New reasons to get excited about MediaTek’s new SoCs After getting down and dirty explaining why some phones get Android OS updates and some don’t, MediaTek Account Div. Manager, Emerging Markets Cedric Chang gave us some good news regarding the company’s efforts to get Google’s latest OS, Marshmallow, to devices armed with their processors. According […]
We review the Meizu M2 Note! Meizu’s M1 Note was the first bang-for-the-buck phone to really take off in the PH at the beginning of the year. When we reviewed it back in March, it was the best phone you could get under 8K. Things have changed drastically since then – multiple international and local […]
The company remains committed to the initiative Google’s Android One initiative that aims to deliver affordable smartphones with their latest Android operating system isn’t faring well in the marketplace. Stiff competition in the sub $100 segment and early hiccups in the supply chain meant that initiative has been facing an uphill battle since its launch […]
The company is releasing an updated Android One device Google’s Android One initiative is facing an uphill battle in territories they’ve launched in. While the goal – providing users with handsets that sport the latest version of the company’s OS – is lofty, the devices themselves aren’t mind blowing, especially in terms of specifications. The […]
After publishing our first article under “The Inbox” we got a barrage of messages on the Unbox Facebook Page. We’re trying to comb through all of them and pick the ones that we can quickly answer and help resolve. For today’s entry we’re going to go up close and personal with an upcoming smash hit […]
After showing up on Android One handsets, the newest version of Android is finally official People went crazy trying to figure out what the newest version of Android Lollipop, 5.1, brought to the table when it launched with Android One handsets in Indonesia and the Philippines a few weeks back. Google wasn’t exactly telling us […]
Will affordable LTE phones start flooding the market? MediaTek, the Taiwanese processor manufacturer that has always been the go-to company for local brands, has announced their latest SOC, the MT6595 with 4G LTE on board. According to the company, the MT6595 employs ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture, combined with their CorePilot technology, which is poised to deliver […]
Great mix of price, specs, and performance While it’s not hard to find smartphones that have a good mix of solid specs and price, it’s considerably more difficulty to find an Android tablet that has both. We’ve seen a couple of devices before that managed to impress us, but not as many as we would […]
HP Slate 7 Now in the Philippines It took them a while but finally HP Philippines is now offering the HP Slate locally. This 7-inch dual-core Android Jelly Bean tablet with expandable storage was announced way back in February. The specifications aren’t really mind-blowing or impressive but at least it’s worth considering given the surprisingly […]
Marshall Hanwell Speakers Review Our time with the Marshall Hanwell hifi speakers has been like roller-coster ride. It started out with ridiculous amounts of excitement during the unboxing and our first few days with it. The black leather vinyl body and the fret cloth design never failed to make us smile each time we got […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Review We first met the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 when it was on display at the exhibition floor of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Our initial impressions were, for the most part, positive. In fact we felt a bit “bitin” with the time with it on the floor so […]
