GADGETS

Gadgets cover wide and varied areas including accessories, imaging, audio and visual and the likes.

The MakerBot Mixtape

long before the digital music revolution, we have mixtape which we curate our favorite tunes from various sources, including other tapes, vinyls and even the radio, and compiled them into a cassette tape. it was a long, tedious process that involves an audio system that has a double deck cassette tape player and lots of button pushing. digitizing…

Motorola i867 Ferrari

usually, if you have a handset born out of a collaboration between a mobile maker and an auto maker, the handset will merely be given a splash of the auto marque’s color and perhaps, its branding. however, that’s not the case with the Motorola i867 Ferrari – a Android powered smartphone inspired by Ferrari 458. it may not make ding at…

Croon The Original Sound System

one thing we can be sure of is, music lovers desperately wants to be unwired. fortunately for us, the market is not lacking of choices. we can either go products from the big players with proven track records but sometime less appealing design or we could go for the under dogs with a few tricks up their sleeves. and when we said under dogs…

Tivoli Model One BT and PAL BT

fans of the great sounding Tivoli will no longer feel left out of the wireless world. Tivoli has added Bluetooth connectivity to its portfolio but instead of starting out on a clean sheet for a brand new product with wireless capability, Tivoli has opt to update its popular models including the Model One and PAL with built-in Bluetooth capability. both…

SeaLife DC1400 Underwater Camera

there are quite a few accessories in the market that promise to make your lovely land-only cameras go underwater but honestly, you wouldn’t get the best images as these land-centric cameras are not really tuned for underwater photography. if you are really serious and i mean really, really serious about underwater photography…

MSI GT70 Gaming Laptop

if you are true PC gaming addict, then you probably want to have a gaming laptop by your side wherever you go cos’ handheld gaming device is never an option. it’s kind of do or die attitude, if you know what i mean. besides, handhelds don’t usually offer titles that PC has. the prerequisites for an on-the-go gaming machine are simple…

Sony BRAVIA 55-inch 3D LED TV

perhaps a 90-inch or even a wee smaller 70-inch LED TV is way overkill for most regular folks, so how about getting a more ‘normal’ 55-inch item that is still feature-rich? such as this Sony BRAVIA 55-inch 3D LED TV (KDL-55HX850)? as with Sony’s long running tradition, the HX850 has an impeccable design that Sony has been…

Edifier E30 Spinnaker

those who are old enough will recall how boxy and yucky sound system looks back in those days. things have changed quite a bit since. we are no longer bound to monotonous black or silver boxes (though some still call them classic beauties but that’s beside the point). in today’s context, we demand both quality sound and beautiful aesthetics, and nothing less…

Canon EOS-M Digital Camera

torn between whether to buy a DSLR camera and a compact point-and-shooter camera? then the new Canon EOS-M Digital Camera should end your deliberation between the two. the first mirrorless camera aka Compact Camera System (CSC) from Canon, the EOS-M promised to deliver DSLR-quality imaging in a compact form factor…

Sony SA-NS Series Wireless Speakers

can’t decide where to place your speaker system? the solution is simple: get additional speakers for each of the area around your house. though the latter solution works but it is hardly the best way for a 21st century home. why? for starter, more systems would mean more wires and the associated clutter, and you can’t play the same music…

Gear4 Renew SleepClock

alarm clock is a must have for deep sleepers but it is hardly a perfect solution cos’ at times, we are woken from the deepest part of our sleep and the result? another bad hair day where you feel completely lethargic and felt like you haven’t slept at all. or so we were told. maybe that’s the reason why i feel that way on some days. apparently, if you wake up…