Alcatel holding off a sale today until June 30, 50% off discount available

If you’ve been itching to get that Iron Man phone but is holding off until now, well you may now finally have a reason not to do so. Alcatel is having a wipe-out sale starting today until June 30 at all of their kiosks in the country. Selected phones will have a price cut of 50%, but they didn’t specify which ones. Other phones should be also subjected to lower discounts...

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Huawei Ascend W1 lands on Globe, free at just P499 a month

Huawei’s first product on their foray at the Windows Phone bandwagon, the Ascend W1, has just arrived on Globe. The Huawei Ascend W1, which features a 4-inch IPS LCD 800x480 display with OGS Technology, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 dual-core processor and Adreno 305 GPU, 512MB RAM, 5 Megapixels rear camera and VGA front, 4GB storage which is expandable up to...

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Review: HTC One — easily the best Android phone yet

It’s got a very incredible design, a supreme performance which can go neck and neck with the other flagship Androids, and a marvelous screen which has always been lauded on their devices. The HTC One is here....

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Digits Trading brings Tech21 Impactology cases in the Philippines

There’s a new interesting brand for smartphone and tablets that has recently entered the country, and they’re called Tech21. Tech21’s Impactology (what a word :-P) cases gives your devices the ultimate protection from the likes of bumps or drops, thanks to the revolutionary D3O material used on their cases. What’s D3O. you ask? Well, it’s that orange thing that’s present...

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Samsung unveils the ATIV Q, combines Windows 8 and Android in one convertible

In the Samsung Premiere event at London earlier, Samsung’s DJ Lee announced their first Windows 8 and Android hybrid tablet yet. the Samsung ATIV Q. The ATIV Q, first of all, is by no means a laptop. Instead, it is a tablet with an integrated portable keyboard which you slide out when you need to use it. Aside from that, it can also has what they call the floating mode...

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Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to receive Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Plus update in July along with the Galaxy S4

Calling all the owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2! An anonymous source has just tipped us on an upcoming and anticipated update for the Galaxy Note 2. In a screenshot of what seems to be an internal document from a carrier, it is revealed that the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean ‘Plus’ update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE (for this carrier, at least) is expected...

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HTC Butterfly S officially announced: 5-inch 1080p, 3200mAh battery, no LTE

HTC has just announced the HTC Butterfly S, a refreshed version of the last year’s model. Design-wise, the Butterfly S looks almost identical as the previous-generation Butterfly, sans for the additional loudspeaker on the front. It packs a 5-inch 1080p Super LCD 3 screen, a 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor (the HTC One has the same chip clocked at 1.7GHz),...

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Globe adds the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Nokia Lumia 820, HTC One SV, and more to its LTE lineup, now offers 9 in total

Do you want to join the LTE bandwagon but are not sure of which device to get and where? Well, it looks like Globe has the answer to that question. A press release from Globe took us by surprise which states that they currently have the most number of available LTE smartphones in the Philippines as of yet. The recent additions to that lineup includes the HTC One, which...

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PSA: Get a 64GB iPhone 4S on Smart for just P11,150 tomorrow!

Smart is holding a one-time-only sale tomorrow at select Smart Stores wherein you can get some really nice smartphones at very nice prices. The most thing people would probably line up for tomorrow is the 64GB iPhone 4S, which will only sell for P10,900. Wait, why did you said on the title that it’s P11,150? Well, it’s because you should get a Freedom Plan first before...

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Apple announces the iOS 7

Apple just announced the iOS 7 today at the WWDC 2013. The iOS 7 features a whole new user interface and a slew of newly added and updated features. The new and updated features include the Control Center, Notification Center, Multitasking, Camera, Photos, AirDrop, Safari, iTunes Radio, and Siri. Let me get some good night sleep now and for the meantime, take a more in...

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Western Digital launches the WD Blue, the thinnest 1TB hard drive yet, for P6,990

Western Digital recently announced the WD Blue at Computex Taipei 2013. The 1-terabyte hard drive, which measures just 7mm in height, is now the thinnest ever. The reduced thickness of the hard drive allows laptop OEMs and manufactures to build products with thinner and lighter profile without sacrificing the storage capacity. The WD Blue is also compatible with the 9.5mm...

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Samsung launches the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and 5.8 in the first Samsung Experience Store in the country

Samsung is going big. Their phones are likewise getting bigger too. What do they do next? Well, launch a bigger store! Samsung Experience Store Last Friday, Samsung opened the first and only Samsung Experience Store in the Philippines at the newly-opened SM Aura. The Samsung Experience Store is the company’s largest retail stores in different countries like Hong Kong and...

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Samsung reveals the Galaxy S4 Active: it’s water and dust resistant

Weeks before their upcoming event on June 20, Samsung announces the ruggedized version of it’s flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active packs almost exactly the same specifications as the original Galaxy S4. It has a 5-inch full HD 1080p display, albeit this time it’s of the TFT LCD type and not AMOLED. It is being powered by the 1.9GHz...

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ASUS announces the $129 MeMO Pad HD 7 tablet

In a bid to attract more customers and market-share in the 7-inch tablet category, ASUS comes up with its own MeMO Pad HD 7. The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean-touting ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 seems to be competing with Google’s Nexus 7, which happens to be made by them too. It sports a 7-inch IPS display with a 1280x800 resolution, a huge improvement over the display of the first MeMO...

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Lenovo launches the IdeaPad Yoga 11S, S210 Touch, Z400 Touch, S400 Touch, IdeaCentre B540, and C440

Lenovo announced today in their media event the launch of the IdeaPad Yoga 11S, an 11-inch multimode Windows 8 transformer laptop, and several other Windows 8-powered devices such as the IdeaPad S210 Touch, Z400 Touch, S400 Touch, IdeaCentre B540, and the C440 desktop. "We are continuing to develop the Yoga franchise with the IdeaPad Yoga 11s, another unique flip and fold,...

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