In my last post, I told you that Widget City will be selling the Motorola RAZR XT910 aka Motorola RAZR Droid soon. Last night, our partner just announced that they’ll be selling Kindle Fire, a Dual core tablet from Amazon which is very affordable. The price? well, it is just below the P20k mark. It is even below 15k!. Anyway, this tablet won’t be using the Android Marketplace instead, it will use the Amazon Marketplace which has a tons of apps too. Anyway, you can start pre-ordering at their site at http://widgetcity.com.ph/. Just contact them and you can get it at PHP13,800 only. I’m still wondering if the Amazon services will work on the Philippines, but I think you just need to set up some proxy so that you can download apps and other things to your kindle fire
The slimmest smartphone in the market, the Motorola RAZR XT910 will finally land in the Philippine shores soon via our favorite online store, Widget City. Few years ago, The Motorola RAZR changed the mobile industry by its slim clamshell design. This 2011, Motorola combined the best features of RAZR and the goodness that we taste on Android. Inside the Motorola RAZR XT910 is a TI OMAP 4430 chipset with 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. Some other notable features of the Motorola RAZR XT910 are 8 Megapixel which is capable of 1080p@30fps and 480p@120fps
At 7.1mm thin, it still have a Gorilla Glass display, HDMI port, Super AMOLED Screen and a 1780 mah battery. Surprising, isn’t it?. Anyway, the Motorola RAZR XT910 pre-orders will start tomorrow at Widget City at P32,499.
Do you love QWERTY?, well I, myself love QWERTY keyboard. And if you do love QWERTY keyboard, why don’t you join Nokia Philippines’ contest and get a chance to win a brand new Nokia Asha phones!. Yep, Asha phones are the phones which was revealed last Nokia World 2011 along with the Lumia phones.
The contest is open to all QWERTY phone users. All you have to do is write a 200-word essay on the topic: “How using a QWERTY phone changed my mobile life for the better.” Your essay should describe your positive experiences and interesting anecdotes about using your QWERTY phone.
Your essay should be accompanied by a photo in JPEG format of yourself and your QWERTY phone. Send your entry via email to [email protected].
Make sure to put some pizzazz to your essay and photo as entries will be judged according to: Uniqueness (40%); Relevance (30%); and Visual Quality of Photo (30%).
Four entries with the most interesting stories and the most creative photos will win a new Nokia QWERTY phone each: a Nokia Asha 200 for the 3rd prize; a Nokia Asha 303 for the 2nd prize; a pair of Nokia Asha 200 for the 1st prize; and a pair of Nokia Asha 303 for the grand prize.
I think that is just too easy. So I suggest that you join this one guys.
Deadline of submission of entries is on December 30, 2011.
One of the sexiest in the market right now is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Arc S. The difference with the two phones is that the Arc S is 40% faster than the Original Xperia Arc (Xperia Arc S has 1.4 ghz processor). I thought having a phone at more than 4.0″ screen will be hard to type on using only one hand (I’m just a kid you know!) but that changed when I used the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S. This thing was so fast, never thought that I wouldn’t experience any slowdowns or hangs even at browsing pages with a lot of flash.
I believe that Sony Ericsson phones are one of the most optimized phones in Android. Xperia Arc is purely made up of plastic which makes the phone light and not-so-durable feel. The camera was great especially at low-light. The Mobile Bravia Engine was excellent, it improves the quality of pictures and videos on the 4.2″ display but when transferred to PC or Mac, it just go back to the original quality of the picture. Watch out for the review soon on JAM Online!. For the meantime, join our Euroo Speaker raffle!
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Specifications
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 854 x 480 pixels, 4.2 inches
Scratch resistant surface
Sony Mobile Bravia Engine
Timescape UI 1 GB storage with 512 MB RAM
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
HSDPA
Wifi b/g/n
Bluetooth
8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash with 720p@30fps recording
Exmor-R sensor
3D sweep panorama 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon HDMI port
xLoud audio
Android 2.3.4 upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Price in the Philippines
Widget City, my favorite online store, offers a lot of cheap gadgets especially smartphones. One smartphone catches my attention. Why?. Because it is a dual core smartphone which is below the 20k mark. Interesting huh?. For months, I’ve been recommending Widget city to my readers because they offer a cheap price for smartphones and yet they offer a 1 year warranty at their store. Anyway, Dual core smartphones are on the rise for the past few months. They are faster than any single core processors and they are capable of recording and playback 1080p videos. For P15,800, this is the cheapest dual core phone that you can find If you want to know the specifications of this phone, you can check it out here:
A new Blackberry curve has been announced at Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday. Unfortunately, I wasn’t invited for that event (Yeah, I wished I was included). Anyway, Blackberry Curve 9380 is the first BB curve phone that doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard and uses a full touchscreen keyboard. It has a 3.2″ capacitive touch screen (smaller than the iPhone). I don’t have an issue with that since the Blackberry Curve line are the most affordable blackberries out there. It has an optical trackpad just like the other Blackberry curve. It is powered by a 806 mhz processor with 512 mb RAM and it has a 5 megapixel camera. Not bad my friends.
Blackberry Curve 9380 Specifications 109 x 60 x 11.2 mm Optical trackpad 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches Capacitive touchscreen 512 MB storage, 512 MB RAM HSDPA Wifi b/g/n 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash w/ VGA recording 806 MHz processor NFC Blackberry OS 7
Blackberry Curve 9380 Price in the Philippines
There are no indicated SRPs yet here in the Philippines 😀
As promised, We’ll be giving away a Euroo EMS-3000 Speaker soon. If that sounds familiar to you, yes that’s because I reviewed that speaker a few weeks ago. And today, We’ll be raffling it away to you guys. You don’t need to pay anything or climb a mountain just to join this contest. All you need is a Facebook or Twitter account
Mechanics:
Do any of the following to earn a raffle entry. Doing all the steps below will earn you a total of 3 raffle entries.
Share the EUROO Contest Link and tag JAM Online, Euroo and one (1) of your friends in your Facebook status. Here is an example
Hey @friend!. Join @JAM Online in their giveaway and get a chance to win a @Euroo EMS-3000 speaker http://tiny.cc/JAMonlineGiveaway
After accomplishing the things above inform me in the comment box that you joined the contest (please post the FB post link) just like these guys:
Disqus comments
on Facebook comments
To get the link of the status, just click on the time on your post. And if you don’t know how to get the link, just post a screenshot of your post. Upload it and then post the link of the image here
Second Way (for Twitter Account): Tweet the phrase below:
“Like Euroo fanpage at http://tiny.cc/Euroo and RT this to get a chance to win a Euroo Speaker #JAMOnlineGiveaway – http://tiny.cc/JAMonlineGiveaway”
ohh just like this people 😀
How can I pick the winner?
Winner will be drawn using random.org
Promotion will run from November 15 to January 3, 2012.
Winner shall be announced on January 2012.
Who can join?
Everybody can join as long as you’re a resident of the republic of the Philippines
How can I claim the prize?
To claim the speaker, you must get it at around LRT and MRT lines, around UST area or any landmark like SM Manila, Trinoma and other malls near to it. Batanguenos can also join the giveaway. I can give you this at SM Lipa.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO JOINED VIA FACEBOOK. DON’T FORGET TO LIKE EUROO AND JAM ONLINE AND THEN INFORM ME AT THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS OR DISQUS COMMENTS BELOW TO JOIN.
I was able to have a hands-on of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray during the holiday. Well, it is not a long hands-on but it is just a first impression because I just played this cellphone for hours not days. Anyway, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is just like the smaller version of the Xperia Arc. The Xperia Ray’s screen size is 3.3” which is a bit small if you think compared to smartphones these days. Most smartphones that we see in the market ranges from 3.5”-4.3” and even some of them reach 4.7” like the HTC Titan and there is a 5.3” like the Samsung Galaxy Note who is still confuse whether he is a phone or a tablet. Even though the 3.3” is a bit small for you, I think this one fits okay right for me.
If you notice, the Xperia 2011 phone lineup specifications is almost similar to each other. All of them use the Snapdragon chipset. Yep, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray also have the same specifications like the other Xperia phones. Anyway, having a single core on 3.3” phone with a sleek design is not an issue since most dual core phones ranges from 3.8”-4.3″. Oh and having a larger phone doesn’t mean that you’ll have a faster and more responsive phone. It is the specifications that powers the device is the one that matters.
When you look at the screen size of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, some of you may think that this phone is a bit small. Yep, when I haven’t seen this phone personally, I think it was too small and not attractive for me. But when I saw this and lay my hands on it. My first impression was all wrong. The small screen size is just right for me.I can even type at the QWERTY keyboard at portrait mode swiftly. By the way, I’m not a large guy. I’m just a 5’6” 17 year old tech blogger (Yes, I’m a minor).
I really like the body too, it is not made up of metallic materials but the phone feels solid and stylish. Oh and I must admit that, I’m a fan of Xperia Arc before. I was drooling for the Xperia Arc before but I changed my mind (Thanks Alex of TheTechnoclast.com for enlightening me!). Anyway, I’m not bias with the Xperia ray but this phone’s build was good. Yep, good not excellent (I told you, I’m not in favor of Sony Ericsson). I like how HTC made their cellphones solid compared to Sony Ericsson.
Another unique feature that this phone have is the Mobile Bravia engine. It allows the phone to have a clearer and have a better quality playback of videos and pictures in the phone’s screen. We tested some videos and pictures and the phone’s display was good. Too bad, I didn’t have a screenshot of that but I can tell you that this is behind the Samsung Super AMOLED Plus display on the Samsung Galaxy S II.
CAMERA
One of the advantages and key features of some Xperia phones is the Exmor-R camera feature. Exmor-R allows more light to come inside the camera which allows the camera to have a brighter images at low-light conditions. I even tested it during UNDAS and yes, the camera was excellent and you can even show the difference between these 2 images.
You can see the difference between those 2 images. The Xperia Ray’s image was brighter and even more colorful compared to the HTC 7 trophy. We also tested it on the Samsung Galaxy SII but I didn’t have the sample image. I know this is a bit awkward to use a HTC 7 Trophy but that is the only phone we have during that time (yeah, a bit sad =( ). Anyway, the image quality of Xperia Ray surpasses the cameras of HTC 7 trophy and Samsung Galaxy S II.
Image on HTC 7 Trophy
Image shot on the Exmor-R equipped Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
This time I tried the video recording. I didn’t have a video during the low-light condition (I told you that this is just a short review of the phone at the cemetery) but I have a video at daytime. Xperia Ray is capable of playback and recording of 720@30fps which is normal for phones with 1 ghz processor. All I notice is that it has a good quality but the camera took some time to focus on another object. See the video below:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Hands-on
Oh and we also tried skype on Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and it works flawlessly!. We tried to call on a Samsung Galaxy SII and on my Mac!. Look at this screen shot.
Well, I can’t say much about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray since I just borrowed it for a while. These are just some of my first impressions so some of it might be wrong. Anyway, I love the device (not because I’m a Sony Ericsson Fanboy) but because it just exceeds my expectations. The 3.3” screen was good, the performance was excellent and the OS was great. Anyway Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is expensive at mall stores, expect the price at P15,000-P20,000 but on Widget City you can buy it for as low as P13,100 (Well, that’s the pink version)
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Good morning Marquez!
First of all I want to clarify to you guys that I fell asleep a while ago when we were watching the Pacquaio-Marquez fight. Anyway, I was surprise to see a lot of Filipinos having mixed reactions on the fight a while ago. Before I fell asleep, I thought Marquez will win the fight but it turn out that Pacman still won via majority decision. Well, I can’t really decide who won the match since I’m not the judge LOL. Seriously, because I fell asleep. Here are some of the Twitter and Facebook reactions I saw
The reason why Pacquaio won the fight
Oh comelec mehehehe
De la hoya still hates pacman?
Amen
Hurray to this one
Juan Marquez lost to Manny. But he won the respect of the Filipino community. Amen to you Marquez.
Last 11-11-11, Cherry Mobile also announced their newest Android phones in their lineup. Yes, there are a lot of Android devices including tablets that was introduced last friday. The two phones that got my attention is the Cherry Mobile Candy and Candy chat. Why?, because they use Android OS but they still manage to have a price lower than P5,000. Interesting right?. Obviously, this phone targets the youth who wants to have a smartphone OS. Even though the CM candy phones have a 416 mhz processor, I felt that this phone is still swift compared to Cherry Mobile Orbit that I reviewed a month ago. Oh and did you know that I played Angry Birds on the Candy Chat?, Yep it can handle that one. Anyway, if you’re planning to buy a Cherry Mobile phone, I suggest that you pick these two. Why?, because Android has a lot to offer. I assure you that you’ll love Android.
