Engadget reports via The Telegraph that a British inventor has designed a “tunable” eyeglass, one where the wearer can actually self adjust the lenses to suit their needs without needing a prescription. Apparently, the plastic lenses have sacs of liquid in the middle, with the wearer adjusting tha amount of the liquid using syringes. Once [...]
Averatec-badged MSI Wind for Php16k
A seller at tipidpc.com is selling an Averatec-badged MSI Wind for only Php16k. That’s a pretty sweet deal considering that others are selling this for around Php23k.
Scented Notebook, anyone?
This one just takes the cake: villman.com is selling a notebook from Asus that’s infused with different scents that go with the color scheme: floral blossom, musky black, morning dew and aqua ocean. Don’t know if that’ll actually attract more customers, but the specs are pretty impressive – Core 2 Duo P8600, 3GB RAM, Vista [...]
Toshiba Netbook
Stumbled on the Toshiba Netbook NB100 at the Complink website. I heard about this back in October on Akihabara. Never thought they’d actually sell it here. Well, with a price of Php27,990, I doubt it’ll make any waves. Besides, the office bought several Toshiba notebooks late last year and the build quality wasn’t worth the [...]
Huge Price Drop for MSI Wind
Villman is now selling the MSI Wind for Php19,999 cash. There are actually two versions on their site: first is the MSI Wind U100 (lx+) that does not have any OS (or does it have linux?), and they also list the MSI Wind U100xp Wind for Love with XP Home for the same price. Note that [...]
Cheapest Cellphones
A couple of years ago, Mrs. ‘toy and I wondered if we could afford giving cellphones to our househelp as the family’s Christmas gift – we usually give them Php1,000-worth of stuff (bags, watches, etc), something they wouldn’t normally get for themselves seeing as they usually send a big chunk of their salary and bonus [...]
Nokia 5800 ExpressMusic Tube
Technograph reports that the Nokia 5800 Expressmusic Tube is now available for pre-launch orders for the price of Php20k. The launch date is set for late January 2009. However, ebay.ph seller janjanman120 is already selling one for Php21,600. I want too!
Nokia E63 for Php12.4k
A seller on ebay.ph is selling the Nokia E63 for only Php12,400. I want!
VintageTech
Remember the days of the Commodore 64? The IBM PC and the PCjr? What about the IBM PC Convertible? The Apple II? The Old Technology Website has these and more, bringing back old memories of the Bonus 5.25 inch diskette (FDD was not a popular term then), BASIC and old Mr. Ben Ong, my 6th [...]
Amphibious Assault with a Ford Fiesta
Here’s the inimitable Jeremy Clarkson proving that all the world’s amphibious assault forces need not buy specialist equipment to undertake a sea-borne beach assault…
