The Android Searcher: Huawei MediaPad Philippine Launch
Some days are just meant to be surprisingly special days especially for The Android Searcher. While planning to pass by Toy Kingdom in Megamall, I chanced upon some beautiful ladies holding what seemed to be a tablet. For the Average Juan, there are only four tabs to choose from: iPad 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Blackberry Playbook, and Cherry Mobile Superion, so this intrigued me so much. One of the beauties approached me, to pique my interested in this new gadget they're promoting.
I barely listened to the cliche marketing spiel and even forgot the brand until a word made its way to my ears: Android. Yes, its an Android tab and the brand? Huawei. Sounds Chinese, right? Because it's a Chinese brand! True enough, there were Chinese marketing executives around to grace the event.
From a mere stroll through the mall to a moment of being pulled over for a marketing pitch and to attending Huawei's MediaPad Launch, the moment was almost surreal.
Though a lot of those present were Chinese, I was able to have a brief talk with Mr. Emerald M. Dimapilis, a Filipino. Mr. Dimapilis was gracious enough to answer my basic questions about Huawei. While Huawei only launched their tablet line in the Philippines this week, they have been in the Philippines since 2001. If any of you own a mobile router, the brand would most likely be Huawei, regardless whether the broadband service provider is Globe Telecom, Smart Communications or Sun Cellular.
While Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions company, it is relatively new in the consumer computing niche, most especially in the Philippine market. The launch of the Huawei MediaPad in the Philippines is a huge milestone for the company, along with cellphone lines that are also Android-powered. Huawei MediaPad boasts of being a 7-inch tab running the Android 3.2 Honeycomb platform. With a 10.5mm thickness and weighing only 390g, it is sleek and lightweight. Driven by Qualcomm's dual-core 1.2GHz processor, it fares well with those who are touch screen game fanatics. Not only that, Huawei MediaPad supports a 1080P Full HD playback with a 1.3 megapixel front camera. 1.3 megapixels only? Not to worry, the back camera features a 5 megapixel capability, perfect for documenting your special moments.
Huawei MediaPad's design was purposely built to attract what they call the YSN's or Young Social Networkers. In a statement, Mr. Dimapilis said that anywhere you go, you will find them on the beach at Palawan, on a busy coffee shop in Makati or even in New York and the busy shopping districts of London. Belonging to that same target group, I cannot help but agree that the YSN's are one of the most dynamic people today. Perfect for being the target demographic for the Huawei MediaPad.
Huawei products are available on ePhone, an official distributor of the Huawei MediaPad with branches at SM North EDSA, SM Megamall and SM Sta. Mesa, to name a few. For the curious ones, you can find out more from Huawei on Facebook and Twitter.
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