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The mobile of my dreams

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I fall in love... my more materialistic me is in love with mobiles, is the one thing I love (thing is the word here)

The new Sony Ericsson C905a announced for Mexico, it will be on sale in a few months... why I love it already, my other love is photography and this phone has a 8.1mp camera, xenon flash and media player, I like having a one device for all, instead of having a camera, a mobile and an mp3 player, why having each separatly if you can have them all together? By the way, this phone also has GPS!!

iPhone Mexico Price Release

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The iPhone in Mexico will have three prices, that depends of which plan you contract (prices in pesos):

8gb

$889.00 with $459 monthly fee plan
$2159.00 with $599 monthly fee plan
$3419.00 with $799 monthly fee plan

16gb

$2159.00 with $459 monthly fee plan
$3419.00 with $599 monthly fee plan
$4689.00 with $799 monthly fee plan

The forced period of the plan is 24 months, which is 2 years.

The plans have the following minutes and mb per month:

$459 - 200 minutes 100 mb
$599 - 300 minutes 150 mb
$799 - 400 minutes 200 mb

Not that bad (is bad but), considering the historical price rates of Telcel and mobile services in Mexico, and since they got the exclusive deal in Mexico, they could take more advantage "a'la Rogers" of Canada where the plan costs $946.50 pesos forced with three year contract.

UPDATE: I should change plan! I'm paying over $90 usd ($950 pesos) per month and getting 20mb of data and only 300 minutes! now you know why I said that the rate wasn't that bad.

Mexican versions

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In the past week I notice the mexican versions of TV shows and movies, made famous in the USA, for example "The Nanny" there is a mexican version that takes place in Mexico City with a rich family tha lives in Polanco (exclusive neighborhood), "Desperate Housewives" this one looks like a soup opera (telenovela) very bad production and actually has Disney money in it, and last a mexican High School Musical "El Desafio" with different lyrics, instead of basketball it is football (soccer for those in the USA).

I remember in the early 90's cable tv had some shows in spanish but not all, even Cartoon Network, while now the Cartoon Network has it's Mexican version, the one we watch, also Nickelodeon plus they had mexican shows in the channel produced by Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1, Discovery, History, and so on.

I guess we are a big market for those companies, in order for them to re-produce show with mexican actors and locations.

I like it, it may help to give a push to the local cinema and tv creation, Hollywood is not entirely original, they take many ideas from movies around the world, also tv series.

By the way, my college help in the production of the mexican "High School Musical"

Supermarket of the single guy

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I went to do the super market shopping, some person stood at me, I notice then that he was watching the stuff I got, he was with his family, buying all the needed stuff too, toilet paper, vegetables, meat, bread, and that stuff, and I was buying, my shampoo, deodorant, shaving stuff, oreos, nescafe cool, soda and a big can of beer (it was the beer week so it was cheap). my usual supermarket stuff.

Then I thought, this is the single guy super, stuff you need and the food you don't, I don't eat at home, we have a cafeteria where I work, so I eat there, in breakfast I take a slim fast chocolate (it has vitamins and is fast an easy to make), at night I dine out or not dine at all (may be the oreos), the only time of the week where I eat home made food is on the weekends family reunion, my parents, and brother (with his wife), also my priorities are different than those of the married person. I don't have any debts with any bank or person, and I don't have to provide to anybody.

I like the single life, and today I went to a friend bachelor party (sort of) he is the first of the "gang" to get married, such a new experience for all of us, all of the friends gave them a photo for an album with all the memories since we met, and told him "we don't have any advice to give, your are the first, and you will have to give us the advice later of how you mess up and arrange everything, so good luck"

Everything in life continues the course, in some years I see myself in the supermarket buying the good stuff, no beer, no oreos, but vegetables, meat, and everything you buy for the family, paying bills of school, clothing and accesories for others than me. I can wait for that to come, but still I can of like it, living every period of life at the correct time.

Mineral de Pozos

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I went with my friends to Mineral de Pozos in the neghboring state of Guanajuato, this small town is located at 1 hour from Queretaro, we went to visit the old mineral haciendas, where minning production took place a long ago (in times of the viceroyalty), this haciendas are all in ruins, which makes them very special, and dangerous (there are signs warning of the mines, holes, and other stuff) in one of this old ruin haciendas we played gotcha (paintball) incredible scenary for the activity.

Playing paintball in a ruined hacienda from the 1700's is an incredible experience, a lot of place to hide and shoot. Since I'm very tall, 1.90 (like 6ft) I was an easy target, but still my team won, it was very competitive. In the find the treasure game I found it, but a clever maneuver from other team, they where hidding next to the commander (the guy we had to give the treasure in order to win) I thougt I was winning... My teammate was ocuppy covering me from other guys. Still I'm proud of being the one who almost got it, I was so near!

Also the haciendas are very impresive, since where constructed in hills, incredible view.

Totally worth it.

Palm centro cost... TOO MUCH

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I was reading that the Palm Centro was selling as hot cakes, the cheapest smartphone and that Palm did almost no profit from it, so I thougt to myslef,s I search on the web and that thing cost in the USA $99.00 usd, good price!, so I went to a store here in Mexico look for it and it costs $400.00 usd, FOUR TIMES MORE!!! the usual is that the things cost here twice as much as in the USA, not four times, I paid for my camer $500 usd while in the US it cost $310, for my phone $500 usd USA while in europe (is not for sale in the USA) costs 250 euros.

They are crazy if they planned to sell that thing at that price, it is way too expensive, I think if Apple keep the promise of $200 usd for the iPhone (in Mexico), they are going to eat the market. The average phone cost here $150 usd, few people buy it with a plan. They call this the "Amigo" phones, when you buy it without subsidy, is even common to ask "do you have it in AMIGO?"

The good thing is that it is unblocked.

Incredible just happened

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Spain has WON the EuroCup 2008, something many believe it was impossible, a well deserved cup may I said. Great game and the Germans played very rude, not to much agression from their part.

Great for Spain, and congrats, you may get a gold medal in the Olympics, you can do it too!

¡¡FELICIDADES ESPAÑA BIEN JUGADO Y BIEN GANADO!!

Did you know...

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That the real spam kings are the people, your friends, may be yourself...

Did you ever wonder "how the spam guys got my mail?" well you can answer that question everytime somebody receives a funny mail and press "forward" and add as much email adresses as possible (of your beloved ones), well you are creating a database of real mails that can be used by spammers.

It took little to receive those mails, just write a überfunny mail, send it to as many people as possible, and in a few days that mail will return to you, with all the adresses of the other people who get it.

So in order to prevent SPAM proliferation this is the question you MUST ask yourself.

euroCUP 2008

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I truly believe that the second most important sport event in the world, after the World Cup is the EuroCup, why, lets be honest European football is beautiful, full of technique, speed, action!, and sometimes some agression (Zidane in the final of the WorldCup)

And like me many mexicans do believe that, the Eurocup is bigger than the olimpics, in Mexico people see the olimpic opening with the big show, lights and the torch, but that is all.

Last sunday I was in the mall when the match Spain vs Italy started, I was supporting Spain (cultural reasons) and as I all the others did, we where cheering for the spanish team, and they win in an incredible game, that lasted a lot, with no goals, and great performance, and finnally no more extra time, it was decided in the penalty round, even there it was impresive.

Here a photo of some people infront of the screen in a store.



Let's go spain you can do it and win the cup!
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