Nokia Lumia 720 Windows 8 Phone Review

Styled similar to the Nokia Lumia 800, the less cute but classier looking Nokia Lumia 720 is a feel solid mobile phone with Windows 8 OS using a plastic body unlike the traditional smartphones. However, it looks and feels like high-end and as a swanky metal one with its unibody-style design. Industrial design has always been Nokia's strength, and with the 720, the company seems to have outdone itself.

Its colour saturated polycarbonate frame makes it seems like scratch-proof as scratches will not be very evident. Fingerprints are no issue with the 720, with the body as well as the screen remaining practically smudge free. 

The back plate cannot be removed and access to slots is allowed via little trays that pop-out with the help of a paperclip. The body is all smooth curves and soft-touch finish, giving it a great in-hand feel.

Toshiba Showcases Latest Laptop Models

Toshiba L Series, Toshiba P Series, Toshiba Qosmio X70 gaming laptop and Toshiba Protege Z10t ultrabook are now official in the Philippines.

Toshiba’s latest laptops are stylish yet functional, and users will find that the company’s fresh design philosophy will not disappoint. Whether used for work or play, these notebooks exude a simple elegance and will provide an outstanding user experience that cannot be matched.



Portégé Z10t

Toshiba recognizes the growing demand for a combined laptop PC and tablet among business professionals, and so mobile executives and frequent travellers will find a lot to love about the Portégé Z10t. Users can enjoy the massive power of a full-fledged Ultrabook, while enjoying the portability of a tablet weighing only 850 grams.

This thin detachable laptop and tablet features a bright 11.6-inch full HD touch IPS display, and is powered by Windows 8 Pro. Keeping business professionals in mind, the Portégé Z10t comes with security features such as a TPM chip and Intel vPro technology, and is also well outfitted in terms of connectivity.

This sleek, steel grey metallic Ultrabook™ is durable, powerful, and convenient, and offers full flexibility to

all business professionals who need a tool that easily adapts to their numerous computing needs.


Satellite S40 series

The Satellite S40 series, made up of the S40t and S40Dt, is ideal for all consumers looking for powerful PCs that allow them to stay both productive and entertained.

These notebooks boast of an all-new sophisticated and significantly thinner design encased in an eye-catching brushed aluminum ice metallic silver finish, packed with high definition multimedia and entertainment-optimized features for greater everyday computing power.

With a 14.1-inch HD display, up to 750GB HDD storage, integrated Optical Disk Drive, DTS® Sound™ and built-in Onkyo speakers, the S40 series is an all-around PC that delivers optimum performance in one affordable package. The S40 features a 10-point touch display that makes navigating and controlling a laptop as convenient and intuitive as using a tablet or smartphone.




Satellite L40 and L50 Series

Toshiba’s Satellite L40 and L50 series, comprised of the L40, L40D, and L50, fulfill the numerous needs of laptop consumers. These models allow everyday users to efficiently and effectively perform their daily computing tasks while providing them the power to enjoy high quality multimedia and content creation.

Noteworthy features of the Satellite L40 series include HD display with LED backlighting, NVIDIA Optimus technology, integrated Optical Disk Drive, DTS Sound, built-in Onkyo speakers, and Toshiba Resolution+

technology.

Consumers who are big on design should take a good look at the refined and dapper Satellite L40 series. With its choice of colors for each different version including a Glossy Gold Edition exclusive to Asia, each model comes with a sleek finish that subtly matches the tiled keyboard with a glossy frame and matte keys.




Satellite P50 and P50t

Toshiba’s Satellite P series, comprised of the Satellite P50 and P50t, are the newest notebooks designed for everyday users. These stylish notebooks are elegantly designed with an attractive brushed aluminum silver finish with chrome accents on the lid.

The Satellite P50 runs a fourth-generation Intel Core processor, GeForce GT 745M, a framebuffer of 4GB, and an optical drive. The P50t, on the other hand, features a third-generation processor and GeForce GT 740M. The P50t also comes with an intuitive 10-point touch and swipe support.

Both the P50 and P50t come equipped with a 15.6-inch full HD display, an enlarged click touchpad and two Harman Kardon speakers, making these powerful yet portable tools ideal for working on documents, watching movies, and even enjoying some serious gaming.



Qosmio X70

Finally, there’s the Qosmio X70, Toshiba’s latest laptop designed specifically for gaming enthusiasts who want the best when it comes to performance, speed, graphics, sound quality, and connectivity.

The Qosmio X70 boasts of a massive 17.3-inch full HD display with an 8-millisecond response time, as well as serious gaming hardware under its hood.

This high-performing laptop is powered by a fourth-generation Intel Core processor and comes equipped with 16GB of RAM. Its dedicated GeForce GTX 770M graphics card comes with up to 3GB of GDDR5 video RAM, and is NVIDIA’s second most powerful mobile GPU to date. Four integrated Harman Kardon stereo speakers handle the X70’s sound, with a 6-watt output of DTS Studio Sound.

Toshiba’s Qosmio X70 is of an attractive and distinct red aluminum color, and effortlessly carries the premium polish of the entire Qosmio series. Its tiled and frameless keyboard design is illuminated in red, enabling navigation and convenient text input even in low light conditions.

DevCup 2013 : Hackathon Brought to You by WebGeek

WebGeek has announced it's second DevCup hackathon event, to take place at the Meralco Multi-Purpose Hall on August 17 to 18, 2013. Participants can now enjoy and show what they got through this two-day event. Last year’s completion was attended by more than 200 developers and participants armed with the single aim of learning and challenging their skills and building apps.

Join this year’s DevCup: You can sign up as an individual participant or register up to a maximum of three as a team. Give yourself the boost to prove that you have what it takes to be called as one of the “best” and manifest your skills during this two-day hackathon. Conceptualize, develop, and create your bizarre kind of app that is of course in harmony with the given theme.

Winning is not the only thing in this event, as you indulge yourself in you will learn how to make decision quick with your team. You can also increase your circle of network, since WebGeek is targeting 50 to 60 teams of participants to hop in. you will certainly meet lots of interesting and useful people for your connections.

Early bird tickets will be available on July 15 - 27, 2013 for PHP250. If you don’t purchase your tickets by then, you’ll be missing out on a 75% discount. It looks like it’s going to a great DevCup 2013 this year, so don’t wait any longer.

For more information about the DevCup 2013, check out http://webgeek.ph/devcup-2013.

Crumpler Opens New Concept Store In The Philippines

Yes! This is a tech post because bags meant for our gadgets are must-have accessories that we can use to keep our expensive gadgets safe and secured to help us make it last a lifetime.

But did I hear that right? A lifetime using a certain gadget is no longer feasible. The more correct statement is that the bags can be used to keep our current and new gadgets in the best of health by offering a tough bag that can protect it from outside harm.

We all know that gadget models come and go, and the technology quickly develops into something new. So our bags need to be also flexible to could easily adapt to new gadgets of different shapes and sizes.

I hope this is less difficulty for Crumpler bags - of which I do not have any doubts at all.

Toshiba Launches Stylish, High-Performance Laptops Designed For Specific Consumers

Be it for business, gaming, or home use, there’s an elegantly designed Toshiba notebook that’s just right for you!

The Toshiba L Series, Toshiba P Series, Toshiba Qosmio X70 gaming laptop and Toshiba Protege Z10t ultrabook are now official in the Philippines.

Numerous studies conducted by Toshiba revealed that one thing users truly value is “elegant design” – carefully and thoughtfully designed products that combine both aesthetics and functionality.

With this in mind, Toshiba set off to produce new laptops that utilize modern materials and that feature smart and stylish design elements such as frameless keyboards, enhanced speakers, and metallic surfaces and finishes.

AOC Launches New Breeze Tablets For Mobile Computing

AOC, the worldwide leader in display manufacturing, just introduced to the media the availability of 7 and 8 inches tablets carrying the name Breeze. The product launch was held at the Holiday Inn hotel in Makati last June 25, 2013.

Breeze tablets make mobile computing truly a breeze because they are said to be fast, flexible and powered by the latest Android Jelly Bean operating system. There are currently two incarnations of the Breeze model : MW0731+ and Breeze MW0831.

Both are the perfect companions for everyone who does not want to miss out on their email, social media, the latest news, entertainment and the most engaging games. For people on the go especially in the Philppines where tablets are the in thing next to laptops for usefulness and smartphones for mobility and portability.

Epson Announces Investment in New Production Lines For Next Generation Print Heads

Seiko Epson Corporation announced that it has invested approximately about 16 billion yen in two production lines in Japan.

The lines have been constructed to manufacture next-generation print heads – the core component in inkjet printers – for use in business and industrial printing systems to come to market in the latter part of the 2013 fiscal year.

This capital investment, made over three years from fiscal 2011, has been made to build new production lines that contain a host of original Epson manufacturing technologies. These new lines will be located in Epson’s Suwa-Minami Plant in Nagano Prefecture and the Sakata Plant in Yamagata Prefecture. Production demands a high level of technical skill, and Epson was required to bring to bear its many years of accumulated expertise in monozukuri – the art and science of manufacturing – to make the production lines a reality.

Instagram Now Has Videos! Goodbye Vine?

Video on Instagram will bring us another way to share our stories to the world. We no longer need to settle with just a static image, when we go to take a photo on Instagram, we’ll now see a movie camera icon. Tap it to enter video mode, where we can take up to fifteen seconds of video through the Instagram camera.

They've also added thirteen filters built specifically for video so we can keep sharing beautiful content on Instagram. When we post a video, we’ll also be able to select our favorite scene from what we’ve recorded as our cover image so our videos are beautiful even when they’re not playing.

"I just started on Vine and I think I won't continue using it anymore now that Instagram has video, with pretty advanced features, by the way. Goodbye, Vine.

Keeping Your Website and Account Safe

This is just to remind you of some security tips necessary to keep your website and account safe. Please read the following guidelines:

1. Change your password (cPanel, client portal, email accounts, FTP accounts, etc.) at least every 90 days.
2. Do not share your login credentials to any person whom you do not fully trust. If it is necessary to give your login credentials to others, make sure to change your password again once they are done using your account.
3. Make sure to install trusted and secure applications only. Read reviews before using a script or an app. If it is custom coded, make sure to practice and consider security precautions.
4. Update all installed applications on your website, including plugins, themes and other modifications.
5. Remove files, applications and scripts that you no longer need.

Epson Empowers Partners To “Shift Into High Gear”

Epson Philippines Corporation (EPC) recently met its valued partners to honor them and prepare them for a more aggressive Fiscal Year.

It held a series of events to honor the company’s top trade partners and to prepare them for a more aggressive 2013 fiscal year. With the theme ‘Shifting Into High Gear’, the ‘kick-offs’ were held at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas, Solaire Resort and Casino in Pasay, and Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

The events highlighted Epson’s commitment to empower its partners as exemplified by Epson’s consistent support to their businesses, updates about the latest digital imaging technology innovations, and product showcases.

Globe Offers Widest Range of LTE-Enabled Smartphones

Get the most diversified and exclusive roster of LTE smartphones from the one who knows postpaid best

Globe Telecom beefs up its device portfolio by offering the widest and latest range of Long Term Evolution (LTE)-enabled smartphones under its suite of fully-customizable and flexible Best-Ever MySuperPlan.

Banking on its strong partnerships with leading global device manufacturers, Globe is carrying nine (9) of the world’s best and top-of-the-line LTE handsets available at different price points, seven (7) of which are exclusive to the telco. All plan offers are bundled with unlimited LTE surfing of up to 42 Mbps and free calls and texts.

Asus Fonepad Hits the Market

As the ASUS Fonepad hits the market; ASUS will hold a consumer event this weekend and giveaway incredible prizes for the first 100 buyers of the competitively priced handheld device with full phone and tablet functions.

The device which is ideal for entertainment, social media, online and mobile needs will be showcased through an all-day program. Head to the SM Mall of Asia to win a 32 GB micro SD card for the first 100 purchase of the ASUS Fonepad. To ensure everyone’s enjoyment, apart from the wonderful incredible experience shared, ASUS goodies will also be given away for everyone participating in the program.

Come visit and enjoy the ASUS Fonepad Consumer Launch at the SM Mall of Asia Activity Center on June 21-23, from 10 AM – 10 PM.

The ASUS Fonepad is available at your favorite dealer stores at Php 14,995 for 32GB configuration and PhP 11,995 for the 8 GB configuration.

Manila Dev Challenge : On the Hunt for Manila's Biggest Rockstar Developer!

With operations in Makati, Freelancer.com has been a staunch advocate of IT studies and training in the Philippines, sponsoring and judging numerous events in the past year, including the WebGeek DevCup and AngelHack Manila. This year, in recognition of the growing developer community in the country, Freelancer.com will hold the Manila Dev Challenge. The event will be held online on July 20, 2013.

The contest, designed by the Freelancer.com Engineering Teams, will distinguish run of the mill coders from those with innate talent and the keenest of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Regional Director of Engineering, Adric Schreuders, has high expectations for the participants. “This competition is not for the faint of heart,” he intones. “Those who can rise to the challenge will be the real innovators of the field, in league with the top developers in the world. We’re not just looking for people who can code; we're looking for engineers who can drive the evolution of the industry.”

The Manila Dev Challenge will consist of a preliminary round to assess general software development knowledge and ability, and a final round to evaluate more intricate problem solving and algorithm implementation skill. Developers with the top results in the preliminaries will be invited to compete for ₱200,000 in prizes at the finals in Makati.

To register, go to http://challenge.freelancer.com. Stay tuned for details of a pre-event meet-up on the site.

Event Page: http://challenge.freelancer.com/

Press Release: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g2nmv3jlm9o5hk4/8u8Tv3W0B0#/

Torque Unleashes Powerful, Affordable Android Gadgets

Think you’ve seen the best in Android phones? Wait until you get your hands on Torque’s new DROIDZ series.

Torque, a mobile company that proudly offers Pinoy branded phones, has introduced the New DROIDZ Flex Technology which optimizes the software to maximize the hardware capability of the device. Droidz Flex Technology for Android aims to provide faster, more powerful, yet very affordable Android devices for the demanding Filipino users who want to experience more with their Torque smart phone of choice.

This innovative technology is now found at the heart of Torque’s new Droidz Series, which includes the Droidz Sport and Droidz Force, perfect for budget-conscious dual-SIM lovers.

Globe Telecom First PH Telco to Offer BlackBerry Q10

The BlackBerry Q10 will be exclusively available to Globe for 30 days starting June 7, for as low as P1499 monthly under the best-ever MySuperPlan 999 with a monthly cashout of P500* over a 24-month contract period. The postpaid bundle comes with unlimited LTE surfing of up to 42 Mbps and a monthly consumable peso-value amount which can be converted to avail of call, text and surfing combo services.

On the back of its strong and longtime partnership with BlackBerry, Globe Telecom becomes the first telco in the Philippines to launch the BlackBerry Q10 and will be the only operator offering the newest BlackBerry smartphone for the first thirty (30) days when it becomes officially available in the country on June 7.

WD Delivers World’s Thinnest 1 TB Hard Drive

WD announced at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 (booth L0810) it is shipping the world’s thinnest 1 TB hard drive with its new 2.5-inch WD Blue 7 mm hard drive. Offering OEMs, channel integrators and consumers a unique storage solution for thin and light systems, slimmer notebooks, as well as compatibility with the industry-standard 9.5 mm drive slots of mainstream notebooks, the WD Blue hard drive family, in capacities from 320 GB to 1 TB in the 7 mm height, now provides a singular option of thin design and high capacity storage.

"Users with large portfolios of content no longer need to sacrifice capacity when buying an Ultrabook or upgrading to a thin and light notebook," said Matt Rutledge, Vice President and General Manager for client storage products at WD. "This most compact 1TB hard drive to-date offers manufacturers of systems an upsell path for their customers who will now be able to choose systems offering both sleek design and high capacity.

Epson Contest : Why Do You Love Epson L-Series Printers

Epson Philippines Corporation (EPC) is inviting the public to share reasons why they love the Epson L-Series for a chance to win exciting prizes.

Epson recently launched the “I <3 My Epson L-Series” contest through its Facebook page (facebook.com/EpsonPhilippines). The contest invites Epson Facebook followers to submit a video or photo expressing what they love about their own Epson L-Series genuine ink tank system printers.

“The Epson L-Series is truly a breakthrough product. Customers enjoy peace of mind, high reliability, and high quality prints through Epson’s Micro Piezo print head technology. More importantly, among branded printers, the L-Series provides the lowest printing cost in the world,” says Jester Cruz, Head of Epson’s Product Management Department.

WD Designs First Enterprise-Class Hard Drives For Exploding Scale-Out Datacenter Market

  

WD announced availability of its innovative WD Se line of hard drives, the first designed for scale-out datacenter deployments. Built on an enterprise-grade platform for reliable 24x7x365 datacenter operation, WD Se is tailored to deliver the right combination of performance, reliability and robustness for large-scale replicated environments, mid-sized network attached storage (NAS) deployment, and backup/archiving applications.

WD Se is a true enterprise-class drive with the right blend of affordability and capabilities to address the massive growth of semi-structured data, which is accelerating the scale-out of datacenters of all sizes. Now shipping in capacities up to 4 TB, the new WD Se hard drives enables customers to balance their data growth challenges in multi-drive enclosures without compromising enterprise-class features.  

ASUS Announces MeMO Pad HD 7 and MeMO Pad FHD 10 Tablets

Along with the other incredible products announced at the Computex 2013 in Taiwan, ASUS has also just announced the MeMO Pad HD 7 and MeMO Pad FHD 10 tablets.

ASUS announced the new MeMO Pad HD 7 and MeMO Pad FHD 10 Android tablets. With an MSRP of just US$129 for 8GB capacity and US$149 for 16GB, MeMO Pad HD 7 is a 7-inch tablet that offers incredible value, with a quad-core processor, 1280 x 800 IPS display, and 1.2-megapixel front and optional 5-megapixel rear cameras.  MeMO Pad FHD 10 is a 10-inch tablet with the new Intel Atom Z2560 processor, 1920 x 1200 Full HD IPS display and ASUS SonicMaster audio technology.

ASUS Transforms Expectations for Computing at Computex 2013

ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih today introduced the ASUS Transformer Book Trio, a dual OS device that is part notebook, tablet, and desktop PC; and the New ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity, the world’s first NVIDIA Tegra 4 tablet with a 2560 x 1600 WQXGA IPS display. He also introduced the ASUS Fonepad Note 6, the ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7, the ASUS VivoPC, and VivoMouse.

ASUS announced incredible new products at it’s “WeTransform” Computex 2013 press event that transform consumers’ expectations about technology. Chairman Jonney Shih revealed the ASUS way of Design Thinking and introduced an entire line of innovative devices designed to simplify today’s digital lifestyle.

“We seek to perfect the balance between engineering and humanity, where every intricate detail echoes our needs for both emotion and function,” said ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih. “This is the ASUS way of Design Thinking, where every idea starts with people and we turn our imagination into myriad revolutionary innovations.”