Mobile Royal Rumble -What? No iphone?

For clarification, I removed the word "windows" from the title :-D

Well, I have been using my first windows mobile device, the HTC touch dual for quite awhile now and it seems to be give me great satisfaction in comparison with how palm made me feel a long time ago. The Sony Ericsson P800/P900 gave me the same feeling as well but sorta died out when I changed to the SE P990 :-(

The HTC Touch Dual does everything I need on a mobil computing device and has all the software you could ever ask for. It is still missing a couple of features that I WANT to have. It is more of a want really and not a NEED, but WANT most often times tips the scale and makes us upgrade faster than expected lolz!

Here are the mobile wrestlers!
- HTC touch pro
- HTC Diamond
- Samsung Omnia
- SE Xperia X1 - Also made by HTC
And the latest player which is running GOOGLE's latest Mobile project- Android also housed in a beautiful HTC made Chassis
- Tmobile G1


Now I don't have any of these devices so just link your self to each of the products site to get the details and google reviews.

What I would do though is rank them according to which I think would sell the most:
1 SE Xperia X1 (if it lives up to its hype)- Definitely getting one.
2 HTC Touch Pro - If X1 does not do well, this is definitely my second choice coz it does have all the features of X1 except for the SE GUI and it also comes in a smaller, slicker package.
3 HTC diamond - If you don't like slide out keyboards then this is has everything you need without the KB. It can do everything the X1 and the touch pro can do.
4 Samsung Omnia - This could also be placed in number three but I decided to put it on #4, although it has 8gig built in storage I think its to iphony looking and would just get the iphone if I wanted something looking like this. I have 8 gig MSD SDHC card on my touch dual and I haven't even fully used 1/4th of it.
5 Tmobile G1 - This could even beat number one if it doesn't do what all windows mobile devices do- slow down or crash at least once or twice a month. But this to me is still an experiment, let us wait and see for first impressions before we tackle this device.


Sorry guys, iphone is not on my list as of the moment, until I try it myself I will not recommend it because of all the horror stories I have hear about the IPHONE 3G. If I want to enjoy the Iphone Experience though I think the 32GB Itouch will do for now.

Logitech DiNovo Mini- Ultimate HTPC Accessory

All I can say is I want one. The DiNovo edge was really cool but this is more practical. Definitely an addition to my to-buy list :-)

Specs wise I am loving it. Bluetooth, back light, full keyboard and mouse functionality, size is perfect for the home theater room.


System Requirements

o PC with Windows® XP or Windows Vista®
o USB Port
o This product is compatible with PLAYSTATION®3.

Technical Specifications

o 25 mm (.98-inch) dual-purpose ClickPad. Works as a touch pad and a 4-way directional pad
o Thumb-operated keypad design
o 63 backlighted keys
o Backlighting for two modes—orange for touch-pad mode, green for media-center remote mode
o Ambient light sensor measures current available light and turns off backlight, if necessary, to conserve power
o Troy gloss silver with midnight black design
o Dedicated Windows Media® Center button
o Range: up to 10 m (33 feet)

Connectivity

o Bluetooth® 2.0 wireless technology
o Point-to-point technology pre-paired with DiNovo Mini keyboard. (Does not act as a hub.)

Power and Battery

o 30 days (battery life)
o Full-charge: Takes about 4 hours.
o Fast-charge: Takes about 10 minutes for 1 day of use
o 950 mAH lithium-ion battery

Dimensions and Weight

o 152 mm by 90 mm by 27.5 mm (cover closed) (5.98-inch by 3.5-inch by 1.08-inch)
o 152 mm by 152.8 mm by 65 mm (cover opened) (5.98-inch by 6-inch by 2.55-inch)
o 170-175 g (with battery and receiver) (5.99 – 6.17 oz)
o 59.5 mm by 18.5 mm by 9.1 mm (receiver size) (2.34-inch by 0.73-inch by 0.36-inch)
o 7 g (receiver weight) (0.25 oz)

Package Contents

o Logitech® diNovo Mini™
o USB Mini-receiver
o Power adapter
o CD with software, comfort guidelines and help center
o User’s guide
o Cleaning cloth
o 3-year limited hardware warranty
o Full product support


I don't have it so I'll let these guys show you how it works:







The DiNovo Mini Rocks!

Google's G1: Android is Finally Coming to town

Google's G1:Android is finally coming to town, and hopefully it will hit the shelves here in Asia by December! :-D

Android is the name of the software that google has been developing to power their new mobile phone. The hardware is manufactured by one of todays leading PDA/Mobile phone manufacturer, HTC, famous for there Windows Mobile Devices. The name of the device will be G1 (I think it means, Google 1)

Bluetooth, GPS, Accelorometer, 3.0 Mega Pixel, track ball similar to blackberry. These are just some of Google's G1 Mobile contraption.

Here is a demo of the software in action:


android is open source, like linux. Here is the development site:
http://code.google.com/android/

Industry Braces for Google G1 on Android
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on 22 September 2008, 18:21
by Lalee Sadighi

T-Mobile on Tuesday will release the first mobile phone to use Android, Google’s mobile operating system, in a launch that could win the search giant 4 percent of the smartphone market.

The T-Mobile/Google phone, dubbed the G1, is the newest agitator in a fast-moving U.S. smartphone market so far dominated by Research In Motion with 16 million BlackBerry subscribers, followed by newcomer Apple, who in 15 months has already sold over 10 million iPhones.

“T-Mobile could sell 400,000 phones this year, giving Google about 4 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones,” research firm Strategy Analytics wrote in a report earlier this month.

The G1, which is expected to retail for $199 and carry the Google brand, should be available for sale in a few weeks. Details are scarce--other than the obvious web browsing and e-mail capabilities--but the phone is expected to be an iPhone/BlackBerry hybrid of some sort, with a touch screen and a full tactile keyboard.

The release comes less than a year after Google lifted the veil on Android--an announcement that pushed Google’s stock to a record $747.24.

In a then unique move, Google had announced a free software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on Linux, which would be available to mobile carriers under the Apache free-software and open-source license. The Android OS now has the muscle of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of 34 software, hardware, and telecommunications companies.

The enthusiasm for Google's mobile plans was evident and analysts predicted that the Mountain View, California-based company would use the platform to dominate the world of mobile advertising, just like it had with web advertising. It also came as the search player was making moves at FCC spectrum auctions to open up a swath of airwaves for new rivals.

"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in November of last year when the company applied for the FCC auction.

That same month an analysts at Oppenheimer & Co predicted that Google would make nearly $5 billion in revenue from the mobile market within three years after Android's debut and stuck a whopping price target of $850 on the company’s stock. A few weeks before the release of the first Android phone, the search king’s stock is languishing at $430.14.

But since Google started its Android effort the industry has seen the launch of two other free, open-source mobile software platforms, heating up the competition for web advertising domination.

Symbian, the world's largest supplier of software for smartphones--with 57 percent market share--was bought by Nokia in June, and like Google the Finnish company decided to make the software available to other phone makers for free.

Mobile Linux developer LiMo is another Google rival. The LiMo alliance counts founding partners Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone. In May, Verizon Wireless said that starting next year LiMo, would be the software of choice for its phones.

But Google remains the undisputed king of web advertising, a precious advantage over any rival, and it already counts T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel on its side.

AT&T, the leading U.S. phone carrier and distributor of the iPhone--which runs on Apple's operating system--remains undecided if it will sign up an open-source mobile operating system.

Waiting for Apple CEO Steve Jobs to offer an open-source version of his operating system and license it to others might be a long wait.

Taken from here

BAB- Back and Busy

Well, here I am, back and busy. While my mom, our angel, passed away, my wife got hospitalized.

My brain went on a roller coaster ride really.. I swear, I have never been so stressed out in my life. Non the less, I am back.

WARNING: DO NOT EAT AT MANA STK AT SUTUKIL Lapu Lapus Monument in Mactan Island (Near Shang Rila).

I have yet to call up the owners. My wife, 7 months pregnant got infected with a gram-neg bacteria. An Intestinal Bacteria. She Had LBM, then on the next day, she had serious chills with her fever going up to 39+. We immediately admitted her to Cebu Doctors, a day after she had Anemia, her hemoglobin count was dropping fast. 9.0, down to 8 then down to 7.. all the doctors were scared, they ran all kinds of tests on her, and imagine her being pregnant with out first baby and my I could not go to my mom's wake :-( They searched for signs of internal bleeding, but non was found. We were in the hospital for almost about two weeks. The Bacteria was so strong that it caused all of these. Good thing the baby was not affected. All her ultra sound showed that she was ok and everything was normal. I know for sure that my Mom was there protecting her.

My Aunt and her Son from the US also got sick with LBM accompanied by Nausea. They ate there together at the restaurant. Apparently, it was because of a seaweed called "Lato" which only the three of them ate.

I tell you they are going to get a taste of ME. A REALLY BAD TASTE OF ME.


I wonder if I can sue them? Sigh..

My wife now has to have complete bed rest until she gives birth..

That is it for now.. Remember DONT EAT AT MANA STK SUTUKIL.

Blog Break- May She Rest In Peace..

My mom passed away yesterday, Sept. 10, 2008, 9:50AM.

What better way to go to heaven than within a mass. We were all complete as a family and close friends. Just after the first reading..I noticed her catching her breath.. and then she left us with a smile.. Everything seemed to be all planned. Our mass was supposed to be in the afternoon, but one of my mother's favorite priests flew in from Manila, Fr. Sonny Ramirez, so we have a special mass for her. Fr Ramirez also brought in a relic from our Lady of Manaoag and placed it over my mom while having mass. The cross of St. Benedict was also on her chest.. On her hands were placed a Rosary from Rome from our cousin, Fr Jun Yu and a Rosary Bracelet from a famous healing priest, Fr. Suarez.Like guiding lights on airport strip, God planned out the way my mother should go to heaven..

She was a perfect mother, an angel to my dad, the best grandma to her grand children..

She is a Saint in our hearts.

It's nice to know we now have a direct contact person in heaven ;-) Mom, you are there, closest to God, Jesus, Mary and all the angels and Saints in Heaven. We know you are praying for us always.

We love you. Thank you Mom.

God Bless You, Mama Mary Loves you.

Jabra BT8040 Bluetooth ANT bit my ear..Ouch!

First an update, our mother Concepcion Ongking Yu, could go anytime now.. But we know she is in good hands. Jesus and Mamma Mary is at her side...

Thank you for being the Perfect Wife to papa, thank you for being the perfect mother and grand mother to us all ma. You are our greatest teacher.

We Love You!!!
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On my way to visit my mom at the hospital the other day I heard a "rubbing two papers" together kind of sound in my right ear. I was driving alone and was near Redemptorist church (to those of you who are from Cebu, you know where this is) when this happend.

I immediately removed my Jabra BT8040 Bluetooth headset and put a finger in my ear and rubbed it a little but it only worsened the sound, it felt like something very small was running around inside. Aside from being ticklish, it was very irritating, I didn't know what to do. I placed my finger and popped my ear with it (the act of putting your finger inside covering the hole, then pumping sucking the air inside and pulling the finger out), something worse happened after, it bit me, it felt like it bit my ear drum. You know the feeling when you accidentally clean your ears to deep? Yah that's how bad it felt, I repeated the process because I didn't know what else to do, on the back my head I was already thinking of going to the ER when I get to the hospital, it bit me again, around 4-5 times more, ouch, oh no, I'm going to go deaf.. I turned the aircon on full blast then I semi crouched sideways putting my ear by the blowers while still driving, it stopped, so I kept at it for a couple of minutes.. When I pulled back up I saw an ant on my finger, so I carefully plucked itss little head off with my finger nail and so on and so forth with the rest of it's body (cruel, but hey, what would you do?!) :-D

Man what a situation. The only way it could have gotten there is it piggy backed on my bluetooth headsets earplug. Lesson learned? Check your headset first when you leave it on a desk for a long time. Who would have thought huh? It was painful man, it left the stinging inside me ear that lasted till the next morning! I could already feel small pain on my throat which was connected to the ear somehow. Ouch!!


I still love my Jabra though and I am not blaming it for the what had happened :-D



Product Site
The Jabra BT8040 is a multipoint ready bluetooth headset (Supports two bluetooth Devices at the same time, eg: two cellphones or 1 cellphone & bluetooth enabled MP3 Player.)

I have 3 phone numbers, 1 Globe Regular Post paid, 1 Sun Cellular Network line and 1 PLDT landline+. I have my Sun and PLDT on one MyPhone B22 DUAL sim phone and my globe on a single sim HTC Touch Dual(its called a Dual not because it supports two sims, but because it has touch screen and a slide out keypad.) I have a friend who has 4 sims and two dual sims phones!!! Hahaha. That is why the Philippines is the texting capital of the world?!

What's great about this multipoint headset is it also supports A2DP. A2DP allows you to listen to stereo music on your MP3 Player or Cellphone. This was one of the reasons why I replaced my very trusted Plantronics 640. It already had perfectly implemented multipoint but didn't have A2DP. I like listening to music while in the grocery and when a call comes in, you can switch to it with one click of a button.

So I have my two phones connected via bluetooth. Both of my phones support A2DP as well so I can listed to music from any phone and switch back to calls on both of these phones as well. Cool huh?

There are couple of things that I still think should be improved on the Jabra 8040. Sound Volume is a tad bit low, or maybe it was the new eargel design that couldn't send the sound thoroughly through. I have to push it deeper sometimes and keep a finger there to make the sound clearer, only on crowded or noisy places though like the mall etc..

Another is the way it handles multipoint. When a call comes in one phone, it automatically disconnects the second phone. When you are done with the call it takes a few seconds to connect back. The disadvantage being, when a call comes in the second phone while your are still on the first call on the first phone and then you end it, you have to wait a few seconds for the second phone to connect back to the bluetooth headset, sometimes it doesn't connect, it also makes you look stupied because the phone is ringing, and people will be looking at you wondering why you haven't answered it yet because you are still waiting for it to patch through the bluetooth headset. It takes about 2-5 seconds to connect. It varies.

Unlike the Plantronics Multipoint technology, this is seamless. Both phones connected all the time. When you are in a call on one phone and a call comes in the second phone you will hear a beep on the bluetooth headset, pressing it once ends the first call, pressing it for the second time answers the second call from the second phone.

Although we're just talking about a matter of seconds, it can still be annoying. I had to make the sacrifice just for A2DP. It does make of for its shortcomings on other very useful features like A2DP and Being smaller in size. Still a worth upgrade from my 2 year old BT headset.

A lot of studies are emerging proving cellphone radiation can cause cancer, so be safe, protect your self from cancer and driving accidents, use a blueetooth headset,it is more convenient than a wired headset.

That being said, I give the Jabra BT8040 an 8/10.

Carefull of the ants, not in your pants but in your ear! :-D

Sony PSP3000 to Launch in October, Pre-release woes

If you have got the hots for the new Sony PSP 3000 then this is for you.
Take note though as I have mentioned previously, that the PSP3000 has a more secure system. You will not be able to play pirated-downloaded games unlike the current PSP. I am sure hackers cannot wait to get their hands on this baby. One of the main points of the PSP 3000 though is it will have a built in mic. What will you use a mic for on a "gameboy"? Well, Skype is now one of the major functions of the PSP, I am sure they've figured that since we are already bringing the PSP a long us, why not have skype on it. Well, it is a plus to have skype, I think I would stick to skype on my Windows mobile device (HTC touch Dual)

Pre-release woes:
- No Bluetooth
- 64mb Built in Memory, Really, 32GB flash drives are already out, couldn't they have just increased it to 1 gig?
- No TouchScreen- Rather than skype competing with a skype enabled device, I think they should aim to compete with the itouch instead.
- Built in GPS- I know this mite be too much to ask for, but this would have been way better than a built in mic. I would buy it right away and see it as a GPS device with gaming capabilities ;-)

People will still definitely be buying this product, but as for me, I'll stand by my PSP Slim (2000).



Here is the official Sony Press Release:
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN TO INTRODUCE
NEW PSP® (PLAYSTATION®PORTABLE) WITH
ADVANCED HIGH CONTRAST LCD THIS OCTOBER IN JAPAN
Introduced to the Japanese market at 19,800 yen
along with a variety of entertainment packs and peripherals

Tokyo, September 2, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. responsible for business operations in Japan, announced today that it would release the new PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-3000) featuring an advanced high contrast LCD and a built-in microphone on Thursday, October 16th, 2008, in Japan at a recommended retail price (RRP) of 19,800 yen (including tax). The new PSP system will come in three basic colors of “Piano Black,” “Pearl White” and “Mystic Silver,” with plans for additional colors.

SCEJ will also release “PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Value Pack” for the Japanese market at a RRP of 24,800 yen (including tax), comprising a new PSP system (Piano Black, Pearl White or Mystic Silver), a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (Mark2), an original PSP pouch, a hand strap and a cloth to meet users’ various purposes in using the PSP systems such as playing games, watching movies, listening to music and downloading content through the network.

Along with the launch of the new PSP system, SCEJ will also introduce a variety of accessory packs to meet a wide range of users’ lifestyle; “Accessory Pack” will be released at a RRP of 3,800 yen (including tax) and “Battery Pack (2200mAh)” at a RRP of 5,500 yen (including tax). In addition, new peripherals for the new PSP will be introduced; “Cradle” at a RRP of 4,800 yen (including tax) and “Cradle and D terminal AV cable” at a RRP of 6,500 yen (including tax) for charging PSP battery and enjoying high quality viewing on TVs, and also “PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Pouch” at a RRP of 1,800 yen (including tax) that matches the color of the new PSP system. All additional peripherals and accessories will become available on Thursday, October 16th.

For the upcoming holiday season market, third party partners will be introducing exciting bundle packs with strong PSP software titles. “MOBILE SUITE GUNDAM GUNDAM VS. GUNDAM” will be introduced from NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at a RRP of 24,840 yen including tax. “DISSIDA FINAL FANTASY” will be introduced from SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at a RRP of 25,890 yen including tax. SCEJ will also introduce “PATAPON 2 Donchaka♪” on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 at a RRP of 23,800 yen including tax.

SCEJ also announced today that it would launch a new network service this fall that will allow PSP users to connect directly to PlayStation®Store, and to download entertainment content without transferring them through PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) or PC.*1 At the launch of this network service, SCEJ will be releasing game content for the PSP system such as “Mainichi Issyo Portable,” developed for PSP from the original PS3 title of “Mainichi Issyo”.

Additionally, another free online service will be launched this fall which enables users to play PSP software titles featuring ad-hoc mode over the internet through PS3 with other online players. PSP software titles such as “MONSTER HUNTER PORTABLE 2nd G” from CAPCOM Co., Ltd. will be compatible with this new online service.*2

SCEJ will further expand the PSP platform and create a world of entertainment with the new PSP system, together with strong upcoming new software titles, and attractive peripherals and network services launching for the holiday season.

※1 Users need to update the latest system software to use the service, and they will also be able to enjoy the service on PSP-1000 and PSP-2000.

※2 Titles and the detailed information of the service will be announced in due course.
Product Name PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
Release Date October 16th, 2008 (Thu.)
Product Code “Piano Black” （PSP-3000 PB）
“Pearl White” （PSP-3000 PW）
“Mystic Silver” (PSP-3000 MS）
Recommended Retail Price 19,800 yen (including tax)
External Dimension Approx. 169.4 x 18.6 x 71.4 mm（width x Height x Depth）（Excludes largest projection）
Weight Approx. 189g （including battery pack）
CPU PSP® CPU（System clock frequency 1-333MHz）
Main Memory 64MB
Display 4.3 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive,
480 x 272 pixel, Approximately 16,770,000 colors displayed
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Main input/output Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b)(Wi-Fi)
High Speed USB (USB2.0) (mini-B)
Memory Stick PRO Duo™
Analog Video Out
Microphone
Main Connectors DC IN 5V connector
DC OUT connector
video out/headset connector
USB connector
Memory Stick Duo™ slot
Key/Switches Directional buttons (up/down/right/left), analog stick,
Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square), L/R buttons
START button, SELECT button, PS button
POWER/HOLD switch, WLAN switch
display button, sound button, volume (+/-) buttons
Power Sources Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack
AC adaptor
USB power supply
Internal Disc Drice Read-only UMD™ drive
Supported Profile PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Game
UMD® Video
Access Control Region code, parental control
Wireless Communications Infrastructure mode
Ad hoc mode (connects up to 16 consoles)
Supplied Accessories AC adaptor
Battery pack (1200mAh)
Supported Codec (in Memory Stick)
Video ● Memory Stick Video Format
　・MPEG-4 Simple Profile（AAC）
　・H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile（AAC）
● MPEG4
　・MPEG-4 Simple Profile（AAC）
　・H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile（CABAC）（AAC）/ Baseline Profile（AAC）
● AVI
　・Motion JPEG（Linear PCM）
　・Motion JPEG（μ-Law）
Music ● Memory Stick Audio Format
　・ATRAC3™
　・ATRAC3plus™
　・MP3
● MP3（MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3）
● MP4（MPEG-4 AAC）
● WAVE（Linear PCM）
● WMA（Windows Media® Audio 9 Standard only）※5
Photo ● JPEG（DCF2.0/Exif2.21compliant）
● TIFF
● BMP
● GIF
● PNG

OCZ 32Gb ATV flash Drive Review- Part 2

Sorry for the delay guys. We had an emergency meeting today with my mom's doctor and he broke to us some very bad news. My mom has a few weeks. I can't tell you how hard it is really. My wife is giving birth this December and I was really hoping that my mom will be there to help me out through raising up our first child.

That being said, we still believe in miracles and miracles do come at the least expected moment.

Again your prayers are appreciated.

I will be a very busy the next few weeks mostly spending time with the family. I will still do my best though to blog as much as I can.
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Now to the topic at hand:

As soon as I got home, I immediately took some snapshots and ran some tests.


Here are some pictures of the ATV beside other objects like my phone (HTC touch Dual) and a couple of coins.


Another Picture with the ATV attached to my Kohjinsha SR8.As you can see, it also comes with a cover keeper, which of course, allows you to tuck in the cover so that you won't accidentally leave it or lose it.


The ATV lights up Red when it is being accessed. Depending on the orientation of your USB slot, the red led may or may not face you.


I tested this on a Windows XP system. Here are the properties of the ATV 32GB. I have used this for about a couple of weeks already hence, the used space.


Here's the menu of HDTAC. As you can see you have two options, to run quick bench or long bench. I ran it on both ;-D



You can also choose some pre-tested flash drives, there wasn't much to choose from so I just went ahead and picked the first USB 2 device I could find to compare our ATV with. A kingston 1GB data traveler 2.0. I thought this would also be a great comparison since I will be comparing a 1 gig vs a 32 gig flash drive. the 1 gig would definitely be faster in theory. Here are the results.



The Quick Bench




The Long Bench


The ATV owned the data traveler by more than half of its speed!

Now now, hang on, I know you are probably saying that it would be better to run the ATV against a non pre-tested flash drive. Well, I have my regular Emtec 4GB flash drive. I love this too with swivel cover and all. I'm not sure if I could save the data of my ATV tests on HDtac so I just went ahead and tested the EMTEC and took snapshots as well.

Emtec Photos:


Close


Open



Let's see how it fairs:




As you can see, the ATV is way faster than the Emtec. Although the ATV is obviously a little bigger, it makes up for it for being more robust.

All in all, the ATV is definitely worth it. Imagine a pocketable 32Gig flash drive. Need I say more? 9/10 From Mytechisland!! the -1 is for the cover, if only they had strap that tied the cover to the back, it would have been a tad bit more convenient. I have been using the ATV for quite awhile and frankly, I still end up leaving the cover behind because I'm just too lazy to tuck it in the cover keeper.

Note: I wasn't able to run chekflash thoroughly coz it told me it would only run flash drives with 4 gig max, it was weird coz after giving me the error, it still ran the test on the ATV. I am not sure if it ran the test only on 4gb of the flash drive but here are the pics anyway:

CheckFlash 1.05 failed test


After the failed message, it still ran



When buying New flash drives I would definitely recommend using HDTACH or Flash drive to make sure you are not throwing your money away :-D

TIP: If ever your flash drive gets soaked in water for whatever reason, do not turn it on or plug to a live USB port for at least a day or two. Dry it immediately with a hair dryer if you can. There have been a lot of success stories of flash drives being accidentally washed and still being usable after, if you want to be one of them, follow this tip and save not only your data, but your flash drive as well!

OCZ 32Gb ATV flash Drive review- Part 1

This Blog is dedicated to my mom. Your prayers will be appreciated. Her name is Concepcion Ongking Yu and is fighting a very rare type of Cancer with Klatskin Tumor.

Again, a call for your prayers please.

Thanks.

We Love you mom. God is with us always.
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Flash drives have come a long way. from 16mb all the way to 32GB! Yes you hear me right, 32 GIGABYTE of storage. Back in the days, we use to have 20-40GB hard drives, in fact that was still very recent, around late 90's to early 2000. The smallest hard drive you can buy nowadays are 80gigs already and to tell you frankly I think, 64-120GB flash drives are already in place but not yet released.

Flash drives are also very common tools for IT people. Its the easiest and most convenient way to backup, copy or share date from one PC to another.

With the need for flash drives growing here in the Philippines, the increase of "Fake" flash drives grow along with it. If someone asks me where to buy a good flash drive, I always recommend to buy from Legit Sources. I know of a couple of shops here that sell fake ones and most people who get from them usually get stung. But somehow, the lack of education regarding these products just let these people get robbed of their hard earned money. What's even worse is, either, they accidentally buy a fake, or they intentionally buy an original one with an unknown brand.

It's really a matter of how precious your data is. If you are going to be storing very important files and backing up precious data, then I recommend you get flash drives of the Highest Quality.

Now, one of the leading Brands of Memory Manufacturers in the world, OCZ Technology has sent us a sample product to review. Since my time is kinda short now because I have to leave for the hospital in awhile now to visit my mom, I will leave you first with some pics and specs of this amazing device. I have used it for about a few weeks now, for 32 GB, it is very fast! Not only is it fast, its WATER and DEBRIS RESISTAND and SHOCK PROOF as well! Definitely built for the great outdoors!!







The shock-proof ATV features mainstream speeds offering consumers an affordable option and was designed to safely accommodate a wealth of important data and media files. Not only are these premium flash drives aggressively fast at transferring files of all types and sizes, but are optimized for Windows® Vista? Ready Boost, offering true performance advantages to this latest operating system.

Description:

ATV flash drives feature durable and colorful rubber tread housing, which is a 100% weatherproof storage solution to keep digital files safe in any conditions, even fully submerged in water. The attached cap holder will help prevent misplacement of the protective key cover, while the chain can easily fasten to your key ring for ultimate portability.

Specs:

High Speed USB 2.0 Certified
True Plug and Play (Compatible with MAC OS X)
Dual Channel Technology
Available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and 32GB capacities
Waterproof Rubber Housing
Orange LED Status Light
Lifetime Warranty
ATV 32GB - OCZUSBATV32G

I will be using HD-Tach to measure the speed of this device and a new software that I found called Checkflash which is a utility for flash drives.

So watch for part 2.. Hopefully it should be done tomorrow!