It’s out! It’s out!

I’ve been reading through the PH forums and the Canon EOS 450D is now widely available in Manila looks like we even beat the release of the XSi in the US and pinoy dslr newbies and avid photographers are grabbing it off the shelves. I’ve also seen this being sold here in Vietnam but the Japan version, Kiss X2. Surprisingly, it’s more expensive here than what we have back home where it’s bundled already with a 1Gb SD card. Sounds like a good deal to me!

iPhone, schmiphone!

Argh! The wait for the next iPhone is unbearable. I’m missing out all the good stuff but I hope it’s going to be worth it. The trick with buying gadgets is to just do it! If you keep waiting, you won’t ever get to having one.. it’s a vicious cycle! Playing around with Apple’s touchscreen and GUI has always been a winner since the iPods came out. I’m more excited though for being able to view pictures of the family especially my li’l one and once you have a baby, you can never get enough of seeing your mini-me. That’s my main motivation in getting one soon. The iPhone in Vietnam is priced almost similar to Manila with the 16GB costing around $670..ouch! With that amount, I can push the DSLR up the queue  

I’ve had a chance to play with an iPhone lately and I really like the SMS conversation view.. fantastic concept indeed! Let’s not even mention about Safari.. taking mobile browsing as close as the desktop experience. The touchscreen response is amazing and I can blab about the features the whole day.. convincing many others to buy one before I do

But.. i’ll still hold off for now. Still waiting to see how far portable storage will go and stretching the 16Gb limit. For the next gen iPhone, here’s my wish list and Steve Jobs will soon rule the world

•  3G – This is a sure feature for the next iPhone release but i doubt if i’ll even use it.
• 5 megapixel camera – This will be a monster if Apple changed their existing 2mp. It will now match with the Sony Ericsson K-series and Nokia N95s camera phone. Without any doubt, people won’t have choices left but just to buy an iPhone.
• 32 Gb capacity – moore, moore, moore’s law Will SSD be considered for iPhone’s next upgrade.. only time will tell as the price of SSD drops.
• Extended battery life – must keep going, and going, and going… It’s a good time to play Rihanna’s “Please don’t stop the music”.. literally!
• External storage slot for additional capacity – In my dreams! Apple would never do that… ruins their strategy you know. Too bad

Do I smell an early Christmas in June when iPhone 2.0 is released? A few more months to go!

Pata-Pata-Pata-Pon!

 Waaaah! The wife can’t play this game yet since the PSP is still bricked as of this writing. Still working on finding someone who can unbrick it for free or if we’re desperate enough, we’ll just pay for it This was one of my most anticipated games but more for the wife’s liking and I’m sure Anna will have fun with the Patapons! More screenshots and the trailer of this cool PSP platform game:

Now say it with me.. Pata-Pata-Pata-Pon!!!

iPhone 16 Gigger

 That’s what I’m talking about! Apple has now released the 16GB version of the iPhone and it should now be worth buying this life-changing gadget! He who waits shall be rewarded with more storage! hehe This one still doesn’t have 3G though and Apple mainly increased capacity and added new features such as home screen customization.

 A lot of people still have high expectations for the upcoming 2008 iPhone which will probably have 3G as this seems to be the last piece of this desirable device. In the Philippines, we’d rather send SMS or make voice calls rather than have a videocon since 3G has always been treated as a “feature” more than a “functionality”. Although 3G’s high-speed data access would definitely be an advantage to compliment the iPhone’s wi-fi capability so you would have options on areas outside wireless internet coverage.

 In Vietnam, 3G is still being explored as of the moment by the different mobile carriers due to the large investment in infrastructure. The display on my Moto V3xx is showing 2G only! hehe  I’m certain it will catch up soon enough and this country will be fully connected with the growth of the mobile telecoms industry.

 I’m a bit excited to have my first  touch screen phone but the price tag here in Vietnam stopped me from getting one.

 My verdict: I like the capacity upgrade but it’s not yet time to buy the iPhone as I’m waiting what other surprises Steve Jobs has with the iPhone second generation. It will get better, I promise.