Monday, August 27, 2018

POCOPHONE F1 Pricing and Availability in the Philippines

The most talked about and well reviewed phone, POCOPHONE F1 will coming to the Philippines next month.

-6.18-inch Full HD+ (2246 x 1080) 18.7:9 Edge-to-Edge display, 403ppi 

-Corning Gorilla Glass 500 nits

-Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core CPU Adreno 630 GPU 

-6GB/8GB LPDDR4X 

-RAM 64GB/256GB UFS2.1 

-MicroSD up to 256GB 

-12MP Sony IMX363 (f/1.9, 1.4um pixels, Dual Pixel AF) + 5MP (1.12um pixel, f/2.0)Samsung rear cameras, LED flash 20MP front camera

-Dual-SIM (hybrid) 4G+ LTE WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi 2×2 MIMO, MU-MIMO Bluetooth 5.0, AAC, aptX, aptX-HD, LDAC GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS

-USB Type-C 

-MIUI for POCO (Android 8.1 Oreo) Android P update in Q4 2018 

-LiquidCool Technology

-4,000mAh battery w/ QC 3.0

POCOPHONE F1, a mid-ranged phone packed with a flagship specification will retail in the Philippines at Php17,990 for 6GB+64GB and Php19,990 for 6GB+128GB.

It will be offered first in Lazada and eventually in authorized Mi store on September 6. Available color will be Graphite Black and Steel Blue. No announcement yet for the Armoured edition.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

ABS-CBN Mobile to Shutdown soon.

After the 5 year network agreement with Globe Telecom, ABS-CBN Convergence or also known as ABS-CBN Mobile will be shutting down their mobile services due to financial sustainability. The said closure will happen sometime this year.

#ABS-CBNMobile #Telecom #MobilePinas

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Swing Copters: New Game from Flappy Bird Creator

After the phenomenal success of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen the creator of the said game will be unveiling his latest games called Swing Copters. After thousands of people been hooked on Flappy Bird, this new game called Swing Copters will soon be the next annoying and challenging game for all ages.

The game will be rolling out this coming August 21 for free.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Smart Promo: *121#

Having the hard time to recall on how to subscribe to any unli promos in Smart? Smart Communications finally created a shortcut code to their million of subscriber; it's the *121#. This is the counterpart of Globe *143#.


Try it by dialing *121# on your Smart phone then press call.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Facebook Phone Announced

In MWC 2011, HTC announced their latest phone called HTC Salsa and ChaCha. These two phones also called the Facebook phones, because it feature a dedicated Facebook button on their respective fascias for instant uploads to the Facebook site.

Both phones are running on Android 2.3, HTC Salsa is a capacitive touchscreen while HTC Chacha has a fully QWERTY keyboard. Expected release of these units will be on the second quarter of this year. The price is still unknown.

HTC Salsa
2G/3G
600Mhz
Capacitive Touchscreen

Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
GPS
FM Radio
5 megapixel camera

HTC ChaCha
2G/3G
TFT LCD Screen
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
GPS
FM Radio
5 megapixels
QWERTY keyboard

Source: CNN

Monday, February 14, 2011

Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II announced

It seems that Samsung is creating their mark in releasing latest smartphones. They recently announced the Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II with much better display and specs.



Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor
4.3 Super AMOLED Plus display @ 480×800 pixels
Gorilla Glass display
1GB RAM
16GB/32GB internal storage
HSDPA 21Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
GPS w/ aGPS support
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash
1080p video recording
2MP front-facing camera for video calls
FM Radio Tuner
Li-Ion 1650mAh battery
Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Expected release would be at the end of this quarter. Price is not yet announced. But according to some report it would probably around 32k to 35k.

Source: Yugatech

Monday, January 24, 2011

Samsung Philippines Drops Prices of their Touch Screen Phones

Samsung Philippines gave us the reason to switch to touch-screen phones. The good news is, they will be reducing the prices of their touch-screen phones including the Android powered Galaxy 5. Below are the reduced prices of Samsung touch-screen phones:






Samsung Champ: From P4,980 to P4,390
Samsung B7722: From P15,700 to P12,980
Samsung Galaxy 5: From P10,980 to P9,190
Samsung Corby Wi-Fi: From P6,900 to P5,890




Source: Samsung Philippines and Techie.com.ph

Free Samsung Games

Where to find games for your Samsung mobile phones. See below link to access the list of free Samsung games for your Samsung Mobile phones.

http://www.mobilerated.com/free-samsung-games.html

http://www.hovr.com/pages/Samsung/

http://www.mobilclub.org/

Monday, January 17, 2011

Nokia C3 Review

Last year Nokia announced their latest and most affordable QWERTY phone in the market, the Nokia C3. On their TV commercials they promote the reliable and simple messaging and social networking capability of Nokia C3.

For a budget minded consumer who wants to own a QWERTY phone, Nokia C3 would be a best choice specially if you are into Facebook or Twitter. This full QWERTY keyboard, dedicated Messaging and Contacts keys and with Wi-Fi connectivity that will give the user all the performance they need for a phone.

Aside from the phohe itself. you will get the typical accessories like charger, earphone for a 3.5mm audio jack, manual and a 1GB microSD. No USB cable included.



DESIGN
Nokia C3 is thicker and rough on the edges that makes the unit more decent compared to other QWERTY phone. The keyboard and the screen are good and easy to use.

Nokia C3 comes with three colors, Slate Bluish, Golden White and Hot Pink. The front design is all made of plastic that make the unit glossy.

It has a dedicated button for contacts and email/messages. And 4 navigation key at the middle. It also has a 2.4" 256k color display of 320 x 240 pixel resolution screen.

At the top of Nokia C3 is the 2mm charger plug and the 3.5mm standard audio jack. And 2.0 mega pixel of camera at the back middle of the unit.


USER INTERFACE
Nokia C3 runs in Series 40 symbian interface. It way not the same with the E series which uses Symbian S60 3rd UI.

The font are quite big for QWERTY phone like Nokia C3. The standby screen occupy the signal strength, battery status, ringing profile icon and time on the left side of the screen.

You can change the menu screen to 3 different modes.

For the messaging, the Nokia C3 gives you a great typing experience with its full keyboard. The interface is very familiar specially when you are using a bar type of phone from Nokia.

FEATURES
Nokia C3 has a great music player. The music player can sort a song by artist, album and genre. The player can play AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WMA, AMR-NB. It also allows you to use stereo Bluetooth earphones.

This unit also has a FM radio and RDS support. Can save available radio stations in your area.

For the video player. Nokia C3 is only compatible with 3GP and MP4 formats. The video can be played in fullscreen mode and can be fast-forward and rewind. Video recording is also good. It can produce QVGA@20fps.

The 2MP pixel camera of Nokia C3 can snaps photos at 1600x1200 pixel. The camera settings are limited only for white balance, resolution and other effect and self-timer.

CONNECTIVITY
Nokia C3 is quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity. It has a Wi-Fi connectivity for free hotspots and Bluetooth for local connection.


FINAL WORD
If you are into a QWERTY phone I would suggest the Nokia C3. One of the major reason is the affordability and the long battery life of the unit. If you are a person who always connected to your friends, this unit will probably the best for you because of its connectivity to Facebook, Twitter, Chat or IM. For a price of about Php5,000 to Php6,000 this would definitely a good catch.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc Revealed

Sony Ericsson does not officialy announced XPERIA Arc, but leak about the upcoming Android smartphone are now being circulated in some tech blogs. The XPERIA Arc runs on Gingerbread version of Android with a big 4.2" screen, comes with a very stylish slim design.

XPERIA Arc has a 4.2-inch capacitive Reality display. This display uses Sony's BRAVIA Mobile Engine with a noise reduction, sharpness, color management and contrast enhancement on the picture. See below specs:


Sony-Ericsson Xperia Arc (X12 Anzu)
Qualcomm MSM8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU
4.2″ capacitive display @ 480×854 pixels
Sony Mobile Bravia Engine
up to 32GB via microSD (16GB included)
HSDPA, HSUPA
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
8MP autofocus camera w/ LED flash
720p HD video recording
Li-Po 1500mAh battery
Android 2.3 Gingerbread


Source: GSM Arena and Yugatech

Thursday, December 2, 2010

70% Nokia Holiday Sale on December 4

This coming December 4, Nokia will be having an another sale. A promising 70% off on several handsets including Nokia C6.




The sale is open to all Nokia Stores nationwide. There will be no 1 to 2 hours sale, the sale will be on the whole day of Saturday. See below discounted price lists:


Nokia 1280 – Php890
Nokia 1616 – Php990
Nokia C3 – Php4,990
Nokia 5230 – Php4,990
Nokia C5 – Php6,990
Nokia C6 – Php10,990


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Nokia Announces C2-01 and X2-01 Entry-Level Phones

Nokia unveiled their latest entry-level mobile phone. The Nokia C2-01 and Nokia X2-01.

Nokia C2-01 runs in Series 40 platform. With 2" QVGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and microUSB port. Has a standard 3.5mm audio jack and built-in stereo FM Radio with RDS and has a microSD card slot. The Nokia C2-01 will be available in the Q1 2011 in Black, Warm Silver and White Color version.



Nokia X2-01 also runs in Series 40 platform, with 2.4 QVGA screen and full QWERTY keyboard. 3.5mm audio jack and stereo FM radio with RDS. Also has a microSD memory slot. It will be available in Red, DeepGrey, Silver, Lilac and Azure.


Source: GSM Arena

Thursday, November 11, 2010

LG Optimus One 50% Discount Promo

Aside from Nokia C6, LG Philippines is also offering the 50% discount for their latest Android phone, the LG Optimus One. From the retail price of Php12,990 you will have the unit for Php6,495 this coming November 13, 2010 at 2pm to 3pm only. The unit will be offered in LG Concept Stores in SM Megamall, SM North EDSA Annes, SM Cebu and Gaisano Davao.