We Filipinos are a happy people and certified text addicts, too. Even during times of political even crises — and even disasters — we find ways to laugh. Proof of this are the numerous text messages being forwarded the past few weeks. These Gloria jokes, Erap jokes, ZTE scandal jokes, and other text messages are often irreverent and witty.
Using my Palm Treo 650, my Nokia 7110, and my PC, I’ve been collecting and uploading these text messages to my other site called Our Daily Txt.

Here are some of these funny SMS jokes. (Note: My readers who don’t understand Filipino / Tagalog or not aware of current Philippine issues may need to do some research to understand most of these jokes):

“Let’s give GMA a chance to finish her term until 2010.”
Fwd dis msg to all your friends to lose them all. Its true! Try it!

Palm InfoCenter today reported on “a hint as to what might be some upcoming new colors for the Centro” and posted an image from an online official Palm training guide. Upon seeing the image posted on PIC, I visited the training guide. The instructional video shows the colorful Centros above this post.

According to PIC, these units are GSM. Despite the reported delay in the Centro’s launch in Southeast Asia, these colorful phones will probably reach the Philippines within the year.

Last November, I wrote that I want a Palm bluetooth headset. Since the Foleo was canceled — and I probably would not be able to afford if it was sold anyway — I thought the headset would be my Christmas gift to myself.

I was able to buy one on eBay for a total price of P2,466.17 because of the $20 shipping. I picked it up from the post office on February 7.

I excitedly tried it when I arrived home. Since the package only had the charger and there was no user guide included, I couldn’t pair the headset with my phone. I had to search the Web for a manual before I was able to make it work. Among the cool features I found out was redialing the last dialed number by just pressing the center button on the headset.