PLDT TelPad

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. is “reinventing” the telephone with the launch of a new tablet computer to be bundled with landlines and Internet subscriptions under one plan.

In a statement, the company announced the launch of its PLDT TelPad service.

Each PLDT TelPad unit includes a special handset that also serves as a charging dock for an application-rich, 7-inch screen tablet computer.

Subscribers can use the handset or the portable tablet computer to make and receive phone calls and access more than 100,000 online applications. This is on top of the unlimited broadband access of the bundled service.

“We are reshaping the future of the landline and we are starting to bring it to the market now,” said PLDT president and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno. “We are proud that the PLDT TelPad was conceptualized and developed here in the Philippines using world-class technology.”

The PLDT TelPad is powered by a 1-Ghz Cortex A8 processor that enables the device to deliver snappy performance. It runs on an Android operating system, a platform developed by Internet giant Google originally for mobile phones, which offers genuine multi-tasking capabilities.

The unit has two gigabytes of internal capacity that can be augmented by a memory card. The TelPad also carries a 2-megapixel front camera for still shots and videoconference calls.

The PLDT TelPad service starts at Plan 1849 with 1-megabyte-per-second broadband connection and landline service. The PLDT TelPad unit comes bundled with the plan.

Existing PLDT myDSL customers only need to add as low as P500 a month to upgrade to the TelPad plans.

PLDT, which is chaired by businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, is the country’s No. 1 telecommunications firm with about 44 million subscribers.

Be one of the first to experience the world’s first tablet and landline in one!

Suntok Ginto

The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) has launched Suntok Ginto, a ‘‘bayanihan’’ effort which aims to raise funds to help elite Filipino boxers pursue the country's golden dream in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.


From its nationwide search program, ABAP identified a few boxers that can be developed into Olympic champions.


Asian Games gold medalist Rey Saludar and his brother Victorio, the bronze medal winner, are at the forefront of boxing's quest for gold in London. The others in the fold are Gerson Nietes, Charly Suarez, James Boy Vicera, Joegin Ladon, Delfin Boholst and Wilfredo Lopez.


With women's boxing making its Olympic debut in 2010, ABAP also has a formidable team with Guangzhou Asian Games silver medalist Annie Albania, Southeast Asian Games winners Josie Gabuco and Alice Kate Appari and new finds Annaliza Cruz and Nesthy Petecio.


SM and Banco de Oro have already thrown their full support to the team. Suntok Ginto donation boxers can now be found in SM branches nationwide. Others donations may be coursed through any BDO branches. SGV & Co. will be the external auditor of ABAP.


"Our fans are tired of silver and bronze, we want gold this time," said coach Nolito Velasco.


Boxing has accounted for most of country’s medals in the post-war Olympics with Anthony Villanueva winning a silver medal in the 1964 Olympics and Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco the other silver 32 years later in Atlanta. In between, Leopoldo Serrantes (1988 Seoul Olympics) and Roel Velasco (1992 Barcelona Olympics) accounted for the country's two bronze medals.


The ABAP has continued to be a result-oriented organization since the time of the Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez. It has a new management team in top corporate executives Manny V. Pangilinan, Ricky Vargas and Pato Gregorio, and with Ed Picson as its executive director.


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