Gadgets and Tech in the Philippines

The Genius SP-906BT Plus Bluetooth speaker is designed for the adventurous people out there, people who love nature and who want to take their music with them wherever they go.  The SP-906BT Plus speaker has a rugged design and comes in 5 very attractive colors to suit your active lifestyle . The SP-906BT Plus speaker weighs only 185 grams, which is lighter than a baseball and also smaller than a baseball, so for Mountain bikers like me, this is very handy to have on the bike, you won't feel the added load. Enhanced design gives the SP-906BT Plus speaker a boost to its volume and at the same time gives the speaker a deeper bass effect .  According to Genius, the SP-906BT was designed by professional acoustic engineers. The SP-906BT Plus speaker has a built-in amplifier which also helps in giving the speaker stronger and deeper bass. The battery in the SP-906BT Plus is capable of delivering up to 10 hours of power, that's 200 songs played continuously. ...

The GoPlay Sidekick is a wireless game controller for use with your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and even the Apple TV.  The GoPlay Sidekick was just released recently and is looking to be an excellent gaming companion to iOS devices. The GoPlay Sidekick comes from a company called Kanex , a Premium Apple Accessory maker whose products range from Desktop Keyboards, Power Banks, Cables and Adapters, Hubs and Docks to Chargers. The GoPlay Sidekick makes you enjoy console-like gaming on the go, the wireless game controller connects to your iOS devices via Bluetooth. As you can see, the GoPlay SideKick is similar to the controllers of the current consoles we have, closer to the XBox one configuration. Out of the box, the GoPlay SideKick comes with a carrying case that doubles as a stand, which you can use for your iPhone or iPod, making it a very convenient stand while you play your games. The GoPlay SideKick has a built-in rechargeable battery which can be charged by you...

I have been using my Amazon Echo Dot for about 6 months now and I am pretty happy with what it could do. The Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that Amazon hopes would be the control center of everyone's Smart homes.  The Echo Dot is powered by Amazon's intelligent personal assistant, so you can just say "Alexa" and the Echo Dot will be waiting for your voice command. The Echo Dot is capable of playing music, controlling smart home devices, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information like traffic, read the news, set alarms, read audio books from Audible, and a lot more.  The capabilities of the Echo Dot, which Amazon calls skills,  are ever expanding, and all you have to do is enable any new skill you want through the free Amazon Alexa App. Although the Echo Dot is itself a speaker, music quality isn't the best.  The Echo Dot can connect to external speakers or headphones by Bluetooth or through a 3.5mm stereo cable.  ...

Nintendo has announced the release of a classic edition of its very popular Super Nintendo gaming console .  The Super Nintendo Classic Edition will start shipping on September 29, Nintendo said in a surprise press release yesterday. The miniaturized 16-bit gray and purple version of the hit gaming console of the 90's, Super Nintendo will ship with 21 games including a sequel to the 3D Shooter Star Fox that Nintendo developed but never released. The Super Nintendo Classic Edition gaming console will have a price tag of $79.99, or $20 more than the first classic edition Nintendo released last year, the 8-bit NES Classic, which by the way was sold out quickly. According to Nintendo, the Super Nintendo Classic Edition will be the exact albeit shrinked version of the original Super Nintendo released in 1991.  The Classic edition will  include original U.S. pack-in  Super Mario World ,  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ,  Super Mario Kart ...

The latest addition to the Apple iPad Pro family was announced last week in the Apple Worldwide developer's conference.  This latest model comes at 10.5 inches, which makes it seat in the middle of the current 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models. Apple says that the 10.5-inch iPad Pro is more powerful than most PC laptops, that remains to be seen and we can validate once we get our hands on this latest iPad Pro model.  In the meantime, I've compiled all the feedback from different reviewers and from bloggers who were able to attend the WWDC'17. Here is what we know about Apple's latest tablet so far: Release date: Already available for order online from the Apple Store. Available colors: Silver, Gold, Rose Gold and Space Gray Storage sizes: 64GB, 256GB and 512GB Prices: 64GB Wi-Fi $649, 256GB Wi-Fi $749, 512GB Wi-Fi $949, 64GB Wi-Fi+Cellular $779, 256GB Wi-Fi+Cellular $879, 512GB Wi-Fi+Cellular $1,079 Display: Re-designed Retina Display, 10.5-inch...

Apple has just concluded their June special event, mostly targeted at developers.  There were a lot of expectations and a lot of rumors.  That is all going to be laid to rest as Apple has brought out the official announcements regarding new releases for both it's hardware and software product line. Without further delay, here is the summary of Apple's June WWDC17 special event. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the announcements by saying that there will updates to all of Apple's operating systems, tvOS , watchOS, macOS and of course iOS . After that, Tim Cook set the mood by saying that they will be making 6 important announcements. First of the 6 announcements is tvOS: The major announcement for tvOS is that Amazon is now joining as partner to Apple to provide Amazon Prime Video to tvOS. Amazon Prime Video now adds a lot of Amazon original TV shows and movies like The Grand Tour and Goliath, just to name a few. Second on the list is A...

Google has added new features to its Google Photos application .  The new features were announced during the Google I/O developer's conference last May 17.  Google Photos, an already impressive photo storage and organizer application is gaining ground against similar applications, most notably, Apple's Photos App. The first new feature announced is called Suggested Sharing .  With suggested sharing, Google Photos is able to suggest who you could share particular photos with.  Google used machine learning technology for this feature.  Suggested sharing is made possible by gathering your previous photo shares and comes out in a new tab in the app called "New Shares". Another new feature of the Google Photos application is called Shared Libraries .  With Shared Libraries, Google Photos can automatically share photos in particular categories with your friends and family.  The recipient of the shared library will be able to select photos which th...