Win Nokia Lumia 610's and a Trip to Boracay With Globe & DOT's It's More Fun in the Philippines Contest!

Globe Telecom and the Department of Tourism has tied up to spread the It's More Fun in the Philippines campaign across the globe (no pun intended) by coming up with this contest for everyone who loves to create memes for the said campaign. Image credit: popularmanila.blogspot.com All you need is some photo or video editing skills to develop and create unique, wacky,...

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The Globe SuperSurf and PowerSurf Glitch - What Really Happened?

Many mobile phone owners who are on Globe's network was able to register to SuperSurf 999 and PowerSurf 499 in the last few days, thanks to a bug on their system. I first discovered the bug on Facebook when I saw a post that reads: GLOBE/TM1. SUPERSURF999 and send to 88882. SUPERSURF STATUS and send to 8888= free 1 month Out of curiosity, I immediately grabbed my phone...

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Sony Xperia Arc S, Xperia Ray, and Xperia Neo V Now Available in the Philippines

Heads-up Sony Mobile owners in the Philippines! The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for your devices. My cousin just tipped me that she has just updated her Xperia Arc S to ICS last Tuesday. I was not able to get more info about the update from her but she said her Arc S got a little bit faster, perhaps due to the more optimized OS. Some new features and...

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Nokia Lumia 610 and Lumia 800 Official Price in the Philippines Now Out! Shipping by end-April

Nokia just sent us a press release stating that the Nokia Lumia 610 and Lumia 800 will be available at Nokia Stores by end-April. The Nokia Lumia 610 is the fourth Windows Phone device by the Finnish manufacturer and is also by far the most affordable phone running on Microsoft's operating system. It has a very distinctive design that will surely appease the youth. It has...

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Nokia Lumia Devices Delayed For an Indefinite Time in the Philippines?

There has been a report that the launch of all the Nokia Lumia devices in the Philippines 'has been delayed indefinitely'. The report says that this is because Nokia has entered into a sort-of trap when they signed an exclusivity deal with both Smart and Globe. Smart and Globe will be exclusively launching the Nokia Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 respectively in the market first....

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Review: Nokia Lumia 710 - The Young Yet Powerful

Announced back in October last year, the Nokia Lumia 710 is the smaller sibling of the almost similar Nokia Lumia 800. It is primarily aimed to the people who are looking to get their first smartphone without the need of spending out huge sums of money. The Nokia Lumia 710 is a stylish phone with a very similar looks with the Nokia 603. It's like slapping Windows Phone...

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The Countdown has Started: Samsung teases the 'next Galaxy'

Samsung Mobile just teased the 'next Galaxy' by sending out a mysterious tweet. Destination: tgeltaayehxnx— Samsung Mobile (@SamsungMobile) April 22, 2012 The tweet contains a secret word that you need to decode -- tgeltaayehxnx. I'll leave that to you for n...

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Skype for Windows Phone is Finally Here!

After so many months of beta testing, Microsoft, and Skype, has finally flipped the switch and now the official Skype app for Windows Phone is now live at the Marketplace! The new version includes searching for and adding contacts, which were not present on the beta version. Of course just as what you would expect, you can't receive calls while the app is in the background,...

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LEAK: Is this the Samsung Galaxy S III?

We're still about two weeks away from the unveiling of the 'next Galaxy' but the whole Internet was treated with numerous leaked photos of the alleged Samsung Galaxy S III already. Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has posted a couple of photos and a video, too! The device is a Samsung GT-19300 - official name not yet announced, packs a huge 4.6-inch screen with a 1184x720 screen...

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Nokia Lumia 610 Will Be Available Starting End of April: Specs, Price, and Release Date

The most affordable Windows Phone yet - the Nokia Lumia 610 is already set to be released here in the Philippines, well ahead of any other countries! The Nokia Lumia 610 will be release first here in the Philippines in the end of April, soon followed by China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam in the following weeks - I'm guessing it'll be on...

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Windows 8 Editions Announced - Say Hello to a More Simple Naming Scheme

Microsoft has finally outed the new editions for their upcoming operating system, the Windows 8. We can now safely say goodbye to the old naming scheme, as Microsoft retires the old system of naming Windows SKU's. Windows 8 will be simply the official name of the operating system for the x86/x64 machines. Under that, there will be only 2 versions, the Windows 8 and the...

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Samsung to Unveil the 'Next Galaxy' on May 3rd at London

Samsung just started to send out invites for the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event at London where they will unveil the 'next Galaxy' on May 3rd. The invitation does not scream any clue on what's going to be the name of their next flagship device. We're expecting a 4+-inch screen, a quad-core processor, a RAM somewhere between 1 or 2GB, HD screen, and of course Android...

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Sony Xperia Arc S, Xperia Ray, and Xperia Neo V Officially Receives Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update

Sony Mobile just confirmed that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is now starting to roll-out to it's 2011 smartphone line - the Sony Xperia Arc S, Xperia Ray, and Xperia Neo V. The update is now initially available on the European countries of Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and Norway. You can check if the update is now available for your Xperia device by...

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Review: Nokia Asha 302

Nokia is really aiming on targeting and connecting 'The Next Billion', and to achieve that goal, they need to introduce more and more affordable devices which will offer people the ability to connect with everyone using any available means. That's where the Nokia Asha 302 comes in. The Nokia Asha 302 is a very affordable phone that you can depend on when it comes...

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