Puro Tech

Prequel #1 (The Puro Tech Show Ep. 2): Samsung Galaxy Y and the wifey

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It's Sunday, January 15, 2012 and this is Episode 2 of the Puro Tech show, ang podcast para sa ating lahat. This is Ron from RONJIE.COM. You can contact us at purotech@ronjie.com, and watch past episodes at purotech.blogspot.com.
Last October, I entered a contest held by Samsung Mobile Philippines where I should complete the sentence "I wanna level APP because..." I finished it with "I wanna become an Android. :D"  I won! But I'm not sure if it's because of my entry, or it was just a random draw. There were 6 of us who won, 3 on Twitter and 3 on Facebook. I forgot all about it until I checked my Twitter DMs about 3 weeks later. I won! Finally after all that ka-busy-han, I was able to get my prize - a Samsung Galaxy Y.
And now the wifey is using it. She's currently looking for work here in Japan, and when I ask the wifey, "Anong Tech mo?" her answers are not so surprising.
In Basa!, we learn about the most exciting CES 2012 announcements and product showcases. Bob Marley's son and Justin Bieber were there to introduce some new products. Lenovo came out with an HD TV with Android ICS. We also talk about PinoyTechBlog's top 5 tech trends in the Philippines for 2012. We also talk a bit about Bill Shock. And HSBC's predicted top economies by the year 2050.
We're renaming our 3rd part from The Cheese Miss, to The Big Cheesy Miss. It's all the same but the name. The new name is like The Big Miss (Ang malaking pagkakamali?), but cheesy. Of course, "cheesy miss," which sounds like tsismis, is still there. And our tsismis for the week is an Apple iBooks announcement rumor.
Panoorin Mo' To! A Sony executive showcases his collection of cool old Sony stuff.
For Helpline, we help the wifey with a tech question of her own. We talk about Facebook privacy settings related to some of your apps, e.g. games.
We still don't have any buzzlines yet! Except I got some much appreciated, good feedback from a couple of good friends.
Send us emails, voicemails, or video voicemails at purotech@ronjie.com. For voicemails, you can also email us at the same address with your voice mail as an audio file attachment. For video voicemails, you can try to email us your video file at the same address, but we suggest uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, or similar sites, and then sending us the link. Please limit your voicemails and video voicemails to 30 seconds. We cannot guarantee that your email, voicemail, or video voicemail will be featured on the show in full or in part.

Prequel #2 (Puro Tech Ep. 1): Puro Tech Naman!

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Introducing Puro Tech, ang tech podcast para sa ating lahat
Podcast Name, Structure, Aims, Audience, and Language
The podcast kicks off, first and foremost, by talking about the podcast name. Then we talk about the podcast structure, thereby talking about the podcast's aims. Our target audience are Filipinos all over the world, and we tell you why. Including those in the Philippines, of course, so yeah, we'll use a lot of Filipino, Tagalog, and Filipino English. We would rate this show PG-13.
Anong Tech Mo?
Each episode starts off with the "Anong Tech Mo?" segment. Usually we'll have guests, but for this maiden episode, we first briefly introduce ourselves by answering our soon-to-be standard question-for-guests: "What is your tech?" More specifically we talk about our current, past, and future tech history. Yeah, you might say we're Apple fanbois, but you know, we just love quality products and services. Because we also like Google Search, Google Maps, Google Translate, Google Reader APIs, and so on, but we don't exactly like Android. And we don't exactly use iCloud.
Basa!
The next segment is the "Basa!" segment. Here, we talk about the latest relevant tech news that we've recently read or heard from international tech podcasts. In this episode, we briefly mention Kodak's financial problems and the upcoming 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Did I already mention that I love Apple products?
The Cheese Miss
Then we will have The Cheese Miss segment where we talk about tech rumors. In this episode, we talk about a few (Apple) rumors in "Cheese Miss": iPhone 5, iPad 3 (and 4?), and iTV rumors.
But, being in January, the start of a new year, both in the international calendar and also in the lunar calendar, we talk about our tech predictions for 2012, in light of what has happened in 2011 (i.e. iPad 2, iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus and ICS, Steve Jobs, Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad assassins ambushed).
Panoorin Mo 'To
We'll usually feature a cool or funny video in "Panoorin Mo 'To," and here we'll feature something that's probably kind of "gasgas" already. We're talking about the Volkswagen commercial titled "The Force," but here we show you the making of that video.
The Helpline and The Buzzline
The last two parts of the show are The Helpline and The Buzzline segments, where we'll give you tips or answer your tech questions, and where we'll feature your own comments and opinions. Basically, the last part of the show is all about our (soon-to-be) listeners.
For this episode, we don't yet have video voicemails or e-mails (heck we don't have listeners just yet), so instead we'll give you a Facebook gaming tip in Helpline (i.e. use Auto Collect Games Bonuses!) and let you know how you can give us a buzz to feature on The Buzzline.
Send us emails at me@ronjie.com. For voicemails, you can also email us at the same address with your voice mail as an audio file attachment. For video voicemails, you can try to email us your video file at the same address, but we suggest uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, or similar sites, and then sending us the link. Please limit your voicemails and video voicemails to 30 seconds. We cannot guarantee that your email, voicemail, or video voicemail will be featured on the show in full or in part.
P.S. Early in the episode, the video goes haywire and we didn't notice until we were done recording. Apologies for the unfortunate hiccup! We'll continue to use better video recording techniques next time to prevent this from happening again.