For a limited time, Globe Telecom is offering BlackBerry users — both in postpaid and prepaid — a new plan that will allow them to enjoy even more the handset’s popular messaging service, the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Dubbed as Globe BlackBerry Chat, this new plan gives Globe Postpaid subscribers unlimited access to BBM plus 200 free text messages to Globe or TM for P99 a month. Prepaid subscribers on the…

Nokia Philippines announced earlier today that it has partnered with Globe Telecom to make premium mobile phone apps available for purchase even without the need for credit card or direct cash payments. The presser that went through our inbox says the service is “currently” exclusive to Globe subscribers, which makes me think – as far as I understand it – the Finnish phone maker is also probably brewing the same…

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 and BlackBerry 10 are just around the corner and while we expect both will be out anytime soon, let’s have a recap of what the Canadian phone maker has to offer to its Pinoy subscribers by revisiting the latest BlackBerry handsets that have landed in the Philippine shores. Research In Motion (RIM) Philippines introduced several BlackBerry handsets late last year, some of which are now available in…

Research in Motion (RIM) announced earlier today that it has named Thorsten Heins as President and the new CEO of the company. Thorsten Heins “joined RIM from Siemens Communications Group in December 2007 as Senior Vice President for Hardware Engineering and became Chief Operating Officer for Product and Sales in August 2011”. RIM’s former Co-Chair and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis becomes Vice Chair of RIM’s Board and Chair of the Board’s…

For those who haven’t jailbroken their iPhone 4S or iPad 2 on the latest firmware yet, here’s a detailed guide on how to do it. This tutorial is for Windows users using the latest GreenPois0n Absinthe tool. If you’re using Mac, head over here. GreenPois0n Absinthe can jailbreak iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0 / 5.0.1 and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 (also called A5 devices because of its chipset) untethered, meaning you…

When jailbreaking iPhone 4S and iPad 2 in Windows using the GreenPois0n Absinthe tool, you might encounter an error in which your device is stuck on a page that says “ABSINTHE is now setting things up, please stand-by…”. In some cases, this error may occur after you launched the Absinthe jailbreak right in your device at the latter part of the jailbreaking process. To fix this, just follow the steps…

It didn’t take any longer for the prominent “iOS Hacking Dream Team” to release the Windows version of the new GreenPois0n jailbreak tool dubbed as Absinthe. Just a day after Absinthe for Mac was released; GreenPois0n Absinthe (v0.2) for Windows is now available for public download. Absinthe is capable of jailbreaking iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0 or iOS 5.0.1, as well as iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1 – both in…

This comes as a surprise folks ‘coz while most of us are looking for a smartphone equipped with a powerful camera, for Singaporean customers – it’s not always the case. A Singapore-based telco M1 is now selling a camera-free iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S devices, basically in compliance with Singapore’s Ministry of Defense (Mindef). You probably would wonder why M1 is selling such modified iPhones, but according to CNET —…

The world’s first handset to carry Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the Samsung GALAXY Nexus is heading to SMART. Pre-order begins today until next Friday, January 27th; and the handset is available for pick-up beginning January 28th.   The Samsung GALAXY Nexus is among today’s best high-end Android handsets rocking a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 1GB RAM, up to 32GB of internal storage, 5MP AF shooter capable…