Jayvee Fernandez is a tech enthusiast, Digital Manager, and Technology Editor for The Philippine STAR.
He is also an EAN certified SCUBA Diver and underwater photographer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. His photos and videos have appeared in various international and local publications including Random House Germany, Discovery Channel Canada, and CNN.
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Kobe Bryant is the new endorser for Lenovo Mobile
Today, Kobe Bryant announced via his Facebook page his partnership with Lenovo. Simply put, he said that “Lenovo has some cool tech. I’m excited to be partnering with them in Asia. Stay tuned! Mamba Out” The Asian partnership seems to cover both China and Manila. Alongside the announcement is a photo of the flagship K900,…
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HTC Butterfly: 5″ smartphone with 1080p HD viewing (best price at PHP 30,990)
Finally, HTC has their new 5″ Butterfly available in several concept stores around the Philippines. The Butterfly is a bit late in the game, with other smartphone manufacturers already making waves with their own 5″ variant. Underground, the Butterfly is touted to directly compete with the iPhone 5 but to be honest this phone really…
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Angry Birds Trilogy on the PS3 is around PHP 2,000.00
On iOS, you can get the original trilogy for free. If you pay a dollar per game, you get the extra levels and block ads. I’m not sure why you need to shell out 2,000% more for the same game on the console. *shrug* Angry Birds for the PS3 is available on PSN for USD…
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Streetfood Tycoon World Tour is more of the same … until you get to Day 16 (and from there it gets crazy-awesome)
UPDATE: It’s out! It’s out! Download Streetfood Tycoon World Tour at the iTunes store! So I’ve been spending a little bit of my on-the-go free time with Erick Garayblas’ latest masterpiece .. the sequel to his smash hit, Streetfood Tycoon. Presenting: Streetfood Tycoon World Tour. In a nutshell, World Tour reflects Erick’s brilliance by taking…
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ASUS MeMo Pad, 7″ tablet if you can’t, for some reason, afford a Nexus 7 which is also made by ASUS
ASUS has announced the MeMo Pad ME172, a 7″ Android tablet that sells for USD 9. That’s about PHP 6,400.00. This announcement comes about half a year after Google announced the Nexus 7 tablet (available here via SMART Communications) which is also made by ASUS.
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Samsung releases Galaxy SIII mini to match iPhone 5 real estate; sells for PHP 14,990.00
It’s like Samsung kicked Apple in the balls and said “Oh so you made your latest phone slightly bigger? OK we’re going to make our biggest phone slightly smaller just to match your dumb iPhone 5. And we’ll do it in a few months.”
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Lenovo announces S720 (P9,999), A690 (P5,299) and A800 (P6,999) for Q1 2013 at CES
OK since Qualcomm said that we’re all BORN MOBILE (LOL!), we have a new generation of smartphones made available by Lenovo to the local market. Out of the five phones announced in CES 2013, we now have local information for three of the five, including local pricing. The three phones are the S720, A800 and…
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Hands on with the SHARP AQUOS SH530U, a 5″ dual SIM Android phone worth PHP 12,800.00
This is a bit late, but SHARP sent over a semi-new AQUOS SH530U Android phone. We’ve seen an army of Android devices in the past 24 months and I’m glad to say that this one from SHARP is one of the more interesting ones. It’s pretty much what passes as a “modern Android device” sporting…
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NVIDIA unveils Project Shield: high end Android portable gaming console
We’ve been seeing a lot of gaming hacks in recent history. With RAZER building their FIONA gaming handset, Valve dwelling into a gaming console for the living room, it looks like graphics chip manufacturer NVIDIA is also developing their own console hardware. And it looks like a XBOX controller with a 5″ clamshell screen.
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Griffin + Nickelodeon plush smartphone cases for kids and kids at heart
The guys from Griffin have been watching a lot of Saturday morning cartoons. They’ve been in bed with Nickelodeon (in wholesome lazy morning childlike ways) and were inspired to come up with playable stuffed toy cases for your favorite iDevices. From Dora, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Spongebob Squarepants, your iPhone turns into an aDORAble…