Smart offers Nexus 7 for Php14.4k on WiFi Plan 599

Smart has posted an announcement for the pre-order date of the Google Nexus 7. The telco will start accepting subscribers on November 30 and will ask them to sign-up for SmartBro FlexiSurf Pocket WiFi Plan 599.

Once signed up for FlexiSurf WiFi Plan 599 (50 hours per month), you will be able to get the Nexus 7 for only Php600 per month for 24 months at 0% interest. That puts the price of the Nexus 7 at Php14,400.

This is the 32GB WiFi model we reported to you earlier here. While the tablet is unlocked, you are tied up to the data plan for 24 months.

“From November 30, 2012, you can pre-order the Nexus 7 from flexisurf.smart.com.ph,” said Smart Broadband Internet and Data Services head Lloyd Manaloto.

“Simply sign up for a Smart Bro Flexisurf Pocket WiFi plan 599 and you can own this amazing tablet at 0% interest for just P600 a month for 24 months—even without credit card,” Manaloto said.

So, your total cash-out is basically Php1,199 per month for 24 months.

No word from Smart when they will offer the 3G model but my sources from Asus tell me it’s going to be in 1st quarter of 2013.

The 32GB Nexus 7 is also being sold in retail stores for Php13,995.

You can read our full review of the Nexus 7 here.





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Apple Online Store goes on Sale up to Php5,000

The Apple Online Store Philippines today went on a sale with a number of media players and Macbooks selling with discounts. The discounts reach close to Php5,000 for the Macbooks.

This sale could last just for the day or two but it’s one of those rare times the Apple Online Store has them.

Devices included in the sale are the iPad 2, iPod Touch 4th and 5th gen, iPod Nano, Macook Pro Retina Display, Macbook Air, headphones, wireless keyboard and even the smart cases.

Click here to see the complete listing and discounts.

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EA and Gameloft hold Thanksgiving Day App Sale

As some of you may know, Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving Day today. In the spirit of the holiday, Gameloft and Electronic Arts are giving away discounts to some of their popular game titles, bringing it down to $0.99 or Php40.73.


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Some of the games that are on-sale include NFS: Hot Pursuit and Mirror’s Edge, The Amazing Spider Man, Mass Effect infiltrator and Backstab. And while Gameloft’s promo is available on both Play Store and App Store, EA’s app sale is only applicable for the latter.

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There are other games which are on sale such as Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile and Ghosts ‘N Goblins GOLD KNIGHTS for iOS which are also priced at $0.99. The promo starts today and is said to run ‘til weekend. Be sure to tell your friends about it!





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Smart to offer 32GB Nexus 7 WiFi-only under postpaid?

The Google Nexus 7 is now on display at the PLDT JUMP Center in MegaMall and Smart has earlier announced that they will be offering the Nexus 7 on a postpaid plan in the coming weeks.

So I checked out the Nexus 7 in the Smart Jump Center to compare with my own unit. I noticed though that the one they had on display was the 16GB WiFi-only variant and not the 32GB 3G variant.

I immediately asked some sources if the one on display will be the one that they will offer. I am told that it will be the 32GB WiFi-only variant and no 3G model will be offered. Nevertheless, the 3G variant will still arrive later on.

This could mean that the Nexus 7 postpaid plan on Smart will most probably come with a pocket WiFi plan.





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Nexus 7 gets Android 4.2 Jellybean update

Just got the notification of an update last night with my Google Nexus 7 and found out it was for the latest Android 4.2 Jellybean.

The update was about 80MB in size and was done in less than 15 minutes.

Announced a couple of weeks ago, Android 4.2 (still codenamed Jellybean) introduced a lot of improvements and fixed a number of bugs from 4.1.2. A complete list of what’s new with Android 4.2 are listed here.

There was a few cosmetic changes in the UI of the Nexus 7, which includes a panel shortcut for the dropdown menu. The panel also includes a profile tile that represents the logged in user (which now supports multiple profiles).

Google also rolled out the same Android 4.2 update to the Galaxy Nexus yesterday.





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