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March 19, 2012

Alcatel One Touch 918N: Dual-SIM Androids are here!

Alcatel’s re-entry into the mobile handset market in the Philippines is marked by two unique features — affordable, dual-SIM Android handsets. The Alcatel One Touch 918N is the latest handset that they released earlier this quarter.

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Mobile
February 24, 2012

Nokia Lumia 800 Review

Nokia’s adoption of the Windows Phone 7 platform will steer a new direction to the Finnish company. Among the first few handsets that was borne out of this new partnership with Microsoft is the Nokia Lumia 800. Check out our full review after the jump.

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Mobile, Reviews
January 19, 2012

Noontec Zoro Headphone comes to town

We’ve seen and used a number of Noontec products before, from the media players to the portable battery packs, but this headphones certainly brings Noontec into sensitive territories.

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Tech Toys & Gadgets
January 06, 2012

Apple’s Red Friday Sale skips the Philippines

Contrary to earlier reports, Apple Philippines is not included in the Red Friday Sale that Apple is holding across most of South-East Asia’s online stores today.

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Apples and iPods
December 23, 2011

Hacked iPhone 4S runs on Vangie, the Pinoy Siri

In my iPhone 4S review, I mentioned I had a hard time using Siri (the personal/virtual assistant) and concluded I can live with the iPhone even if I’d deactivated it. Turns out there’s a group that hacked Siri and replaced it with Vangie.

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Software
December 19, 2011

Gadget porn at Low Yat Mall, Kuala Lumpur

Every city has it’s own gadget mall — the Philippines has Virra Mall, Japan has Akihabara, Singapore has Funan and Sim Lim. Here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia they have the Low Yat Digital Mall.

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Tech Toys & Gadgets
November 22, 2011

Smart Plan 349, Plan 350 with Galaxy Y

You can now get the Samsung Galaxy Y Netphone Edition free on a Smart Plan 349 or Smart Plan 350. The Samsung Galaxy Y is Samsung’s latest most affordable Android phone (Php5,990) which is suitable for those who want to switch to a smartphone and get more features out of their phone.

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News
October 07, 2011

Contest: Want a Linksys E4200 router for your home?

Cisco sent us two of their high-end WiFi routers, the Linksys E4200, and says we can give away one to our readers. So here’s your chance to upgrade your home WiFi to speeds of up to 450Mbps.

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Contests
September 22, 2011

YugaDeals: Cherry Mobile Magnum HD for Php11,499

We were looking for a decent Android Gingerbread smartphone to feature at YugaDeals and was glad Cherry Mobile offered the Magnum HD at a good price point.

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Promos
September 03, 2011

Asus EeePC X101H now selling at Php10,995

According to Asus Philippines, the Meego-powered Eee PC X101H is now available in the Philippines and selling in stores for only Php10,995.

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Personal Computing
August 22, 2011

BluPass: Bluray rentals Samsung snatched from Philips

Tradeport and Samsung Philippines launched this joint partnership for a Netflix-like, Bluray rental service last week and calls it BluePass.

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TV and Display
July 06, 2011

HTC Chacha lands on Smart’s lap for Php15,500

Smart Communications and HTC Philippines held a launch party tonight at the Opus, Resorts World to introduce the HTC Chacha with its dedicated Facebook button.

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Mobile
July 01, 2011

AC Ryan Play On! HD hands-on

Last time I heard about AC Ryan was thru Calvin of PTB when he bought his unit in Singapore a couple of years ago. By May this year, we got word from the distributor that it’s now available in the Philippines and we got a review unit of the AC Ryan Play On! HD a couple of weeks ago.

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Tech Toys & Gadgets
June 08, 2011

World IPv6 day is June 8th, 2011

Do check out if your connection or device supports IPv6 here and read more about the IPv6 problem here.Almost forgot, due to all the issues I bumped into today, that June 8, 2001 is World IPv6 Day. I’m sure a lot of you already knew that we are running out of IPv4 IPs, thus the need to shift to IPv6.

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Telecoms
June 04, 2011

Acer Iconia Tab A500 now selling at Php21,900

Announced back in January during the CES 2011 (and launched in the Philippines last month), the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is now available in stores and selling for just Php21,900 (16GB WiFi) — the very first Android 3.0 Honeycomb to land in local stores.

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Personal Computing
May 31, 2011

Is there room for the Nokia C7?

We got this test unit, a Nokia C7, a couple weeks back and it’s got us thinking where Nokia is positioning this device (probably in the mid to high-end range) considering the Nokia N8 and Nokia E7 are clearly on top of the heap.

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Mobile
May 23, 2011

Underwater with the Sony TX10

We got the successor of the TX5, the Sony TX10, a water-proof, shock-proof camera and was able to test it out during our last scuba-diving session in Anilao, Batangas (t’was an Epson event). I’ve only had a short stint using the TX5 before and have not really reviewed it so I was expecting a bit more with the TX10.

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Photography
May 14, 2011

Sale on LG Optimus Black & Optimus 2X

If you’re still aching to get a hold of the new LG Optimus Black and LG Optimus 2X but still don’t have enough budget, you might want to wait a little bit since LG Philippines is doing a sale on these two units soon.

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Mobile
April 29, 2011

Samsung Punch GT-C3222 Price, Specs Philippines

The Samsung Punch ch@t322 features dual-active SIM which allows you to receive text and calls from both SIMs at the same time. Switching between SIMs is done with the click of a dedicated switch button.

Samsung Punch GT-C3222 Specs:

2G: Dual – GSM 850/900/1800/1900
2.2” TFT display (220 x 176, 256k colors)
QWERTY keypad
1.3 megapixel camera
Internal memory: 54 MB
Expandable up to 8GB microSD
Bluetooth 2.1
FM Radio
1000 mAh battery
Samsung Punch Price: Php5,199

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News
April 01, 2011

Exclusive: AOL buys YugaTech

Ok, I didn’t really want to write it this early but I thought it’s better this comes out straight from me first — we’ve just been acquired by AOL.

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