LAN Party Xtreme 2008

Another component of the Davao Cyber Expo 2008 this year is the LAN Party Xtreme, also organized by DC Warez. 27 participants, some coming from as far as Iligan and Marawi hauled their souped up, ultra pimped hardware to the NCCC Mall of Davao.Some of the stuff there cost PhP100,000 - P300,000. EXTREME INDEED!

The LAN Party-goers also enjoyed some games such as the speed contest, and they got to compare notes with other hardware enthusiasts and even suppliers and industry people.

I'm not much of a techie (NOT QUITE, right?) but I was amazed at the sleek monitors, keyboards, ultra fast mice, giant mousepads, and pimped CPUs.




Til the next LAN Party. ;)

Photos taken using the N95.
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N95

I have never had a hi-tech phone. I have three phones (all Nokia) but none of them have a camera or any such things. For quite some time I have been eyeing a PDA phone because I badly need one to juggle everything I do. Testing an N95 8GB is the next best thing to owning my own PDA phone.



The N95 is a combination of the following:

• an MP3 player
• a handy video/multimedia player
• a PDA (that's Personal Digital Assistant)
• a cellphone
• a digital camera
• a portable web browser
• a super flash drive with 8gb memory

It's so nice. Bigger than I'm used too but the features more than compensate for it's bulkiness.

Here are some features I wish it had:

• number screening
• insert number for SMS messaging

The inbox also has a tendency to re-arrange the order of messages even if I sort and re-sort it by date the order of messages is still weird. And it doesn't have pre-installed games, not even Snake. :( And no pre-installed themes.

But what the heck, I love the phone because it is very useful for many things and it can do multiple tasks at the same time. It fits my multi-tasking lifestyle. :)
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Upcoming: N95 8GB Trial

See that beauty up there? That's an N95 8gb phone. In a few weeks, a unit will arrive at my doorstep.

Unfortunately, I won't get to keep it for long. WOM World is sending it to me to try out for a couple of weeks only. But I'm excited already.

Here are some of the reasons why:

• It's a "multimedia computer"
• As the name suggests, it has 8 gb of INTERNAL MEMORY!
• It has integrated GPS and Nokia maps
• It has a web browser
• The user can surf the net in portrait or landscape view
• The user can connect via bluetooth, a USB 2.0 port, or wireless LAN (WiFi!)
• It has a music player and an FM radio (but I don't really listen to FM, BAH!)
• It has a 5 megapixel camera (CAMWHORING TIME!)
• It can shoot DVD quality videos for my new video blogging hobby
• It supports RSS feeds

MY OH MY! I will be busy those weeks it will be with me! :D
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