Cherry Mobile Hyper is Out

A new budget Android phone from Cherry Mobile is out!

The Cherry Mobile Hyper!

Hyper has this specs:
Display: 5.0"
Resolution: 800 x 480
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.2Ghz
GPU: Adreno 203
Camera: Main is 5MP / Secondary is VGA
Battery: 2000mAh
IPS: (tbd

It's introductory price is 4,999.00 (6,499 less 1,500)

Haipad M7m Videos

NOTE: videos posted here are not mine. I just found them in youtube. Credits go to their respective copyright owners/uploaders.

Latest Haipad M7-m Android Tablet Review


haipad m7m dungeon hunter hd


Angry Birds
I can't find a video playing "Angry Birds" in M7m. Though Haipad M7 is aesthetically different, it shares the same platform (S5PV210) as M7m, so the performance should be the same (or at least there shouldn't be much gap). So I'm sharing this video of Haipad M7 playing the popular Android game, the Angry Birds:


Other Games Being Played in S5PV210 Platform
Fruit Ninja:


Asphalt 6:


Guerilla Bob:

Herotab M802 (Apad iMX515 8"): A Sudden Twist of Fate

We have this Herotab M802 tablet for a while. Just a while ago, I was trying to connect a USB cable at the back of my CPU... when I accidentally leaned on the panel of this tablet. Heard a soft 'tick'. I thought it was just the whole panel responding to the force created by my 'soft' lean... but, oh no! A crack ran across the whole screen from top bottom!

It is kaput!!!

The crack appeared at about 1/3 of the screen from right (side where 'Back' button is) to left. Upon testing, that 1/3 portion responds to touch, but the remaining 2/3 doesn't!

Now, I need a bricked unit... and salvage the working touchpanel. Meantime, this tablet will be in its cage...

The CD-R King Tablet PC: Fastpad

Yep, that's the new tablet PC being offered by CD-R King: The CD-R King Faspad!

Faspad is based on the S5PV210 SoC platform offered by Samsung, which is powered by a 1GHz Cortex-A8 ARM processor, PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor and 512MiB of RAM. It also got a capacitive screen, the same type of touchscreen technology used in iPhone, iPad, iTouch, Galaxy Tab.

We all know that CD-R King products are *mostly* re-badged items from China. They get items from these Chinese OEMs, and so after conducting a few Google searches... bingo! FastPad is the same as Haipad M7-M! Specs and physical aspects: Curved back, I/O ports placement, speaker position and even its face. No doubt, CD-R King Fastpad is a re-badged Haipad M7-M!

CD-R King FastPad is currently priced at Php8,800.00, cheaper than Haipad M7-M's quoted prices at AliExpress.com (which are priced USD200 on the average including shipping fees). FastPad's lower price could be attributed to the absence of Bluetooth (unless they forgot to include this in the specs) and the lower internal storage capacity (4GB vs. 8GB). That means, Fastpad is trimmed (feature) Haipad M7-M.

It is listed to have Android 2.2 (Froyo) but Haipad already released an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) firmware for their M7-M. I just don't know if it would be compatible with Fastpad, considering that M7-M has larger internal storage capacity (as mentioned above).

Links to Haipad M7-M
- Haipad M7-M (official product page)
- AliExpress links: link1 link2 link3 link4

I don't have first-hand experience with Fastpad, but knowing that it has the same platform as Haipad M7 (aka Herotab C8, Dropad A8) which my hands were able to get hold of, it should be a good tablet.

The 3 months warranty could be a deal breaker but I would always consider this than buying online.

Just my thoughts....

My LG Optimus One: a farewell...

I had to let go of my LG Optimus One. The promised Gingerbread update wouldn't show and the "dust under screen" issue has become annoying to me.

So I had to sell it for Php7,500.00 (original price was around Php13,000).

Tschuss my LG Optimus One!