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  •   Have you ever wanted a BlackBerry but found the current handsets too pricey for you? Research in Motion (RIM) has a bit of good news.  No, it’s not the release of BlackBerry 10 but the announcement of a new BlackBerry handset.  The new handset is the BlackBerry Curve 9320 and although it’s not revolutionary by any means, it’s ultra...

    BlackBerry Curve 9320 Announced; Priced at About $230

    Posted on May 9, 2012
      Have you ever wanted a BlackBerry but found the current handsets too pricey for you? Research in Motion (RIM) has a bit of good news.  No, it’s not the release of BlackBerry 10 but the announcement of a new BlackBerry handset.  The new handset is the BlackBerry Curve 9320 and although it’s not revolutionary by any means, it’s ultra...
  • Viber, the popular free voice and text app for iOS and Android devices is now available on BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices as well.  This is certainly good news for BlackBerry and Windows Phone users who have been waiting for the availability of Viber on their devices.  There is a caveat, though. The Viber app for BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices...

    Viber for BlackBerry and Windows Phone Released, Now Ready for Download

    Posted on May 8, 2012
    Viber, the popular free voice and text app for iOS and Android devices is now available on BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices as well.  This is certainly good news for BlackBerry and Windows Phone users who have been waiting for the availability of Viber on their devices.  There is a caveat, though. The Viber app for BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices...
  •   Are you looking for a text editing feature on the iPad that’s a little closer to desktop editing?  Text editing on the stock iPad virtual keyboard, just like on the iPhone and iPod Touch, is a little hard and time consuming.  You move the cursor by tapping and dragging your finger over the text and if you want a...

    SwipeSelection App Adds Text Editing Features to the iPad Keyboard

    Posted on May 7, 2012
      Are you looking for a text editing feature on the iPad that’s a little closer to desktop editing?  Text editing on the stock iPad virtual keyboard, just like on the iPhone and iPod Touch, is a little hard and time consuming.  You move the cursor by tapping and dragging your finger over the text and if you want a...
  •   It’s hard to say that Polaroid is following after the footsteps of Instagram and Hipstamatic considering that it arrived in the instant photo game ahead of these two.  It’s also obvious that Instagram and Hipstamatic got a little bit of inspiration from Polariod with the use of photo frames.  But in the modern version of the instant photo business,...

    Polaroid’s Polamatic App Competes with Instagram and Hipstamatic

    Posted on May 7, 2012
      It’s hard to say that Polaroid is following after the footsteps of Instagram and Hipstamatic considering that it arrived in the instant photo game ahead of these two.  It’s also obvious that Instagram and Hipstamatic got a little bit of inspiration from Polariod with the use of photo frames.  But in the modern version of the instant photo business,...
  •   Samsung Electronics Philippines recently announced a price reduction for three of its premium products: the Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy II and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.  Starting this month, these devices can be purchased at considerably lower prices. The Samsung Galaxy Note is a super phone with a 5.3” HD Super AMOLED Screen, a unique S-Pen technology input and...

    Samsung Slashes Price of the Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 7.7

    Posted on May 5, 2012
      Samsung Electronics Philippines recently announced a price reduction for three of its premium products: the Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy II and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.  Starting this month, these devices can be purchased at considerably lower prices. The Samsung Galaxy Note is a super phone with a 5.3” HD Super AMOLED Screen, a unique S-Pen technology input and...
  •   Local phone brands Cherry Mobile and Torque now have to contend with a new competitor in the budget phone market.   The newest brand that’s itching to get respect as a budget phone brand is DTC Mobile.  The company behind the brand is DTC Mobile Distribution Inc.  The brand has the following thrust as featured in its website: DTC Mobile...

    Meet DTC Mobile, the Newest Phone Brand in the Philippines

    Posted on May 5, 2012
      Local phone brands Cherry Mobile and Torque now have to contend with a new competitor in the budget phone market.   The newest brand that’s itching to get respect as a budget phone brand is DTC Mobile.  The company behind the brand is DTC Mobile Distribution Inc.  The brand has the following thrust as featured in its website: DTC Mobile...
  •   BlackBerry 9900 users in the Philippines have a reason to smile.  Research in Motion just made the BlackBerry 7.1 available for download by users in the Philippines.  BlackBerry 7.1 is the latest version of the BlackBerry OS and it offers significant updates from the previous version of the OS. For starters, BlackBerry 7.1 now has a feature called BlackBerry...

    BlackBerry 7.1 Update for BlackBerry Bold 9900 Now Available for Download

    Posted on May 4, 2012
      BlackBerry 9900 users in the Philippines have a reason to smile.  Research in Motion just made the BlackBerry 7.1 available for download by users in the Philippines.  BlackBerry 7.1 is the latest version of the BlackBerry OS and it offers significant updates from the previous version of the OS. For starters, BlackBerry 7.1 now has a feature called BlackBerry...
  •   Cherry Mobile has been in the budget phone business for quite some time now.  It is one of the most prolific local phone brands and is also one of the most aggressive when it comes to marketing as shown by the number of celebrity endorsers it has tapped so far.  As to the quality of products, I cannot say...

    Cherry Mobile W900 Dragon Phone Launched, Priced at P9,990

    Posted on May 4, 2012
      Cherry Mobile has been in the budget phone business for quite some time now.  It is one of the most prolific local phone brands and is also one of the most aggressive when it comes to marketing as shown by the number of celebrity endorsers it has tapped so far.  As to the quality of products, I cannot say...
  •   One of the most awaited handsets this year has finally been revealed to the public.  Samsung new flagship smartphone, and the newest Android superphone in the market, has finally been unveiled at Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked event.  The handset I’m talking about of course is the Samsung Galaxy S III, the follow-up to the wildly successful handset, the Samsung Galaxy...

    Samsung Galaxy S III Announced, Features 4.8-inch display, 1.4 GHZ Quad-core Processor, ICS

    Posted on May 4, 2012
      One of the most awaited handsets this year has finally been revealed to the public.  Samsung new flagship smartphone, and the newest Android superphone in the market, has finally been unveiled at Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked event.  The handset I’m talking about of course is the Samsung Galaxy S III, the follow-up to the wildly successful handset, the Samsung Galaxy...
  •   Draw Something, the game that’s a combination Pictionary and Text Twist, was the biggest story in mobile gaming a couple of months ago.  The game from maker OMGPOP was launched in February and in just a few weeks, it managed to log 35 million downloads and about 15 million active daily users.  The game became the top free app...

    Draw Something Loses Appeal, Downloads and Users Decline

    Posted on May 3, 2012
      Draw Something, the game that’s a combination Pictionary and Text Twist, was the biggest story in mobile gaming a couple of months ago.  The game from maker OMGPOP was launched in February and in just a few weeks, it managed to log 35 million downloads and about 15 million active daily users.  The game became the top free app...
  •   ADR Studio, one of the regular sources of iPhone mock-ups, just came out with another iPhone concept design. What’s nice about outfits like ADR Studio is that they go to great lengths to make the concepts very detailed, giving the impression that they will be going into production. The new iPhone concept is called iPhone Plus and it looks...

    iPhone Plus: Another iPhone 5 Design Concept

    Posted on May 1, 2012
      ADR Studio, one of the regular sources of iPhone mock-ups, just came out with another iPhone concept design. What’s nice about outfits like ADR Studio is that they go to great lengths to make the concepts very detailed, giving the impression that they will be going into production. The new iPhone concept is called iPhone Plus and it looks...
  •   One of the more persistent rumors surrounding the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III is that it will sport a quad-core CPU.  Samsung has confirmed this recently with the official unveiling of its own quad-core mobile processor.  The chip is called Exynos 4 Quad and it clocks in at 1.4GHz.  To most users, more cores is better and...

    Samsung Unveils Exynos Quad-Core Chip for Upcoming Galaxy S III

    Posted on April 29, 2012
      One of the more persistent rumors surrounding the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III is that it will sport a quad-core CPU.  Samsung has confirmed this recently with the official unveiling of its own quad-core mobile processor.  The chip is called Exynos 4 Quad and it clocks in at 1.4GHz.  To most users, more cores is better and...
  •   I guess everybody knew that it was just a matter of time.  With the kind of resources that Google has, the creation of a Google-branded cloud storage service is something that’s expected.  Google recently unveiled its own cloud service called Google Drive that competes with the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft’s Skydrive and to a certain extent, Apple’s iCloud.  We...

    Google Drive Cloud Storage Competes with Dropbox, SkyDrive and iCloud

    Posted on April 26, 2012
      I guess everybody knew that it was just a matter of time.  With the kind of resources that Google has, the creation of a Google-branded cloud storage service is something that’s expected.  Google recently unveiled its own cloud service called Google Drive that competes with the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft’s Skydrive and to a certain extent, Apple’s iCloud.  We...
  •   Samsung finally released the pricing of its newest tablets, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1).   These new tablets are considerably cheaper than the original versions so expect Samsung to sell truckloads.  The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) is priced at $250 (about P11,000) and the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) gets a $400 price tag (about...

    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Priced at $250, Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) at $400

    Posted on April 12, 2012
      Samsung finally released the pricing of its newest tablets, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1).   These new tablets are considerably cheaper than the original versions so expect Samsung to sell truckloads.  The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) is priced at $250 (about P11,000) and the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) gets a $400 price tag (about...
  •   HTC’s newest Android handsets, the HTC One and One V were pre-launched at the Smart’s Jump center in SM Megamall and I was one of those invited to the event.  It was a pre-launch, which means that the main launch of HTC’s One series phones is still to be held.  The date for the main launch is April 13,...

    HTC One X and One V Get Pre-Launch Treatment at Smart’s Jump Center

    Posted on April 11, 2012
      HTC’s newest Android handsets, the HTC One and One V were pre-launched at the Smart’s Jump center in SM Megamall and I was one of those invited to the event.  It was a pre-launch, which means that the main launch of HTC’s One series phones is still to be held.  The date for the main launch is April 13,...
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