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TXT IN D CITY
Mobile TV update
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - April 23, 2007 - 12:00am
This month I have taken notice of numerous technology headlines pertaining to mobile TV. One online news header I came across bannered "MobiTV passed two million subscribers!" while another splashed...
iPhone
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - February 12, 2007 - 12:00am
A lot of speculative talk and insider gossip had been going around all of 2006 about an Apple-made mobile phone going to market. Finally it happened last month at the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco...
Flat-rate charging
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - January 16, 2007 - 12:00am
A Happy New Year to all! I’m actually glad the holiday season is over; all that abuse of food, wine and revelry was just getting too decadent. So it’s back to business, diet and reality – such...
Free mobile phones
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - December 19, 2006 - 12:00am
A lot of our business development managers based in various parts of the world have started to trek home for their Christmas holidays. I recently chatted with my San Francisco colleague and learned that he...
Cellphone for Christmas
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - November 21, 2006 - 12:00am
It’s that time of the year again that most consumers ponder how they will reward themselves when they get their 13th month pay and/or bonuses. Hey, you slaved hard all year so you deserve to think of...
Cellphone for Christmas
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - November 21, 2006 - 12:00am
It’s that time of the year again that most consumers ponder how they will reward themselves when they get their 13th month pay and/or bonuses. Hey, you slaved hard all year so you deserve to think of...
Mobile security
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - October 24, 2006 - 12:00am
I have not had a virus infect my laptop for years; in fact, I have forgotten they had ever existed. I credit this to the advances made in Internet security software and my extreme paranoia prodding me to...
TechnoNegosyo
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - September 19, 2006 - 12:00am
By the time this story comes out in my column, the TechnoNegosyo fair conceptualized by the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) would have just concluded. Nevertheless, I feel such a close affinity toward...
Mobile music
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - August 21, 2006 - 12:00am
The use of MP3 players is just so prevalent among the masses these days that I can’t help but notice the increasing number of consumers strolling in the malls or plying the pedestrian lanes with the...
Meffy awards
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - July 25, 2006 - 12:00am
From the dawn of labor and industry, unions and asso-ciations have sprouted as organizations that were meant to conduct a specific activity. Whether it is to further a particular profession or protect the...
World Cup kicks off mobile TV
by Txt in d City By Patrick R. Garcia, Bidshot Wireless Services - June 20, 2006 - 12:00am
The World Cup in Germany commenced over the weekend with the opening ceremonies viewed by almost 1.5 billion people globally, making it the most viewed sporting event in the planet. Just to share some other interesting...
3G fever hits RP
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - May 22, 2006 - 12:00am
3G is the next-generation telecommunications network that will allow broadband-like speeds via your mobile phone. In fact, we are already up to 3.5G today since our local networks have been upgraded with HSDPA (high-speed...
CTIA Wireless 2006
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - April 17, 2006 - 12:00am
I was fortunate enough to attend the most important mobile phone event of the year last February, the 3GSM World Congress, in Barcelona. It was, indeed, a treat that I intend to repeat next year. Another huge global...
3GSM World Congress
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - March 20, 2006 - 12:00am
Last month, I finally realized my dream of attending the most important mobile phone event of the year, the 3GSM World Congress. The event had shifted from Cannes to a more temperate Barcelona. The Fira de Barcelona...
Your info for sale
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia, BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - February 20, 2006 - 12:00am
Hello Garci! It’s that famous recording of last year which made numerous news headlines nationwide, almost toppled a President and even became a very hot ringtone. Such was a blatant example of invasion of privacy...
Consumer Electronics Show 2006
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - January 23, 2006 - 12:00am
A Happy New Year to all! It has been a few weeks into 2006 and I have finally settled back into my saddle after weeks of holiday chaos. Now I fear the other fast-approaching chaos, the arrival of my credit card...
2006 predictions
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia (BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES) - December 26, 2005 - 12:00am
Despite my many late nights of Christmas revelry and brain cells fried from all the alcoholic beverages I’ve consumed, I boldly acknowledged my editor’s text message reminding me of my article’s deadline....
Christmas hi-tech wish list
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - December 5, 2005 - 12:00am
Without my having to tap the services of ACNielsen, I can proclaim right off the bat that a hi-tech gadget will be on top of everybody’s wish list this Christmas. If you have a little more to spend for a loved...
Fixed-mobile convergence
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - October 24, 2005 - 12:00am
Many years back, the talk about Voice over Internet Protocol or what’s popularly known today as VoIP sent shivers down the spines of most telecom operators as they imagined their abundant earnings being eroded...
Oldie but goodie
by TXT IN D CITY By Patrick R. Garcia BIDSHOT WIRELESS SERVICES - October 3, 2005 - 12:00am
In practically every occasion that my core buddies and I get together, there’s at least one guy who brandishes a newly acquired latest cellphone model. Sometimes the handset is so current, you won’t even...
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