Author: Jayvee Fernandez
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Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with SMART; free at UNLI DATA Plan 2000
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is coming to carriers in the Philippines very soon. The estimated target date is this October 16 2012. If you’re looking for a high-end Android based smartphone to quell your holiday gadget lust, the Galaxy Note 2 is definitely a good choice. Knowing that the SRP of the device alone…
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SPONSORED: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Impressions
Samsung is all geared up for the Samsung Galaxy Note II. For those who have been on the gadget front lines, vehemently deciding between a Samsung Galaxy SIII, an iPhone 5 or this new Note II, we can understand how tough this choice can be. For one thing, between the Note II and the S…
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How To: Respec (reset all skill points) in Torchlight II
If you aren’t playing Torchlight II, you absolutely must. Two things that make it absolutely more fun than Diablo III are: apart from online and single player mode, the game allows you to play via LAN which brings back the good old days of multiplayer gaming – six characters can play via a local network…
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This is an awesome 16-bit forest scene animated GIF
Happy Friday! This is a 16-bit animated GIF (found in the recesses of the Internet — IMGUR to be more specific) of a forest scene. It’s oddly calming. Now all it needs are ambient sounds which you can find by checking out a short tutorial we made for a rainy ambient background.
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SMART WiFi Plug-it: Plugged in at home and inside your car
OK folks, commercial time! Of all of SMART’s ‘Bro’ line products which includes the ‘Rocket’ and ‘Pocket’ series (the main difference being the ‘Rocket’ line is capable of 12 mbps speeds) none is more peculiar than the Pocket WiFi product. This is because it comes in two variants — the regular USB plug which slides…
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Admiration for the Amazon Kindle
I have never been this enamored with product packaging since the MacBook, but people do tell me that Amazon really does amazing things with their Kindle hardware line. I’ve never owned one before, till now. This was given to me as a token for speaking in the recent PRSP Congress (everyone agrees that this 2012…
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NBA 2K13 is out: make sure you buy the PH version as in-game items are region locked
XPLAY.PH sells NBA2K13 at the following prices: PS3 PHP 2,595 XBOX 360 PHP 2,495 PC PHP 1,995 PSP PHP 1,895 Just a friendly PSA from the good guys of NBA 2K13 — with the game being released this week in the Philippines for all platforms, it needs to be noted that if you’re going to…
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Rico and I attempt to destroy an “anti-theft” bag
When Denise contacted us and asked if we wanted to review a bag, we obviously had to ask what made this particular bag special. Like its competitor Pacsafe, these bags from Travelon are equipped with some anti-theft countermeasures that Rico and I decided to test. I actually wrote about these bags back in June but…
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Nokia Philippines announces Asha 309, will sell for around PHP 4,400.00
With all this talk about high end smartphones, Nokia is plowing the entry-level mass market with its Internet-enabled affordable feature phones. Today, Nokia seems to be focusing on this market by churning out touch-screen feature phones that go below the PHP 4,100.00 (USD $99.00) mark. The Nokia Asha 309 is evidence to this. The Nokia…
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(More than) a week of PC game launches
Hey it’s me Jayvee. I’m still here. It’s been more than a week since my last update. Blame it on the handful of new game launches the past few days. If you’re on the PC and looking for new titles to play, here’s a compilation of some of the free (and not so free) games…
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