Sink or Swim

Now that I finished comparing quotes for a floor stand for my company’s exhibit next month, I can spend the rest of my morning posting about these really cool iPhone Apps for Developers and Designers. Check them out below. iPhone app developers never cease to amaze me. Imagine how much you can do with a small gadget. I know I will feel disabled without my iPhone. For those who are always on the go or meeting a client, these apps will help you in working offsite.

Database Viewer Plus

Network Utility

PHP Cheat Sheet

Color Expert

Typography Manual

Sketches

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I’ve been seeing a lot of mobile and manufactured homes on TV and they still never cease to amaze me. Imagine having a complete home constructed in a factory and delivered to your location? Don’t believe me? Check out the photo below:

Now I’m dreaming of our future “dream” house again. I don’t care if it’s a modular home such as this. All I want is to finally have our own place so I can start shopping for furniture!

These scenes are created using 3D Max. Pretty cool huh?

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Researching for ecommerce web hosting is no easy task. I’ve compared several packages but all of them look the same, just varying in the monthly rates. I’m comfortable choosing basic web hosting but not e-commerce where there are important features to consider such as payment processing, SSL, etc. The reviews aren’t that many and not sure if any of them are reliable. All I know right now is that I’d shortlist any company that can answer my pre-sales question in less than 24 hours. I need to send my proposal to my client in three days and hopefully I can find the package that will meet our requirements.

According to ProductWiki.com, here are the contenders to the famous iPhone. I am still an iPhone fan but it doesn’t hurt to know the competition.   There’s more but here are my top three. [Source]

HTC Desire HD
October, 2010

$649.00$563.00 (13% off)

Pros

• an Evo 4G for the rest of the world
• intelligent ringer – rings louder if it senses it’s stored away, quiets down when picked up and mutes when flipped over
• powerful hardware – 1GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 1.5GB of internal storage

Cons

• standard LCD display
• battery life will be too short at only 1230mAh capacity
• available only in Europe, and very expensive to import

RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800
August, 2010

$489.53

Pros

• full slide-out QWERTY keyboard – a BlackBerry specialty that blows most other phone keyboards out of the water
• the first phone to run RIM’s latest BlackBerry 6 operating system
• 5MP camera with LED flash

Cons

• not the revolutionary device most were hoping for to keep RIM competitive in the consumer market
• dated aesthetic for a consumer device
• quite bulky compared to QWERTY-less devices

Samsung Galaxy S
July, 2010

Pros

• stunning 4″ Super-AMOLED display @ 800 x 480px, takes phone displays to a new level (esp. color, contrast, viewing angles & brightness)
• runs a current generation high end 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU by Samsung (Hummingbird)
• WiFi (802.11b/g/n) and 3G (HSPA max downlink 7.2 Mbit/s, max uplink 5.76Mbit/s) connectivity

Cons

• no camera flash
• No dedicated Camera button
• Terrible GPS performance and no reliable fix so far

I came across a post about the top 10 gadgets for 2010. And since 2011 is fast approaching, let me do a re-post of my top three favorite from that list. I’m still trying to covet them but very much unsuccessful as of this writing.

Lenovo IdeaPad U1

It’s a notebook that looks like a laptop computer but has a detachable screen that you can use as a separate tablet computer.

Apple Tablet

Plastic Logic Que E-Reader

Predicted to be the e-reder to own in 2010. Has a sci-fi like thinness with 11.6-inch screen with touch capability.

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So, you’ve decided to head to the Internet in your little bit of free time. You have decided that you want to try out something new. A game sounds good, but you are unsure what type of game you would be most interested in. Here are some options.

Online casino games: These are a great option if you love heading to Vegas but don’t have the time or money. Place your bets and get ready to have a good time. With options from sportsbooks to poker and more, you can find everything that you love about Vegas (minus the great food and crazy people!) with online casino games.

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Want to get your hands on a Nokia C6?  I’ve been eyeing this before I got my iPhone and still like it, mainly because of the QWERTY keyboard.

If you feel the same, read the flyer below.

The original price is actually Php15,000 but on November 13, 2010 starting from 1PM to 3PM, the participating malls will offer it for only P6,490 to lucky customers who can manage to squeeze themselves in the 2-hour sale.

This promo will be held at :

• SM Megamall
• SM North EDSA
• SM Cebu
• Gaisano Davao

Read more here.