ASUS to launch new smartphone in ZENnovation event at CES 2017

   ASUS to unveil new smartphones in the upcoming CES® 2017 event in Las Vegas this January 4, 2017. Titled as ZENnovation, ASUS newest innovation for their smartphone as they introduce the first ZenFone that features a dual-rear camera.

   The rumored said that the new ZenFone 3 Zoom will running on Android 7.0 Nougat OS powered with a Snapdragon 625 SoC, a 13MP Selfie Camera with 16MP Rear Camera. They also said that Asus is planning to launch a Google Tango-ready smartphone named 'ZenFone AR. (news from Gadgets360)

   ASUS will having the official press launching on Jan 4 11:30AM (PST) 3:30AM (MNL). To watch the ASUS ZENnovation launching click here.

  To know more about the ASUS latest news, visit Asus.com or Fb.com/Asus.

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Have a Hassle-Free Holiday Season with #IAmSmart Tips

    Christmas is most busiest time of the year and perfect for the family and friends to re-connect and celebrate the season's different festivities. However, the preparation can feel overwhelming, as there seems to be an endless list of things to do and never enough time to do them. 

    With the current state of traffic nowadays, both on the road, as well as the foot traffic in malls, restaurants, and almost every public place imaginable, it can be quite a challenge to even begin to imagine how you can get through your to-do list. Thanks to the convenience of technology, however, our smartphones can actually help us manage and deal with our Christmas preparation, all with just a swipe, click, and tap of some apps. Smart shares some smart tips that can help you enjoy a hassle-free holiday.

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What to expect for the upcoming CES 2017

   The US annual trade show event will take place on the 1st week of the year. Consumer Electronics Show also known as CES® is a event open to all innovators that take their businesses to the next level, During this event brands presents new products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry.

  CES® 2017 will happen on January 5-8 on Las Vegas Convention Center. It is also the mark of their 50th anniversary.

   Over 150,000 attendees from over 150 countries are expected to attend  the electronic consumers event this year. With more than 300+ Conference Sessions with 1,000+ speakers on a four day CES® 2017 event.

  What are the things we are going to expect for the upcoming CES® 2017 event?

Launching of new products

•  Asus to launch its first Dual Camera Smartphone
•  Qualcomm unveils new product
•  Honor new product
•  LG Products for 2017
•  Sony News Conference
•  XiaoMi News Conference

   For more info about the CES® 2017 event, visit Ces.tech and use the hashtag #CES2017

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JBL opens newest concept store in Festival Mall

    Beyond Innovations Inc. in its 16th year in the business opens the doors to another addition to JBL concept stores in the Philippines is officially opened last December 16, located at the UGF of New Wing of Festival Mall.

   Attendees are treated to exclusive opening day deals, raffle prizes and a week-long Time Sale of selected products. This event, attended by HARMAN and Beyond Innovations executives, dealers and select members of the press, is also graced by guests from Harman APAC region.

more photos here: [ JBL Festival Mall Concept Store Launching ]

  Transform how consumers interact with audio products and experience sound by giving them improved access to HARMAN’s award-winning products from legendary brands such as JBL™, harman/kardon™ and AKG™.

   The newest concept store features award-winning products from HARMAN’s brands, including
home audio products, high-performance loudspeakers and headphones for everyone from sound aficionados and tech gurus to music lovers and style seekers.

  Upon entering the store, consumers are greeted by displays of home theater speakers and soundbars. The 5.1 Home Theater speaker system is readily available for testing, either for playing movies or music. For a more intimate and immersive experience, home theater products can also be experienced at the improved Home Theater room which boasts of a projector for better and larger viewing.

   For those seeking portable music solutions, headphones and portable speakers are displayed in more interactive modules at the right side of the store. This section of JBL Festival Mall features modules with TVs showing slideshows and videos of the newest products boasting this experience area.

   As part of the Grand Opening activities, JBL Festival Mall in New Wing treats shoppers to exclusive deals – big discounts on JBL and Harman Kardon bestsellers and new releases:

For more information, visit http://ph.jbl.com and http://ph.harmankardon.com.

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Award-winning DJ named as the MyPhone's newest ambassador

   MyPhone officially introduced DJ ChaCha as their newest brand endorser last December 15 in Makati City.

   Dj Chacha is an award winning DJ bagging awards like "Yahoo's Female DJ of the Year", three times Gawad Tanglaw "Best FM DJ,” and recently the "Best Female Radio Jock" award at PUP Mabini Awards. She's also a best selling author, having published two books under ABS-CBN Publishing. These books are also available for Digital download via MyPhone’s e-newstand partner, NoInk. She was also one of the Celebrity Housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Lucky Season 7.

   "I am really thankful and grateful to be part of the MyPhone family. It was really a warm welcome and I am really looking forward working with MyPhone, and listen to my radio show ‘Heartbeats’ cause ill be giving  brand new MyPhone's this Christmas!” -DJ Chacha.

   Her radio show "Heartbeats" in MOR 101.9 airs from Monday to Friday, 9pm to 12mn.

   Inyi Yruma (MyPhone's Digital Marketing Head) said he is an avid listener of DJ Chacha. "Nag start palang si Chacha sa pagiging DJ niya, Tambayan pa noon ang MOR, napapakinggan ko na siya during my college days and until now, after work kapag stuck sa traffic. I used to listen to her using my MyPhone. 

   "We will also be introducing other personalities who are proud Pinoy joining Chacha and our current Top online influencers and ambassadors Devon Seron and Kyle Vergara in the coming months. We are really excited to rock the Digital World this 2017!” - Inyi Yruma.

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Never get low with PNY BE-840 powerbank

   PNY Technologies Inc. one of the world's renowned manufacturer of USB and Memory products has launched the portable and compact BE-840 power bank, with 10,000mAh battery capacity that charges all your mobile gadgets in a flash.

   The BE-840 comes to the rescue, it can charge your mobile phone several times over. Featuring world-class lithium-ion technology, the power bank is surprisingly lightweight and easy to tote. A multitude of safety features prevent overcharging and overheating, removing the anxiety of travelling with your favorite gadgets. Whether you’re at the airport or in the great outdoors, the BE-840 is the perfect device to recharge the drained batteries of all mobile gadgets.

   This power bank is a clever multi-tasking charger that sports dual charge ports, which charges up to two mobile devices simultaneously, saving up time and reducing the charge time otherwise used up when we normally plug it into electrical sockets. These dual ports support USB outputs 2A and 1A respectively. Equipped with a smart 4-level LED power indicator that indicates the battery capacity and charge level of the power bank.

   The power bank also has a LED torch, which you can use in case you want to use this it in the dark, while charging your phone.

   The BE-840 portable power bank can charge almost all mobile phones and digital devices. It can charge your iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and replenish the batteries and leave them fully charged.

The BE-840 is available in a pocket-friendly price range and offers one year limited warranty on all purchased products.

PNY BE-840 Specs:

• Input:  5v 1A
• Output: 5v 2A Max
• Capacity: 10,000mAh  Li-on battery
• Color: White
• Price: TBA

   PNY BE-840 10,000mAh power bank is available at the price of (TBA).

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Shoppers get FREE treats from Power Mac Center

    Everybody like surprises! Especially when all you have to do is be at the right place at the right time. Now that sounds exciting! This holiday season, Power Mac Center is giving wonderful surprises to everyone who happens to be in their store when the clock strikes at 7PM.

   As a form of thanksgiving to shoppers, the activity dubbed as “Heaven Sent” will happen every day in select Power Mac Center Metro Manila stores until January 1, 2017. The venue of the surprise is, of course, undisclosed.

   Last week, unsuspecting customers of Power Mac Center Greenbelt 3 were treated to a cup of premium hot chocolate to chase the holiday stress away and warm the rather chilly December night. Prior to that, Christmas cookies were given away to spread holiday cheer.

   As an insider tip, here are the Power Mac Center retail stores and Apple Authorized Service Provider branches included in the surprise: 

• Greenbelt 3
• Glorietta 5
• The Annex at SM City North EDSA
• SM City Fairview
• TriNoma
• Robinsons Magnolia
• SM Megamall, The Podium
• SM Mall of Asia
• SM Aura Premier
• Festival Supermall
• Cash and Carry Mall
• SM City Marikina
• Power Plant Mall
• SM City BF Parañaque
• Northeast Square Greenhills

  Complete your holiday shopping list at a Power Mac Center store and experience a heaven sent surprise from the country’s premier Apple reseller!

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OPPO F1 Price Drop, now available at 8,990

   The OPPO F1 is the first smartphone in the mobile technology brand’s camera-focused F series, which made its debut in the Philippines last February.

   A special discount to all filipino consumers this holiday season. Get a P1,000 off on your OPPO F1 smartphone starting December 9.

[ OPPO becomes the no.2 brand in the Philippines ]

   The smartphone features an 8-megapixel Selfie camera with a f/2.0 wide aperture lens and a 1/4 inch sensorto capture vibrant selfies even in less-than-ideal lighting.

   Selfies taken by the front camera are 30 percent clearer than photos captured by a 5-megapixel camera. They are also 44 percent brighter than those taken with an f/2.4 lens.

[ The new face of #SelfieExpert ]   [ OPPO Music fest 2016 event ]

  The OPPO F1’s front-camera is also equipped with the Beautify 3.0 app, which has three beautification modes and various filters to give selfies a flawless look.

   The discounted OPPO F1 smartphone is available at all OPPO concept store/kiosk and other partners dealer stores nationwide. 

   For more information, visit OPPO Philippines’ Facebook page at www.fb.com/oppophilippines/ or log on to http://www.oppo.com/ph/index.html.

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Experience Sony latest products at the first Sony Fair in BGC

   On the 70th year of Sony, Sony Philippines hosted the first ever Sony Fair, a 10 day event that features all of the Sony latest products. The fair also has interactive display, community activities and workshops for all to enables to envision the way Sony devices can fuel their lifestyle.

   The 10 day event will run starting Dec. 9 to Dec. 18, Different booths around the BGC High Street featuring the Sony's flagship products:

• Smartphones
• Cameras
• Home Entertainment
• Audio Devices
• PlayStation Area
• Car Audio Accessories

  Families and friends can enjoy the Sony's Bravia Movie Nights on Dec. 10, 11, 17 and 18. Enjoy watiching on a Sony Bravia X93000D 4K HDR TV.

 Eason De Guzman of Hungry Geek playing with Sony Playstation VR

  Play the latest Sony PlayStation games like NBA 2K17, Just Dance 2017 and the very popular Final Fantasy XV. You can also try their newest smartphones, headphones, speakers, car audios, smart TV and SLR camera as well. Just visit Sony Fair at Bonifacio Global City until December 18.

 To learn more about the Sony Fair 2016, visit fb.com/SonyPhilippines or Sony.com.ph.

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Asus first ZenFone Concept Store located in Makati

    Asus one of the leading Tech Brands today, has finally opened 2 ZenFone Concept Stores that featured their ZenFone series smartphones.

[ Zenvolution event ]

   The first ZenFone store located at the 3rd Floor of Glorietta 2. The store featured all of their smartphones and ZenFone accessories as the consumers get highly demand to find a realible stuffs like cases and powerbanks for their ZenFones.

[ ZenFone Marshmallow update ]  [ ZenPower Ultra 20,100mAh ]

   Filipino consumers expected to have more ZenFone Concept Store in the 2017, particularly in Nortern Manila and some key cities nationwide.

  To learn more about the Asus latest product and services, visit Fb.com/AsusPH.

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Alcatel Shine Lite, Specs, Price and availability.

Alcatel Shine Lite

   Alcatel Philippines brings the newest smartphone, the Alcatel Shine Lite. a stylish smartphone that delivers innovative, feature-rich experiences to young Filipinos who appreciate both premium design and competitive pricing.

   Alcatel aims to bring joy to everyone through its SHINE LITE and its features.

    SHINE LITE offers a sophisticated symmetrical design with 2.5D glass on both sides and a stylish metal frame. With its glass and metal design, it gives you a smooth feel while swiping.

   The SHINE LITE has a private Safebox, where users can store private photos, videos, music and documents. Users can also pre-program up to five fingerprints to effortlessly launch five favourite apps directly from standby mode.

   The front camera comes with front flash that makes photos brighter and more vivid under any lighting conditions. Its rear camera has a dual tone flash that allows for more natural and accurate color toned images under low light conditions.

Meanwhile, the Split Catcher app allows users to create a multi-view collage, capturing scenes from both front and rear cameras; and making it much easier to create collages. The most exciting feature about the SHINE LITE camera is the “V” gesture snapshot. When taking a selfie, simply make a V with your fingers and the timer will automatically start a count down. Count three seconds and strike a pose for a well-composed photograph.

   The newest addition to the Alcatel family makes it easy to experience joy, and live a more confident, exciting and fun life. The SHINE LITE has all the features needed to help users stand out from the crowd, achieve one’s goals, and shine!

Alcatel Shine Lite Specs:

• Dual SIM LTE
• DragonTail Glass Protection
• 5.0" HD IPS Screen
• 1.3Ghz QuadCore Processor
• MediaTek MT6737 Chipset
• Mali-T720MP2 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB ROM expandable up to 256GB
• 13MP Rear Camera w/ Dual Tone LED Flash
• 5MP Front Camera w/ LED Flash
• Fingerprint Security Sensor
• Multitouch
• USB OTG
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS
• 2,460mAh Battery

    Alcatel Shine Lite is now available in all Alcatel kiosk and partner store at P9,999. It comes in two variants: Pure White and Satin Gold.

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Sneakers designed powerbanks now on Lazada

Air Jordan 1 Powerbank

    One of the interesting products is now on sale at Lazada PH and also a perfect gift this holiday season to your techie or sneakerhead friends and family.


  A GMate powerbank Brand official sell this Powerbank on Lazada PH. It has a 8,000mAh 

Air Jordan 1 Red (8,000mAh ) - P899

Air Jordan 1 Blue (8,000mAh) - P899

Whats inside Sneakers Powerbank

  I also saw some of powerbanks on Aliexpress and Alibaba that has more designed like adidas superstar and yeezy, nike and jordan.

**Tips**

  Use your Lazada mobile app to buy product. The app pop-up codes/boucher while browsing compare to PC/Desktop. You can save around 10%-20% on your purchase woth 1,000php up. Plus you have an option to pay via card or cash on delivery.

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Asus Incredible is now RoadShow hits Manila and Pampanga to end 2016.

    ASUS PH recently held a one of the their last events this year, as tour nationwide for the Incredible is now Road Show featuring their latest smartphones and accessories.
   
    The Roadshow hits Manila (SM MOA) last December 3 and Pampanga (SM Pampanga) last Dec. 10. It also featured some of their loyal ZenFone share how this phones help them to their daily routine. They also featured some of the great photos captured by Zen users using their ZenFone 3 phones.

   Gab Valenciano hits up the stage as he show his dance skill together with Zenny at the Incredible is now Roadshow in SM Mall of Asia last December 3.

   During the event, everyone is invited at the activity center to try, experience and to learn more about the smartphones features. Every hour they raffle out exciting items like powerbanks and ZenFones as well.

   Zen Fans expected to have more Incredible is now RoadShows in the upcoming year.

  To know more about the ASUS latest products and upcoming events, visit Fb.com/AsusPH.
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JBL Reflect Aware: the first JBL sports earphones that features noise cancellation

   JBL together with Power Mac Center launched the new JBL Reflect Aware earphones, it is first JBL sports earphone with noise cancellation and adaptive noise control.

   Its designed to help the wearer stay aware while staying active, the JBL Reflect Aware has best in its noise cancellation class for a more focus workout, while still being able to mix in environmental sound for greater awareness of surroundings.

   The JBL Reflect Aware has unique reflective design with eye catchin and tangle-free cables, best for people who prefer night exercises. It also features sweat-proof, water resistant and easy to clean. JBL Reflect Aware draws power and digital audio directly from the lightning connector on Apple devices which is available in iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones.

   The launched of the JBL Reflect Aware earphones was attended by JBL ambassadors headed by the countries Radio DJ and host Sam YG who loves to listen music while running outdoors.

  JBL Reflect Aware sport earphones are available in all Power Mac Center stores at P8,490 SRP.

Other JBL sport earphones:

• JBL Reflect Mini (P2,490)
• JBL Reflect Contour (P4,599)
• JBL Reflect Response (P7,490)
• JBL Reflect Mini BT (P4,990)

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Dell Inspiron 7566 Gaming Laptop, the most powerful Inspiron laptop today.

   Recently Dell Philippines unveils their newest addition to their Inspiron series laptop. It’s not your ordinary casual laptop as Dell finally step up and introduced Inspiron 7566, the Dell's first ever gaming laptop and the most powerful Inspiron laptop today.

  The Inspiron 7566 designed with extra-capacity heat exchangers with oversized piping to dual cooling fans. Equipped with the Intel 6th Gen SkyLake Processor and NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 950 and 960 GPU with 4-8GB up to 32GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory and 1TB Hard Drive.

The Dell Inspiron 7566 offers in 2 variant:

• Full HD with Intel i5 Skylake and GTX 950 GPU
• UHD 4K display with Intel i7 Skylake and GTX 960 GPU

   The Dell Inspiron 7566 Gaming laptop will be available in the market starting mid of December at the price of P49,990 for the i5 variant and P69,990 for the i7 variant, available in Matte Black and Hibiscus Red color.

   To learn more about the new Dell Inspiron 7566 Gaming Laptop and other Dell's latest product and innovations, visit Dell.com.ph/inspiron7566 or Dell Fb Page.

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Vivo V5 with 20MP Selfie Camera will be available at P12,990

   Vivo Philippines unveils their newest product, the Vivo V5 smartphone. This mid-range smartphone is the successor of the Vivo V3.

[ Vivo Y55 smartphone ] [ Vivo V3 Review ]

   The Vivo V5 smartphone features 20MP Front facing Camera with LED Flash that makes you to have a perfect selfie. 

[ Vivo 1st Concept Store ] [ Vivo V3 Unboxing ]

   Vivo V5 has a interesting smartphone features such as Mashmallow OS, fast fingerprint sensor, better selfie camera and Hi-Fi audio. Vivo V5 is one of the smartphone that is very promising at 13K under price point.

[ Vivo V5 launching Photos ] [ Vivo V5 photos ]

Vivo V5 Specs:

• Dual sim 4G LTE
• 5.5 inch IPS HD display
• 2.5-inch contour glass
• Corning Gorilla Glass 
• 1.5Ghz Octacore processor
• MediaTek MTK6750 CPU
• Mali T860 GPU
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB ROM expandale up to 128gb
• 20mp Front Camera (SONY IMX376) f/2.0
• 13MP Rear Camera
• Hi-Fi Audio
• Fingerprint Security Sensor
• OTG Capable
• Funtouch OS 2.6 based on Android 6.0
• 3,000 mAh Battery
• Color: Rose Gold/ Gold
• Price: 12,990

   Alongside with the unveiling of the new Vivo V5 smartphone, they also introduced their newest Brand Ambassador for the Philippines, an NBA Champion and NBA MVP from the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry.

  Vivo also announced the Vivo V5 Plus that will be launching in 2017. It features Dual Front Camera that will be set as the new trends for the smartphones.

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WD unveils the new design for the My Book and My Passport Hard Drives.

Western Digital introduced modern and innovative redesigns of its My Passport®, My Passport for Mac, and My Book® hard drive lines, which have been highly recognized leading sellers for more than a decade. In partnership with Fuse project, an award-winning industrial design and branding firm, the reimagined products were built with the customer in mind. Developed to help make a connection between the device and user, the new drives also include password protection and hardware encryption so customers will love their hard drive as much as they cherish the content stored on it.

As part of the reimagined design, the My Passport drives will come in 6 vivid colors (Black, Yellow, Red, White, Orange and Blue) while still providing reliable portable storage that perfectly complements an on-the-go lifestyle. The My Passport for Mac drive is available in a stylish Black color. The trusted desktop storage device, My Book, combines personal style with a massive amount of storage space, up to 8 TB, so users can keep their photos, videos, music, and documents. Each storage device comes with an automatic backup solution for a seamless, user-friendly process, as well as password protection to keep your precious data safe.

The new WD® products include:

●     My Passport portable hard drives – trusted and loved portable storage, in a reimagined design, that fits in the palm of your hand

o     New attractive design with textured bottom

o     Password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption

o     Automatic backup with included WD Backup™ software

o     Up to 4TB capacity

●     My Passport for Mac drives – your MacBook® computer’s best friend

o     New attractive design with textured bottom

o     Password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption

o     Formatted for Mac OS® X and Time Machine® ready for easy backup

o     Up to 4TB capacity

●     My Book desktop hard drive – trusted, high capacity backup for PC and Mac®

o     Password protection with hardware encryption

o     Automatic backup with included WD Backup software

o     Up to 8TB capacity

Pricing and Availability

     My Passport and My Passport for Mac portable hard drives has a 2-year limited warranty and are available nationwide.  My Passport drives SRP at ₱4,190.00 and the My Passport for Mac drive at ₱4,190.00 SRP, while the My Book desktop hard drives is available at ₱6,850.00 SRP.

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