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Razer Blade: Gaming and Portability combined

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Razer Blade w/ the glowing keyboard 

Most gaming laptops that we’ve seen in the market are thick & heavy. In short, they’re not portable. But Razer just created a game changer. They just announced the Razer Blade, a gaming laptop but features a thin profile. A laptop that has a height of 0.88″. Yes, that laptop is even thinner than the Macbook Pro 13″. 
The first thing that came to my mind is this laptop borrows the looks of Macbook pro but this one is even better. Why?, look at the picture closely. You can see a small LCD on the side. That’s the touchpad of the laptop. You can choose whether you’ll use it as a touchpad or display your in-game information. There are also 10 dynamic adaptive tactile keys for easier access of in-game commands.

The Razer logo at the back.
Razer Blade Specifications

  • 2.8GHz Intel® Core™ i7 2640M Processor
  • 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
  • 17.3″ LED Backlit Display (1920×1080)
  • NVIDIA GeForce® GT 555M with NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology
  • 2GB Dedicated GDDR5 Video Memory
  • Built-in HD Webcam
  • Integrated 60Wh Battery
  • 320GB 7200rpm SATA HDD
  • Wireless Network 802.11 b/g/n Compatible
  • 16.81″ (Width) x 10.9″ (Depth) x 0.88″ (Height); 6.97lbs (Weight)
Razer Blade Price in the Philippines
This gaming laptop will cost you $2800 and it is expected to be released this Q4 2011 at North America. Yeah, That is more expensive than the Macbook Pro 17″ that you guys have been craving for a long time. Oh and if you’re in the Philippines, expect that this will be more than PHP120,000.00


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Nokia 100 and 101 Specs, and Price in the Philippines

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Nokia 100 in aqua blue

2 members of the Nokia Dual sim family has been added, the Nokia 100 & 101. Both phones look the same but they have different features. The Nokia 101 is the dual sim dual-standby phone while the Nokia 100 is not.

Nokia 100 in legion blue

Nokia 100 Specifications

TFT, 65K colors, 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches screeen
Colors available: Legion Blue, Festival Pink, Ocean Blue Phantom Black, Coral Red
FM Radio
Li-Ion 850 mAh

Nokia 101 in phantom black
Nokia 101 in coral red
Nokia 101 Specifications

TFT, 65K colors, 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches screeen
Colors available: Legion Blue, Festival Pink, Ocean Blue Phantom Black, Coral Red
FM Radio
microSD, up to 16GB
Dual Sim Dual standby
MP3 Player
Li-Ion 850 mAh

Nokia 100 and 101 Price in the Philippines
It is not yet available in the Philippines. I’ll just update you with the SRPs soon

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New Nokia Phones w/ Symbian Belle

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3 new Nokia phones equipped with Symbian Belle has been announced recently. Symbian Belle is an upgrade for the Symbian Anna. The thing that I notice with the new Symbian Belle phones are NFC. All of them support NFC, yes, ALL OF THEM. Some of the other new features of Symbian Belle are the new UI and more homescreens. Oh and I nearly forgot, the new phones are Nokia 600, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701. See the specs and new features at the picture above





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Nokia X7 Review: My Xper7ence

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Nokia X7 Homescreen

Remember the Nokia X7 that I borrowed from Nokia a few weeks ago?. Actually, this review is soooo long. I just summarized this one. I enjoyed and hated this phone for 2 weeks. It took me 2 weeks to write a review because I’ve been busy with my school works and exams. Well here it is, I share with you my experience with the Nokia X7. My Xper7ence  



Body, Camera and Construction – So sexy that they forgot the edges
You can feel that the Nokia X7 is made pure metal on the back and solid glass on the rear. I like the design but they should’ve made edges on its sides. It is very hard to hold and text on this phone using only one hand. When I was taking a photo and I was about to press the camera button, the phone almost slipped into my hand because this phone has no edges.
Nokia X7 has a 4” AMOLED with CBD (Clear Black Display) which is superior to the Super Clear LCD (I tested it myself) but it has the same 640 x 360 resolution which is so outdated nowadays since most decent phones use WVGA or 800 X 600 resolution. I really like its thin and sexy profile but the lack of edges on this device is a turn-off for me.  If you love solid metal unibody phones, surely you’ll love this one.
The camera inside this device is an 8 Megapixel EDoF (Yes, Autofocus is missing). The camera is great when shooting at a distance but don’t expect a crisp and clear shot when shooting objects near you because the camera will not focus on it. Too bad, I forgot to copy those pics that I’ve taken using the Nokia X7 (ooohhh define fail). This device is also capable of recording 720p videos @ 25 fps which is quite good. Here’s a sample of HD video:

The OS & Apps – The Good ol’ Symbian
Yes, Nokia X7 still uses the same old Symbian OS but this one uses Symbian Anna, it is the updated version of the Symbian^3 but don’t expect a faster and crash-free Symbian here. I still get a lot of crashes especially when multi-tasking. But hey, Nokia X7 can sometimes run 7 app simultaneously

Symbian Social App
The 680 MHz processor of the Nokia X7 is a bit slow for Anna. I felt that Nokia X7 needs a faster processor. But until now, I’m still wondering how the 680 MHz processor  + GPU of the Nokia X7 can record 720p@25fps. While the Android phones needs 1GHz just to do that.

Checking-in at OVI Maps
There are a lot of apps that are included in the Nokia X7 like F-secure, Quickoffice and many more. But there is only one app that I like so much – OVI maps. OVI maps is the best free mapping application I tried so far.  In OVI Maps you can connect your different SNS like Twitter, Facebook & Foursquare. Hopefully, we can connect our Google+ account soon. You can also download Philippine maps, which supports turn-by-turn navigation.

I used the Nokia X7’s turn-by-turn navigation. I downloaded the PH maps that’s why I’m not connected to the internet
There are 2 games which are pre-installed on the device these are Galaxy On Fire and Asphalt 5. I already discussed the gaming experience on the device a few weeks ago. If you feel that these games are too boring, OVI Store offers a few cool games to download.
The Xper7ence
This phone is created for multimedia & games lovers. The 4” AMOLED CBD is so sweet. The colors are vivid but the small resolution is a letdown for me. If you are an S^3 user, you can notice some upgrades like the browser and the squarecircle icons which is quite pleasing to my eye. The browser was also updated but the maximum tabs that you can open are three.  Oh you will still experience frequent crashes on the browser
One advantage of Symbian is battery life. I manage to get 1 and a half-day of battery with moderate use of text, browsing using 3G and games. Well, I had this phone for 2 weeks and there is no single day that I haven’t experience a crash. And this one is the worst of them all:
The Nokia X7 crashed
I can’t turn it off nor remove the battery (Because the battery is non-removable) so I just waited for so many hours before it runs out of juice. Symbian Anna has a lot of bugs and Nokia really need to polish it. I hope that when Symbian Belle is out, Nokia already repaired those pesky bugs.
All in all, I like the improvements of Symbian but the bugs and diseases that plague S^3 hasn’t been cured yet. The Nokia X7 is a solid device with a nice hardware but the only downside of these is OS & slow processor.  The AMOLED CBD is so sweet; I could see the pictures and videos outside even with direct sunlight.  OVI Store offers a vast array of games and apps but it can’t achieve Apple appstore and Android Market success.
This phone is great for multimedia lovers. It can record and play 720p videos. The 4” AMOLED CBD screen is great for watching movies but it has smaller resolution compared to some phones out there in the market and Symbian OS is buggy. Let’s wait for Symbian Belle, if they can change the game. If you are willing to get this phone then you can get this at Widget City for only P19,000.00

Rating:8.5/10


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Sony Ericsson W8 Specs, Reviews and Price in the philippines

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Sony Ericsson W8

UPDATE: Sony Ericsson W8 is now available at Widget City

It’s nice to see that Sony Ericsson still continues the Walkman line of phones especially when they use the Android OS on it. Too bad they only use Eclair. BTW, this is the first Android Walkman phone. If they can make more Android Walkman phones with better specs, maybe they can get a share from Nokia Xpressmusic family of phones since most people believed that Android OS is way better than the aging Symbian OS.


Sony Ericsson W8 Specifications
3″ Capacitive touch screen w/ 320 x 480 pixels
600 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
168 mb RAM
microSD up to 16 GB
3G/HSDPA
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1
3.2 Megapixel Camera, Video VGA@30fps
A-GPS support
Li-Po 1200 MaH
Android Eclair 2.1
Accelerometer
Timescape UI
Walkman Player

Since this is a walkman phone, it will come MH 410 Stereo Headset. Walkman phone lovers would definitely love this phone. Timescape + Android is awesome.  I hope that we can get to see a Gingerbread update for this one. The specifications is almost similar to the Sony Ericsson X8 which is cheap, so expect that its price would be near to it. Sony Ericsson W8 will be available this Q2 2011 but there is no word on the pricing yet

Sony Ericsson W8 Price in the Philippines
it is now available for P7,600.00 at Widget City


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Blackberry Bold 9900 and 9930 Specs, Reviews and Price in the philippines

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Blackberry Bold Touch 9900

UPDATE: YOU CAN BUY THE NEW BLACKBERRY BOLD TOUCH HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Blackberry Bold 9900 is a Blackberry phone that features a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard (similar to the Nokia E6)  latest Blackberry OS 7. It hasn’t been released yet as of this posting. Blackberry bold touch is a device that features the blackberry design signature but with a sleek and thin design

Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 Specifications
• 2.8″ capacitive touch screen display (640×480), 287 dpi resolution
• QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
• 1.2 GHz processor w/ 768 MB RAM
• 8GB on-board memory,
• microSD slot supporting up to 32GB
• NFC technology
• 5MP camera w/ 720p HD video recording
• Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
• GPS with aGPS support
• Dual-Band WiFi & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 1230 mAh Li-Ion battery
• BlackBerry 7 OS

Wireless Network support:
o BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone: Tri-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
o BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone: Dual-Band CDMA/EVDO Rev A, Dual-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE

Blackberry Bold touch 9900 and 9930 price in the Philippines
Blackberry Bold Touch 9930 is now available at Widget city for P23,500
Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 is now available at Widget city for P27,300


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Blackberry Curve 9360 Specifications, Reviews and Price in the Philippines

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The new Blackberry Curve

The successor of the Blackberry Curve 9300 has been announced by RIM. The new Blackberry curve comes in 3 variants 9350, 9360 & 9370 but I think the only variant that will land on the Philippines is the Blackberry Curve 9360, the GSM Variant.


Blackberry Curve 9360 Specifications

2.44″ display @ 480×360 pixel (HVGA+)
800MHz processor
512MB of RAM w/ expandable memory up to 32GB microSD
3G/HSDPA
WiFi 802.11 b/g
5MP EDoF camera w/ LED Flash and VGA Video recording
GPS w/ aGPS support
NFC support

1000 mAh battery
BlackBerry OS 7.0


Blackberry 9360 Price in the Philippines
Blackberry Curve 9360 is currently available at Widget City for PHP15,300

LG Optimus Sol Specs & Price in the Philippines

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LG added another member to the Optimus Line, the line of Android LG Phones. LG Optimus Sol is targeting the mid-range market. Surprisingly, LG Optimus Sol does not use the NOVA display which can be found on the Optimus Black and Optimus 2x. LG decided to use Ultra AMOLED which is good for outdoors
LG Optimus Sol Specifications
3.8″ Ultra AMOLED display @ 480×800 pixels
1.0GHz Snapdragon processor
512mb RAM
up to 32GB via microSD (2GB included)
5MP autofocus camera
3G/HSDPA
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS w/ aGPS support
1500mAh Li-Ion battery
Android 2.3 Gingerbread

No LED Flash
LG Optimus Price in the Philippines
There are no official SRP yet for this phone.


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Sony Ericsson Live Specs, Reviews and Price in the Philippines

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Sony Ericsson Live is available in Black and White

A new Sony Ericsson Walkman Android phone was announced earlier. This Android walkman phone is equipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread w/ timescape, 3.2″ HVGA screen and 1 GHz processor. The 5 megapixel camera w/ autofocus can record up to 720p HD. There is a VGA front facing camera too. This music phone also features a expandable storage via MicroSD up to 32GB w/ 320mb of RAM inside. There is a walkman music button so you can go straight to your favorite musics and tracks. Since this is a walkman phone  there is xLOUD inside which makes it possible to listen loud without distortion.


Sony Ericsson Live Specifications
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2011, August
Status Available. Released 2011, October
SIZE Dimensions 106 x 56.5 x 14.2 mm
Weight 115 g
DISPLAY Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~180 ppi pixel density)
– Scratch-resistant surface
– Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
– Multi-touch input method
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
– Sony xLOUD enhancement
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 320MB storage, 512 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, image stabilization, smile and face detection, touch focus
Video Yes, 720p
Secondary Yes, VGA
FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
– Digital compass
– SNS integration
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
– TrackID music recognition
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
– Document editor
– Voice memo
– Predictive text input

Sony Ericsson Live Hands-on

Sony Ericsson Live Price in the Philippines
It is currently available at Widget City for PHP12,500 


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HP Touchpad for only $99

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So after those successful commercials by Manny Pacquiao HP decided to leave the tablet and phone business. And now, HP is liquidating those 16 gb and 32 gb touchpads with a price of $99 and $149 respectively. If you want a tablet just to brag your friends well, here’s your chance boys and girls.
Get it at Best Buy and Future Shop


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