Tag Heuer launches phone with built-in solar cells

Popular watch manufacturer, Tag Heuer, has recently launched its luxury mobile phone with built-in solar cells for hybrid charging – the Meridiist Infinite.

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The Meridiist Infinite features transparent photovoltaic cells placed between a sapphire crystal and a lens substrate with electric conductors. This gives the phone the ability to automatically charge itself when exposed to certain natural or artificial light sources, even when the battery is empty. Tag Heuer is calling the feature the Perpetual Power Reserve.

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Other features of the Meridiist Infinite include dual SIM slots, a body that’s made from Titanium Grade 5, carbon and rubber, and an exclusive 24/7 worldwide personal concierge service.

The new MERIDIIST combined the high-end classic design and finishes of a luxury TAG Heuer watch, the finest materials of horology, artisan expertise and avant-garde engineering, and the leading-edge of telephony technology.

Tag Heuer is looking at this phone as the “iconic luxury communication instrument of the international elite,” (who don’t care about specs.) Meaning, it’s not for you and I. But in case you’re buying, it costs $7,000.

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Tag Heuer launches phone with built-in solar cells

Popular watch manufacturer, Tag Heuer, has recently launched its luxury mobile phone with built-in solar cells for hybrid charging – the Meridiist Infinite.

meridiist infinite_1

The Meridiist Infinite features transparent photovoltaic cells placed between a sapphire crystal and a lens substrate with electric conductors. This gives the phone the ability to automatically charge itself when exposed to certain natural or artificial light sources, even when the battery is empty. Tag Heuer is calling the feature the Perpetual Power Reserve.

meridiist infinite_2

Other features of the Meridiist Infinite include dual SIM slots, a body that’s made from Titanium Grade 5, carbon and rubber, and an exclusive 24/7 worldwide personal concierge service.

The new MERIDIIST combined the high-end classic design and finishes of a luxury TAG Heuer watch, the finest materials of horology, artisan expertise and avant-garde engineering, and the leading-edge of telephony technology.

Tag Heuer is looking at this phone as the “iconic luxury communication instrument of the international elite,” (who don’t care about specs.) Meaning, it’s not for you and I. But in case you’re buying, it costs $7,000.

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Wishing they were April Fools Day jokes

We wish these three reports were April Fools Day jokes:

Spinbusters writes 30

Spinbusters writes 30

One, Spinbusters saying goodbye.

In its April 1 entry titled “Silly blog concedes writes 30”, the media watchdog wrote, “There’s no going around it, beating around the bush, and running in circles. With bitterness, sadness, and deep regret, we have decided to shut down The Spin Busters. For good.”

Except for the fact that the persons behind the witty blog were anonymous (and therefore deliberately avoiding accountability) I like their scathing criticisms of media.

I will miss it.

Henares: wants to tax Facebook and Twitter operations in the Philippines.

Henares: wants to tax Facebook and Twitter operations in the Philippines.

Two, BIR request to block Facebook, Twitter over tax.

An April 1 entry in Yugatech’s blog said the Bureau of Internal Revenue sent a request to the National Telecommunications Commission and Internet Service Providers to block several international websites for failure to remit proper taxes from operating within the Philippine internet domain.

Facebook and Twitter are among the top destinations of Filipinos earning for the Philippines the description as “the social media capital of the world.”

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares is not happy that P350 million in advertising and other businesses have been transacted thru Facebook and Twitter since 2009 have escaped their collection net.

Henares was quoted to have said,”The Bureau has been monitoring Facebook and Twitter for the last three fiscal years. It is within our authority to look into their operation and request the proper agencies like NTC to block them if they do not cooperate.”

Please tell me, it’s an April Fools Day joke.

Doing his usual "pasaring".

Doing his usual “pasaring”.

Three, President Aquino chastising the captor of Delfin Lee, Globe Asiatique founder who turned into nightmares the dreams of many working middle class Filipinos to have their own house.

The President, with his usual pasaring(sniping, making a sly or petty verbal attack which only fishwives do) said at the Philippine National Police’s Araw ng Parangal sa Kapulisan:

“This person was not getting a bad position. At sabihin na natin nagpakita siya ng gilas, which he should be rewarded and acknowledged. But at the same time, pumasok sa kaisipan ko: ‘Aba, OK to, goes out on media, says this and that, keeps quiet then goes out again on a media tour. “

Capa stepped on powerful toes.

Capa stepped on powerful toes.

Everybody knows that he was referring to Senior Supt. Conrad Capa, who was sacked as head of Task Force Tugis a week after his men arrested Lee .

Capa was excluded from the list of police personnel honored at Camp Crame on Tuesday.

Lee, accused of syndicated estafa for allegedly defrauding the Pag-ibig Fund of P7-billion in housing loans through fake documents and applicants (his name was removed from the PNP’s list of wanted criminals for mysterious reasons), had eluded arrest despite a long standing warrant of arrest until March 6 when he was arrested by Capa’s team at the Hyatt Hotel in Malate, Manila.

After Lee’s arrest Capa was re-assigned to Cebu Regional Police Office to serve as a deputy regional chief for operations. Capa said it was not a promotion and he is being sent there to “rot.”

It was revealed later that Oriental Mindoro Governor Alfonso Umali, a close ally of the President and treasurer of the Liberal Party, tried to block Lee’s arrest.

Aquino said the police officer whom he didn’t name “does the service a disservice. Pinahamak niya yung institusyon na pagka tagal-tagal ng buhay niya at pinaglingkuran niya.”

Huh??? An April Fools day joke?

Wishing they were April Fools Day jokes

We wish these three reports were April Fools Day jokes:

Spinbusters writes 30

Spinbusters writes 30

One, Spinbusters saying goodbye.

In its April 1 entry titled “Silly blog concedes writes 30”, the media watchdog wrote, “There’s no going around it, beating around the bush, and running in circles. With bitterness, sadness, and deep regret, we have decided to shut down The Spin Busters. For good.”

Except for the fact that the persons behind the witty blog were anonymous (and therefore deliberately avoiding accountability) I like their scathing criticisms of media.

I will miss it.

Henares: wants to tax Facebook and Twitter operations in the Philippines.

Henares: wants to tax Facebook and Twitter operations in the Philippines.

Two, BIR request to block Facebook, Twitter over tax.

An April 1 entry in Yugatech’s blog said the Bureau of Internal Revenue sent a request to the National Telecommunications Commission and Internet Service Providers to block several international websites for failure to remit proper taxes from operating within the Philippine internet domain.

Facebook and Twitter are among the top destinations of Filipinos earning for the Philippines the description as “the social media capital of the world.”

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares is not happy that P350 million in advertising and other businesses have been transacted thru Facebook and Twitter since 2009 have escaped their collection net.

Henares was quoted to have said,”The Bureau has been monitoring Facebook and Twitter for the last three fiscal years. It is within our authority to look into their operation and request the proper agencies like NTC to block them if they do not cooperate.”

Please tell me, it’s an April Fools Day joke.

Doing his usual "pasaring".

Doing his usual “pasaring”.

Three, President Aquino chastising the captor of Delfin Lee, Globe Asiatique founder who turned into nightmares the dreams of many working middle class Filipinos to have their own house.

The President, with his usual pasaring(sniping, making a sly or petty verbal attack which only fishwives do) said at the Philippine National Police’s Araw ng Parangal sa Kapulisan:

“This person was not getting a bad position. At sabihin na natin nagpakita siya ng gilas, which he should be rewarded and acknowledged. But at the same time, pumasok sa kaisipan ko: ‘Aba, OK to, goes out on media, says this and that, keeps quiet then goes out again on a media tour. “

Capa stepped on powerful toes.

Capa stepped on powerful toes.

Everybody knows that he was referring to Senior Supt. Conrad Capa, who was sacked as head of Task Force Tugis a week after his men arrested Lee .

Capa was excluded from the list of police personnel honored at Camp Crame on Tuesday.

Lee, accused of syndicated estafa for allegedly defrauding the Pag-ibig Fund of P7-billion in housing loans through fake documents and applicants (his name was removed from the PNP’s list of wanted criminals for mysterious reasons), had eluded arrest despite a long standing warrant of arrest until March 6 when he was arrested by Capa’s team at the Hyatt Hotel in Malate, Manila.

After Lee’s arrest Capa was re-assigned to Cebu Regional Police Office to serve as a deputy regional chief for operations. Capa said it was not a promotion and he is being sent there to “rot.”

It was revealed later that Oriental Mindoro Governor Alfonso Umali, a close ally of the President and treasurer of the Liberal Party, tried to block Lee’s arrest.

Aquino said the police officer whom he didn’t name “does the service a disservice. Pinahamak niya yung institusyon na pagka tagal-tagal ng buhay niya at pinaglingkuran niya.”

Huh??? An April Fools day joke?

THL launches T200, priced at Php14,999

Following the successful debut of the T100 aka Monkey King II in the local market, Novo7 Tech (official distributor of THL in the country) has formally launched THL T200 (Cyborg) – a 6-inch smartphone powered by eight (8) Cortex-A7 processor.

Just by merely looking at its specs sheet, we can safely assume that the THL Cyborg has the best feature set among the other three local octa-core smartphones (Cherry Mobile Cosmos Z2, MyPhone Agua Infinity and Starmobile Diamond X1) that came before it.

Right on the onset, you’ll be greeted by its gorgeous, Gorilla-Glass-3-laden, 6-inch 1080p display with IPS and OGS technologies to boot. Once you go a little deeper, you’ll find a very respectable engine configuration consisting of a 1.7GHz octa-core chip with 2GB of RAM, as well as a sizeable 32GB internal storage which can be further expanded up to an additional 64GB via Micro-SD card.

There’s also a pair of snappers located at the front (8MP, 1080p video recording) and the back (13MP Sony Blue Lens sensor with F/2.0 optics) which looks very promising, on paper at least.

THL T200 (Cyborg) specs:
6-inch fHD IPS OGS display @ 1920×1080 pixels, 367ppi
Gorilla Glass 3
1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor
2GB RAM
Mali 450MP GPU
Expandable 32GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
3G/HSPA+
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby, Dual 3G
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
NFC, GPS
USB On-The-Go support
13MP Sony Blue Lens sensor rear camera, LED flash
1080p video recording @ 30fps
8MP front-facing camera
Li-Ion 2,600mAh battery
Android 4.2 Jellybean
160.8 x 84 x 9.4mm
139g

The THL T200 is currently being retailed for Php14,999. We’ve already contacted Novo7 Tech to give us an updated list of stores/kiosks where you can get the handset and we’ll update this post once they’ve replied to us.

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