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April 21, 2013

Starmobile Goal: Unboxing & First Impressions

If you haven’t heard of it yet, the Starmobile Goal is a new smartphone from the company packing a 4.5-inch display, a dual-core CPU, dual SIM capabilities, and a price tag just under Php6K. We just got our unit, so read on and take a look at our unboxing and our first impressions.

March 20, 2013

O+, Skechers, Starmobile & Cherry Mobile Winners

Over the past week, we did a lot of giveaways on the blog and over Twitter — an O+ 8.12, Starmobile Crystal, Cherry Mobile Thunder, and one (1) ticket to a brand new Skechers of your own choice. Check out all the winners below.

March 13, 2013

YugaTech Giveaway: Starmobile Crystal

We’re currently running two (2) Android smartphone giveaway (here and here) but we’re not stopping there. We’re doing yet another one today and the prize is a Star Mobile Crystal.

March 11, 2013

YugaTech Giveaway: Cherry Mobile Thunder

Now that we are done with the review of the Cherry Mobile Thunder so it’s time to just give it away to our readers. That’s on top of our current O+ 8.12 giveaway we’re already running.

March 10, 2013

Contest: O+ 8.12 Giveaway

We got a number of O+ 8.12 handsets here with us and we’re giving them away (one item each week). The first one starts today and ends Monday next week when we get back from our trip to New York. Check out the mechanics after the jump.

February 23, 2013

Cherry Mobile Thunder Review

Cherry Mobile‘s latest affordable smartphone packs quite a punch. It features a 4.5-inch screen, a dual-core processor and dual-SIM capabilities. Hearing the Thunder is one thing, but there is more to it than we speak. Read our full review after the break.

February 11, 2013

Cherry Mobile Thunder first impressions

Cherry Mobile‘s latest affordable dual-SIM Android smartphone, the Cherry Mobile Thunder, was launched online a couple of days ago exclusively at Lazada. Now we go hands on to see what this device is capable of. Check out our first impressions after the break.

February 08, 2013

Acer Aspire S7 Review

The Aspire S7 is a 3rd-generation ultrabook from Acer and has incorporated a full touchscreen IPS LCD with Windows 8. Touted as one of the thinnest and sexiest ultrabook in the market, we were able to purchase a unit for review. Check out our verdict on the Acer Aspire S7 after the break.

February 08, 2013

Cherry Mobile Thunder exclusive to Lazada

Cherry Mobile has recently announced on their Facebook page that their latest Android smartphone, the Cherry Mobile Thunder, will be available online exclusively at Lazada starting tomorrow.

January 23, 2013

Acer Aspire S7 unboxed, in the flesh

Launched in the Philippines back in October, the Acer Aspire S7 became the company’s 3rd-generation ultrabook running Windows 8. Since we can no longer wait for our turn to borrow a review unit, we decided to just buy one instead.

November 09, 2012

New Windows 8 All-in-Ones from Asus and Samsung

Along with the announcement of their latest mobile PC portfolio, Samsung and Asus also launched their new Windows 8-powered All-In-One PCs. Let’s take a closer look at these to PCs and see which of the two will give consumers more bang for their buck.

October 29, 2012

Macbook Pro 13 with Retina Display out at Php83k

Apple announced the new 13” MacBook Pro with Retina Display along with the iPad Mini and 4th Gen iPad last October 23. The 13-inch MacBook Pro finally joins its sibling with a 13.3” 2560×1600 pixel panel that will showcase a pixel density of 227ppi, bringing it to Apple’s Retina Display territory.

October 25, 2012

Why Apple had to make the iPad 4 this soon?

Six months after Apple announced the new iPad (or more commonly referred to as the iPad 3), they now announce its successor — the iPad 4. Six months is really too close to introduce a new model so we wonder why.

October 24, 2012

Apple announces 13-inch Macbook Pro Retina Display

In the recently concluded event, Apple unveiled their new Mac lineup which includes the new Mac Mini, iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch) and a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

October 19, 2012

Giveaway: Try Office 2013, win this HTC WP7 phone

Microsoft Philippines contacted me a couple of weeks back and asked if I could try out the new Office 2013. They also gave me an HTC Windows Phone 7 and said I can give it away to readers.

September 03, 2012

HP outs Spectre XT TouchSmart, Envy TouchSmart

HP announced two new sets of ultrabooks during IFA last week. The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart and the Envy TouchSmart Ultrabook 4. Both have large touchscreen displays to help cater to Windows 8.

August 09, 2012

Round-up: A Guide to Ultrabooks for 2012

The birth of ultrabooks marked the start of a new era in mobile computing. Under the watchful eyes of Intel and their set parameters for such machine, companies slug it out to meet or even exceed those standards while trying to differentiate their brainchild from the rest of the pack by adding their own personal [...]

July 23, 2012

HTC Desire V Review

Another challenger in the game of dual-SIM Android smartphones is HTC’s new creation, the Desire V. It features a 4.0-inch LCD screen, Beats Audio enhancement, dual-sim capabilities as well as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich — sounds good so far, but does it have what it takes to beat the other players within this segment? [...]

June 13, 2012

11.6″ Macbook Air 2012 vs. Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A

Back in November 2011, we did a comparison between the Asus Zenbook UX21 and the 2011 Macbook Air 11.6″. This quarter, with the introduction of the 2012 Macbook Air 11.6″ and the Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A, we’re again faced with the question on which ultrabook to get.

June 12, 2012

The 2012 Macbook Pro w/ Retina Display is an Ultrabook

One of the more surprising announcement in the recently concluded Apple WWDC 2012 is the new 15.4-inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display.

June 12, 2012

Apple announces new Macbook Air 2012

During the WWDC held just moments ago, Apple is introducing a new line of Macbook Airs. The line-up will now be using the latest generation Intel Ivy Bridge processors (it’s more like a refresh).

June 06, 2012

Computex: Acer Aspire S7 ultrabook

Acer’s 3rd-generation ultrabook, the Aspire S7, showed its pristine-white beauty here at Computex. It’s also the first time Acer is making an 11.6-inch ultrabook on top of the more popular 13.3-inch form factor.

June 04, 2012

Acer announces Iconia W700, W510 Windows 8 tablets

With Computex 2012 just around the corner, we’re expecting manufacturers to sport their very own Windows 8 powered tablets in the said event. But one company has an itch to scratch and is not willing to wait for Computex 2012 to do so.

April 15, 2012

Acer Aspire S5 in the flesh, impresses

Acer Philippines brought several dozen members of the media to a 3-day, exhaustive tournament at Pearl Farm. It was all fun and no work (not a single product presentation in the program) but this upcoming Acer ultrabook did not escape our prying eyes. Check out or hands-on first impression of the Acer Aspire S5 after [...]

November 05, 2011

Asus Zenbook UX31 vs. Acer Aspire S3

The Asus UX31 is the bigger half of the Zenbook line-up. With a 13.3″ form factor, it sits right up against the Macbook Air 13″ and the Acer Aspire S3. We already did the comparison between the Zenbook and the MBA at the 11.6″ category so we’ll do another one for the 13-inchers, this time [...]

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