On such days as yesterday, when Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and his comrades took over the Manila Peninsula Hotel, don’t you wish you could check the local news as often as you want even if you’re not in front of your PC?

The good news–and you probably know it already–is that you could read the mobile version of the leading local news sites using your Palm Treo (or other cellphones). Just start your GPRS connection and point your Blazer (or Opera Mini, and other) to http://wap.gmanews.tv for the GMA-7 news site or http://mobile.inquirer.net for Philippine Daily Inquirer’s online news.

These sites are updated regularly, so you’ll surely get the latest news updates.

After the announcement of Android mobile phone operating system, which is expected to compete directly with Palm OS, Google will probably unveil something new soon.

Technology news sites are abuzz with reports that Google will be launching an online storage service in the coming months.

Citing anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal reported that the storage service “could be released as early as a few months from now.” Nicknamed GDrive by Google fans and enthusiasts, the service was known internally as “My Stuff”, the same report said.

Snap–a quick entry tool for Palm OS, is today’s featured application in Handango’s FreeApp Friday promo.

Snap is like a digital memo pad you can use to take notes that you could later it turn into appointments, contacts, tasks and more.

Here are more features from Splashdata.com:

* A central place to put all your notes that you want to organize later.
* One tap icons along the right quickly convert text to appointments, addresss book items, tasks, memos and more.
* Treo features including battery level, reception indicator, and dialing.

Download Snap until 11:59 p.m. CST today at Handango.com.

Gaya ng ikinuwento ko sa ederic@cyberspace, kakapalit ko lang ng operating system ko. Mula sa Windows XP ay lumipat ako sa Ubuntu, isang Linux-based operating system. Di tulad ng mga OS ng Microsoft, libre ito. Nalaman ko ring sa una lang ito mukhang mahirap gamitin.

Sa pagpapalit ko ng OS, ang compatibility nito sa Treo ko ang isa sa mga concerns ko. Ayon naman sa mga nabasa ko, ayos lang ang Palm at Ubuntu. Totoo naman. Eto nga ang isinulat ko sa kabilang blog:

Nabalitaan ko sa isang blog entry ng Palm Info Center na mayroon nang nakahawak ng natsitsismis na GSM version ang Palm Centro.

Ayon naman sa Treobits.com, isa sa mga blogger ng PalmDoc.net ang nag-post tungkol sa pagte-test niya sa PDA phone:

This is the GSM/Edge version of the new compact PDA phone from Palm. I was fortunate enough to be given an opportunity to have a “hands-on” with this lovely device.

Sinundan pa ito ng isa pang entry, Palm Centro experience so far.