TONYO CRUZ

Category: Cellphones

  • Joo and Tonyo’s smartphone craze

    I joined friend Joo buy a new phone yesterday. She was so impressed by my Nokia E61 when we met the other night and that her old cellphone just quit on her. Its hard to not like the E61 if you’re a writer or a manager. It has all the connectivity options: GPRS, 3G, WIFI,…

  • MALAYA: ‘Hate txt’ forces Favila to change phone number

    By IRMA ISIP Malaya January 11, 2008 CONSUMER group TXTPower yesterday retaliated against moves to impose a tax on text messages, launching a “hate text” brigade against Trade Secretary Peter Favila. “U want to pay P1.50/txt? If not, pls txt GMA’s Trade Sec Peter Favila @ 09178176110 & tell him NO TO TXT TAX! Pls…

  • TXTPower revolt vs. text tax is in the news

    Check out the Inquirer news article on TXTPower’s opposition to the tax on text proposed by President Arroyo’s trade secretary. Online newsmagazine Bulatlat also put out a news item on the protest. ABS-CBNnews.com also ran a story, contraposing support for the tax coming from two business groups, and from TXTPower and senators. Following the lead…

  • Texters’, revolt! Text Sec. Favila: NO TO TEXT TAX

    Dear friends, Trade Sec.  Peter Favila wants to raise the price of sending a text message to P1.50 through a text tax. Read more about it here and here. TXTPower asks you to tell GMA’s trade chief what you think. Text Mr. Favila at 0917-8176110 with this message: NO TO TEXT TAX. Thank you.

  • TXTPower statement on the renewed proposal for a text tax

    Texters, prepare for a First Quarter Storm of protests: Scrap GMA’s foreign junkets in lieu of text tax — TXTPower Consumer group TXTPower today challenged President Arroyo to declare a moratorium on her foreign travels to save precious public funds and negate the need for the imposition of a new tax on text. TXTPower has…

  • Samsung introduces dual-SIM phone to Philippine market

    The end is near for the monopoly of China-made dual-SIM phones that haven’t yet caught mass appeal. Samsung has introduced its first dual-SIM phone through an ad in one of the major newspapers. Welcome to Samsung’s D880! Here’s a photo from intomobile: and a YouTube video from teknomag: Main features: dual-SIM, 3 megapixel camera, music…