Samsung WAVE S8500 Smartphone

The Samsung WAVE S8500 Smartphone is one of the most affordable Google Android Froyo 2.2 version capable smartphone available now. In the grey market, it can only be had at 18.3k, although its official price is at around 22k. It also has a 3.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, one of its many selling point. If you have not that much dough, one of the other bang for buck phone out there is another Samsung smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700, which in the grey market can be had for only 13.3k. The Samsung Galaxy Spica is capable up to Android 2.1 Eclair only though, and only have a 3.2" 262K TFT display screen. Either of the two are bang for buck smartphones in their class. You can't go wrong with any. If you have money to burn, you might opt for the Samsung Galaxy S, which some say is better than the iPhone 3Gs or even the iPhone 4. The Samsung Galaxy S is priced at 32k and is exclusively distributed ala iPhone in the Philippines by Globe Telecom but only for a month and will then be freely available elsewhere after.

Here's the specs of the Samsung Wave:

Samsung S8500 WAVE

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Size Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
Weight 118 g
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.3 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Scratch-resistant surface
- TouchWiz UI 3.0
- Handwriting recognition
- Smart unlock
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Memory Phonebook, Photocall
Call records
Internal 2GB / 8GB
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth, v3.0 with A2DP
USB, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stablilization, touch focus
Video,720p@30fps, video light
Secondary
Features OS Bada OS
CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz
Messaging SMS,MMS,Email,Push Email,Palringo IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
Games + downloadable
GPS,with A-GPS support,Samsung Mobile Navigator
Java,MIDP 2.0
- Digital compass
- Organizer
- Image editor
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX video player
- Voice memo
- T9
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 450 h
Talk time Up to 8 h 30 min
Music play Up to 35 h

Marikina 2010 Local Election Results

The Commission On Elections (COMELEC) City Board of Canvassers of Marikina City, which is in charge of running the official count for the Marikina local elections, has just resumed the tallying of votes. The proclamation of the winning candidates will be at 1:00 this afternoon, May 11, 2010, (Note: Canvassing still on-going). Pls. standby for the May 2010 Marikina local election results. Meanwhile, here is the Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-11 12:37:05, representing 82.91% of ERs of the City Of Marikina:

MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CITY OF MARIKINA - FIRST DIST.
1 CASUGA, Daniel M. 101
2 DELA PAZ, Garizaldy B. 322
3 FAJARDO, Alfredo Gerardo C. 174
4 FERRIOL, Samuel S. 20,889
5 TEODORO, Marcelino R. 45,246

MEMBER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CITY OF MARIKINA - SECOND DIST.
1 BARRETTO, Benjamin Roberto G. 578
2 BULAONG, Felizardo D. 110
3 CANDAZO, Romeo D. 10,337
4 DE GUZMAN, Adjuthor P. 3,473
5 FAVIS, Donn Carlo B. 12,115
6 FRANCISCO, Eduardo C. 1,282
7 PUNZALAN, Hilario A. 4,347
8 QUIMBO, Romero Federico S. 42,446
9 SERRANO, Rogelio S. 145

Mayor
1 ANDRES, Marion S. 33,315
2 CHENG, Alfredo S. 14,780
3 CHONG, John Alexander S. 282
4 DE GUZMAN, Del R. 95,277

Vice-Mayor
1 ANGELES, Efren S. 4,648
2 CADIZ, Jose Fabian I. 79,202
3 MAJERANO, Melencia S. 624
4 MARCO, Ferdinand D. 8,522
5 SANTOS, Thaddeus A Jr M. 43,860

MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD - CITY OF MARIKINA - FIRST DIST.
1 ACUÑA, Ronnie S. 22,629
2 AQUINO, Arnold C. 1,650
3 AQUINO, Ninoy E. 3,533
4 ARROYO, Alfredo Jr M. 2,597
5 AYUSON, Frankie C. 24,253
6 BAEL, Ignacio U. 689
7 BANZON, Joseph B. 27,840
8 BERNARDINO, Serafin Y. 25,724
9 BETIC, Mariano B. 16,316
10 CARLOS, Carissa F. 30,676
11 CUEVAS, Felipe H. 1,534
12 DAVID, Esmela C. 14,407
13 DE GUZMAN, Pedro R. 5,536
14 DELA CRUZ, Narciso Sr B. 12,627
15 DE LEON, Mario M. 26,102
16 DELGADO, Roy R. 13,317
17 DEL ROSARIO, Danilo A. 19,524
18 DIAMANTE, Gerald C. 13,157
19 ESTONIDO, Federico B. 690
20 FERRER, Igmidio M. 15,073
21 JIMENEZ, Arvin I. 19,477
22 MENDOZA, Alberto L. 2,752
23 NEPOMUCENO, Elmer B. 25,314
24 PAZ, Eva A. 38,666
25 REYES, Reginaldo N. 17,130
26 SANTIAGO, Rogel V. 19,127
27 SANTOS, Poncianito Jr E. 21,726
28 SOLA, Emelita R. 1,374
29 TIU, Danilo S. 2,181
30 TRINIDAD, Alex S. 6,701

MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD - CITY OF MARIKINA - SECOND DIST.
1 ANTIPORDA, Julio Z. 1,603
2 BALINGIT, Zosimo A. 1,714
3 BELMONTE, Peter Paul R. 29,320
4 CAMACHO, Dolores M. 3,264
5 CAPARAS, Aurelio C. 6,705
6 CARONITE, Salvatore Jr. V. 5,448
7 CONTADO, Rodrigo V. 5,300
8 CRUZ, Alfonso R. 27,045
9 CRUZ, Jaime Jr G. 16,211
10 CUARESMA, Ariel V. 29,695
11 DACALOS, Angel R. 1,142
12 DAYAO, Anna D. 31,914
13 DEL ROSARIO, Mark Albert J. 34,758
14 DIAZEN, Xy-Za R. 32,657
15 FERNANDEZ, Solomon S. 4,011
16 FLORES, Ernesto M. 29,569
17 GARALZA, Andres Jr. C. 2,365
18 IFURUNG, Federico G. 13,588
19 LIMPIN, Arthur E. 1,740
20 MAGTUBO, Susana P. 30,750
21 MARQUEZ, Demetrio Jr. C. 3,497
22 MIRALLES, Manuel M. 1,793
23 ORARA, Manuel C. 17,240
24 ORTIZ, Rommel F. 30,895
25 PANGILINAN, Manuel R. 6,372
26 PASCUAL, Rodolfo N. 1,740
27 PONCE, Roberto C. 26,723
28 RAMOS, Lamberto Jr. S. 3,512
29 REYES, Feliciano R. 4,539
30 REYES, Wilfred S. 32,668
31 ROSALES, Fernando F. 4,780
32 SINGH, Vincent Francis D. 5,058
33 SOLIGUEN, Saulfred C. 789
34 TEOPE, Rizalina W. 26,830
35 UBALDO, Ponciano Jr. T. 27,455
36 VELASQUEZ, Edgardo T. 1,707
37 ZAMORA, Wilfredo L. 4,067

Source is GMA-7 Quick Count, which is assured by law to receive a copy of the Election Returns from the precinct level.