Meet the Lumia 800 If you liked the Lumia 710 then chances are you’ll love the Lumia 800. The body closely resembles the Nokia N9. What’s different though is what’s running on it. The Lumia 800, just like the Lumia 710, runs Windows Mango OS. I’m personally starting to like the Metro Interface of Windows […]
Affordable and Dual-sim with Android 2.3 Gingerbread Lenovo is pushing their smartphones in the Philippines starting with their entry-level model, the Lenovo A60. It packs a 650MHz processor, 3.5″ (320×480) display, and it runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3. It also has a 3.2MP camera with a front-facing camera as well. What probably makes this different […]
HTC Desire S Netphone Edition Coming Soon? SMART just announced the Samsung Galaxy Y Netphone Edition over the weekend but it looks like there’s one more phone that’s joining the Netphone line-up in the near future. Mitch Padua from SMART just posted a photo on Twitter showing three phones with the Netphone software installed. At […]
Typhoon Pedring caused a lot of problems in the Philippines. Other than the different accidents and floods, over 1.5M homes lost power! No power means no charging of phones, laptops, or other electronic gadgets. I saw several people on Twitter complaining that they were about to run out of battery despite having a full charge […]
Thor Blu-Ray Review Astroplus and Astrovision released Thor for the Blu-ray last week and unfortunately I wasn’t able to resist and my inner geek forced me to hand over my credit card to the cashier and I happily went home with my purchase. I even bought the 3D version even if I don’t have a […]
Smart Netphone 701 Review I’ve been playing around with the Smart Netphone for the last week and I think I’ve spent enough time with it to come up with a balanced and comprehensive review. During the testing period I used the Smart Netphone as my primary phone. I loaded it up with prepaid credits and […]
iPhone 5 coming to the Philippines SOON Ultimate Tech Blogger Abe Olandres of Yugatech just dropped a bomb on his blog. According to Abe, one major newspaper editor here in the Philippines will be getting a preview of Apple’s latest baby – the iPhone 5. I find this fascinating because Apple isn’t the type that […]
Meet the HTC Titan The Samsung Note wasn’t the only “big smartphone” or “small tablet” announced during IFA 2011. HTC also unveiled the HTC Titan, a Windows OS 7.5 powered smartphone with a massive 4.7″ screen and 9.9mm unibody contoured design. This phone also has a powerful 1.5GHz processor, 512MB RAM, and storage of up […]
We Finally Get to Unbox the SMART NetPhone! We announced the pricing and details of the Smart NetPhone here, covered the launch at the Jump Experience Center, and now we finally get to play with the actual phone! We did a quick unboxing of the Smart Netphone earlier this afternoon and I just want to share our initial impressions as well as several photos. We’ll do a […]
Globe launches M.GLOBE, a free mobile portal The SMART NetPhone has been getting a lot of online press lately from bloggers, tech journalists, and social media users. I’ve been wondering what Globe is doing to counter this and it looks like we have the answer. They just launched M.GLOBE – a free all-in-one mobile portal. […]
Meet the Toshiba AT200 Tablet Toshiba just announced their newest Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet — the Toshiba AT200! What’s so special about it? Well it’s ridiculously thin at 25.7cm for a 10.1″ tablet! That’s almost 1mm thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1. It’s also very light since it just weighs in at 558g. It […]
Unboxing the HP TouchPad Shortly after HP announced that they would stop supporting the HP TouchPad they dropped the price to $100 USD (4,300) making it the most affordable fully functioning tablet in the market today. The buying frenzy that followed was amazing and HP TouchPad became one of the fastest selling gadgets in Amazon. […]