Would Wii like to Come Out and Play? Maybe After Supper.

CNet Blogger Don Reisinger had a blog entry entitled 'If people buy consoles for software, why is the Wii so popular?', interesting, but I think it's popularity cannot be drilled down to one single reason. I think the more interesting question is 'Why can't Nintendo keep up with demand for the Wii?'.

To that query, here is what I think. I actually think they don't want to meet demand. Huh?!? you say? Bear with me as I explain my theory. Here we go: It's a conspiracy run by Nintendo itself. To them, the lack of supply, serves two purposes. First, and most obvious is the 'you want what you can't have' syndrome. Lack of supply creates more demand. This actually plays into the popularity card very well.

Second and less obvious, is the fact that the people from Nintendo do not want you to have a Wii just yet. Some where down the line they realized that the only way to keep people interested in the console is to keep them busy with a slew of awesome games. Currently has a couple 'Must Have' games but that will not last long with consumers.

Our ADD is causing us to move to the next new thing quickly once we grow tired of something. That is not good if you are trying to make something like the Wii a mainstay of the customers' lives. If customers grow tired of the games available on the Wii, they will buy a new console. Therefore the next time the customer buys a game, they will not be thinking of the Wii when they buy, game over.

So I think Nintendo will wait a little longer until it has a couple more blockbuster games in it's lineup before actually try to 'catch up' with demand for the console. All under the guise of manufacturing issues.

Facebook Founder on 60 Minutes

Did you catch the 60 Minutes interview Lesley Stahl had with Mark Zuckerberg(Click Here to Watch)? Buzz around the net was that interview didn't exactly endear viewers to the Facebook founder. In fact at one point, there was extremely awkward moment when Ms. Stahl asked Mark if he was replacing the Google boys as Silicon Valley's new King of the Hill. Come on Mark, at least try to mask your arrogance.

Not only did it fail to impress but it even failed to give any reassurance that Facebook would pro actively protect private info for its users. Being of Filipino decent, I have the obligatory Friendster account so right now I don't think I am going to get a Facebook account just yet.

Experience the Power of Information at your Fingertips with InfoTeXt Beta!

Last quarter last year we launched InfoTeXt Beta which is a FREE Service.

As we get more users who appreciate the Power of this system I just wanted to make sure that we don't forget about it!

Remember, with simple SMS from your mobile phone, you have 24-hour access to:

Limited Directory
Guam Movie Schedules
Limited Dictionary
News Updates (Guam and US)
Sports Updates
Pinoy News Updates
Current Peso Rate
Guam and Saipan Weather Alerts
and more!....

and it's FRRRREEEEEEE!! =D

For more on this click HERE.

Buy OPM CDs (Original Pilipino Music) now from GustoKoh.com!

For Gabriel Technologies, Inc. [Est. 2001 ;) ], New Year = New Technologies and Services!

As mentioned earlier, we are in Private Beta of the CallMoCo Service. You'll learn more about that in the coming posts.

But for now, we are proud to introduce to you, ANOTHER FIRST ON GUAM, a SECURED Dynamic Online OPM CD Store! =D Gabriel-Tech partnered up with one of the Pioneers in OPM Music Distribution who shall remain nameless until I get the Green Light to mention it. ;)

Ano? Gusto moh? Punta ka lang sa gustokoh! at http://www.gustokoh.com/

More about this later, check it out see what we have in stock, if we don't have it, send us an E-mail and we'll get it! As an added bonus for all of you on Guam, you won't have to pay for any Shipping Fees, you can just select the option at the Checkout Page to Pick Up. This way you can just pick up your CD when it is ready. =)

Right now we have Original Pilipino Music CDs and hard to find Imported CDs.

Some random samples of OPM CDs Available:

Nyoy Volante, Freestyle, Mayonnaise, Slapshock, Sitti, Amber, Lani Misalucha, Rivermaya and MUCH MORE!!

Some random samples of hard to find imported CDs Available:

Almost Kinda Acoustic, Modern Love 2, Marigold in the House, PBB Celebrity Edition, Search for Star In A Million, I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet 1 & 2 and MUCH MORE!!

You can Browse through our catalogues or Search for a specific Artist, Album or Song.

Please keep in mind that this Service is in Beta and it is continously being updated. Also it was optimized for INTERNET EXPLORER 7 and above so if it doesn't look right, use IE7.

Here's to a New Year of New Great Services to go along with our existing Services Since 2001 Mind you! ;D

Of Scumbridges and Things that Reek...

I need to get something off my chest so please excuse the RANT.

A couple months back, another company, let's just call them SCUMBridges, started a service similar to ours(Syner-G, low cost messaging to/from the Philippines). To me, this is honestly fine since it is better for the market and better for the customer to have a choice. The world is better served when there is a Pepsi/Coke, Nike/Adidas, Ford/GM rivalry to keep things honest.

It irked me somewhat that they were entirely sneaky in the way they conducted themselves
leading up to their launch. They were actually a reseller of our service so I had a good standing relationship with the owner and his store personnel. (Unbeknownst to me he was getting ready to stab us in the back)

We found out about their rival service about a month before their launch(Our customers who went to their store told us). Apparently they were informing OUR customers that went to their office to reload that they are coming out with their own service. Sneaky... but not illegal mind you, it just business ethics at its worst(This should a warning to all those that might be looking to partner up with them).

AND THEN... when they officially launched their service, they put out radio ads specifically designed to confuse our customers into thinking our RIVAL services were one and the same in an attempt to confuse our customers into going to their store. When the customers gets there, they would explain that the services were different and they should sign up with them. Bait and switch. Sneaky and I think there are some legal issues there.

Now, those things I can let pass. What really got to me, and I what can never forgive, is what he has been telling anyone would listen. He started claiming that he first came out with the idea for the service and we just built with help from him. I CALL BS!! We didn't even know him when we first started our service. When he called us up to ask if his store could resell our cards, we were already in full operation. In fact, when I met the guy, he told me, "Ang galing ng idea nyo ah!" (Your idea is great).

Basically I am all I am saying is: Stop poaching someone else's ideas and passing them off as your own! That is just wrong.

Remember :

"It is better to FAIL in originality than to
succeed in IMITATION.”

Callmoco

As some of you may know, we are in closed BETA with a new service called CALLMOCO. Basically it is a lower cost long distance service for calling the Philippines. We will opening the BETA for more public use in the next couple weeks so be watching. :-)