Pocket Power

Smart Communications launched the 1st SIP Apps Challenge the other day, challenging developers to come up with mobile apps that leverage session initiation protocol (SIP).


Smart's Ramon Isberto makes geekspeak fun.


Smart's Ramoncito Fernandez welcomes the contenders.


ePLDT's Ray Espinosa shows off his company's newest IT services.


Email could someday become as ubiquitous in the Philippines as SMS is today.


In plain English, this is part of the reason the Philippine Ragnarok Online service can handle 50,000 concurrent users.


He may look like the latest Korean soap opera heartthrob, but Forum Nokia's Joshua Pak lights up much smaller screens.


The latest mobile devices are status symbols in the Philippines.


Bomberman rocks.


When your mobile device can become a universal remote, imagine the havoc you can wreak at electronics stores.


Noumena Innovations' Zeus Chen makes mobility fun.


Noumena's IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) games let you connect to anyone, anywhere -- so you can kick their asses on the go.


Efren Reyes would approve.


Pandas in tanks rock.


Smart's Edgardo Bautista explains the contest details.


Nokia's Frankie Naranjilla tells the contestants to get going.

With the Philippines' number one cellular operator and number one cellphone brand embracing SIP, the SMS capital of the world can expect even more mobile fun in the coming years.

Blogging Homework

I envy the students of tomorrow. Homework has never been so much fun.

Digital Filipino's Janette Toral is now requiring her students to blog.

A Midsummer Night's Benchmark

The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) is working with the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), XMG Inc., and Outsource2Philippines (O2P) to develop a framework to explain how software economies create economic opportunities for both developing and developed markets. The result is a benchmarking study comparing the Philippine software industry with the software industries in other countries, presented last week at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

Click here to download a presentation of XMG's study. They're very open to comments; feel free to post yours.


CICT Commissioner Dondi Mapa presents his plans to uplift the Philippine software industry.


Development Dimensions International's Vic Magdaraog listens intently.


O2P's Frank Holz (left) and XMG's Lauro Vives (middle) and Cesar Tolentino (right) answer the tough questions.


Inq7.net's Mon Lizardo, Digital Filipino's Janette Toral, and Microsoft's Mark Yambot make the Internet a better place for Filipinos.