Category: Mostly Everything
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Samsung announces ATIV line: the first synergy of Windows 8 for tablets, Surface laptop and Windows Phone 8
Very interesting news on Samsung today. The Korean company has been know as the poster boy of Android with their extensive line of tablets and smartphones all powered by Android. Today, they are making history by showing the proof of concept philosophy of Microsoft: the new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 ecosystem. For those…
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Lenovo launches two new dual SIM phones: 3.5″ A60+ for PHP 4,999 and 5″ S880 for PHP 14,999
UPDATE: BOOM! CES 2013. We have the lowdown on 3 new Android phones announced with pricing! Check them out! ——————————————– The dual SIM Lenovo S880 looks amazing in white. Lenovo is becoming more and more agressive with their phone launches. The other day, Lenovo Global paid a visit to the Philippines to introduce two new…
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8 Reasons Why OPM Shouldn’t Be Dead
So Marcelle wrote an interesting rebuttal to the recent Internet over-reaction about OPM and whether it’s dead or alive. It’s quite a good read, especially since he provides 8 reasons why you can’t kill a spirit. Here’s the rest of the album. On another note, if you like what you’ve read, “LIKE” the 8LIST on…
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Samsung Canada says thanks with one custom-made Samsung Galaxy SIII; gets front page on Reddit
Samsung Canada just got an influx of its earned media on Reddit. Top post, front page. All they had to do was send an influential media guy (or blogger, who knows?) a one-of-a-kind custom-made Samsung Galaxy SIII and **boom**. I must say that I highly doubt this strategy would work all the time — because,…
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The Batman of Shanghai
This is the work of a Chinese animation company called Wolfsmoke Animation. It is a heavily stylized look that explores the Batman universe set in China in the 1930’s. Catwoman, Bane and Batman make an appearance here.
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“Real world” SMART LTE speed test (they secretly reactivated the beta SIM cards — ahihihi)
OK so this is funny. I heard a rumor that the LTE SIM cards were reactivated in time for SMART’s launch tomorrow. It so happened that I *forgot* (I really did!) to return my LTE SIM + USB dongle to Abbie Real and Meg Ruiz. While waiting for a meeting I decided to unearth the…
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Product Review: CD-R King Rice Cooker (does it really work?!) for PHP 350.00
Due to popular demand from friends, we decided to pursue a second episode for the CD-R King review series. Again, we’re not sure where to go from here but it seems like this is really going somewhere. Anyway, in this episode, Rico and I respond to a question most of you have been dying to…
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‘Date a girl who blogs’ performed live in New York (among other Internet ramblings)
When: August 16th – 25th, 2012 Where: Under St. Marks, New York, NY Buy TIckets Now Well, who would have thought, right? Got an email several days ago from Lively Productions, an amazing theater outfit (by amazing I mean really talented and funny) from New York. They asked me if I was willing to “lend”…
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SMART LTE Launch Plan: PHP 3500 for 10GB per month; comes with USB dongle at 42mbps
The cat is out of the bag (also, I apologize for the many updates with SMART). Though not officially announced by SMART Communications, the pricing for the highly anticipated LTE was leaked yesterday in some blogs. I was able to confirm the pricing scheme as well with people from SMART and it seems that the…
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SMART Postpaid Freedom Plan: Who is it for, really?
The blogs have been abuzz with the new Freedom Plan from SMART Communications. For those unfamiliar, this plan is essentially (1) a postpaid line that (2) does not require you to present a lot of documentation for approval. All you need is a valid ID. There is no need for an employer’s certificate or proof…
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