Tag: Gadgets

Summer is almost here, and soon, kids will be out of school for their vacation. This is the best time to plan fun summer getaways for the whole family. However, since times like these only come once a year, it’s always a good idea to be prepared. When planning for the trip, it would be a good idea to make a list of things you would need for the trip. Of course, when considering what to bring, you need to consider the place where you’ll be going, too. There’s no sense bringing too many electronic gadgets (and expensive ones at ... Read more

There are lot of smartphones competing in the market. For the first quarter of 2013 alone, five major flagship phones were released. Blackberry made a big return with its Z10. Sony trailed closely with the dust- and waterproof Xperia Z. LG stayed on the competition bearing the Optimus G flag.  The Taiwanese manufacturer recently surprised the gadget enthusiasts with HTC One ultrapixel. Samsung, on the other hand, wowed the world with Galaxy S4. Of course, we can not negate the existence of iPhone 5 and Nokia’s Lumia920 which were launched in the previous year. These smartphones have their own signature features ... Read more

A Chinese businessman commisioned Liverpool, England-based luxury customizer, Stuart Hughes, to create the worlds’s most stunning, most luxurious, and of course, the most expensive smartphone ever.  The design includes the businessman’s rare 26-carat black diamond which he inherited from his family. The customized iPhone 5 took 9 weeks to finish. This re-creates the phone’s original chasis with solid gold and inlaid with a circa of 600 white flawless diamonds, according to Stuart Hughes official website. The rear section is also dressed with solid gold including 53 well-cut, flawless diamonds decorated on the logo. The screen, on the other hand, is reinforced with precious sapphire ... Read more

Star Telecom Alliance Resources, Inc., a Filipino maker of dual-SIM phones, recently released a tough and performing Starmobile Diamond which will add to its collection of Android-powered smartphones. Starmobile diamond features a 5-inch, HD (1280×720) and scratch-resistant Dragontrail display. Dragontrail is a toughened glass, engineered for the combination of thinness, lightness, and damage-resistance. It is develop by Asahi Glass Co. to compete with Corning’s Gorilla Glass. The display provides quality gaming and video streaming streaming experience, though, the actual pixel density isn’t revealed. Starmobile Diamond (Photo Credit: Starmobile) The device is equipped with 12-megapixel rear and 3-megapixel front cameras which ... Read more

Nearly a month after the unveiling of the company’s newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, Samsung introduces another phablet series that combines both the viewing convenience of a tablet and the portability of a smartphone, the Galaxy Mega. Galaxy Mega comes in two versions; the bigger yet thinner 6.3 version and the smaller and lighter 5.8 version. We are aware of a great potential in the bigger screen for extensive viewing multimedia, web browsing, and more. We are excited to provide another choice to meet our consumers’ varying lifestyles, all while maintaining the high-quality features of the award-winning GALAXY series. ... Read more

I have been always reluctant to apply for a postpaid plan because I am not consuming too much monthly load for calls, texts, and internet. I already have a performing HTC Explorer which I can connect to my office’s or to my neighbor’s WiFi network. I can also subscribe to unlimited services (call, text, or data) whenever I want to. Also, It is prepaid so I don’t have to worry for monthly obligations. So what made me decide to take that UnliData Plan offer? There are two factors, actually. First, I am a blogger so I have to constantly stay ... Read more

WeChat is a complete cross-platform mobile communications app. It is complete because aside from its messaging and voice and video calling capabilities, it is enhanced with value-added features like Moments, Look Around, Shake, Broadcast Message, and Drift Bottle. And another good thing about WeChat, which reached 300 million+ downloads, is that it’s free and ad-free. WeChat Features and Social screens [marker]Moments[/marker] is a photo sharing feature in which you have the option to make your photos available for everybody’s eyes, to selected few, or make those entirely private. It has a cool Instagram-like photo editor featuring LOMO, Glossy, Wheat, Polaroid, ... Read more

You can get your Nokia Lumia series smartphones at the country’s leading appliance store, Abenson for 0% Installment. Major credit cards are accepted and you can pay as low as PhP500 per month. Abenson, the Philippines’ largest appliance chain, partners with Nokia, the smartphone maker that won the Engadget and Gizmodo Awards’ Mobile Phone of the Year in 2012 (Readers’ Choice), to give every Filipino a unique Windows® mobile experience. You are also entitled to exclusive freebies. Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship smartphone, is 2012’s Mobile Phone of the Year chosen by the readers of Engadget and Gizmodo. It is powered ... Read more

Wireless electrical power transfer or induction is not a new technology and there had been several devices in the past that used such technique. Wireless charging or technically known as inductive charging uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy (which in this case is electricity) between two objects. The electricity is sent through inductive coupling (usually wires wind into coils) to an electrical device, which then can use that electricity to charge the batteries or power the device. Nokia Lumia 920 on JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker Wireless charging basically needs a wireless charging plate that is connected to a power source and a device with ... Read more