Sweet mother of Android tablets, the local phone brand did it again. The much-awaited Cherry Mobile Fusion Wave has just been announced and it’s priced at just Php7,499! For that price, you’re getting an Android tablet with an 8 inch screen powered by a 1.4GHz quad core Samsung Exynos processor [...]
June 18, 2013
JM Balicano
Previews
The Starmobile Knight had already been unveiled to the public since their flagship concept store opening last month at SM North Edsa, but it has not been priced yet or cleared for sale on retailer shelves. While it still hasn’t been rolled out to distributors, Starmobile just recently revealed the [...]
June 17, 2013
JM Balicano
Previews
SKK Mobile is an emerging local brand that has been trying to break into the Philippine budget smartphone segment. They already have a quad core model in the form of the SKK Silver, which has a 5.7 inch screen, however it appears that they have another quad core Android smartphone [...]
June 15, 2013
JM Balicano
Previews
I don’t typically feature a lot of laptops, notebooks, ultrabooks or anything of the like, but I’m a big fan of convertibles, which is why I was a bit intrigued by the Lenovo Thinkpad Helix. It’s a convertible, like the Yoga 11s that was launched a few weeks before, but [...]
June 15, 2013
JM Balicano
Previews
[Update 6/19/2013] The Cherry Mobile Fusion Wave is official! Check it out here! [Update 6/15/2013 @ 7:02] Cherry Mobile released another teaser pic of what could turn out to be the Fusion Wave. This time, it’s a render of the front and back of the device, but that’s not all. [...]
June 13, 2013
JM Balicano
Tech News
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is one of the more intriguing devices I’ve seen to date. It’s most definitely a smartphone, except that there’s a huge honking camera zoom lens strapped to its back. It was originally expected to be launched along other devices at Samsung’s June 20 Galaxy and [...]
June 13, 2013
JM Balicano
Previews
Author: We’re giving one Cherry Mobile Sonic away to our readers. Just scroll down to the end of the article to find out how to join. Cherry Mobile has been on a roll lately, releasing a lot of solid mid-range phones in quick succession to offer the budget-minded Pinoy more [...]
June 11, 2013
JM Balicano
Reviews
Cherry Mobile recently posted a couple of teasers on their Facebook page for what should be their next 2.0 phone. Curious to know what’s next? Well courtesy of Cherry Angel, a dealer and trusted source of past leaks, it was revealed to me in a private conversation to be the [...]
June 10, 2013
JM Balicano
Tech News
I’m not a big fan of Samsung watering down its S4 brand with variants like the S4 Mini and S4 Active, but if this new render of the Galaxy S4 Zoom is anything to go by, I’ll let it slide. Why? Just look at it! If you thought the Galaxy [...]
June 8, 2013
JM Balicano
Tech News
Back in February, Lenovo Philippines was kind enough to invite me to the launch of their Z series laptops. They weren’t touch-optimized at the time, but they did promise that a touch-optimized Windows 8 lineup would be hitting our shores pretty soon. Well, about a week ago, that promise came [...]
June 5, 2013
JM Balicano
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