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For the longest time now a lot of Filipinos have been complaining about how misleading the advertisements are of broadband providers. Telcos come up with billboards, commercials, and ads stating that you can get “up to 2 MBPS” but you rarely even hit 1.5 MBS on a good day. Thanks to all of the complaints [...]

Samsung recently announced the Samsung Galaxy Player which will face off against Apple’s iPod Touch. Apparently Samsung will be showcasing this product next week at CES 2011. Just like the iPod Touch and the iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy Player is like the Galaxy S phone… without the telephone. I’m actually interested in getting one since [...]

As most of you guys have probably noticed by now I’m a huge fan of BlackBerry and Apple products. I was never really inclined to go the Android route… until last night! My good friend, Kelvs, had a Samsung Galaxy S with him and he showed me some of the features of Android 2.2. The [...]

The iPad was officially released in the Philippines yesterday. I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails and messages asking for app recommendations specifically to boost productivity and help with work. I’ve compiled 5 of my favorite iPad productivity/work applications for everyone’s reference. I actually have tons more of apps that I want to share and [...]

A lot of talk has been going around about the alleged launch of the 2nd generation iPad this coming February or March. As most of you guys know by now, Apple regularly refreshes their products annually. This rumor is getting more traction because case suppliers and manufacturers posted photos of the 2nd generation case for [...]

It looks like we’re finally going to be able to buy iPads here in the Philippines for the right prices starting next week. As most of you guys now, the iPad has only been available here due to creative and innovative Filipino “importers”. Official distributors aren’t actually offering the iPad yet (but it’s funny that [...]

Several bloggers were tweeting about a new product launched by PLDT called the PLDT TelPad this evening. I was curious so I tried to do some online research (a.k.a. Google and Twitter Search). It took me a while but I finally stumbled upon an article by Entrepreneur. Basically the PLDT TelPad is a landline and [...]

The Blackberry Curve 9300 (3G) is an awesome experience in a pretty basic phone. It is RIM’s newest entry level Blackberry, so it only works to impress those who have not been “Berried”. After trying this out for a week I can now say that I have been “Berried”. The Good I don’t like having [...]

We scanned the prices of iPad sources in Metro Manila this afternoon and it looks like the prices have dropped sharply over the last few weeks. When the iPad was initially announced way back in April, 16GB WiFi units were being sold here in the Philippines for over P37,000. The 64GB WiFi + 3G model [...]

One of my good friends is currently at the Podium for the Nokia 70% Holiday Sale. There are only a few people line but the store is processing the orders a bit slow. I also heard from Twitter that the line in SM Mega Mall is already long so it would be a good idea [...]

The iPad is scheduled for official release in the Philippines this December. Thousands of Filipinos will probably get their hands on Apple’s tablet in the next few weeks. With the popularity of the iPad it’s not surprising that there are tons of accessories available in the market. To help you guys save some cash on [...]

Rumors are going around about a Nokia 70% Holiday Rush Sale. Yep, it’s confirmed and it’s going to happen on December 4, 2010! After the C6 sale debacle I hope Nokia has learned their lesson and they will have better logistics and mechanics for this promotion. Anyway, from what I’ve gathered customers that fall in [...]

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 still isn’t available here in the Philippines but I heard that some of the telcos will start selling it starting December. As most of you guys know I got my hands on a review unit and I’ve been heavily using the Torch as my primary phone over the long weekend. Allow [...]

I’m currently testing out RIM’s new BlackBerry Torch 9800 and so far his handset has really impressed me. The new BlackBerry 6 Operating System is miles better than the previous BlackBerry OS. One of the main features of the new OS 6 is the Social Feeds application. It’s basically a unified alerts system for various [...]

There’s talk going around that the iPad will finally be launched officially in Philippines this December. This initially made the rounds on Twitter and I tried to confirm this by talking to some friends who are distributors of Apple products. According to my sources there’s a high probability that the iPad will be “officially” available [...]

I met with one of my friends earlier this afternoon and he showed me his latest gadget – the Dell Streak. It’s the first that I’ve seen here in the Philippines so I played around with it and took some photos. It runs Android 1.6 but I heard that it’s already upgradeable to Android 2.2 [...]

The recent iOS 4.2 update introduced video and photo streaming from the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch to the Apple TV. At first I wasn’t all too excited for this feature since I just push the content from my iTunes library to the Apple TV so there wasn’t really a point to stream the content [...]

Ever wondered what would happen if your iPad fell from the sofa to the solid hard marble floor? It would probably get a broken LCD at the very least if you didn’t have any good protective case/cover on it. Out of sheer curiosity, we decided to put to the test the Otterbox Defender Case for [...]

After Research In Motion (RIM) launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 I’ve been getting messages asking me if it’s better than the iPhone 4. I obviously can’t say because I don’t own a BlackBerry Torch 9800 nor have I ever had the time to play around with one for more than a few minutes. What I [...]

The Android powered Samsung Galaxy Tablet is finally coming to the Philippines! If you think about it the Samsung Galaxy Tablet is actually coming here first before the iPad since the Apple tablet isn’t officially being sold yet locally (most are gray market). Anyway, SMART Communications is bringing the Samsung Galaxy Tablet to the country [...]