Philippines, iPhone 5 First Asian Stopover

Considering the Philippines market economy today by its purchasing power, Apple is considering the country be one of their starting point in Asia to have the much awaited iPhone 5. It is expected that by next week the said phone will be available in the United States.

In an interview with the chief wireless advisor of Smart Communication Inc, Orlando Vea, he said in the Asian Carriers’ Conference (ACC), that Apple is looking for possibility that it may enter country first ahead of any in Asia.

“Hopefully we are the first in Asia,” Vea said.

He explained that the Philippines' high consumption of social media such as Facebook and Twitter make it a "digital literate country" that is well positioned to become an initial market for the iPhone 5.

The iPhone 5 has been much anticipated as it is rumored to sport a larger and thinner form factor than its predecessors, and is Apple's first flagship phone since the demise last year of its visionary leader, Steve Jobs.

Smart's parent company, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), claims a total subscriber base of 67.4 million, of which 3.1 million are broadband subscribers. For its part, Smart has a 26.9 million-strong subscriber base, with an additional 24 million subscribers under its Talk 'N Text subsidiary brand.

Smart's newly-acquired subsidiary, Digital Telecommunication (Digitel), has 15.9 million subscribers under its Sun Cellular brand.

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Discounted Lenovo Mobile Phones

Lenovo Philippines has just announced in their Facebook page that they will be having a 5 days special discounted prices on their units. Beginning on July 18 up to 22, some of their selected models will undergo a slash price in their TriNoma branch.

So what are waiting for? Let us visit their store on the said date.

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Nokia Pureview 808: Beating the Odds

 It seems that Nokia is now again ready to join the bandwagon of producing quality phones that will capture the world market and wake-up from a profound sleep.

 A powerful smartphone model has just uncovered today, the Nokia Pureview 808. Packed with superior features like the 41-megapixel sensor Carl Zeiss lens combined with PureView imaging technology and Full HD video. Good enough to beat iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S III which only have 8-megapixel camera.

This phone is design for photo enthusiasts. Capturing image even the smallest detail of an object. You can even zoom the camera up to 4x. A great alternative to bulk DSLR camera.

Another thing that can be consider as a state of the art phone, is the 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, the Dolby-capable Headphone and the 16GB built-in memory that can be expanded to 32GB or higher as 48GB.

Nokia 808 PureView

Although Nokia Pureview 808 is very impressive with its capability into capturing higher resolution images but still it has some limitation just like the operating software that they use, the Nokia Belle OS which is Symbian. This means that some of the software that they input is not compatible with other Android and iOS phones.

How will you feel if some of your peer will upload instantly a group photos using an Instagram on their phones and yet you will still need to go home and use your PC to share them online. Is it that embarrassing?

Will you splurge P26,550 for this phone? Or wait for more updated models?

Fore more review you can visit the full specification here: Nokia Pureview 808

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Nokia Asha Phones to uncover follow-up models

Following the released of their trademark line "Asha" phones 300, 303, and 200, Nokia will again unveil three (3) latest models hoping to regain the top status which were snatched by high-end mobile phone manufacturers like Blackberry, Apple and Samsung. These smartphones will be name as Nokia Asha 305, 306, and 311 respectively. All they come with 3-inches touch screen but will have different capabilities and features.


Asha 311:

• 3.0” scratch resistant, capacitive glass screen 
• Polarised display filters for better usability in direct sunlight 
• WLAN 
• 3.2 MP camera 
• 1GHz processor 
• Music Player, FM Radio and Internet Radio 
• Plug and Play, easy PC connection and file transfer 
• HSPA connectivity 
• Nokia Maps and Nokia Life (in selected markets) 
• Colours: Dark Grey, Rose Red, Blue, Brown and Sand White (colours will vary by market) 

The Nokia Asha 311, shown above, is a 3.5G mobile phone powered by 1GHz processor to make for a speedy online and gaming experience. As well as the 40 free EA games, the Nokia Asha 311 will also include 15 preloaded levels of Angry Birds for you to enjoy.



Asha 306:

• 3.0” WQVGA resistive touch screen 
• 2 MP camera 
• Music player and FM radio Built-in speaker 
• Plug and Play, easy PC connection and file transfer 
• GPRS/EDGE connectivity 
• Nokia Maps and Nokia Life (in selected markets) 
• Colours: Silver White, Red, Mid Blue and Dark Grey (varies by market)

Asha 305:

• 3.0” WQVGA resistive touch screen 
• 2 MP camera 
• Music player and FM radio Built-in speaker 
• Plug and Play, easy PC connection and file transfer 
• GPRS/EDGE connectivity 
• Nokia Maps and Nokia Life (in selected markets) 
• Colours: Silver White, Red, Mid Blue and Dark Grey (varies by market)

Nokia Asha 305 has the Nokia’s Easy Swap Dual SIM technology. Allowing SIM cards to be swapped without opening up or turning the phone off. This is useful for storing different numbers on your SIMs and for taking advantage of different operator rates.

According to Nokia, Asha 305 will become available in the market by second quarter of 2012 and both Asha 306 and 311 follow on the third quarter of 2012.

Although Nokia had announced the prices for these three models but surely it will be different when it landed the Philippine market.

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Wood: New Technology of Mobile Phone

A London-based university student is set to launch the world's first smartphone made out of wood aimed at the high-end fashionable set.

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iPhone 5 will be release on September or October 2012

Like its predecessor iPhone 4S which was launched in October 2011 and even the earlier versions of the Apple phones that were also unveiled around the month of June or July, most expectators are keep on watching the release of the latest version of iPhone 5.

According to an article which was posted from Macotakara, Apple is planning to launch the most awaited generation of iPhone, now they will be naming this gadget as iPhone 5 to keep the sequence in numbering.

According to Asian reliable source, next iPhone will be released in September or October , and this cycle seems to be kept for years.” – Macotakara

Photo from http://www.iphone5reviewed.com/

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Vodafone Will Soon Be Serving The Philippines

Vodafone has expressed its intention to cater the emerging market of the Philippines in terms of telephone services.

Through their Twitter account using an account name of VodafonePH, they have twitted a message indicating: “We are coming soon!” They have also successfully set-up some accounts in major social networking sites like Youtube and Facebook claiming the name as “Vodafone Philippines”. There are speculations from internet users that Vodafone has registered the domain address http://www.vodafone.ph.

Vodafone was the second world's largest telephone company today in terms of subscriber quantity. Some rumors that is circulating in the internet, Vodafone will be in partner with the San Miguel Corporation (SMC), the Philippines' leading food company. But both parties have not yet confirmed not denied the issue. Perhaps there could be possibilities because as it was indicated in the Philippine Constitution, any foreign company can't own 100 percent control especially if this is a public utility firm.

But who knows, this speculation might draw into fruition. This telco should be watchful with its steps in entering the local market. It will be tighter war against those who are now reigning the industry.

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Filipinos Are Craving For OLED Phone Blackberry Empathy

OLED among mobile phones will be the future technology. This was after Kiking Tang and Daniel Yoon had successful created a phone and naming it as Empathy. A concept project sponsored by the RIM Technology at the Art Center College of Design. What makes this phone different from the others is the capacity to read and understand the emotions of the owner. It will collect the emotional data and analyze it using the biometrics ring that is attach on the phone. So there are no feelings that you can hide into it, whether you're sad or happy.

When we say OLED, basically it has the screen that turns transparent when not using and it will become opaque when functioning.







Daniel, the designer had describe the phone as:

It is of course touch based and all the user’s connections are shown graphically so you can see who is connected to whom. Each contact has an avatar that is encompassed by two colored rings. The inner colored ring shows the contact’s previous emotional state, and the outer ring represents the contact’s current emotional state. It is important to show the shift in emotions in order to see how an event has affected that contact.

Another important feature that we felt was important was the “Emotional Health Chart”. This chart would monitor the user’s emotional health through an indefinite period of time. One would be able to see how a certain event, or phone call/ message has affected the user. Obviously, if the chart shows someone is always upset, there would be a problem… If permitted, a user would be able to view other user’s charts as well.

Although there is no specific date when this phone will be available in the market, Filipinos are now waiting.

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LG X3: The War of Quad Core Processor Phones

It seems that the technology of mobile phones are also running as fast as the computers. The boundary are limitless now. The more you upgrade the higher you take your part in the market. 2011 was the year of the dual-core phones. Just this early part of 2012, the HTC Edge/Endeavor and maybe the Samsung Galaxy S III will pioneering the release of the ultra-fast quad-core processor. And another will also be joining the race, the LG X3. X3 will have a powerful chipset of Tegra 3 by nVidia.

Luckily, Pocketnow has come-up with the soon-to-launch image of LG X3 Smartphone. This phone will be having a 4.7-inch touch screen, an 8 megapixel rear facing camera, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 16GB internal storage and microSD expansion.

Aside from that, LG X3 will be running by an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

See below for more technical specification:

Software-Environment
Embedded+Operating;System:	Google Android 4.0.3 Browse devices running this OS
Microprocessor,:Chipset
CPU:	NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP30H Browse devices based on this microprocessor
Memory,+Storage:capacity
RAM+capacity:	1 GiB
ROM;capacity:	14.9 GiB
Display
Display:Type:	Supported
Display;Diagonal:	4.7 "
Display_Resolution:	720 x 1280
Video:out:	1920x1080 (1080p) resolution
Sound
Microphone(s):	mono
Loudspeaker(s):	mono
Audio:Output:	3.5mm
Cellular:Phone
Cellular_Networks:	GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100
Cellular;Data;Links:	GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
Call;Alert:	72 -chord melody
Vibrating:Alert:	Supported
Speakerphone;:	Supported
Control+Peripherals
Positioning_Device:	Multi-touch screen
Primary+Keyboard:	Not supported
Directional_Pad:	Not supported
Scroll:Wheel:	Not supported
Interfaces
Expansion_Slots:	microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash
USB:	USB 2.0 client, 480Mbit/s micro-USB
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 4.0
Wireless-LAN:	802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Infrared:Gate:	Not supported
Multimedia+Telecommunication
Analog+Radio:Receiver:	No information
Digital-Media+Broadcast;Tuner:	Not supported
Satellite-Navigation
Built-in_GPS-module:	Supported
Complementary;GPS:Services:	Assisted GPS, QuickGPS, Geotagging
Built-in_Digital-Camera
Main_Camera:	8 MP
Autofocus_(AF):	Supported
Optical_Zoom:	1 x
Macro_Mode:	Supported
Built-in;Flash:	Supported
Secondary+Camera:	1.3 MP
Additional:Details
Built-in-accelerometer:	Supported
Battery:	built-in
Battery:Capacity:	2000 mAh

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Unveiling the More Improved Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus

The Galaxy series of Samsung Electronics had already invaded successfully the technology market, from laptop, tablet to mobile phone. The latest among the family of Android(Gingerbread [2.3]) phone that they unveil for 2012 is the more improve Galaxy Ace Plus.

This model is powered with the following specifications:

Network	HSDPA 7.2Mbps 900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Process	1 GHz Processor
Display	3.65” HVGA(320x480) TFT
OS	Android 2.3(Gingerbread)
Camera	Main(Rear) : 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
Video	Video : MPEG4, H.263, H.264 Recording/ Playback : WVGA@30fps
Audio	Codec : MP3, AAC, AAC＋, eAAC＋ Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Value-added Features	Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX
	Samsung Apps
	Samsung Kies 2.0/ Samsung Kies air
	Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
	Social Hub - Integrated Messaging(Email, SNS), Contacts/ Calendar Sync - Basic: POP3/IMAP Email
	Music Hub (Downloadable)
	GoogleTM Mobile Services - Android Market™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Syncing with Google Calendar™
	ThinkFree
	A-GPS
Connectivity	Bluetooth® technology v 3.0 USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Sensor	Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity
Memory	3GB User memory ＋ 512MB(RAM) microSD (up to 32GB))
Size	114.7 x 62.5 x 11.2 mm, 115 g
Battery	Standard battery, Li-ion 1,300 mAh

What makes this called a business phone is the ThinkFree tool, you can edit and views documents such as the Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDFs, while you are anywhere.

The Galaxy Ace Plus will first debut in Russia starting this January, and spontaneously be out of the market in Europe, Latin America, parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and China.

It is also rumored that latter this year they will launch the third generation of Galaxy S III with Super AMOLED Plus HD display at 1280-by-720 pixels, a quad-core processor and a 12-megapixel camera.

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