Archive for the "Freebies" Category

28
Feb

For the very first time, I had set foot on the City of Marikina! Why am I here? Supposedly, we’re to test the FREE WiFi access provided by SM City Marikina — the first SM Supermall to provide such freebie. The WiFi Stress Test started less than an hour ago, and I’m getting a fairly good signal:

Though SpeedTest.net is saying that I am currently located somewhere in UK(?).

We’re expecting some 300 bloggers and WiFi testers to show up at the SM City Marikina Cyberzone. Hope that all other SM Supermalls will provide Free WiFi access soon.

Me & my HP Mini 2133 in action during the SM City Marikina Free WiFi Access Stress Test

(photo courtesy of Melo Villareal)

Popularity: 11% [?]

31
Jan

dell-vostro-a840-sideTHE LAPTOP JUST RIGHT FOR YOUR GROWING BUSINESS.. And more!

Dell is leading the way in designing solutions to meet your needs at every stage of growth. Their latest Vostro model delivers affordable solutions to address basic computing tasks on any budget.

You can stay productive and focused on your business in the office, on the road, or at home. The Vostro A840 laptop delivers the technology you need to execute everyday business tasks no matter where you are. It’s compact and easy to take anywhere. Integrated Wi-Fi, modem, and Bluetooth options keep you connected and in sync for on-the-go collaboration. It is easy to deploy and manage for out-of-the-box productivity. And it is pre-configured with core office productivity applications and no annoying trialware.

Dell helps you avoid hardware failures with high quality industry-standard components and proven Intel technology. Designed for everyday mobile office computing, the Vostro A840 laptop is ready to take on the rigors of your business day and keep you looking professional. Dell will also provide you with services and support you need to help you remain on your business – not on your technology.

Dell Vostro A840 is just right for your growing businesses. It’s affordable, reliable and worry-free.

Through its Philippine subsidiary DELL Philippines, it is set to be accessible and be able to provide services to all Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). And at this start of the year, DELL Philippines brings in good news with Dell Vostro A840 Bundling Promo. For every purchase of Dell Vostro A840, customer is entitled to (1) unit LG KP105.

LG KP105 is a bar phone with a colored monitor, FM radio capable, dual band and has a mobile tracker. Its suggested retail price is 1,999.00 pesos, but LG KP105 can be yours free when you buy Dell Vostro A840.

See flyers and posters for details.

You might want to know how to avail..

Promo Mechanics / Claiming Directions:

This promo is open to all buyers of Dell Vostro A840 laptops from January 15 – February 15, 2009 nationwide.

For every purchase of Dell Vostro A840, customer is entitled to one (1) unit of LG KP105 mobile phone.

To claim your free LG KP105 mobile phone, fax or email the following documents to First Tier Branding Solutions Inc.

Sales Invoice and Official Receipt

Cut out of the laptop’s serial number sticker found in the box

Valid ID (SSS, PRC, Driver’s license, Passport, etc.) and Contact Information

First Tier Brands contact information are as follows:

Tel Nos: (02) 856.2375 / (02) 383.1651

Mobile Phone: (0922) 836.5191

Fax No: (02) 856.2375

Email Address: dell.a840@gmail.com

Address: Unit 1610 BSA Suites Carlos Palanca Street

Legaspi Village, Makati City

Note: A customer representative will contact the claimant/s on claiming instructions.

For Metro Manila customers, please claim your mobile phones at First Tier Brands office. For provincial claimants, First Tier Brands will send the item via courier service. Delivery charges will apply and will be shouldered by the claimant.

All claims must be received on or before April15, 2009. Redemption period is until May 15, 2009 only.

Unclaimed mobile phones will be forfeited in favor of Dell Asia Pacific – Philippine Representative Office SMB Group with prior approval from DTI.

In case of disputes, Dell Asia Pacific’s decision in concurrence with DTI shall be final and non-negotiable.

All employees of Dell Asia Pacific, participating dealers and other promo partners/third parties, including their relatives up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are automatically disqualified from joining the promo.

Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 0067 Series OF 2009

dell-vostro-a840-flyer

Popularity: 14% [?]

15
Nov

Attended the briefing about Sky Cable’s Digibox this afternoon at the Hotel Intercontinental Makati. It was hosted by TJ Manotoc. The Sky Cable people, led by their VP made a demo of the Digibox — really kewl features like channel preview, a full week lineup with preview, lots of channels, and channel lock.

People from Sky Broadband was there, too. And as TJ describes it: insanely fast! How fast was it, 12Mbps for a residential broadband.

All bloggers went home with gift certificates from Sky Cable — free installation and rental of Digibox, plus a quarter subscription to Sky Cable Gold at zero cost. Kewl, isn’t it?

(Some pics grabbed from Az — thanks Az!)

Popularity: 20% [?]

29
Oct

Esnips.com is a social sharing website that allows users to share content, promote and sell creations, and form social niche communities around their specific areas of interests. This is also my favorite website when I am looking for music files, also known as MP3 files.

Type a title of a song in Esnips.com and you will find tons of versions of the same song, in different formats. Clicking on a link will load the Flash-based media player of the website. Now, if you want to download a copy of the file, you can, but your will be needing iMesh.

Now, here’s a technique that I am using to download the MP3 files, without having to use (and install) iMesh:

  1. Let’s say, the URL of the song I wish to download is
    http://www.esnips.com/doc/a56a0906-0f7f-4e6a-a241-1f3cdfaf7cb1/kundiman_ni_paraluman
  2. Change the word ‘doc’ in the URL to ‘nsdoc‘.
  3. Replace the song title or name with /ts_id/1205795172796/ns_flash/file88.mp3, in my example URL, I will have to remove ‘kundiman_ni_paraluman‘ and replace it with ‘/ts_id/1205795172796/ns_flash/file88.mp3′
  4. Hit the {Enter} key, and you will be prompted to save the MP3 file. That easy.

Popularity: 26% [?]

29
Oct

Flying to Basco, Boracay, Caticlan, Borongan, Busuanga, Coron, or Tablas soon? I can give you the best deal with SEAir. Simply use the Promotional Code RRBR35EE at http://www.flyseair.com and get 15% discount on your airfare. No kidding!

Just book a flight online at http://www.flyseair.com and use the PROMO CODE RRBR35EE to avail of the 15% discount. The discount is valid only if you will buy the ticket online.

For inquiries and other concern with regards to this promo, please do not hesitate to leave a comment on this post. Thank you!

Popularity: 12% [?]

26
Oct

Christmas season is fast approaching (officially starts on 02 NOV 2008 here in Manila), and if you are in the process of shopping for domain name registration and website hosting (webhosting), TurfSite Computing, Inc. (http://www.turfsiteph.net) offers the following promotional discount coupons:

  • TURFSITE5 — to celebrate five (05) fruitful years of TurfSitePH.net operations, get 15% off your total purchases at http://www.turfsiteph.net
  • CSBMMA2008 — 15% discount that current and former CSB students & faculty members can enjoy at http://www.turfsiteph.net
  • PWAG — members of the Philippine Web Accessibility Group or webmasters of websites certified by PWAG can avail of 20% discount (website hosting services) from http://www.turfsiteph.net
  • MULTIPLY — Multiply.com members within my network can enjoy a 10% discount on all TurfSitePH.net services

What are you waiting for? Subscribe to TurfSitePH.net services now!

Popularity: 12% [?]

27
Sep

Last night, Rose and I were present at the San Miguel Beer Oktoberfest 120 for Bloggers at the Taste Asia, SM Mall of Asia. Thanks to Aileen Apolo for the invite! Music was provided by Moonstar88. Too bad, we had to leave early, around 2200H as it was already bed time for Robyn Andi Xeon. But, we (I) did not went home empty handed: I won an ice bucket! Too bad, I wasn’t able to receive the goodie bag, as we need to wait for the show to end before the freebies will be distributed ;) that’s OK. I know there will be a next time.

Azrael, Me, and Jay

Azrael was there, and I personally handed-over to him his Internet Blackout book prize. Met also in the flesh was my long time acquitance Jay De Jesus (titikpilipino.com). BTW, the pic above was grabbed from Az, thanks Az! Hehehe ..

Da Who! Da who ang blogger na nagsilid ng isang dosenang Magnolia Flavored Tea sa kanyang bag? Clue: isa syang girl. Hehehe .. wala lang. Rose and I were laughing to our hearts’ out seeing her putting the iced tea bottles to her bag. Kakahiya. Yun lang!

Popularity: 11% [?]

9
Aug

This coming Tuesday, as my company celebrates its 10th year anniversary, I will be on leave to take a FREE Microsoft Certification exam: 71-654 TS: Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring. The examination fee has been waived, since it is a “beta exam” and I had used a promotional code, saving me some US$80. If ever I passed the exam, it will be added to my Microsoft transcript.

Now, in preparation, I am reading a 72-page manuscript entitled “Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Release Candidate Reviewers Guide” over the weekend. Wish me luck.

Popularity: 15% [?]

7
Aug

I was lucky enough to be a Closed Beta tester of Crazy Kart Philippines, and has been addicted to it since last month. Got sad when I heard of the news that they are resetting the accounts by end of July 2008 to pave way for the Open Beta. Now, enjoying at Level 11, Crazy Kart Philippines makes me busy before going to bed at night — not sleeping until I Level Up! Trying to earn points so that I can retire my training cart and buy the jeepney ;) Here’s what transpired during my last race for the night.

Popularity: 14% [?]

9
Jul

FrontlineSMS [http://www.frontlinesms.com] is a desktop software that lets you send SMS with the use of your mobile phone’s modem features. Prior to installing FrontlineSMS, I was using a Nokia 30 GSM modem with a software the comes with the hardware. But, the problem with the Nokia 30 is that I need to insert my SIM card to it every time I will be sending messages (i.e. billing reminders) through my PC. Now, with Frontline SMS, all I need to do is to attach my mobile phone via USB to my PC and fire up the app.

Popularity: 13% [?]

20
Jun

Fun Na Fun dot PH

Author: Bob

Popularity: 13% [?]

19
Jun

The Blog Almighty is giving away tons of prices where you can only win the following prizes: (1) Single Use Magazine Style Revolution Pro Media Wordpress Theme from Brian Gardner, $30 via PayPal, Peel Away Ad Script from Harris & Richard, 500 Entrecard credits, and 1 month advertising slot (125×125) on Blog Almighty; (2) $20 via PayPal, Peel Away Ad Script from Harris & Richard, 300 Entrecard credits, and 1 month advertising slot (125×125) on Blog Almighty; or (3) Peel Away Ad Script from Harris & Richard, 500 Entrecard credits, and 1 month advertising slot (125×125) on Blog Almighty.

“All you have to do is blog about the contest with the proper links, subscribe to email feeds and comment about your entry post on the official contest page. Note: A trackback is considered a comment.”

Popularity: 13% [?]

19
Jun

Yahoo! Mail will be offering @ymail.com and @rocketmail.com (like what Sir Jag uses) starting tomorrow, Philippine time. The main reason:

Because “yourname@yahoo.com” is likely taken by now, a lot of people must resort to unpleasant and hard-to-remember addresses such as “yourname1988@yahoo.com.” Yahoo wants to give people a new chance with a name they like.

Full story can be read here.

Popularity: 14% [?]

17
Jun

TurfSite Manila (http://www.bobreyes.com) is giving-away a copy of the graphic novel Hackerteen: Volume 1: Internet Blackout (Hackerteen) (published by O’Reilly in April 2008). The book costs US$19.99 at Amazon.com and I am giving it away for free thru a raffle — open to all bloggers in the Philippines. The book is brand new, mind you; I shall shoulder the shipping cost if you’re in the province.

To join, simply mention in your blog site that TurfSite Manila (http://www.bobreyes.com) is conducting a book raffle. That simple! Once you had posted a blog article about the raffle, please leave a comment here with your Name, Email, & URL to your blog entry.

The winner shall be determined using the Microsoft Excel randomize function on the midnight of 30 June 2008. Spread the word.

Popularity: 17% [?]

17
Jun

Official release of Mozilla Firefox 3 will be at around 0100H of Wednesday, Manila time. If you are based on another time zone, you may refer to this list on what time FF3 will be available for download. This will coincide with the attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the software that is most downloaded within a time span of 24 hours. Check out http://www.spreadfirefox.com for details.

Popularity: 13% [?]

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