Yuga reviews the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Apr 19 2010 Published by Joey Alarilla under Tech

The X10 is Sony Ericsson’s first Android phone. How does it fare against the competition?

Here’s an excerpt from Abe Olandres a.k.a. Yuga’s review.

The only other handset that has a similar combo I’ve tried is the Google Nexus One (though with v2.1 Android in it). The unit comes in two variants – the white one and the black one. I bought the white one for this review.

The Xperia X10 was designed with great attention to detail and though the body is constructed from some kind of polymer (read: plastic), the white glossy finish and hefty weight gives it a ceramic appeal. It’s not very slim (13mm) but the somewhat curved edges gives it a slim impression. I’m not too sure about that silver-lined accent on the sides though.

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By the way, welcome to Meme, Abe!

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Online campaign launched vs text tax in the Philippines

Sep 15 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.

Here’s an excerpt.

The youth party in Congress, Kabataan Partylist, has joined forces with consumer advocacy group TXTPower to spearhead an online and mobile campaign against the proposal to impose a five-centavo excise tax on SMS, MMS and mobile calls in the Philippines.

Kabataan Partylist is encouraging all those opposed to the “text tax” to join the Facebook Cause No Tax on Text! and email pro-text tax congressmen to convince them to scrap the bill.

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