Review: Sony Xperia ZR The Sony Xperia ZR was announced a few months after the launch of the highly successful Sony Xperia Z. While the Sony Xperia Z was “water-resistant”, you couldn’t actually operate it underwater since the display wasn’t optimized for usage in that environment. The Sony Xperia ZR, on the other hand, was […]
Sony Xperia Tablet Z… Unboxed! We first met and had a hands-on encounter with the Sony Xperia Tablet Z way back in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. It’s been a few months since then but we finally have the device here in the Unbox HQ. This is a pretty special product […]
Say Hello to the Sony Xperia ZR! The Sony Xperia ZR is Sony’s new waterproof quad-core smartphone which was announced last May. Compared to the Sony Xperia Z, this one has a smaller display and less internal storage but it keeps the quad-core processor, 13MP camera, and LTE connectivity. To top it all off you […]
Meet the most affordable Android 4.2 Tablet in town The Cherry Mobile Fusion Air is probably the most affordable Android Jelly Bean 4.2 7-inch tablet in the market today. Aggressively priced at Php2,999, the Fusion Air is targeted towards people with very tight budgets. In terms of specs it features a single-core 1GHz processor, expandable […]
Rant starts now. Since it was a weekend we decided to go around SM Megamall and check out what new gadgets were already on the shelves. We were a bit shocked to find out though that the official stores of Sony and Samsung in SM Cyberzone don’t even follow the announced suggested retail price of […]
Philips Fidelio P9 Wireless Portable Speaker In the last two years we’ve seen a lot of portable wireless speakers in different sizes. Some are more technologically advanced like the AirPlay enabled AQ SmartSpeaker. The Divoom Bluetune-1, on the other hand, focuses more on portability and value for money. We also have the Braven 650, a […]
AOC offers dual-core and quad-core Android Jelly Bean Tablets AOC has made a name for themselves with their LCD monitors here in the Philippines. Most internet cafes have use them for their set-ups because of the quality and the price of their products. In fact we have their latest IPS LED monitor for our home […]
Smart LTE As its rival continues to play catch-up, Smart Communications has finally completed the rollout of its high-speed broadband long-term evolution (LTE) network in the subscriber-rich Luzon area. In a statement, Ericsson, which is Smart’s contractor for its LTE rollout in Luzon, said it had completed the installation around 250 LTE sites in North […]
Our laptop sleeve of choice: Crumpler Fug We’ve been looking for a thin laptop sleeve for our MacBook Pro 15-inch (Retina Display) and so far most of the products we’ve tried were surprisingly add to much bulk. However after several weeks of trying out different brands we finally found the perfect laptop sleeve that’s durable, […]
Will local smartphone flagships fly with prices past Php13,000? Local smartphone brands are gearing up for the release of their Q3-Q4 offerings and it looks like most of them will be launching quad-core 5-inch HD smartphones with 12-megapixel shooters. Their devices will be slim, lightweight, and definitely technological beauties. The biggest question people are asking […]
Arc Mobile is a new player in the local smartphone industry. They’ll be competing against the more established brands like Starmobile, Cherry Mobile, and MyPhone. A few weeks ago Arc Mobile launched several new products ranging from smartphones to tablets. For smartphones they had two lines — the NITRO series which are all running Android […]
Manual Android Jelly Bean Updates for the Cloudfone Thrill 430x Now Out! The much awaited Android 4.1 Jellybean software update for the owners of Cloudfone Thrill 430x is now available! However there’s a catch. There is no OTA (over the air) update which means you cannot get Jelly Bean by over the internet. If you […]