Tag: Philippines
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The Biggest Underwater Photo Exhibit in the Philippines
I’ve been up since last night helping install the biggest underwater photo exhibit in the country thus far. Tomorrow, we’re flying in some of the best underwater photographers in the world — the likes of Michael Aw and Lynn Funkhouser who have both shot for the BBC and National Geographic — to judge the first…
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RIM BlackBerry Playbook Video Review (25 minutes)
UPDATE: Official BlackBerry Playbook PH pricing: 16GB at P23,990 32GB at P28,990 64GB at P33,990 The Playbook will be available August 6 2011 via retail and telcos. I host a weekly tech show called ‘The Geeks’ every Wednesday from 2-4PM, live over the Internet. We archive copies for future viewing. If you’re interested, catch us…
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The #SMARTHTC Event was trending worldwide on Twitter
I can’t remember — was it 8 glasses of Grey Goose on Sprite? Basta. As far as I can remember everything was a blur. SMART and HTC were giving out ChaCha and Sensation smartphones like there was a huge surplus and the event was trending worldwide on Twitter for a couple of hours. That event…
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HTC ChaCha: The Facebook phone you’ve been waiting for! (Part II)
This is the second part of a two part series. Part I can be found here.
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Samsung Galaxy S II: Best smartphone for 2011?
N.B. You can pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S II by following these instructions. Retail price is PHP 29,990. Discounted price is PHP 26,990. For the past three weeks I’ve been playing with both the prototype and the actual unit of Samsung’s lastest Android gem, the Galaxy S II. I first got to hold the device…
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Samsung Galaxy S II Preorder Discount Details (Discounted Price P26,990 )
Thank you to everyone who joined the previous contest. So, exactly how much is the Samsung Galaxy S II? The phone will retail in Manila with an SRP of P29,990. Congratulations to the following winners: 1. Nina 2. PauLorenzo 3. Desrei P. Balla Thanks for leaving a valid email address. The PR agency of Samsung…
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LG Optimus Black at PHP 19,990.00
LG has been in the habit of churning out decent Android devices the past couple of months. The new Optimus Black P970 is no exception. Running on Android OS 2.2 (upgradable to 2.3) the Optimus Black can be defined as a decent looking smartphone that gets the job done. It’s main selling point is the…
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Contest: Guess the Price of the Samsung Galaxy S II!
Last week I asked you to guess brand and model of our mystery phone. Well, it was unanimous — everyone seemed to get it right! The photo shown was the back part of the Samsung Galaxy S II. I’ve been playing with it for a couple of weeks now and the good news is that…
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Nintendo announces the Wii U
EDIT: It looks like there really is a new console. But the focus of the E3 announcement is on the Wii U (FACT SHEET). Seems likely as the graphics shown for some of hte games don’t seem to run on Wii GPU’s. Part iPad. Part controller. Part console. Count on the Japanese to boggle my…
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HTC ChaCha: The Facebook phone you’ve been waiting for! (Part I)
EDIT: Part II of review here You could probably argue that all Android phones are made of the same stuff. Some may have bigger screens. Other are thinner than the rest. Some duke it out with better cameras and battery life. But essentially, they’re all made of the same operating system with the same basic…
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