review
February 16th, 2012 | by
Alfred SiewLike all Bose gear, the OE2i is not cheap. But if you like a compact pair of headphones with offers above average audio, they are worth checking...
January 30th, 2012 | by
Alfred SiewThough it's not quite cheap at S$399, it's literally plug and play and does the job...
January 17th, 2012 | by
Chan Chi-LoongPoker-cum-RPG hybrid Runespell OVerture is an interesting distraction if you're in the mood for a light, casual...
January 15th, 2012 | by
Raymond LauAndroid might not be the smoothest of mobile operating systems – I’ve seen it slow down even on dual-core chips – but that’s all about to change with the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime and its brand new quad-core NVIDIA...
December 6th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewWhat is crucial to its popularity in recent weeks since its launch is that it has come at a time when the screen sizes of phones have themselves increased from the iPhone's 3.5 inches to 4.7 inches on the HTC Sensation XL, for...
November 27th, 2011 | by
Aaron TanIf you subscribe to StarHub’s fibre broadband service and are stuck with the Huawei HG256s gateway that seems to be plagued by poor wireless coverage, a range extender might help. Cisco’s Linksys RE1000 is a S$109...
November 20th, 2011 | by
Aaron TanMalaysian cellphone maker CSL is targeting business travelers with the Spice Mi350 dual-SIM smartphone that lets you pop in two SIM cards into a single device. That means you could, say, receive calls on your personal and...
November 19th, 2011 | by
Raymond LauEschewing the wedge-shaped design championed by Apple and ASUS, Lenovo’s take on the ultrabook is a sensible book-shaped machine that has a nice heft and overall...
November 13th, 2011 | by
Raymond LauThe ultrabook market just got more crowded with ASUS joining the party; the Taiwanese company officially jumped into the fray when it unveiled the super-thin Zenbook laptop here in Singapore on Tuesday. The Zenbook sports a...
November 9th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewOne of the most loved Android phones and certainly the most long-lasting - the Google Nexus One - looks to finally have a worthy successor in the Samsung-made Galaxy Nexus out in Singapore in January...
November 9th, 2011 | by
Chan Chi-LoongIt was a strange sight: A group of geeks seated at a coffeeshop round table, shouting/speaking at their phones, rather than through their phones. My friends and I were testing out SingTel’s free deF!ND mobile app over...
November 6th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewDespite being one of the first with an Android phone when it released the Droid and Milestone about two years ago, Motorola has not had a top-end phone that stood toe to toe with offerings from rivals such as Samsung, HTC and...
October 22nd, 2011 | by
Chan Chi-LoongI finally got around to writing my review of the beta about a month after the Diablo III beta was released. If you’re a Blizzard fanboi, you know you will play this game. No matter how much you rail and complain about the...
October 16th, 2011 | by
Raymond LauWith new features like multi-tasking and surprisingly better performance, the platform is now an extremely capable OS good enough to take on both iOS and...
October 16th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewJabra's wireless stereo headphones for joggers and bikers impress with comfort, ruggedness and surprisingly good audio quality. A must check out for active...
October 15th, 2011 | by
Aaron TanIf you’ve ever thought of running Android apps on a PC, there’s now an easy way to do it. Bluestacks, a company headed by former McAfee executives, has developed a virtualisation software that offers a full Android...
October 2nd, 2011 | by
Aaron TanSingaporeans are a cellphone-crazy lot. Even while on vacation, most will remain tethered to their smartphones, checking in from obscure locations to earn bragging rights and lapping up tips left behind by others. In this week's...
September 26th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewLet’s start by getting the price of this state-of-the-art laptop out of way, because S$3,999 is certainly not everyone’s idea of how much a good laptop should cost. No, not even with the full works – a Core i7...
September 21st, 2011 | by
limbeerI’d bet the most common question that any Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 owner would have gotten is,“How does it compare with the iPad 2?”. So having spent more than two weeks with mine (a 16GB Wifi Galaxy Tab 10.1), here’s my...
September 11th, 2011 | by
Alfred SiewWhen the Xperia Ray was unveiled at CommunicAsia in June, we wondered why Sony Ericsson had gone the opposite direction where everyone seems to be heading. The new phone had only a 3.3-inch screen when others were more than...
