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Homeless World Cup By Justin Chua

First of all I am very proud with the organizers of this event because it really shows how we Filipinos wants to generously help each other but I’m not talking about just Filipinos but also the countries that have joined this spectacular event. Something striking about this club is that its aim is to cure poverty not only here but also in other countries. Knowing that the Philippines is one of the most countries with high level of poverty and yet this club has a very big dream of curing this “disease”. I wasn’t really in that talk during class but according to my research that there are qualifications on joining this team and not just anybody who knows how to play football can play. According to my research you must be aged 16 and above and must be HOMELESS, ENTERING DRUG REHAB or simply have a work of a paper boy. These qualifications seems weird for a football club that is trying to compete internationally but it just proves to show that this organization just wants to give every people a chance to show what they can do and most importantly help these players change their lives drastically. For me this club is very impressing even though I don’t really understand football but the fact that they want to help people is very touching and that in the future if I have gained a certain amount of wealth I might want to help our national team somehow.

The next generation mobile device

 

The next generation mobile device has finally arrived in the Philippines it is the Nokia N8. For the entertainment part it has a 12 megapixel camera and it is able to record HD videos while it can be played back via an HDMI cable connected to a TV. The Nokia N8 also has the famous mobile game ANGRY BIRDS which became very famous thru the Iphone, it is a very addicting game that would leave you how many sleepless days just to finish the whole thing J (P.S. it comes with 4 to 5 different colors depending on the country you are in)

Always on the go? With our 3g networks this phone can push emails anytime, not only that you can also browse internet websites just as like you were in a desktop or laptop.

People tend to compare this phone to the apple Iphone, for me the only advantage of the apple Iphone is that it has a different OS which is solely powered by MAC while the Nokia N8 is powered by SYMBIAN technology. So what is the difference with these 2? Let’s start with the Apple Iphone’s applications. First of all the apps for the Iphone is being bought in its own Istore so that makes it much more easier to find stuffs that will suite your needs. While for the nokia N8 where it has the OVI store for applications also, the ovi store has limited apps only so it is better to find more apps from different sources(which can be found in the net). Second is that the Apple iPhone has a different appeal to people software wise because nokia since before has always been a SYMBIAN phone that is why people tend to get bored about it because symbian technology seems to grow so slow compared to the MAC software of the iphone. For me these are 2 of the problems of the N8 compared to the iphone but OS wise the N8 can really match up with the iphone.

Tech News

(Apple Iphone 4)

(HTC EVO 4) = 4G

Probably everybody has heard about the 3G(third generation) technology for our wireless internet need. But did you know there are news about the new 4G(fourth generation) technology coming out soon in the United States, estimated time for the 4G to breakout is early 2011. So what is the difference between these 2 technologies and where we are headed?  In basic terms the 3G technology which we are using now with our internet providers provide the maximum output of 3.1 megabytes/second that’s maybe downloading a regular movie in 4 minutes only, but the usual speed we can get here with our local internet provider given the cheapest price is about 0-512 kilobytes/second meaning it’l probably take about 6-7 minutes to finish. Then here comes the 4G technology, this 4^th installation for the internet is surely going to surprise a lot of us. The 4G technology can download fully up to 100-300megabytes/second meaning a regular movie in 2 or 2.5 seconds only. Not only does the 4G technology help by providing very fast speed but it is thought to be a “green” technology because by moving data around more efficiently than 3G it requires less power and less hassle for people. So for the people that uses a lot of file transferring and downloading I prefer you to upgrade to 4G as soon as it arrives here in the Philippines J