Alcatel will have an Amazing Sale starting tomorrow

Alcatel Mobile Philippines will be having a half-month long sale of their mobile phones, including their line of Android phones. The sale, which will start tomorrow, August 31, will give you the chance to get one of their offerings at a few hundred or thousand pesos off. A total of 12 mobile phones will be available during that period and they are the ff.: Alcatel Onetouch...

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Samsung outs ATIV S Windows Phone 8 device

Samsung announced the first Windows Phone 8 device ever at IFA 2012, the Samsung ATIV S, which runs on Windows Phone 8. The ATIV S is definitely a head-turner device in terms of aesthetics. It has a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED screen sandwiched in a Gorilla Glass 2 display. It packs a dual-core (probably Snapdragon S4) processor at 1.5GHz, a gigabyte of RAM, an 8 Megapixels...

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Microsoft setting up Xbox Live services for the Philippines

Microsoft seems to be gearing up for an expansion of it’s Xbox Live entertainment services as the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 nears. A rather blank homepage is already live at the company’s servers but the contents are not yet there and some links are broken. The lack of Xbox Live services in the country has been faced with complaints as some Windows Phone customers...

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PLDT expands Fibr coverage

PLDT announced that it has expanded the coverage of its fiber optic internet service which is under the brand name Fibr. Not the PLDT Fibr modem. Previously only available at Forbes Park, Northeast Greenhills, Palms Pointe, Urdaneta, Valle Verde 1-6, and Wack-Wack, the ultra-fast internet internet is now also at Acropolis (Libis), Alabang 400, Alabang Hills, Ayala Heights,...

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Leaked NTT DoCoMo roadmap suggests more than one Nexus devices are coming

A leaked roadmap of Japan’s NTT DoCoMo suggests that there may be many Nexus devices this year as Google celebrates the 5th year of its Android operating system. The three devices – a Sony Xperia Nexus (SO-04E), an LG Optimus Nexus (L-08E), and finally, a Samsung GALAXY Nexus II (SC-02E) – will all reportedly run on the carrier’s Xi LTE network. Since Smart’s new 4G LTE...

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Smart 4G LTE now commercially available in the Philippines

Smart Communications Inc. has launched the first 4G LTE network in the Philippines yesterday, which makes the country one of the few that offers LTE service. We already know all of the details of Smart’s initial LTE plans even before the launch yesterday but Smart has one surprise that will delight the early adopters – unlimited LTE data until October 25, 2012 for P3,500...

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Apple TV now officially being sold in the Philippines, iTunes Gift Cards Soon?

A little more than a month after Apple opened it’s iTunes Store here in the Philippines, they are coming up again this time, with the release of Apple TV. The Apple TV, which appeared as early as August 14, sells for P4,990 at the Apple Online Store and ships in 3-5 business days and as usual, you get free shipping for orders over P3,000. Another thing that I noticed...

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Smart 4G LTE to launch on August 25! Plan Pricing, Locations and more!

EXCLUSIVE! This just in! Smart Communications Inc. will finally commercially launch their 4G LTE network on August 25. And guess what, we already have the details for that. Smart will initially offer the same Huawei E392 USB LTE stick for free at P3,500 a month. We are not yet sure if that monthly plan has a set data limit or is unlimited. Another thing is that their...

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How to protect your iOS devices from theft

Are you a person who always forgot where did you put a thing, say your phone? If you just nodded, then read on. I will teach you how to protect your iOS devices from the prickly hands of others. You might be already familiar with the icon above. Yes, that’s Find My iPhone. First thing you’ll do is to set-up Find My iPhone on your device using iCloud. After that, you’re...

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4 Business Tools to Check Out if You're Looking for Ways to Save

Nowadays, businesses are looking for ways to cut down on costs every step of the way. Given the economic uncertainty and the very competitive market landscape, that doesn't come as a surprise. And if you're a business owner looking to be successful on the cost containment front, it pays to check out the following tools: 1. Bitrix24.com For a lot of businesses, CRMs...

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Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 to roll-out globally this month (update)

Samsung has finally announced the launch of it’s newest member of the GALAXY Note lineup, the Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1. Along with the announcement comes a couple of revisions of its specifications. The biggest change that the GALAXY Note 10.1 got is maybe the upgrade of it’s processor to a 1.4 GHz quad-core one from the previous dual-core version. Its RAM was doubled,...

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Nokia 110 out now in the Philippines

Nokia Philippines just announced the availability of the Nokia 110 in the country. The Nokia Asha 110 is created to cater to young, urban consumers who finds a way to connect to the Internet affordably. It is a dual-SIM device that features Nokia’s Easy Swap technology that lets you switch SIM cards easily without them having to turn off the phone. The Nokia Asha 110 is...

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