New XpressMusic Phones Sighted in the Philippines

According to our source, the Nokia 5320 and 5220 have made their official debut here in the Philippines. Featuring the same musical pedigree as the Nokia 5310—which means they accept standard headphones and earphones through their respective 3.5mm audio jacks—these two models are nevertheless vastly different in terms of feature sets, and most importantly, price [...]

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Rundowns

Posted on August 16th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Smart Zed Allegedly Ignoring NTC Cease-and-Desist

Looks like Zed Philippines Inc., the company primarily responsible for the Smart Zed value-added mobile service, is in trouble with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). According to BusinessWorld: I.T. Matters, Filipino David C. Amparo had previously filed a petition accusing the company of violating Filipino ownership requirements. Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, no local company [...]

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News

Posted on August 9th, 2008 Written by Rico

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HTC PDA Phones at P10,990 (For First 10 Buyers)

According to Pinoy Windows Mobile: Machines by Digital Walker [3/F V-Mall, Greenhills] will be selling Brand New HTC PDA Phones for Php 10,990.00 only! You can only avail this ONE TIME special offer on 08-08-08 (that’s August 8, 2008 for you folks!) and you have to be one of the 1st 10 buyers to get [...]

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Deals & Promos

Posted on August 7th, 2008 Written by Rico

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iPhone 3G Set For August 22 Release; Post-Paid and Pre-Paid Prices

Update: Globe has announced new prices for its postpaid plans. Update: Globe Telecom has slashed the price of an iPhone 3G bought through a prepaid plan by P4,300 for the 8GB model, and P5,000 for the 16GB variant. The long wait’s over folks. Today Globe announced the iPhone 3G plan pricing for the Philippines, also [...]

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News

Posted on August 6th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Inter-Network SMS Now P0.50 in the Philippines

The other day during the State of the Nation Address, President Gloria Arroyo said that local telcos responded to her request to drop the cost of SMS in the Philippines to P0.50 per message sent between cellular networks. As ABS-CBN reports, the NTC has promised that this lower price will last until this October. In [...]

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Surveys

Posted on July 30th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Friendster Now Allows Image Uploading From Cell Phones

According to an email we received from reader Josh, it’s now possible to “upload photos directly to your Friendster profile from your mobile phone”. This feature announcement is actually central to Friendster’s new mobile interface, which allows users to “view and approve comments, and view full profiles on [their phones]“. Users who want to avail [...]

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Posted on July 24th, 2008 Written by Rico

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The Alcatel OT-V770 Costs P5,990 in the Philippines

More info on the Alcatel OT-V770, straight from our source: SRP is Php 5,990. it’s already available in various retail outlets like Mega Cellular, Wellcom, Berlein Electronics, Novacell, Presnet, Best Mobile, Com Centre, Semicon among others. They also can be found at 2 Alcatel Concept Stores in Robinson’s Galleria and Farmer’s Plaza in Cubao Bundled [...]

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Rundowns

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 Written by Rico

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The Dark Knight Tickets Up for Grabs!

We scored some free tickets to screenings of Batman: The Dark Knight later this week. Since we’re so bait, we decided to raffle them off to you, dear readers. And since these are courtesy of Nokia Philippines, we decided to make the contest Nokia-themed. All you have to do to win two tickets to the [...]

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Asides, News

Posted on July 15th, 2008 Written by Rico

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The LG KF750 Secret Costs P24,800 in the Philippines

The local launch of LG Mobile’s new flagship cell phone was held yesterday at Ascend, Bonifacio High Street. The P24,800 price was honestly a pleasant surprise. Given the Secret’s deep feature set and small size, not to mention it’s beautiful design, we originally projected a price of around P30,000 when we started using the phone. [...]

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Events

Posted on July 10th, 2008 Written by Rico

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HTC Touch Diamond Hands-on Walkthrough

The HTC Touch Diamond Will Cost P41,000 in the Philippines. During the press launch held yesterday, we were given an up-close presentation of the vaunted TouchFLO 3D interface which supposedly lets users treat their information like physical objects: Thanks to Lonson for showing us the ropes. Continue for more info on the HTC Touch Diamond.

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Rundowns

Posted on July 4th, 2008 Written by Rico

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