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Random Android News: Alcatel Bargain, Odd Phenomenally Batt-Saving Phone, More Huawei Goodness


Three random things again for this morning:

Awesome News! The Alcatel OneTouch Blaze Glory is now permanently priced at Php 5,990. So this proves all the tech pundits who predicted that Alcatel would keep that price, absolutely right!

Weird News: Before I go on, I'd like to say that I am deliriously happy that I live in Kalibo, where the electricity failures aren't as dismal as in Iloilo. (Take that, PECO!)

Now, jab at PECO aside, for those who live in Iloilo and other places where blackouts make you want to go and hack a power plant to death, how about keeping an AA Battery-powered phone that will stay charged for 15 YEARS on a single AA Battery?


That's right, the SpareOne Phone will be the answer to your prayers (in between curses for your local electricity company, that is) when you're stuck in blackout and bored, or worse, stranded in a flood with no power and you need to call for help.

Talk time, once you use the AA Battery-powered phone, is at 10 hours. The 15 Years charge lasts only if you leave the phone unused.

Well, you can always charge the battery that comes with it once you use it up, or just get another, disposable AA battery.

Innovative, especially in this natural calamity-prone country.

China Android Brands Fighting For A Place In The Android Sun: Huawei ups its ante once more with the Huawei Honor, a high-powered Android slated to be priced at $50 less than the Sony Experia Arc, and $100 less than the Sony Experia Arc S. With specs like these:

  • 1.4GHz Snapdragon CPU/Adreno 205 GPU/Qualcomm MSM 8255T chipset
  • 512MB RAM
  • 4GB ROM

We doubt you'd be able to keep yourself from drooling over this. GSM Arena talks more about this unit.

That's it for another random moment here at Android Alliance Philippines!

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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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