Kris Aquino stars in a Globe TV ad

Famous TV actress Kris Aquino has a new TV commercial wherein she shares that she has been with Globe since 1996 and tells how much of a big deal it was for her to be able to send text messages. She then goes on that ‘Globe has grown with the times’. She then talks on the more modernized network of Globe and stresses that calls not getting cut anymore and that the “I love...

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This is the most innovative phone ever made

I mean, seriously! The Cherry Mobile MF1 is not just a phone, it also doubles triples as a wireless hotspot (or pocket Wi-Fi if you will), and a USB dongle as well. The Filipino company has done a really unique offering here, and I am not joking! Really, this is perfect for their target consumers — the budget conscious. Most of them relies on prepaid data connection for...

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Review: Windows Phone 8X by HTC

The Windows Phone 8X is HTC’s flagship, well, Windows Phone and is one of Microsoft’s signature Windows Phone. I have been using one for two weeks now and I am ready to share my review and opinion. PART 1: Hardware and Design “Things on the screen look really sharp…” The HTC 8X is a thing of beauty. It comes in the professional-looking black and the other very vibrant...

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Samsung GALAXY Camera goes on sale in the Philippines this November 26

Mister Jonjon has exclusively learned that Samsung Philippines is planning to launch the product of their first foray in the camera-phone hybrid market, the Samsung GALAXY Camera, this coming November 26 in the Philippines. It will reportedly sell for P23,990 and will come in both white cobalt black. The Samsung GALAXY Camera is an Android-powered digital compact camera...

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Nokia Lumia 510 now available at WellComm

Nokia Philippines has announced the availability of the Lumia 510 in the country. The Nokia Lumia 510 is the most affordable Windows Phone device to date. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 and will be upgrade to 7.8 sometime later. It sports a 4-inch LCD display with an 800x480 (WVGA) resolution. The display is not that bad considering the price the phone comes in. Aside from...

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Apple may or may not release the iPad mini in the Philippines on Friday

Apple will be having a so-called ‘one-day shopping event’ this Friday, November 23 — which falls on Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season. The company has already sent out teasers in which an iPad is concealed in a green Smart Cover. There’s not so much to delve into the image but I hope Apple will release the 4th generation iPad on that day because for...

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Nokia announces January 2013 availability for the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820

The Head of Corporate Communications at Nokia Philippines Nikka Abes just disclosed that the two Windows Phone 8 devices of the company, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, will be making their way in the country by January 2013. The exact ‘pricing will be announced closer to sales start’. UPDATE: We asked the exec about the delay and it’s cause, she cited that their ‘rollout...

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Smart to carry Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 on it’s lineup

Smart just announced that they will be soon offering Google’s newest smartphone, the Nexus 4, as well as it's 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, this holidays. The Nexus 4 is Google’s latest home-made smartphone, which is being made by LG. It runs on the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean which has new features like gesture typing a la Swype, and photo spheres, The device is powered...

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HTC One X+ officially launched, coming this November

HTC Philippines just announced that their newest Android flagship is coming this month. The HTC One X+ is a minor upgrade to the original version which was announced and released earlier this year. It now packs a faster 1.7GHz NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a larger 64GB of internal memory, 2100mAh battery, NFC, HTC Sense 4+, and lastly, it ships with Android 4.1 Jelly...

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Hands-on with the Windows Phone 8X by HTC

Yes, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC is the official name of the device — the signature Windows Phone device by the Taiwanese company and Microsoft. It’s a mouthful, but I’ll simply call it the HTC 8X. The HTC 8X was announced back in mid-September as the company’s flagship Windows Phone, along with the 8S. The folks over at HTC were kind enough to hand us a unit for a review,...

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