Samsung Gear 360 (2017)
Our last gadget purchase for our trip to Western Australia – and not a moment too soon too! I’ve been keeping an eye on 360 cameras for some months now, but held back picking one up on account that while
Category: Toys & Technology
ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2017 – Part 3 – Breaking Down
And quite literally too, because the X1 Carbon broke down just 5 days after delivery. After loading up the notebook with the office productivity tools, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, a Linux distro on VirtualBox, the machine strolled along nicely for all
ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2017 – Part 2 – Early Impressions
And of early impressions of the new X1 Carbon 5th Generation (X1C5): At 1.13kg, this is almost the lightest full-fledge laptop I’ve owned. I reckon the SP3/keyboard is even lighter still by about 100g though one might also argue that
ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2017 – Part 1 – Finally Arrived
The X1 Carbon finally arrived yesterday – about 18 days from the point of order. And to get to the conclusion first before anything else: Marvelous machine, horrendous after sales support. The longer version will take a couple of posts.
Sirui T-024X Carbon Fiber Tripod / C-10S Ball Head
It’s sometimes amusing to hear the camera division salespersons of large household electronic appliance stores pitch why one should buy cameras from them – even when they’re routinely sold at standard retail prices. They’d say their camera packages include all
Notebook 2017
Continuing from a post from just over a month ago here. The month of March came and went past without Microsoft making a formal announcement on the highly anticipated successor to the Surface Pro 4. Insider information though revealed that
Huawei Mate 9 – Part 4: Final Notes
Last couple of posts of the Huawei Mate 9 here, here and here. Many of the larger Android phone manufacturers routinely load up their new phones with a lot of bloatware. Sometimes, it’s useful – like additional storage space on
Huawei Mate 9 – Part 3: Imaging
I don’t think I’ll ever feel entirely at ease with the smartphone as a handy camera. A large part of it has to do with handling and ergonomics. Smartphones as a direct result of their form factor simply do not
Creative Sound Blaster Roar Pro + iRoar Mic – Unboxing
One of the all-time job hazards of being an educator – here at least in Singapore but I expect it to be a challenge elsewhere too – is that we’re especially vulnerable to throat irritations and sore throats. This is
Windows Utilities V – 2017 Edition
The 2017 edition of a long-running if infrequent series of posts on Windows utilities that I have on our work and home computers. The previous post in this edition is here. MP3 Tag Editor: another long-lived software that I use!
Huawei Mate 9 – Part 2: Usage
Continuing from the last post. Well: It’s Huawei’s current flagship, and it especially shows through its choice of processor and camera functions. The Mate 9 feels well-built, dense and of good heft without any creaky joints. I doubt if it’s
Huawei Mate 9 – Part 1: Decisions
One of the nicest things about living in Asia is access to a wide range of mobile technologies, more so with China’s emergence as a leading tech giant. The large telco providers invariably bundle their subscription plans not only phones
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