the Machine, and the recently reunited Britpop favorites Pulp, amongst dozens of other acts set to perform each day.

Sony Xperia S


Sony announces its first Xperia mobile phone with out the Ericsson branding on it. The Sony Xperia S or code named Nozomi will the first to get the spotlight on.

The Sony Xperia S will be also be the company's first phone that features a dual core processor.


Sony Xperia S specs:
4.3-inch Reality Display @ 720p (1280×720 pixels)
Snapdragon S3 1.5GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 2.1
NFC support
HGPS w/ aGPS support
12MP Exmor R rear camera
1080p video recording
1.3MP front facing camera
Android 2.3 Gingerbread

So what do you think will be its price when it'll be release in the Philippines?

Monday, January 9, 2012

Jose Manalo Budoy

Just want to share this funny video by Jose Manalo impersonating Budoy with Gerald Anderson in a Charity Event.

USB 3.0 Is Coming to Smartphones and Tablets


By the end of 2012 smartphones and tablet devices will sport a USB 3.0-based microUSB connector, which will allow speedier data transfer than the current USB 2.0 standard.

USB 3.0 theoretically allows for data transfer rates of around 625 MB/s, which is 10 times faster than USB 2.0, whose maximum data transfer speed is 60 MB/s. The USB 3.0 transfer speed on mobile devices won’t be that fast, but it will be much faster than now.

“What takes 15 minutes will roughly take 1 minute and 10 seconds,” said Rahman Ismail, CTO of the USB Implementers Forum at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets will also recharge more quickly through USB 3.0.

To be able to implement USB 3.0 in the context of mobile devices, the USB Implementers Forum will have to develop new specifications for the standard. “We’re coming out with new specs, new areas where we will make it very power efficient, power friendly,” said Ismail.

USB Implementers Forum also said it aims to reduce the size of USB 3.0 ports on laptops, as it’s becoming a limiting factor in laptop thinness.

Powertech USB Port Wall Outlet

How about charging your iPhone without using power adapter? Your beloved MP3 players without borrowing your phones USB wall charger? Now we can directly charge our USB device with the help of Powertech Industries outlet expander.

The best part is no wiring is required for this gadget, you'll just have to plug it in in you regular wall electrical socket, you'll now have an USB charger and wall charger in an instant!

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Available Now!


The fastest Radeon as of this date has now been released with the price of $550. If that is the price, that means that AMD Radeon HD 7970 price in the Philippines would be around Php 24,200 of course tax is not included in my computation, expect this to drop up to Php 30,000.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Lenovo's 55-inch IdeaTV K91

K91 is the world's first Android Ice Cream Sandwich TV


Back in late November last year, Lenovo's Chinese folks teased a certain IdeaTV or LeTV for launch this year, and now we finally get to see it in its full glory. Dubbed the K91, we're looking at a 55-inch IPS 3D HDTV running Android Ice Cream Sandwich (a first for smart TVs, yet not quite a Google TV), and inside it sits a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon APQ8060. Dig a little deeper and you'll also find 1GB of RAM, 8GB storage, SD card expansion, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 10M/100M Ethernet, HDMI and USB 2.0 connectivity (which is much needed for an external hard drive to store video content). As you can see in the pictures, the K91 will come with some Lenovo cloud services, including an app store (but the TV will have over 100 apps preloaded, anyway) and video-on-demand, along with voice control and facial recognition (mainly for child lock, we presume) using its five-megapixel webcam. As always, we'll get back to you as soon as we get information on dates and prices.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Yamaha Sniper MX Price and Installment Plan Philippines

Yamaha has recently launch the new Sniper MX which has an improve aesthetics compared to the previous model.

The main feature of this Yamaha Sniper MX is it has now has a 5th gear with an one down, four up shifting pattern. This Sniper MX also has a rear disc break for more stopping power.
The design is quite similar to the Yamaha Vega Force but looks much more aggressive.
Out of curiosity I dropped by to the nearest Yamaha shop to inquire about the price and installment plan available for the benefits of my reader. See pricing below:

Yamaha Sniper MX Cash Price Php 92,000
For Installment Plan:
Down Payment: Php 15,700
12 months: Php 8,809
24 months: Php 5,330
36 months: Php 4,173

The following installment plans may vary depending on the Financing Company that the dealer is affiliated.

NBA 2K12 Roster Updates


Latest Update: 2012/01/07
Install:
Start > Run > Type : %appdata%, then find 2K Sports\NBA 2K12\Saves , overwrite all the files.

for XP users: C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Application Data\2K Sports\NBA 2K12\Saves
for Vista or Win 7 users: C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Roaming\2K Sports\NBA 2K12\Saves

Then go to NBA 2K12 and load it

Download Links:
 NBA.2K12.Official.Roster.01.07.zip [1.21 MiB] 



Taxi Kick


For those passengers who has been abused or need to report any illegal activities of Taxi drivers in the Philippines here is for you.




How it works?
- Enter the taxi's plate number.
- Choose one of the predefined violations.
- Enter the taxi name and additional comments (not required but it will help LTFRB and MMDA).
- Review your report and submit!
- Taxikick will email your report to LTFRB and MMDA at the end of the day.
- You can also share your report using Twitter.

Taxikick is free. No signup is required.

For your complaints you can contact them at this following websites:

http://taxikick.com
http://twitter.com/taxikick
http://facebook.com/taxikick

The Iron Lady

Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.

Sony Boast for the First XQD Memory Cards

With the announcement of Nikon's new D-SLR D4 which supports Fast XQD cards, Sony is the first to fully introduced XQD in the market.



Of course you have to pay the price if you want speed. The 16GB card costs the whooping $129.99, while the 32GB version goes for $229.99. Sony thinks the cards will be good for up 100 frames in RAW format in continuous shooting mode, based on its tests. There'll also be a card reader and adapter for easy portability, both setting you back a further $45 when the whole lot hits the shelves in February.

Apple Ipad 3 Added Features?

A few months from now the new Ipad 3 will be announced. So basically there are a lot of rumor spreading out.

I'm hearing that the Ipad 3 will get a revamp screen resolution, a higher megapixel camera and A6 processor (quad-core). There has been speculations that the new Ipad 3 will feature a retina display that are found in the iPhone and Ipod Touch. If that were true, we are expecting a 2x better resolution than the previous model.

Camera might end up just what you can find in the current iPhone 4s but not sure though if it will be an 8 megapixel or five. One thing is for sure, the front facing camera will have an HD recording capabilities.

With the iOS 5.1 beta code has been leaked out, see my previous post here http://bardsgadget.blogspot.com/2012/01/iphone-5-to-ship-with-quad-core-chips.html it is also safe to say that  Ipad 3 will ship with quad core processor.

We are also expecting a $100 price drop for the current model Ipad 2.

iPhone 5 to Ship with Quad-Core Chips?

Reliable sources has been reporting that the iOS 5.1 beta code will support quad-core processors. We could expect that the next release of iPhone or Ipad will be equip with this hardware.

core.0 means single-core, core.3 means quad-core

Good news is Apple is already making steps on their hardware for its next product release. Expect the next generation A6 processors will be running on quad-core.

FREE PLDT WIFI ZONE



There are more reasons to celebrate after the holiday season for PLDT and myDSL subscribers. PLDT aims to deliver fast and reliable internet connection speed all across the metro with its PLDT WIFI ZONE.

As of this writing PLDT has grown over 2,000 hot spot areas in Metro Manila from bars, resto, mall etc.

 “This new service is like an extension of our subscribers’ Internet connections at home. Now they can experience premium Wi-Fi service even outside their home.” explained by Gary Dujali, vice president for data acquisitions of PLDT’s Retail Business Group.

Early Christmas gift for PLDT postpaid subscribers!

Enjoy the WiFi Season like no other, for FREE from
December 1, 2011 until January 15, 2012 in over
2,000 WiFi Zones..

You can register at http://www.pldtwifizone.com/register.html to get you free PLDT WIFI account.

For more details log in to their website at http://www.pldtwifizone.com/home.html

To get more list of available establishments accross the metro visit this page http://www.pldtwifizone.com/wifizones.html

1TB Flash Drive to Launch By Victorinox



Victorinox is quite known for making knives, but now a days they are quite known now for making the best flash drives. They're flash drive are fast and well-built.

In a few days we will be seing a flash drive with one terabyte of capacity. Yup you read it here first. This USB 2.0 / eSATA II droves will include 256 bit AES encryption with built in LCD display.

If you say Victorinox ofcourse it must come with added functionalities. For what i see it comes with knife and scissors. But guys expect this small little thumb drive to cost you some bucks.

Get Free Facebook Timeline Personal Cards Now


Good news to all facebook users, they are giving away 200,000 sets of 50 cards for free. Here's how to get yours:

1. Go to your Facebook Timeline.
2. Click on About (it's just below your profile photo and basic personal information).

3. Look for your Contact Info box.
4. Move your mouse over the little card icon. You will see a box that says "We've partnered with moo.com to make it easy to print your very own set of custom business cards. The first box of cards is on us."
5. Click on Print Cards.


Today they are sold out because they are only giving 5,000 sets per day, but there are many days to try to be the first. Or you can just get fifty cards for $15. 100 cards cost $30, 150 cards are $45 and 200 cards would set you back 60 bucks.

Samsung Galaxy Y vs Netphone 701 Comparison


Both are released by Smart but Netphone 701 sells much more higher than the Samsung Galaxy Y. See the table below.

Stay Schemin Music Video

Man this was a song with a good lyrics. Can't help but share to you guys this music video.

Black Nazarene Feast Traffic Advisory and Procession Route Philippines



The Manila Police District’s Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) has the given the following routes for the annual Black Nazarene procession in Quiapo, Manila on Sunday, January 9, 2011.


** From Quirino Granstand, will turn right at Katigbak Drive thru P. Burgos
** Turn left at Taft Avenue thru McArthur Bridge, turn right at Palanga thru Quezon Bridge
** Turn left at Quezon Blvd., right at Arlegui, right at Fraternal, right at Vergara, left at Duque de Alba, and left at Castillejos
** Turn left at Farnecio, right at Arlequi, left at Nepomuceno, left at Aguila, right Carcer, right at Hidalgo thru Plaza del Carmen
** Turn left at Bilibid Viejo thru Puyat, left at Guzman, right at Hidalgo, left at Barbosa, right at Globo de Oro thru Quezon Brige
** Turn right at Palanca, right at Villalobos thru Plaza Miranda and to Quiapo Church



Closed from 5:00am onwards to all types of vehicles are:
The entire southbound of Quezon Blvd. – from Andalucia, Fugoso to Plaza Miranda
The stretch of Lerma – from P. Campa to Quezon Blvd.


Traffic re-routing scheme:
** All vehicles coming from Quezon City passing by España should turn right at P. Campa, left at Andalucia, right at Fugoso, left at T. Mapua to their destination
** All public transport vehicles and other light vehicles coming from España headed towards the South Pier Zone should turn left at Nicanor Reyes, turn right at Recto, straight to JAS, left at Reina Regente to take Jones Bridge, turn right at Magallanes Drive to their point of destination
** All vehicles coming from northern Manila intending to pass by Bonifacio Drive should turn right at Roberto S. Oca St., left at Delgado, left at Bonifacio Drive (for Port Area offices) or make a right to A. Soriano to Magallanes Drive, turn right at P. Burgos, and straight to Lagusniland to Taft Avenue
** All vehicles coming from the southern part of Manila passing through P. Burgos should take T.M. Kalaw, turn left at Taft Ave., right at A. Villegas, right at Quezon Bridge, to their point of destination
** All vehicles from the southern part of Manila intending to pass through Roxas Blvd. from P. Ocampo to P. Burgos should turn right at T.M. Kalaw, turn left to Taft Avenue to their point of destination
** All PUJs plying the Monumento-Gasak-Recto route passing through Andalucia thru Recto should turn right at Fugoso, right at Oroquieta to their destination
** All vehicles coming from Legarda should turn right at Recto or left at Mendiola
** All vehicles using Taft Avenue northbound should turn right at A. Villegas (Arroceros), right at Quezon Bridge to their destination
** All heavy vehicles/cargo trucks coming from the south shall take Pres. Osmena, right at Pres. Quirino to Nagtahan via A.H. Lacson to Capulong and vise-versa
** All motorists headed to the north or south of Manila should pass through Lacson to Nagtahan or Road 10 to Roxas Blvd.
** All buses coming from eastern Manila particularly G-Liner and RRCG buses should turn right at N.A. Lopez, left at San Marcelino, left at Ayala Blvd., to their destination
** All buses from Taft Avenue going to Fairview should turn right at UN Avenue, pass by Otis, turn left at Nagtahan, go straight to LAcson, right at Espana to their destination
** All buses coming from southern Manila passing through Taft Avenue are prohibited from entering the area from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will only be allowed until Pres. Quirino and Remedios St.


Read more: http://greensili.com/1928/black-nazarene-feast-traffic-advisory-and-procession-route-philippines/#ixzz1ilAruoN5

The Devil Inside

Already the most talk about movie for this year.. Has the most disturbing scenes you'll ever seen in a movie. So guys check out your local cinema if you have some guts.


In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

January 23, 2012 is a Holiday


Good news to students and employees, January 23, 2011 will be a special non-working holiday throughout the Philippines based Proclamation No. 295 of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. The holiday is due to the celebration of Chinese New Year.

This is the first time that Chinese New Year will be observed in a national level but since there are considerable number of Filipino-Chinese here in the country, the administration decided to make it as a holiday.

Also, January 23, 2012 falls on a Monday which means that it will be long weekend. Those who will be required to work on that date shall receive additional compensation based on existing labor law.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Steve Jobs Action Figure

Apple is quite known for throwing lawsuits against there competitor for stealing their idea, but this time Apple Inc. is ripping of one company by ripping of one of its former CEO.


The Chineses company In Icons, recently created Mr. Steve Jobs action figure which stands at 12 inches tall. It features Jobs' signature black turtleneck, blue jeans, sneakers, glasses, and even has interchangeable hands to show his different movements. The doll also comes with two Apples, one of which has a bite out of it, a "One More Thing" backdrop and a bar stool.

The action figure can already be found on ebay for $135 and will roll out in February if Apple won't stop them.

According to Apple's letter to In Icons, the tech giant owns all rights pertaining to its founder, and the "likeness" of the doll falls under those rights. Toys that resemble the company's logo, appearance, likeness or someone's name are subject to a legal action if not made by Apple itself.


Nikon D4 D-SLR Has Been Released and Will ship on February


The recently released D-SLR targets pro and high-end photographer.

D4 has 16.2-megapixels resolution for its sensor and capable of recording a full 1080p video. D4 also users 51-point auto focus that has been tweaked by Nikon to provide great speed.

Live view can now be display in all types of display that has HDMI port.

Images and Videol files can be save using UDMA-7 CoimpactFlash cards and now supports the new XQD memory cards.

D4 will set to launch in late February 2012 with the price tag of $5,999.95 or about Php 264,000 price range in the Philippine Peso.

Racing Boy Philippines


For motorcycle enthusiast out there, some of you might wondering where to get affordable racing boy products in the Philippines? Search no more because I found the sole distributor of racing boy products in the Philippines.

EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR AT PHILIPPINES
RJG Scooters 
#1 Sitio Gipit San Jose Patag,
STA. Maria, Bulacan, Philippines 3022.

Tel:006391 75570636 / 006392 28414188
Fax:006344 2882626
Email:bobscooters888@yahoo.com



Help BardsGadget Grow

Hi Guys,

For those BardsGadgets follower help us grow by promoting our facebook fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BardsGadget/257689504297424
our goal is once we reach 200 likes we will be having contest and give away prizes on a regular basis every month!

So guys! share the love! thanks.

POEA, Work Abroad, Jobs Abroad and Overseas Jobs for Filipinos

For those who are interested and want to try their luck abroad/overseas and seems don't have the luxury of time to apply to every agency here in the Philippines you might find the website http://poea.jobstreet.com.ph/ very helpful to you.

It is more like the jobstreet we know, the only difference is jobs posted in that said site are overseas works. So go and grab that resume and enjoy job hunting at your finger tips.

Wizards of Waverly Place


Wizards of Waverly Place centers on the Italian-Mexican Russo family, which lives on Waverly Place in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. The family consists of siblings Justin (David Henrie), his younger sister Alex (Selena Gomez), and their younger brother Max (Jake T. Austin). The three Russo siblings are wizards in training and live with their Italian-American father Jerry (David DeLuise), a former wizard, and their Mexican-American mother, Theresa (María Canals Barrera) who is a mortal. When they all complete their wizard training, the three siblings will participate in a competition to decide who will become the family wizard of their generation and keep their powers forever while the others will lose their powers for good and become mortal. Because of this, Jerry tries to teach the children not to become dependent on magic, as two of them will not have them after coming of age. While living in the mortal word, the siblings are required to keep their powers a secret, though Alex's best friend Harper (Jennifer Stone) found out about the Russos' secret in the Season 2 episode "Harper Knows".

Charice Pempengco Magazine Cover

It is not only Jinkee Pacquaio getting lots of attention lately for her controversial magazine cover, Charice Pempengco has also been in the trending topics lately for her own version of a controversial magazine cover. You can be the judge itself by taking look at the magazine cover below of Charice Pempengco's Preview Magazine Cover.
Charice Pempengco's Preview Magazine Cover

Jinkee Pacquaio Magazine Cover

What do you think guys of this cover by Ms. Jinkee Pacquaio wife of Congressman Manny Pacquaio's Mega Magazine Cover? Is this for real or just the power of Adobe Photoshop.
picture of Jinkee Pacquiaon on Mega Magazine Cover

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Price Philippines


Samsung Galaxy Y Duos in the Philippines is not yet released but for sure once it has been released will surely be an instant salable product.
Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Philippine Price: NA

GENERAL2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G NetworkHSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced2011, December
StatusComing soon
BODYDimensions109.8 x 60 x 12 mm
Weight109 g
DISPLAYTypeTFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size240 x 320 pixels, 3.14 inches (~127 ppi pixel density)
- Samsung TouchWiz
SOUNDAlert typesVibration; MP3 ringtones
LoudspeakerYes
3.5mm jackYes
MEMORYCard slotmicroSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included
Internal512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM
DATAGPRSYes
EDGEYes
SpeedHSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
BluetoothYes, v3.0 with A2DP
USBYes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERAPrimary3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
FeaturesGeo-tagging
VideoYes, QVGA@24fps
SecondaryNo
FEATURESOSAndroid OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
SensorsAccelerometer, proximity, compass
MessagingSMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
BrowserHTML, Adobe Flash
RadioStereo FM radio with RDS
GPSYes, with A-GPS support
JavaYes, via Java MIDP emulator
ColorsBlack
- Dual SIM (dual stand-by)
- SNS integration
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input

BATTERYStandard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Stand-by
Talk time