Mi Pad 4 – Part 2
My further on first impressions of the new Mi Pad 4! The tablet has still yet to complete its boot unlock – Mi requires a waiting time of a week or so after you request a device unlock – so
Mi Pad 4 – Part 1
It wasn’t so long ago that Steve Jobs – RIP – famously scoffed at large screen phones rival companies like Samsung and Motorola were putting out. He reportedly wondered why would anyone want to buy a phone with a screen
Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 900 Vacuum Cleaner
The iLife A6 Smart Robotic Vacuum Cleaner we got a year ago worked well enough for the first six months, but its quirks started becoming more than just a little annoying thereafter. And the omission of selected key features common
Chūgoku & Kyushu/Japan 2019
My other trip to Japan this year on account of work, and specifically for an educational and learning conference in Tokuyama. And since I also had quite a bit more annual leave to clear for the year, I worked out
Kanagawa & Hokkaido/Japan 2019
We got royally cooked by the sun during our Maldives trip in June. In fact, our girl quips that Daddy turned into crispy bacon, while she herself was fried into well-done steak – a reference to our respective Chinese zodiac
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom – Part 4
Continuing from my previous posts: here, here and here. Those incredible, bezel-less displays these days on a number of manufacturer flagships come at the cost of a design compromise: their front-facing selfie cameras now have to go elsewhere. The rapid
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom – Part 3
Continuing from the last two posts – here and here – my first week impressions of the Oppo Reno 10x zoom phone! It’s also becoming standard inclusion for Android phone manufacturers for their phones to come with factory-installed film-type screen
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom – Part 2
Continuing from the last post and impressions coming out of the first week of use! My notes on the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom will be coming out of a head to head comparison with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Design-wise:
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom – Part 1
The general feeling among most industry watchers and smartphone enthusiasts in this part of the world is that you really shouldn’t be going with a telco’s bundled phone + mobile subscription plan option, as you’re getting locked into a two
Insta360 One X
I’ve been staying clear off 360 cameras since the Samsung Gear 360 that I picked up two years for our Western Australia trip in June 2017. That has been largely on account that the video stitched from the Samsung Gear
Olympus TG-5 – Post-Processing @ Maldives 2019
The Maldives trip was my first extensive sojourn into taking underwater stills of marine life, so it was a real eye-opener. I’ve commented on my experiences using the different equipment that I carted along for the trip, so here’s a
10 Days in Maldives 2019 – Equipment Comments
Equipment wise, the Maldives trip turned out to be quite a varied experience: I bought just two lenses for the Sony A73 – the FE 24-105mm and Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – and not unexpectedly, used the former far more than
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