John Nieves

Divoom Bluetune Solo Unboxing: Small Speakers, Big Sound

Divoom Bluetune Solo unboxing! Audio company Divoom has always had a great track record in making great sounding, affordable wireless portable speakers. Today’s unboxing features their newest one yet – the Divoom Bluetune Solo. To be honest, we were surprised at how loud this thing got, considering its size. Enough talk – on to the […]

Samsung Debuts NX30 with Better Sensor, NFC Sharing

Mirrorless camera built for sharing Alongside the new Galaxy Camera, Samsung also unveiled their new mirrorless camera, the NX30. The NX30 builds on the previous model, the NX20, with a better 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor paired with a DRIMeIV image processor. The touchscreen display has been given an overhaul as well, and can now tilt and […]

Acer Refreshes Iconia Line with A1-830 and B1-720

New Iconia Tablets Starting Php 5800 (we hope)! Acer’s gone ahead and unveiled two of their newest Iconia tablets before the craziness that is CES officially begins in the form of the Iconia A1-830 and the B1-720. Both devices are aimed at the affordable side of the market segment, with the 7.9-inch A1-830 being priced […]

CAAP Allows Conditional Use of Gadgets, Phones on Aircraft Over PH

Texting while flying? You bet! Good news, frequent flyers/gadget lovers! The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has allowed conditional use of electronic gadgets including mobile phones on all commercial aircraft in the Philippines starting January 1, 2014. Under the Memorandun Circular No. 52-13 signed by CAAP Director-General William Hotchkiss, laptops, cellular phones internet […]

Archos Unveils Two Budget LTE Smartphones

Archos takes the wraps off budget 45 Helium and 50 Helium 4G Android smartphones Archos, a company known for budget Android tablets and other oddities, has unveiled two new budget LTE Android phones for the lower end of the market. The 45 and 50 Helium are equipped with 4.5-inch and 5-inch IPS displays respectively, and […]

Native Union Monocle Review: Portable Audio Oddity

Native Union Monocle Review What do you get when you remove a speaker from a pair of headphones, throw in a portable battery and add the ability to transform into a portable speaker? You get the Native Union Monocle, a device as odd as the Victorian eyepiece that it’s named after. The Monocle presents a […]

MyPhone Agua Hail: Budget Dual-core “Phablet” Endorsed by Coco Martin

Meet the MyPhone Agua Hail MyPhone has revealed their “Coco Martin approved” budget Agua Hail phablet over at their Facebook page yesterday. For only Php Php 4,598, you’re getting a dual-sim capable, FWVGA (854 x 480, 5-inch capacitive smartphone powered by a MediaTek MT 6572 1.3GHz dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM. It’s a pretty […]

Samsung Wireless Speakers DA-F61 Review: Worth Every Peso!

Samsung also does wireless speakers quite well! Samsung is a company known for innovation. It’s so ingrained in their corporate DNA, they try to insert a new feature into almost everything they make. It’s no surprise that they’ve managed to do the same thing to wireless, portable speakers. Leading the pack is the DA-F61, which […]

Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 Announced Featuring Better Specs and Build

Meet the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2! Samsung has unveiled the Android powered Galaxy Camera 2 ahead of the start of this year’s CES. The refreshed Android-powered camera includes a new, unnamed 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM, 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 21x optical zoom and a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear Touch LCD. Samsung also […]

Lenovo Vibe Z: Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and LTE Capable

Lenovo outs their first LTE enabled smartphone, the Vibe Z Lenovo has just launched their first ever LTE smartphone (outside of China at least) the Vibe Z. The Chinese company’s latest superphone promises to deliver blistering LTE speeds on a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display (400 ppi) on a device that’s only 7.9mm thick. Powering the […]