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 […]
Nokia Lumia smartphones set to hit the Philippines It’s really refreshing not writing about either Android or Apple when it comes to smartphones. That’s why it was welcome news when we found out that both Smart and Globe are bringing in the Nokia Lumia family to the Philippines. We’ve been bombarded with announcements in the […]
Review: Nokia Lumia 800 The Nokia Lumia 800, simply put, is a beautifully crafted smartphone loaded with great software that has massive potential. The unique and gorgeous design is superior to most smartphones in the market today and the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system has evolved into an intuitive and feature-packed offering that’s worthy to […]
Smart Communications just sent a press release stating that they will be “LTE ready” by the middle of 2012. To do this they will be installing Single Radio Base Stations on all of their cell sites. This technology allows them to activate LTE or HSPA+ at any of their existing 13,000+ stations. We’ve been part […]
Something cool: Game development in the Philippines is growing bigger and bigger each year! This Manila Game Jam is a 48-hour game development marathon that only happens once in a year. The games are judged and the winners get a chance to be sent to a global competition. Since we play games ourselves, we think […]
BlackBerry Curve 9380: RIM’s All-Touch Smartphone Amongst the five newly launched BlackBerry phones in the Philippines, the BlackBerry Curve 9380 is probably going to be one of the most successful in this line-up. It’s the first affordable (SRP: Php16,990) full-touchscreen offering of RIM and given the proper push from either Smart or Globe this will […]
iPhone 4S Review It’s 8:25PM, December 15, 2011 as I start writing this review. Normally there would be nothing special about this day but for today the Philippines Twitterverse is getting flooded with tweets about Apple’s iPhone 4S. Why? In just a few hours both Smart Communications and Globe Telecom will give out the iPhone […]
Unboxing the “Most Amazing iPhone yet”, the iPhone 4S The iPhone 4S is scheduled to launch on both SMART and GLOBE on December 16, 2011. We were able to secure unlocked (open line) units in advance so that we can do a head-to-head battle in terms of mobile internet speed and stability in different parts […]
Samsung Galaxy Note Review The Samsung Galaxy Note is definitely not your ordinary mobile gadget because of it’s giant 5.3” screen. Actually the screen size is relative depending on your perspective. If you’re looking at this as a smartphone then obviously the 5.3” display is humungous. However if you’re treating it as a tablet then […]
Meet Huawei MediaPad [UPDATED] (December 7, 2011: Huawei just had their consumer launch for this product a few days ago. It’s now available in different stores for Php21,990. Read below for details of the product as well as more photos. -EIC) Huawei gave a select crowd of journalists and bloggers a sneak peek at their […]