Smart doubles bandwidth cap for LTE Plan 3500 When Smart initially launched their LTE mobile broadband service it was Php3,500 per month for 10GB. If you compare it to other countries who have LTE it’s actually already priced pretty competitively. Unfortunately a lot of people still think that Php3,500 a month for 10GB is too […]
Smart and Globe to lock horns with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Smart and Globe have officially announced that they will offer the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Both companies have already put up their respective pre-order pages but there’s no definite launch date yet posted on the site. When it comes to pricing, Smart indicated […]
REVIEW: Lenovo S880 The Lenovo S880 is currently the only direct competitor of the Samsung Galaxy Note here in the Philippines. This 5-inch “phablet” (phone + tablet) sports respectable specifications and dual-sim capability while maintaining a very competitive price. At Php14,999 this device is bound to turn heads when displayed at gadget stores in malls! […]
As I’m writing this, I’m still overwhelmed with waves of heightened emotion from catching the Sunday Night Last Full Show (LFS) screening of the hit Cinemalaya entry, Ang Nawawala (What Isn’t There) at SM Megamall. I’m still making sense of these emotions so bear with me as this may turn out to be quite a […]
Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE powered by Smart After launching their LTE service via a USB dongle, Smart gave us a preview of their LTE Mobile WiFi device. Now we get a glimpse at one of the LTE-capable handsets they will be offering soon. Techlokal.com posted several photos of a Samsung Galaxy S2 (LTE model) running […]
Smart gearing up to launch LTE Mobile WiFi service When Smart hosted the LTE forum a few weeks ago, an NTT DoCoMo executive showed us their LTE device line-up. It consisted mostly of Android handsets and USB dongles. This is significant because NTT DoCoMo is an investor in Smart and it’s safe to assume that […]
Hands-on with the LG Optimus 4x HD Thanks to Yugatech we were able to have a quick hands-on with the LG Optimus 4x HD. This handset is, by far, LG’s best smartphone offering. It has a checkmark on all the right boxes: design, specs, camera, and display. In fact the only thing I don’t like […]
HP is expanding and giving their desktop line a much needed refresh with the HP Spectre One. This new offering is an all-in-one model that has great specs, a wireless trackpad, gorgeous industrial design, and pretty competitive specs. The screen comes in 23.6-inches and just measures 11.5 millimeters thick, making it HP’s thinnest desktop ever. […]
Nokia Lumia 920 Announced! Nokia just officially announced the Nokia Lumia 920, their newest flagship Windows smartphone. You can tell from all the features they packed into this that they’re really betting the farm on this handset for their future. Everything from the hardware design, software, camera, and the wireless connectivity screams quality and innovation. […]
Globe and Smart to battle it out again with the iPhone 5? If you read between the lines of the recent tweets of the official Twitter accounts of telco rivals Smart and Globe, it looks like they’re both going to offer the iPhone 5 when it launches later this month. Smart retweeted iPhone 5 related […]
Hands-on with the Lenovo S880 A few days ago we wrote about the Lenovo S880, a 5-inch Dual SIM Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Smartphone that retails for around Php15,000. Today we’re sharing our initial hands-on experience with it! Lenovo Philippines was kind enough to send us a review unit that we can play around […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was announced to the world early this year at the Mobile World Conference but it only launched quite recently in various markets. The wait turned out to be a good thing though since the model available today has monstrous technical specifications. Under the hood of […]