SmartBro WiMax Prices, Service Plans revealed

Smart is finally out with it’s WiMax service and posters have been spotted about the new SmartBro WiMax subscription plans.

Smart Bro WiMax is currently available in 2 plans:

SmartBro WiMax Plan 999
Up to 1 Mbps
Unlimited Usage Hours
Monthly Subscription Fee: Php999

SmartBro WiMax Plan 799
Up to 512kbps
Unlimited Hours
Monthly Subscription Fee: Php799

There’s no information on which areas or cities (an agent says it will be initially available in selected areas in Metro Manila or NCR) SmartBro WiMax will be available and how it’s going to differentiate itself from its existing SmartBro Share-It or SmartBro Fixed Wireless packages (which offers up to 2Mbps).

To get information for your area, you cna call *1888 from your Smart cellphone or (02) 672.7277 on landline. You cna also go to any Smart Wireless Center to inquire or subscribe.

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Genius G-Shot HD501 HD Pocket Camcorder

Was doing a series of article contributions for a travel magazine (with a tech-travel section) so I got a bunch of nifty gadgets to check out. One of the items was this HD pocket camcorder made by Genius, the G-Shot HD501.

I know Genius makes a lot of accessories from pointing devices to keyboards, speakers and all but this is the first time I saw a camcorder from them (Flip is getting some more affordable competition).

The mini camcorder looks like a toy at first but it’s a actually a tough one and weather-resistant so you can take this out on a rainy day (or winter) without any worry. Of course, it’s not completely water-proof so I didn’t even tried tossing it into our aquarium with the fishes.

The Genius G-Shot HD501 takes videos up to 720p (1280×720p) at 30fps. It can also take still photos but only at 3MP resolution. All the files are stored in an SD Card (max 16GB) sealed tightly with a rubber cap. It’s even got a 3.5mm audio jack so you can listen to music with the built-in MP3 player.

I wasn’t able to get the exact price but I reckon it could be somewhere around six or seven grand.

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Are HD Media players replacing DVD players?

If you go to Virramall these days, you’d see tons of these cheap HD media players being sold in stores (some of which, selling as low as DVD player prices). There must be demand for these as I’ve seen over a dozen models already.

There’s the original Popcorn Hour, the HDX Media, and the ones from Asus and Western Digital (perhaps even the earlier Apple TV).

Even the branded ones are becoming more affordable too. Check out the prices below:

KWorld Media Player M101 – Php2,250
TVIX M-3100U (160GB) – Php4,400
Buffalo Link Theater LT-V100 – Php5,400
Western Digital Media Player – Php5,500
Western Digital Media Player Live – Php6,900
Asus Media Player HD O! Play – Php5,800
Brite-View Cinema Tube – Php6,350
Seagate FreeAgent Theater Plus – Php7,400

Even Western Digital has a couple of different models in this category. I reckon hardware companies such as them would benefit a lot from people letting go of optical disks in favor of hard disk drives.

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Toshiba Libretto W100 sports Dual Screen

In celebration of its 25 years of making laptop computers, Toshiba announced a limited edition “netbook tablet” with dual screens, the Toshiba Libretto W100.

This dual-screen tablet netbook isn’t really the first one we’ve seen (MSI has a prototype they showed back in January during CES 2010), it might be the first one to hit the market this August.

Each of the display is a 7-inch multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1024×600 pixels. The tablet will be running an Intel Pentium U5400 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and 64GB SSD.

It will also have Bluetooth, WiFi but just USB ports and include an 8-cell battery. Windows 7 will come pre-installed out of the box.

Toshiba did not indicate how much these babies will sell for but numbers going around says it could be as steep as $1,099.

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Motorola FlipOut comes with Android 2.1

Motorola just announced a new Android phone called the FlipOut, a full qwerty phone that’s got an odd form factor and uses a Texas Instrument processor.

The phone slides or swivels from the side by 180-degrees to reveal the full qwerty keyboard (meant to be used with both hands but I wonder how do you make calls with this).

Motorola FlipOut
2.8″ display screen @ 320×240 pixels
Texas Instrument OMAP3410 700MHz processor
256MB RAM, 512MB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD (2GB included)
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
3.15 MP camera
GPS w/ A-GPS support
FM Radio tuner w/ RDS
Android 2.1
MotoBlur UI v1.5 with Live Widgets
Li-Ion battery 1170mAh

The design looks close to the earlier one (Motorola Dext) they released. The screen is kinda small though, measuring at only 2.8″ diagonally. Motorola did not indicate when or how much this handset will cost when released.

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