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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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…
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G-Form iPhone 5 case protects at 100,000 ft drop; available for other devices as well
If by chance you’re on a plane and accidentally drop your phone out of the window (how is that even possible!!!), better hope you have one of these G-Form cases strapped on. Have you ever bought a phone case that seemed like it was wearing the phone for protection instead of the other way around?…
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Where can I have my Lenovo phone fixed?
If you’re wondering where you can have your Lenovo mobile phone repaired, here is a compilation of service centers and drop off / pick up points for your dear smartphones. The first list includes all the service centers while the second list shows the drop off and pick up points for your phones after they…
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HTC Explorer Price Drop, down to PHP 5,790.00
As Android phones get all the more affordable these days, manufacturers can either churn out even more affordable phones OR “take the Nestea plunge” when it comes to pricing. Ye olde HTC Explorer is once such phone. HTC Philippines has announced its price drop from over PHP 7,000.00++ to a mere PHP 5,790.00. To recap,…