Day: April 11, 2014

Facebook will clean “like if, share if” posts & other spam

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Facebook is finally cleaning up our news feeds that are usually full of spam as they feel that the news feed is designed to give you information that is actually relevant. This includes the lessening of links that redirect you to spam sites, like-baiting posts, and content that is repetitive in nature.

Facebook spam

What Facebook will be doing is that with their improved spam detection, they will have these types of content appear less frequently on your news feed. With this, say goodbye to posts of photos and links by people & pages, friends or not, that do not really matter to us, and instead, expect more relevant content on Facebook.

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Dual-SIM Oppo R1 available in the Philippines

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During last night’s launch of Oppo Find 7a, not only did they introduced their flagship phones but they also announced the pricing of the Oppo R1 which is at Php19,990. It is the company’s 5-inch quad-core smartphone with 16GB of storage and a 2410mAh battery.

Oppo R1 Philippines

Oppo R1 specs:

5-inch IPS display @ 1280 x 720 resolution, 294 ppi
1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
Mali-400 MP2 GPU
1GB RAM
16GB ROM (expandable via microSD)
8MP f/2.0 rear and 5MP front cameras
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, A-GPS
3G connectivity
Dual-SIM, dual standby
2410mAh battery
Android 4.2
Price: Php19,990

One of the features that the Oppo R1 boasts apart from its spacious storage and bigger-than-average battery is its ability to capture images even at low-light situations with its f/2.0 camera. The device is available starting today at authorized Oppo distributors nationwide.

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Oppo Find 7a hands-on demo – 50MP photos and gestures

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Oppo officially launches the Find 7a and at the same time, released the price of the Find 7. In this quick video demonstration, an Oppo representative shows us how the 50MP photos coming from a 13MP camera does its trick and how off-screen and on-screen gestures work.

The idea behind Oppo’s whopping 50-megapixel images is that you take a photo of a still object for a few seconds. What the sensor does is take 10 photos and digitally stitch them altogether to achieve 50MP shots. According to the representative, these images could be printed on a tarpaulin as big as 10 square meters.

The off-screen gestures are pre-set gestures that could function even when the screen is locked. For example, two taps on the screen activates it – pretty much like LG’s Knock On feature. Drawing a circle brings you to the camera, while drawing a letter “V” opens the flashlight. With on-screen gestures, you can customize the symbol for specific functions. In this case, a letter “R” was assigned to let you record videos instantly.

Gestures on video playback are also present thanks to its ColorOS 1.2 on top of its Android 4.3. Swiping the right side vertically while playing videos toggles the volume control while the left is for brightness. Users can also multitask with this device like, for example, watch a video and go write a new message.

Oppo Find 7a gesture

These are just some of the many features of Oppo Find 7a. It is now available at any authorized Oppo retailers in the Philippines with a price of Php22,990. Stay tuned for our full review of this new player.

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Cherry Mobile Urban leaked ahead of launch

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There have been a handful of photos circulating around the web of what is believed to be a brochure/flyer from Cherry Mobile which gives us an early peek at the company’s upcoming handsets, one of which is the Cherry Mobile Urban.

Specs-wise, the rumored CM Urban doesn’t differ much from other budget Android smartphones we’ve seen in recent times. It has a 4.5-inch IPS display with qHD resolution, an 8MP shooter at the back with BSI sensor paired and a 2MP camera on the front.

Its engine configuration is also nothing out of the ordinary. It comprises of a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and a modest 4GB internal storage.

Cherry Mobile Urban specs:
4.5-inch IPS display @ 960×540 pixels, 245ppi
1.3GHz quad-core processor
1GB RAM
4GB internal storage
3G/HSPA+
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Miracast support
8MP rear camera with Flash
2MP front-facing camera

If there’s anything about the CM Urban that you can probably write home about, it might be its software. Based on the leaked flyer, the Cherry Mobile Urban will run on Android KitKat right off the bat, making it one of the first few local handsets to run the said version of Google’s OS.

But even that is questionable at best since Cherry Mobile has yet to deliver on their promise to update the Cosmos Z2 to Android KitKat which was slated to happen last month. Well, Kitkat or not, the Cherry Mobile Urban is still a pretty decent handset for its price which is pegged at Php4,699.

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Cherry Mobile Urban leaked ahead of launch

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

There have been a handful of photos circulating around the web of what is believed to be a brochure/flyer from Cherry Mobile which gives us an early peek at the company’s upcoming handsets, one of which is the Cherry Mobile Urban.

Specs-wise, the rumored CM Urban doesn’t differ much from other budget Android smartphones we’ve seen in recent times. It has a 4.5-inch IPS display with qHD resolution, an 8MP shooter at the back with BSI sensor paired and a 2MP camera on the front.

Its engine configuration is also nothing out of the ordinary. It comprises of a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and a modest 4GB internal storage.

Cherry Mobile Urban specs:
4.5-inch IPS display @ 960×540 pixels, 245ppi
1.3GHz quad-core processor
1GB RAM
4GB internal storage
3G/HSPA+
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Miracast support
8MP rear camera with Flash
2MP front-facing camera

If there’s anything about the CM Urban that you can probably write home about, it might be its software. Based on the leaked flyer, the Cherry Mobile Urban will run on Android KitKat right off the bat, making it one of the first few local handsets to run the said version of Google’s OS.

But even that is questionable at best since Cherry Mobile has yet to deliver on their promise to update the Cosmos Z2 to Android KitKat which was slated to happen last month. Well, Kitkat or not, the Cherry Mobile Urban is still a pretty decent handset for its price which is pegged at Php4,699.

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