Un-bagged: Hans Roxas-Chua

“Un-bagged” is a regular section here on Unbox where we feature the stuff inside the bags of Filipino celebrities, professionals, and executives. Hans Roxas-Chua is currently the President of Blue Blade Technologies, a company focused on mobile applications and digital marketing. He’s also the President of E-Learning Edge, the company that runs the Certified Digital […]

Editor’s Picks for March 2012

Editor’s Picks for March We get a lot of messages asking us what the best gadgets are for the month. Instead of replying to people one-by-one we just decided to have a monthly recap of the best gadgets that we’ve seen or reviewed. We’ll try to keep the list to under 10 items. Note that […]

New iPad Review (2012)

New iPad (aka iPad 3, iPad HD, iPad 2012) Review There was a lot of anticipation for the new iPad from Apple. Everybody speculated about the features and even the name. Come announcement day, Apple showed the “New” iPad which looked exactly like the iPad 2! It wasn’t a total letdown though since it had […]

Nokia Lumia 710 to be offered by Smart

Smart to offer the Nokia Lumia 710 Smart just updated their site with the announcement that they will be offering the Nokia Lumia 710. This is pretty exciting news and this will probably be the biggest push we’ll be seeing a Windows Phone in the Philippines. Let’s go over the specs again: Nokia Lumia 710 […]

Angry Birds Space Preview

Angry Birds Space Rovio announced Angry Birds Space last month with a teaser trailer which didn’t have any information about gameplay changes like new physics, birds, or opponents. With the launch just around the corner (March 22) they’re pumping up their marketing efforts by releasing more videos. The most recent one shows flight engineer Don […]

Smart Limited-Edition Data Plan 1000

Smart Limited Edition Data Plan 1000 SMART launched a new product today called the SMART Limited-Edition Data Plan 1000. It’s basically a postpaid plan which gives you 500 text messages (across all networks), 500 voice minutes (Smart, Talk ‘N Text), and 1GB of data. What’s interesting about this though is that Smart will also bundle […]

MiLi PowerShine Review

MiLi Power Shine First we wanted our smartphones to be powerful. Then we wanted our smartphones to be thin. Finally, we wanted them to have giant displays, GPS, and constant, high-speed connectivity. Sounds perfect? Well the bubble has burst. All that power in a svelte package comes at a price: battery lifespans measured in hours, […]

Divoom iFit 2

Divoom iFit 2 The Divoom iFit 2 is a smartphone/tablet stand and a portable rechargeable speaker rolled into one sleek package! You can use it to prop up almost any smartphone or tablet in either landscape or portrait view and it has pretty good speakers given it’s size and price. One of the best things […]

MiLi Power Candy

MiLi Power Candy: Light and Convenient Portable Battery Charger The MiLi Power Candy doesn’t pack as much power (it only has 500 mAh) as other mobile chargers but it makes up for that by providing you convenience and portability. It’s shaped more like a big bean though than a candy so I don’t know why […]

LG Optimus Vu

LG Optimus Vu It was only a matter of time before other Android handset manufacturers came up with something to go head to head with the Samsung Galaxy Note. LG just revealed a 5-inch smartphone called the Optimus Vu. It will have a 1024 x 768 IPS display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 32GB storage, LTE radio, […]

Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 Messenger Bag Review

Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 Messenger Bag Review We received a lot of messages about the Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 Messenger Bag when we first featured it here on Unbox a few weeks back. We got at least 10 PM’s and e-mails asking where they could buy one. Given the level of interest we decided to do a […]

MiLi Power Crystal Review

MiLi Power Crystal Review Ever since I started using Samsung Galaxy Note I’ve been looking for some stuff to make it cooler. I feel like I’m a pet-owner buying dresses in Tiendesitas because I’m always strolling around in Greenhills to see what I can find for my Note! The Samsung Galaxy Note packs a 2,500mAh […]