HP Stream 7 - Budget Windows 8.1 PockeTablet

Pre-Order the New Budget tablet - HP Stream 7.

The New HP Stream 7 comes in basic simple black licorice color with silky touch tablet look and feel. It features 7 inch at 1280 x 800 HD resolution IPS LED-backlit Anti-Glare Display. Under the hood, is an Intel® Atom® 3735G BayTrail Processor clocked at 1.8GHz complimented with 1GB RAM and 32GB Internal Storage. An microSD slot is available if you do need more.

For connectivity, you do get WiFi with Miracast supported and Bluetooth. External and Internal ports include MicroUSB 2.0 and 3.5mm headphone jack. For audio it sports external speakers and built-in microphone. An 2MP rear and VGA front camera for its optics. Battery comes at 3000mAh lithium-ion 11.1Wh with up to 8 hours.

On the software side, it runs the latest Windows 8.1 with Bing and includes a includes 1-year subscription for Office 365 Personal and 1TB OneDrive account.

Priced at 7,999 but you get 1000 off when you pre-order which translate to only 6,999 that should pin it against local Cherry Mobile Alpha Play.

What you waiting for? Order via Villman
Product Page >>> HP Stream 7

Tech specs
Windows 8.1 with Bing, 32-bit

7 inch HD (1280 x 800) IPS touchscreen

5-Finger multi-touch support

Processor
Intel Atom Z3735G Quad Core
1.33 GHz with Burst Technology up to 1.83 GHz

Memory
1GB DDR3L-RS 1333 MHz

Hard drive size
32GB eMMC
Expandable Via MicroSD

Video/Audio:
Integrated audio
Intel HD Graphics with shared graphics memory

Camera
2MP back-facing camera, 0.3MP front-facing camera

Connectivity
802.11b/g/n (Miracast enabled)
Bluetooth

Ports
1 Micro USB 2.0 • Headphone output/Microphone input combo

Battery
3000mAh lithium-ion 11.1Wh (up to 8 hours)*

Dimensions: 7.59 x 4.36 x 0.39 in (192.78 x 110.74 x 9.90 mm)
Weight :0.78 lbs (353.8 g)
Color: Black

Taiwan Excellence - Made to Enjoy Christmas Contest

The Taiwan Excellence campaign seeks to promote Taiwanese Own Brand Manufacturing (OBM) companies and their products to its Asian neighbors including the Philippines. In the country, they have started conducting roadshows, exhibitions and other promotional activities featuring Top 56 brands – 176 products accorded with Taiwan Excellence Award. Christmas is coming, a time of giving and sharing and so as a good gesture of the season, the Taiwan Government through Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) presents the Made to Enjoy Life Christmas Contest! Gifts for you and your love ones with the best Taiwan Excellence brands and products.

The Contest is simple by visit http://www.madetoenjoythelife.ph/and just have to Read, Register, and Share, No purchase needed. When the site loads, you are greeted with pleasant appearance of Taiwan Excellence Celebrity Endorser Iya Villania-Arellano and at the side is the Join Now Button. You will be directed to the Contest Proper that lay outs the Official Rules and Mechanics. Just Accept then move on to selection of gift where you are given 2 categories to choose from Information & Communications Technology or Home & Appliance Electronics/Sports to share to your chosen recipient. After which, you need to register your details as Gift Giver and Gift Recipient. Finally, you get to last step where you need to Upload a photo of yourself and write in 100 words or less why you want to share the Taiwan Excellence excellent lifestyle this Christmas with your chosen love one. Enter the Security Code and Submit. You are done! You will be able to see other Entries so be creative and make it heart felt.

Category A: Information and Communications Technology

Category B: Home and Appliances Electronics and Sports and Leisure Goods

1.       Acer Aspire V5 Notebook 2.       ADATA External DashDrive Durable HD710 Storage 3.       Apotop Wireless Smart Device DW21Wi-Copy 4.       ASUS Transformer Book T100 5.       Avision Mobile Scanner 2Wi-Fi PRO 6.       BenQ LCD Monitor EW2440L 7.       DrayTek Router Vigor2912n 8.       Edimax Router BR-6428nC 9.       Gigabyte Notebook P34G-v2 10.   Handlink Gateway/Router GW-1 11.   Kingcom Tablet P72 12.   PX Bluetooth Music Receiver BTR-1600 13.   Silicon Power External Hard Drive A15 14.   Thermaltake Level 10M Gaming Headset 15.   Transcend External Hard Drive StoreJet25H3

1.       Chanson Water Miracle Max Water Ionizer PL-A705 2.       HCG Bathroom Fixture (Toilet Bowl) Superlet C233 3.       Hono Golf Putter YP-500 4.       Inadays Mosquito Trap GR330 5.       Lien Cheng Saxophone A-704 6.       Microlife Blood Pressure Monitor BP 3MS1-4K (A200) 7.       Pacific Birdy Bicycle 8.       Sakura Kitchen Fixture (Stove) SG-200S 9.       Slidybike Bicycle SB-1603 10.   Strida EVO Bicycle 11.   Super Guider Electric Water Heater LED88 12.   Tatung Rice Cooker TAC-11KN 13.   TECO LED TV TL4248TRE 14.   Tern Link D8 Bicycle 15.   Thermedic Lower Back Pro Heating Pad PW140

20 Entries (10 for Category A and 10 for Category B) will be chosen from all Entries by Content Administrator. It will be judge base on Adherence to Theme and Rules 30%, Originality 30%, Creativity 20% and Technical Quality at 20%. From 10 it will be cut down to the Top 5 Finalist per category and another set of judging panel and deliberation and new criteria - Relevance; Consistency with Theme 30% Originality; Creativity 30%, Technical Quality 30% and Overall Appeal/Impact 10%. Winners will be notified via snail mail and potential Winners’ names will be posted on their Websites.

So what you waiting for? Join Now! More fun sharing the blessings this Christmas Season especially with great prizes up for grabs and no other than the Taiwan Excellence Celebrity Endorser Mrs Iya Villania-Arellano might be the one to hand it over. Enjoy Excellent Lifestyle this Christmas with Taiwan Excellence: Made to Enjoy Life Contest. Promo runs from September 28, 2014 until November 23, 2014.

For more info visit MadetoEnjoytheLife.ph and to learn more about Taiwan Excellence Campaign.

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Nokia Back to Business Releases N1 Android Tablet

Nokia surprise twist of announcements of its N1 Android Tablet, marking its return to producing consumer devices.

It is built in simplistic industrial design with its unique one-piece aluminum design with curved sexy corners and soft finish in Lava Grey and Natural Aluminum colors. On top is 7.9 laminated display powered by 2.4Ghz Intel© Moorefield AtomTM quad-core processor which should run a Android Lollipop flawlessly. Speaking of software, it utilize Nokia's own intuitive  Z Launcher for which search your apps according to what letter or character you scribble and learns over time what applications you use base on time and day.

The N1 is planned to be available in China in Q1 2015 for purchase for an estimated USD 249 before taxes. It is also expected to expand to other markets.

As of now it seems Nokia is only limited in producing smartphones, and so with N1, Tablet is an exception and maybe for other consumer devices as well.

Tech Specs
Android™ 5.0 Lollipop with Nokia Z Launcher
7.9 inch (4:3) 2048x1536 resolution
IPS panel with LED backlight

Fully laminated zero air-gap display

Gorilla® glass 3

Intel® 64-bit Atom™ Processor Z3580, 2.3 GHz
2GB LPDDR3 (800 MHz) RAM
32GB eMMC 5.0 Storage
PowerVR G6430, 533 MHz Graphics

Camera
8 MP rear-facing camera with autofocus
5 MP front-facing camera, fixed focus
1080p video recording

Wireless
Wi-Fi, (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz & 5GHz) with MIMO
Bluetooth, BT 4.0

Audio
High Quality Discrete Audio Codec, Wolfson
WM8958E, independent audio codec
Two 0.5 W stereo speakers
90 dB with less than 10% total harmonic distortion (THD)

Microphone
Digital MIC Cavity resonance frequency more than 20 KHz

Buttons and connections
3.5 mm audio
Micro-USB 2.0 with a Type-C reversible connector

Sensors
6-axis Gyro+Accelerometer

Battery
18.5 Wh (5300 mAh) rechargeable lithium polymer battery (3.7 V)

Body
One-piece design
Aluminum with surface anodization

Height: 200.7mm, Width 138.6 mm, Depth 6.9 mm
Weight: 318 g

Colors
Natural Aluminum or Lava Gray

Asus Zenfone 5 Lite A502CG - Mighty Lite

Asus just announced the Lite version of its best selling Zenfone 5.

The new Lite version looks like the original so you will still have that premium executive chrome as well as sexy curvature. Though it must be noted that Asus had cut back on color options with only Black, White and Red.

As it is to say a cut-down version, Zenfone 5 Lite still has 5 inch IPS TruVivid Laminated Display but it resolution is down to qHD and Intel Inside with Atom™ Z2520 Dual-Core Processor clocked 1.2 GHz coupled with only 1GB RAM. No storage is listed on Asus Philippines website but with reference to what is available in India then presumably 8GB with MicroSD Expansion up to 64GB and comes with 5GB free lifetime ASUS WebStorage.

Primary rear camera stays at 8MP supported LED Flash however with its front it only has VGA to work with. You do have PixelMaster technology that gives you various modes and options to take your shots and videos to the next level.

The rich and simple ZenUI is another thing to consider that works well together with Android KitKat adding other value-added touches and features.

For connectivity, it packs the same as the original Zenfone 5 that comes with its Dual "Zentenna" for more reliable connections. Higher bandwidth data connection with up to 42Mbps (downloads) DC-HSPA+. Standard things as WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. Supports Dual SIM/Standby so more network choices in one device.

The major thing that Asus improved with its Zenfone 5 Lite is the battery upgrade to 2500mAh versus 2110mAh on the first Zenfone 5. Together with the modest cuts, the Lite version will last more hours of usage so more fun, moments, and phone calls.

To conclude, Zenfone 5 Lite is a great follow through with the success of Asus Mobile division. Asus took the positives of Zenfone design, hardware and software and improved battery life. It might be lite but still it proves to be a mighty champion. Hopefully price competitively. Perfect timing for Chirstmas.

Update Priced for 5,595.00 and is also available here:
Asus Zenfone 5 Lite A502CG (Red)
Asus Zenfone 5 Lite A502CG (White)
Asus Zenfone 5 Lite A502CG (Black)

Specs Summary

Asus Zenfone 5 Lite

Android 4.4 KitKat with ZenUI

5 inch IPS Display

1.2GHz Intel Atom™ Z2520 Dual-Core

Hyper-Threading Technology

1 GB LPDDR2 RAM

8GB Internal Storage (Presumably)

Expandable via MicroSD up to 64GB

8MP Primary Back Camera

With LED Flash

VGA Front Camera

DC-HSPA+/3G

WiFi b/g/n

Bluetooth 4.0 EDR A2DP 

GPS, aGPS, GLONASS

2500mAh Li-Po Battery

LG F70 - Budget Android KitKat, LTE and Big Battery

Look what I stumbled on, LG F70 LTE for as low as 6,490 Pesos!!!

LG most affordable LTE handset with Android 4.4.1 KitKat on board on a modest 4.5 inch WVGA IPS Display. Humble as it seems it is still powered by a reliable 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 coupled with 1GB RAM. Still need to verify if 4GB or 8GB internal storage variant basing on Australia and Singapore neighbors points to 4GB.

For its camera, it features a basic 5MP primary rear camera supported by single LED Flash and for its front, VGA. Expect decent shots and quality videos but it depends on your photographic eye after all in the end.

On the flip side, LG F70 offers wide range of connectivity features other than Long-Term Evolution data but also the standarrd WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS including NFC.

With its basic specifications and Snapdragon processor, it should perform at optimal level with 2440mAh battery.

Other unique software enhancements and features like Knock Code Security and Plu and Pop is available.

Overall, for an entry level LTE smartphone its hardware - low resolution IPS display, Snapdragon 400 and big energy pack works harmoniously to provide balance smartphone experience.

So want one? Look here: Lazada Philippines with Cash on Delivery and Delivers Nationwide
LG F70 Black Android­ 4.4.2 KitKat 4.5'' Plus Alcatel 506 w/ 2 SIM card - 6,490
LG F70 Android­ 4.4.2 KitKat 4.5'' Plus Alcatel 506 w/ 2 SIM card - 6,490
LG F70 White Android­ 4.4.2 KitKat 4.5'' Plus MyPhone Fury Eco w/ 2 SIM cards - 6,490
LG F70 Android­ 4.4.2 KitKat 4.5'' Plus Christmas tree 8ft. - 7,640
LG F70 Android­ 4.4.2 KitKat 4.5'' with EdgePad 2710 2G tablet with 2 sim card - 8,840

Specs Summary

LG F70
Android KitKat 4.4.1
4.5 inch WVGA IPS Display
1.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
1GB RAM
4GB/8GB Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD
5MP primary back camera
with LED Flash
VGA Front Camera
LTE/HSPA+/3G
WiFi b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS, aGPS
NFC
2440mAh Battery

Gionee CTRL V4S is Now Available

Gionee Philippines just announced the availability of CTRL V4S.

The CTRL V4S sports some modest specifications with its 4.5 ih FWVGA IPS Display powered by 1.3GHz Mediatek MT6582 Quad-Core Processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB Internal Storage expandable via microSD. Runs Android KitKat 4.4 out ofthe box.

It has 8MP primary rear camera complimented with single LED Flash. At the front, a 2MP snapper for your selfies and video chat needs.

For connectivity, it includes the standard WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS as well as supports HSPA+ data connectivity. CTRL V4S is dual sim, dual standby handset.

Battery is at 1800mAh and according to Gionee rated Standby for 230hrs and Talk Time with 10hr(3G) & 16hr(2G).

Color choices is between black and white only. Priced for 6,999.00

Sppecs Summary
Android 4.4 KitKat
4.5 inch FWVGA IPS Display
1.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
Mediatek MT6582
Mali400-MP2 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage
Expandable via microSD
8MP Back Camera
With LED Flash
2MP Front Camera
HSPA+/3G
WiFi b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS, aGPS
1800mAh battery
6,999.00

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Philippines Postpaid and Prepaid Offers

Get the latest Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus!

Here are the offers from Globe and Smart for the most awaited phones of the year. Perfect timing for Christmas Eve!

For Globe Telecom:

iPhone 6 16GB is free at Plan 2499, 64GB at Plan 3799, and 128GB at Plan 3799 for 30 months.

For iPhone 6 Plus, its free on Plan 3799 for 24 months while 64GB and 128GB is free at the same plan but with plan period of 30 months.

For Platinum Plans, you have options to pair your iPhone with other great devices

For iPhone Forever subscribers:

To upgrade your iPhone, you need to fall on your 13th to 24th month to be eligible for trade-in or pay a cashout for their next iPhone.Those who forego trade-in may just visit any Globe Store to pay the corresponding cash-out and claim their iPhone, while customers who opt to trade-in their units must first reserve a trade-in schedule (time and location). You will be notified a day before the trade-in date.

Once you have reserved your time slot, Go to any participating Globe store, Present your confirmation receipt, proceed with trade-in and check-out.

For more information visit FAQs on iPhone Forever Plans here.

With Prepaid Kits:

iPhone 6 16GB - P37,500

iPhone 6 64GB - P43,000

iPhone 6 128GB - P48,500

iPhone 6 Plus 16GB - P43,000

iPhone 6 Plus 64GB - P48,500

iPhone 6 Plus 128GB - P54,000

That's about everything with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus for Globe. 

So will you Pre-Order? Look here

Globe iPhone 6 Pre-Order

Globe iPhone 6 Plus Pre-Order

For Smart Communications:

The iPhone 6 is free for Data Plan 3000. 

* 0% installment for 24 months is applicable for all cash-outs under Plan 999 via participating credit card partners: BDO, BDO – American Express, BPI, Citibank, Diners Club, EastWest Bank, Metrobank, Security Bank, and Unionbank.

** Special Pricing available for Retention Upgrades. Get the iPhone 6 64GB or iPhone 6 Plus 16GB at waived cash-out.

*** 24-month lock in period. All cashouts and offers are subject to change without prior notice

For VIP Smart Infinity, here are the choices for you. You do get other goodies when subscribed to Premium Plans.

Prepaid Kits are as follows:

iPhone 6 16GB - 36,700

iPhone 6 64GB - 42,300

iPhone 6 128GB - 48,000

iPhone 6 Plus 16GB - 42,300

iPhone 6 Plus 64GB - 48,800

iPhone 6 Plus 128GB - 53,600

So will you Pre-Order? Look here

Smart iPhone 6 Pre-Order

Smart iPhone 6 Plus Pre-Order