Google + NASA = Quantum Artificial Intelligence

Quantum computing has now become the ultimate goal for scientists on earth. Achieving a practical quantum computer is going to push humanity forward faster than ever in terms of intelligence, evolution and understanding of the universe.

Google and NASA are now hand in hand to achieve the ultimate goal of computer technology. Google has just announced a partnership with NASA to build a lab that will have quantum computing technology that will ultimately answer problems with artificial intelligence.
Quantum computers work with quibits instead of the conventional bits. A bit can be I or O (one or zero) but quibits can be one, zero or anything in between! If you are familiar with the Schrödinger’s cat theory, you might know that this means that a single quibit can be one and zero at the same time. This gives quantum computer to have the ability to perform many calculations at the same time which makes them way way way faster than conventional computers. A calculation that could take years can be done in seconds!
The new Google + NASA lab will have a 512-quibit quantum computer, D-Wave Two.
“We hope it helps researchers construct more efficient and more accurate models for everything from speech recognition, to web search, to protein folding. We actually think quantum machine learning may provide the most creative problem-solving process under the known laws of physics.”
–Google
I am already imagining voice responsive artificial intelligence like IBM’s Watson that could potentially answer to any question we have when developing certain cures for example.

– Via Dvice via Google Blog

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Goodyear Eagle-360 Tells Alternate Self-Driving Story

We’ve all pretty familiar with the idea of self-driving cars nowadays. Google’s idea is actually to sell a bunch of sensors and its controller software, so all cars can be “automated”. Sort of modular, actually. While that might be h
elpful in its initial adoption rate, Goodyear, the tire and rubber company, created the Eagle-360 concept. It’s a concept tire that fundamentally changes how a car moves.

By the looks of it, it’s like a circular brain – wrinkles and lines everywhere. However, it’s actually a redefinition of the wheel. This is a spherical wheel – and it connects to your vehicle through electromagnets. The things it does are just wondrous, as it can change the vehicle’s direction without turning the entire vehicle’s body. Also, that parking skill is insanely useful. Anyone here remembers the Toyota Puyo?
Anyway, check out this video – makes me want self-driving cars to get commercialized quick.

What do you think of this technology? Do you think it’ll make it to the market one day? Personally, I’m all  in for self-driving cars and everything that will make it great. Too tired of driving cars, actually.

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Shopee 3.3 Mega Sale is here to break your bank once again

Take out your wallet and start your shopping spree with Shopee is hosting the Shopee 3.3 Mega Sale that lets us enjoy the best deals from 24th February to 3rd March.
The sale event is participated by brands and retailers on Shopee which are popular brandings such as Nestle, Vinda, Unilever, MR DIY, and Bagstation and there are lots of exclusive deals and offers that you can grab and save up a small fortune as price cut as high as 50% are available during Shocking Sale period with 50% discount vouchers for other eligible items as well.

Shocking Sale with Shocking Discounts

For those who want the best bang for the buck offer, you must take note of the Shocking Sale period that only happens on the last day, 3rd March. More than 1000 products get a whopping 50% discount for up to 10 sessions and great deals such as items priced at RM 0.33, RM 3.30 and RM33.00 are sure to amaze you as well.
On the other hand, each and every day will feature a different theme of items for sale. The Best Buy page gets newly refreshed items ranging from kitchenware, shoe, watches, earbuds to detergent, snacks and many more during the sale. There are bound to be something that you can use on a daily basis and get it at a super low price after an up to 90% discount.
Buy, Play, Watch – Best of all ends
Ayyyyy it’s Adam Lobo!
Are you good at Fruit Ninja? Then put your skill to the test with Shopee Slice and become the champion of the leaderboard and walk away with a Samsung Galaxy S20+. Be sure to do your best as you only get 3 chances every day. Other fun and interesting games are available as well such as Shopee Throw and Lucky egg will earn you some discount vouchers along the way.
Not the gamer type? Then sit back, relax and enjoy live stream contents brought to you by Shopee Live where retailers demonstrate their latest products with attractive offers. The Livestream runs on 1 March for 15 hours and on 2 March for 6 hours which serves as a count down to the craziest day of the event with game shows, flash sales, and performances.
Be sure not to miss out on this mega sale event or pay the event page a visit for additional information.

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Review – GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB Mechanical Keyboard

GAMDIAS has been a company that went under the radar for many people. They’ve always been a peripherals company, but recently they did announce their fancy gaming chair and also a bunch of PC components. Looking at the entire catalog of GAMDIAS products, we can see one common trait in all of them – RGB lighting first, everything else comes after that. The GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB mechanical keyboard isn’t any different either. It’s sprinkled with LEDs all over it!
We also reviewed the GAMDIAS Zeus P1 RGB gaming mouse here, which is meant to be paired with this keyboard since both are in the P1 lineup.

Let’s take a look into what the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is all about. The most important question here is – is it worth your money?

We’re also giving away a total of 6 prizes from GAMDIAS! Join now!
GAMDIAS Chinese New Year Giveaway

Unboxing
The GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB comes in a box that bombards you with information. Highlights on the keyboard’s feature are on the right, whereas even more highlights are on the keyboard itself.

At the back of the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB’s box, there’s a wall of text alongside with the specs, package contents, system requirements (as though you need them), and a little highlight on its “unique contoured keycaps”. We’ll dive further into that later.

At the side of the box is where some more features are highlighted. The quick attach wrist rest and aluminium backplate is highlighted here, and a brief mention of GAMDIAS’s Hera software is also present.

And oh, you do get a free keycap puller too. Not sure why GAMDIAS calls it a switch puller though, as the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is not a change-it-yourself keyboard like the Gaming Freak MX RGB 9 that we took a look here together with Tech Critter, or the Tecware Phantom mechanical keyboard.

Opening up the box reveals the quick installation guide at the top, and the keyboard wrapped in a piece of foam bag, padded with more foam on both sides. the user manual is pretty alright, but I recommend you to consult the software instead.

Underneath the keyboard itself is where you’ll find the wrist rest.

Design
For those who are paying attention, the first thing that you’ll realize is the difference in the color of the backplate. For some reason, the box shows a dark colored aluminium plate – something like a nickel-plated CPU cooler. However, some sharp eyes pointed out that the backplate on the keyboard itself is actually grey instead.

That aside, the keyboard itself is pretty lightweight compared to other mechanical keyboards in the market. The aluminium backplate has a lot of folds around the edges, so it’ll not scratch the user.
The GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB… I have to say that it’s pretty plain in terms design. It doesn’t have a case, and it has minimal amount of flair. There’s a little trough made by folding the aluminium backplate in a specific way, if that floats your boat. It’s chamfered, too.

At the back of the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is where things start to boggle my mind. Firstly, that’s where the keycap puller is found. As the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is a keyboard without a case, I really don’t see a point why you’ll need a keycap puller in the first place. Though, it’s tucked nicely at the back so you won’t lose it.

Secondly, the cable management. I understand that GAMDIAS is providing cable routes so that you can manage your cable – but the implementation by GAMDIAS is totally mind-boggling here.

Why is it that the cable trough is behind where the cable comes out? That means if I ever want the cable to come out from either the left or right side, I’ll have to make a sharp turn backwards into the center cable trough, then re-route it to either the left or right side? What the heck are you thinking?????

The wrist rest mechanism works – that’s the best way I can describe it. It’s certainly not the best way to mount the wrist rest, but it certainly locks it in place. Just be careful to slot it in but not twist it too hard or it’ll damage the plastic part on the wrist rest itself. Remember, metal always consumes plastic in a brute force battle.

Features
In terms of features, I absolutely love what GAMDIAS has done to the Hermes P1 RGB. I love what GAMDIAS has done for the Zeus P1 RGB too. The Hera software is very powerful.

From the looks itself, I have to admit that I thought the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB was a tacky little knockoff mechanical keyboard brand, too. Upon further inspection and usage, I found out that the Hera software is one of the most versatile one that I’ve seen thus far!
And yes – the Hera software looks very tacky too.
There are a total of 7 menus to choose at the side. Each of these menu has its own special set of features embedded within. A few that caught my eye here is the key assignment part. At first, I was seriously frustrated when I found out that the left Windows key is actually hardcoded as Fn key. The Hera software has an option to change the functionality, so it’s a crisis averted.
The keys on the keyboard can be remapped to whatever you like, and there’s a total of 5 profiles that you can choose from. You can swap between profiles as you wish, and the on-board memory on the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is a big boon in this aspect.
The user manual does tell one part of the story.
If you want, the Hera software allows you to create your own macro too. From what I can tell, the macro engine on the Hera software is very powerful.
Another rather peculiar feature is the ability to set an audio cue to each and every button that you press on the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB. There’s even another menu on the Hera software that lets you customize the sound! I’m not sure why anyone would want that, though. You also have the ability to set a timer if you wish to do so.
The Hera software has yet another issue too – color accuracy. While selecting the color for the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB, I realized that the preset colors on the palette did not match what was showing on the keyboard itself. I selected orange color, and it came out golden instead. I had to select somewhere near the color of a papaya on Hera to get the orange color that I want.
Colors weren’t matching…
Using the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB
When I first laid my hands on the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB, I’m not gonna lie – it didn’t feel as good as I have accustomed to more premium mechanical keyboards. The weight itself left an unimpressive first taste to me.

Then, I started using the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB as my main keyboard. I realized one thing for sure – the keycaps are nothing special when it comes to the contour, but they’re ABS doubleshot keycaps.

GAMDIAS didn’t hide the fact that they’re using TTC switches – and the one we have here is using the TTC Blue switches. For all I can say, the typing experience is okay. The switches themselves are alright – it’s lightweight and not as noisy when compared to Cherry MX Blue switches. However, the typing experience feels hollow due to the backplate and the keycaps when bottoming out.

Throughout my experience, I found out that the keycaps are very wobbly. I realized that the TTC switch’s stem is a little bit slimmer compared to Cherry’s. I swapped the keys for some aftermarket keycaps, and the wobbliness continued.
As for the stabilizers, the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB has a wire stabilizer but they’re not like Costar’s. Instead of having a wire sticking out on both sides, it has an adapter that latches onto the wire stabilizer that’s under the backplate itself. This cause the spacebar to be very unbalanced, actually. Definitely not the most pleasant spacebar I’ve used on a keyboard.

The functions on the keyboard itself is self-explanatory as they’re pad-printed on the keycaps. It covers all multimedia functions and has a few extras, too. You technically can do most of the macro recording without the Hera software, but I highly suggest you to use the Hera software instead. It has way more granular controls and easier to program, too.
Wrapping up the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB review
I have to say – I actually like the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB. The features on this board is just fantastic. The build quality is alright, nothing too extreme in this case. As for the switches, it’s very subjective. Some people actually like the TTC blue switches and prefer to use them daily.
The GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB comes with a few extras, too. The wrist rest is actually okay, but not my cup of tea and I prefer my Cooler Master wrist rest instead.
Though, the price of the GAMDIAS Hermes P1 RGB is at ~RM360 if you know where to hunt. Quite expensive for the hardware, actually. Though, if you really need a mechanical keyboard with the best features available, find any keyboards that is compatible with GAMDIAS’s Hera software. Seriously, the software took me by surprise.

Pros

Hera is a great software
Lightweight
Has a wrist rest
Lots of functions built onto the keyboard itself
Has on-board memory

Cons

Ridiculous cable management route design
Stabilizer on long keys could be better
Backplate color does not match what is shown on the box

Also, did you know we’re giving away a total of 6 peripherals from GAMDIAS?
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Review – Cooler Master MasterBox MB600L: Budget Case That You Should Consider?

There are many cases in the market these days – and the brand new Cooler Master MasterBox MB600L that was announced here is one of them. Now, we have one in our labs – so let’s take a look at what’s good and what’s not about this budget-oriented PC case.
We should also note that the variant of the MasterBox MB600L that we have here is with a red trim and no ODD bay. There are other trim color options and has a single ODD bay, too.

Unboxing
The usual here from Cooler Master. The box itself takes on a simple cardboard design, and unboxing it is rather simple and straightforward. Just cut it open and flip the box, revealing thick styrofoam on both ends to protect the case from damages.

The entire case is also wrapped in plastic, like any other case.

Opening it up reveals the case itself together with a user manual and a warranty guide that’s packaged together with the case.
Under the power supply shroud is where the accessories pack is found. Just a bunch of screws and some zip ties. Pretty standard.
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Here’s where things get interesting. A while back, we did a collaboration with Tech Critter on showcasing an RGB build with the MasterBox Lite 5. Guess what – Cooler Master used the same chassis design and the same side panels for the MasterBox MB600L too. Cooler Master only changed the front bezel and included an ODD bay – if you chose that variant of the MasterBox MB600L, that is.

The overall design is pretty simple for the MasterBox MB600L. It has a simple box design. It doesn’t even have a top vent. However, it has a very darkly tinted front bezel with openings at the sides only.

The feet at the bottom does resemble the MasterCase 5 too.
At least it has a net…
Speaking of the bottom, there are 4 little rubber feet that are raised to prevent choking the power supply on carpeted floors too. However, the raise isn’t that far high. Take precautions.

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Product Name
MasterBox MB600L

Model Number
MCB-B600L-KA*N-S**

Available Color
Black

Materials
Steel, Plastic

Dimensions (LxWxH)
464 x 212 x 454.5mm

Motherboard Support
ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX

Expansion Slots
7

Drive Bays
5.25″
No (MCB-B600L-KANN-S**)
1 (MCB-B600L-KA5N-S**)

Combo 3.5″ / 2.5″
2

SSD
1

I/O Panel
USB 3.0 x 2, Audio in / out

Pre-installed Fan(s)
Front
N/A

Rear
120mm x 1 black fan

Fan Support
Front
120mm x 2 / 140mm x 2 (w/ODD)
120mm x 3 / 140mm x 2 (wo/ODD)

Rear
120mm x 1

Liquid Cooling Support
Front
120/140/240/280mm radiator (w/ODD)
120/140/240/280/360mm radiator (limited) up to 50mm thickness without fan (wo/ODD)

Rear
120mm x 1

Clearance
CPU Cooler
160mm / 6.3″

PSU
180mm / 7.1″

GPU
400mm / 16.14″

Cable Routing
Behind Motherboard Tray
15mm – 23mm / 0.59″ – 0.90″

Dust Filters
Front, bottom

Power Supply Support
Bottom mount, ATX

All I can say is this – the MasterBox MB600L is made with one simple goal in mind – to incorporate liquid cooling for budget cases, while having the option to bling it up a little. This can be seen prominently as the front of the case can actually hold up triple 120mm fans with no issues. You can even mount a 360mm radiator if you wish to do so.

Though that comes with a price. Personally, I’d prefer the case to have top vents so that the radiator can be mounted up above instead. Hot air can be exhausted right away. However, the MasterBox MB600L does not have any openings at the top at all – and there’s another issue.

Take a look at the front panel. The openings at the sides are tiny. These tiny openings are quite restrictive when it comes to airflow, which is a bad thing.

The MasterBox MB600L doesn’t have any front intake filters too, as Cooler Master solely relies on the mesh on the openings to filter out the dust and particles. There is, however, a little mesh net for the power supply. I mean, it’s better than nothing.

One thing I do like is the fact that the rear fan can be repositioned slightly in the z-axis, so you can get a more direct airflow from your CPU tower cooler.

Another weird thing is that Cooler Master only includes a single 2.5-inch drive mount, but gives you a total of 3 options position it. Either at the front, or at the power supply shroud. If you want to mount another SSD, then you’re out of luck, basically.

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Let’s begin by first stripping down the case to its barebones.

Building a rig inside the MasterBox MB600L is rather easy. There are motherboard standoff anchors to pin down the motherboard so that you can screw it in without an issue. Though, there are a few complaints that I have – particularly in terms of cable management.
Nice little trough to hold the cables in place.
Routing cables through the small little EPS cable cutout at the top left corner is quite difficult since it can barely fit in the 8-pin EPS connector. The 2.5-inch disk mount is the second issue I have. The MasterBox MB600L only comes with one 2.5-inch disk caddie, but has a total of 3 different mounting points for aesthetic purpose. Each of them, however, pose a real challenge when it comes to cable management again.
It’s a tiny shroud.
Which leads me to the next point – the power supply shroud. It’s short. So short that the power supply cannot fit in from the side, and have to be slide in through the back and mounted to the case via a power supply cage. Then, there’s the non-removable 3.5-inch hard disk cage not far off from the power supply, which makes it really difficult to hide cables – especially if you’re using a non-modular power supply.

The case’s width is another issue – as the tinted acrylic side panel will get poked and convex outwards if a wider graphics card is used. There will be gaps at the side, sucking unfiltered air into the case and bulking up in dust.
Once the entire setup is done, it looks rather sleek, to be honest. Clean angles from all throughout the case, which is exactly what I’m looking for, personally. Though the front panel’s restrictive airflow is indeed an issue.

As the case can support up to a 160mm for CPU coolers. Large air coolers like the Noctua NH-D15 and the REEVEN Ouranos can indeed fit inside without an issue. However, it can’t fit in the second fan.

[nextpage title=”Wrapping up the Cooler Master MasterBox MB600L review”]
For all I can say, the MasterBox MB600L needs to be judged with its price in mind. For only RM199, you get quite a lot for the price. But then again, looking at the other Cooler Master cases that are available for this price, you can also get the legendary CM690 III for just RM199 – albeit an old case but powerful nonetheless. At least the CM690 III has vents at the top and a breathable front panel.
You get enough space for a front rad mount, but you’ll be pulling hot air inside the case instead.
If you care about aesthetics and want a little bit more bling, then there’s the MasterBox Lite 5 too, which is priced at RM193. We did an RGB build together with Tech Critter right here in this video. The main difference between the MasterBox Lite 5 and MasterBox MB600L is the front panel and also the inclusion of RGB fans at the front. Other than that, they’re the same.

Overall, I can recommend the MasterBox MB600L for setups with at most two 3.5-inch HHDs and one single 2.5-inch disk drive. Other than that, cable management is definitely a challenge in the MasterBox MB600L, but manageable and it works without a hitch after everything is set up.
Just be mindful of the front panel intake – those slits at the sides are not sufficient.

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5 reason why the POCO X3 NFC is the best mid-range gaming smartphone

The POCO X3 NFC was released recently and it’s easy to say that they did shake the world once again. It comes with an impossibly good list of specs like the new Snapdragon 732G, 120Hz refresh rate display, alongside some great quality of life improvements.
For the price of RM899 – and here are my top 5 reasons why the new POCO X3 NFC is the best mid-range gaming smartphone to date.

By the way, there’s a special early bird promotion too. It’s at the bottom of this article.
Great performance with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
I have to say, the Snapdragon 732G is actually an iterative upgrade over the Snapdragon 720G. It still packs a punch, yet the efficiency is better. Also, the POCO X3 NFC’s heat output is so low to the point where the phone only slightly warms up after an hour of continuous gaming.

Best of all, like what we’ve shown here, the Snapdragon 732G can play all the games without any issues. And speaking of gaming, the POCO X3 NFC also has stereo speakers! Yes – that earpiece is also a loudspeaker which works very well.
Just watch our review video here. I don’t show you sound through a picture.
If you don’t like to use a loudspeaker, then fret not – the POCO X3 NFC has an audio jack. 😉
That screen with 120Hz refresh rate with 240Hz touch sampling rate
If you’re gaming, then having a high refresh rate screen is important for that silky smooth motion – especially in fast-paced games. The POCO X3 NFC brought a super-fast 120Hz refresh rate screen into a mid-range smartphone of this price – and it’s just amazing.

To ensure that you get a competitive edge against the competition, the POCO X3 NFC comes with 240Hz touch sampling rate too. That means it will detect and respond to your touches faster.
Its 6.67-inch display is big and beautiful with a tiny little cutout for the selfie camera so that we can see more without obstruction.

Big 5,160mAh battery with 33W fast charging
Despite being a mid-range smartphone, it is still packed with a massive battery with fast charging. We’ve tested the POCO X3 NFC’s battery life in our review and it can last for 2 days on a single charge without any issue.

If you’re gaming to the point where the battery is really low, then fret not – the POCO X3 NFC also comes with a 33W charger inside the box. From our test, it can achieve these charging speeds from 15%:

POCO X3 NFC fast charging

Time
Battery level

18 minutes
50%

34 minutes
75%

63 minutes
100%

Essentially, after a long day of gaming on your POCO X3 NFC, you can get to 50% charge in just 18 minutes and continue gaming again. That’s truly amazing for a mid-range smartphone of this price.
Cameras
The pictures coming out of the POCO X3 NFC is yet another thing that is worth highlighting. Yes, it has a weird camera cutout shape but I think it’s unique. And it still takes good pictures.

You can check out our review here to know how’s the camera capability of the POCO X3 NFC.

The POCO x3 NFC uses a Sony IMX682 sensor for its main camera which is capable of taking 64MP pictures. combined with its AI processing and some editing, the POCO X3 NFC can take some amazing pictures.

The POCO X3 NFC also has AI Skyscaping 3.0 to literally change the sky, 4K video recording, and Vlog mode.
A unique design
The POCO X3 NFC comes in two different colors – Shadow Grey and also Cobalt Blue. We have the latter one and the color is truly something unique. There’s this shaded area (mathematically speaking) and the POCO logo is printed in an iridescent material for extra sheen.
It’s a truly unique design that when will surely catch many people’s attention.

The design is also functional too, as the back is curved to provide a more comfortable grip on the hands.
All of these at an unbelievably low price
The POCO X3 NFC is truly spectacular for its price. The POCO X3 NFC comes in two different configurations but there is also an early bird special promotion.

POCO X3 NFC

Configuration
Original price
Early bird special promotion
9th-10th September 2020 only
Where to buy?

6GB RAM + 64GB storage
RM899
RM799
bit.ly/335nmL9

6GB RAM + 128GB storage
RM1,099
RM949
bit.ly/3i7C7n9

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RM599 is the official price of the Nothing ear (2) TWS in Malaysia; Early sale available on Crossover

Nothing Malaysia has announced the arrival of the ear (2) TWS that will definitely go in pair with the upcoming Nothing 2 smartphone expected for Q3.

Positioned to be the next generation premium class earbuds, the ear (2) features a large 11.6mm dynamic driver with a custom diaphragm that pushes out some high-quality audio because it also uses LDHC 5.0 codec capable of transmitting frequencies of up to 24bit/192KHz. Deep bass and clear highs are win-win thanks to the combination of polyurethane and graphene materials on top of the unique dual-champion design.
As for sound capturing, a set of tri-array microphones on each earbud making up to a total of 6 units and AI noise reduction will capture your voice crisp and clear while the ANC does the same but for your listening experience instead with dynamic Adaptive Mode tuning the levels according to the environment.

User customization and accessibility have also been improved as well such as the newly added Personal Sound Profile with a hearing ID that tunes a unique equalizer template to one’s ear canal, auto music replay after receiving a call, dual connection, and more – all available within the Nothing X companion app.
Battery life-wise, one full charge can deliver up to 36 hours of music playback, or with fast charge, there will be enough juice for 8 hours just from 10 minutes of charging. The charging case also supports 2.5W wireless charge and reverse charge too. Oh yes, it has an IP54 rating on the earbuds and IP55 for the case for extra peace of mind.
Price and Early Sale
At RM599, the Nothing ear (2) is available starting today on Crossover as a timed exclusive since the official launch on other online platforms and offline retailers is on April 8 so if you really want to own one now, choose Crossover.
Meanwhile, the following physical stores have several demo units for you to try out first-hand before you down the payment for one:

YES Experience Store Lot 10
DirectD Gadget Mega Store Petaling Jaya
TMT Mid Valley Megamall
Vivid Concepts, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall
TacMobile, Aeon Mall Bukit Tinggi

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Infinix’s 50MP Super Nightscape photography contest offers tons of cash prize and merchandise for a selection of great photos

Infinix Malaysia is currently hosting the HOT 20 Super Nightscape photography contest where they are shelling out quite a prize pool of cash and products for the winners.
Offering a strong low-light environment photography capability, the brand essentially wants to see some of the best photos users take with the HOT 20 smartphone and will reward the best entries handsomely with multi-thousand Ringgit cash prizes and associating products.

The top 3 entries will earn the following:

Grand Prize: RM5,000 cash + RM5,000 worth of products
2nd Prize: RM3,000 cash + RM3,000 worth of products
3rd Prize: RM1,000 cash + RM1,000 worth of products
Consolation: RM1,000 worth of products

Wanna join the contest? Then these steps are all yours.

Take a minimum of 3 photos taken with the Infinix HOT 20 smartphone (Include the HOT 20 watermark in all of them)
Post to your Facebook or Instagram profile
Photo captions should include your thoughts and description or editing method
Include the hashtags #50MPSuperNightScapeCamera #Photography in the post
Set the post to Public
Comment the link to your post under this photo
Submit all the relevant details and links to this Google Form

Only a total of 20 participants will be accepted into the contest so act fast and swiftly if you want to have a share of this big pie!
The Infinix HOT 20 smartphone is currently purchasable at the price of RM599 on Shopee.

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Samsung Galaxy S IV–first look

Wow. The phone that’s all over the world is currently in Malaysia. Particularly, I got my hands on the beasty octa-core variant.

As far as you can tell since its announcement, the new Samsung Galaxy S IV – coded i9500 for the octa-core Exynos version and i9505 for the quad-core Snapdragon version – definitely runs fast, but then heat is always a great benchmark of efficiency, so I took a touch around the earpiece area for the heat and it was cool. Then onwards to test other things.

Looking around the device you can see a somewhat new design around the edge, with its power button and volume rocker being positioned the same as it was on its predecessors. Nice touch, feels lighter and definitely thinner than the Galaxy S III, even with more grip too.

What’s the Galaxy S IV without testing the camera? Though as you can see, there’s an LED flash right below the 13MP cut-out for the camera on the back plate, where the black colour variant will have this mesh texture (can’t feel though) and the white will have just a plain, flat slab. So let’s test by taking photos – since the camera itself is one of the main selling point of their new flagship phone.

The front-facing 2MP camera actually did a pretty good job in the Dual Camera feature as it just appear as a small part in the picture, yet resizable and there is an entire list of frames to choose from. A plus, and a feature that’s definitely useful, given that the cameraman doesn’t screw up the entire picture by having a totally opposite camera exposure in the picture.

Since it runs on the latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, it also has the two-finger-drag quick settings just like the Nexus devices does, where you can toggle a bunch of different settings all within one collapsible bar – only that Samsung offers the feature like any other custom ROM does – that is to personalize the quick settings menu.

Samsung even made some tuning the Android’s settings menu to make it look a little more cleaner and tidier by categorizing everything and stuffing away things which are rarely used.

A clean interface, which I actually would like Google to follow suit.
Up next, I got my hands on another unit of the Galaxy S IV which has a flip case tailor-made for the this device – the flip case that looks just like the one they did for Galaxy S III, now with a cut-out to see the time, notifications and battery. Also, it has a sensor that triggers the screen to wake and lock as the flip cover opens and closes. Neat! Feels good on the hand too!

Samsung also isn’t going to give just black and white colour variant for its flip case, albeit there are a few versions of the flip case covers. Given an entire spectrum of colours of the case to choose from, you can really mix and match to suit your outfit of the day, everyday.

Well then, after testing out a few things, I touched the earpiece area again to sample the heat. And oh my it is definitely hot. Burning hot. Of course there aren’t any apps to really get the precise temperature, but I can assure you by just doing all those above, the phone became a heater – the earpiece was really unpleasant even to be touched for more than 3 seconds.
In any case though, stay tuned for any further reviews in the future!

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Buy OPPO products and stand a chance to get a Panasonic 4K TV or even the Sony Playstation 5!

OPPO Malaysia has announced another round of lucky draw event where a total of RM55,000 worth of prizes are to be won just by becoming a buying customer.

The nature of the contest is simple. Buy, get entries and just be lucky. After buying any of the following items, scan the QR code above to get redirected to the online form where you can then fill up your personal and purchase details. The raffle is currently ongoing until April 9 so move fast if you want to take a chance while rewarding yourself with a brand new device.

Smartphones

Find Series: Find X3 Pro, Find X2 Pro, Find X2
Reno Series: Reno5 Pro, Reno5, Reno4 Pro, Reno4
A Series: A93, A92, A73, A53, A31, A15, A15s

Peripherals

Wearables: OPPO Watch, OPPO Band
Audio: Enco W11, Enco W31, Enco W51, Enco X

Different item purchases will net you different entries to the contest which as usual, the more money you pour into your purchase, the more entries you get. Similar to any offline lucky raffle, keep the proof of purchase and the confirmation email in case you really did win something.

The items within the prize pool are not bad as well, including the currently online queue-only PS5.

Grand Prize: 1x Panasonic HX600 4K Android TV
2nd Prize: 3x Sony Playstation 5
3rd Prize: 5x Dyson Airwap Complete Styling Set
4th Prize: 100x OPPO Band
Consolation Prize: 100x RM100 OPPO Voucher

All winners will be announced on April 10 at 6 p.m on the OPPO Malaysia Facebook page with winners getting an official email notice starting April 12 until 19.

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Acer showcases new Vero subseries offerings that puts the eco-friendly aspect as its main selling point

During the [email protected] “Made For Humanity” virtual live stream, Acer is releasing a brand new subseries of offerings that carries the Vero tag as their effort of being part of the driving force for industrial application of environmental sustainability.
Components that include the devices and peripherals are made partially using post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics and being shipped in recyclable packaging to address the environmental sustainability concerns. To be more detailed, the Vero lineup is not a new main family but instead, a “greener” version of existing products and debuting for the very first time are the Acer Aspire Vero and TravelMate Vero laptops, Veriton Vero desktops, Vero BR277 FHD monitor, and a series of accessories and peripherals such as mice, mousepads and laptop sleeves.

First up, the Acer Aspire Vero’s chassis is made of 30% PCR plastic while the keycaps are at 50% with the packaging made from 100% recyclable materials and is repurposable as a DIY laptop stand. The device is now powered by up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU with Xe Graphics, a maximum of 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD with Wi-Fi 6 support, a combination of USB-A and USB-C ports.

For business users, the Acer TravelMate Vero is basically the “greener” version of the original in which it can be configured to host a maxed-out set of 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU with Xe Graphics, 6GB RAM, and 1TB SSD in addition to biometric authentication measures and stronger encryption layers to protect your data. Acer is also throwing in a few extra things such as customizable boot screens/logos tailored for organizations that want a formal “Office Use Only” infrastructure.

Moving onto the desktop size of things, the Acer Veriton Vero Mini is a compact yet powerful setup that provides next-gen Intel Core vPro CPUs and plentiful connectivity options such as USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, Wi-Fi 6E to fulfill the jobs of office PCs that is both space-saving and sustainable, thanks to the use of 25% PCR plastic for the chassis.

The display lineup also gets a bit of love from the Acer Vero BR277 created with more than 50% PCR plastic while certified by ENERGY STAR, TCP, and EPEAT for producing a very low amount of excess heat loss. Aside from being environmental-friendly, it provides comfort through its ability to be tilted, swiveled, pivoted, and height-adjusted for the perfect viewing angle.

Rounding up the series is the set of Macaron Vero Mouse, Vero Mousepad, and Vero Sleeve to allow buyers to have a full set of Vero items at once.
Pricing and Availability
Global pricing for all these Vero items has been released so we’ll take them as a reference and estimation until it is Malaysia’s turn.

Aspire Vero – Starting from USD699.99
TravelMate Vero – Starting from USD899.99
Veriton Vero Mini – TBA
Vero BR277 – USD299
Macaron Vero Mouse – EUR24.90
Vero Mousepad – EUR19.90
Vero Ecosleeve – EUR24.90

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Flash Malaysia Brings Mid-Range Smartphones to IT Fair

Flash has introduced the Flash 2 smartphone earlier in 2015 as Lazada online exclusive. It became a hot-selling phone across Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand for the mid-range; 100 USD to 150 USD category. Back when it was released, it was sold out within 10 minutes!
Flash is going to bring the Flash 2 to more potential customers by selling them at the Malaysia IT Fair at Midvalley Exhibition Center(Booth A118, Hall 2) from April 8 to April 10 2016.

These Flash roadshows are our way of giving more people the opportunity to own a smartphone that is a favorite across the region, and to build a community of users through shared experiences and fun activities at the roadshow. We’re giving out loads of goodies including Flash accessories that are practical and cool.
Yogi Babria, Flash Business Development Director
Every purchase of Flash 2 (RM599) will come with a complimentary 5,000mAh power bank, interchangeable Mica White back cover, flip cover and a screen protector. Look out for exciting photo opportunities at the photobooth. There will also be lucky draws at the Malaysia IT Fair event.
Join the Flash community at www.flash3c.com/my to find out all the latest Flash-y activities and offers.

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Motorola Launches Official Lazada Store

Following the news when Lenovo launched their official Lazada store, Motorola has joined the bandwagon too! Not too surprising, actually – since Lenovo does technically own Motorola’s smartphone division after all.
Just like before – with the launch of Motorola’s official store on Lazada, it’s only going to get better now. With a more direct connection between the brand itself with the customers, it’s much easier to get things like warranty and such done.

An official channel like this means more controlled prices and direct promotional prices to the customers too. Also, there’s gonna be way fewer scammer cases. It’s beneficial – trust me.

To celebrate the launch of Motorola’s official Lazada Store, they’re having a special promotion starting from today until Merdeka.
For every purchase of the Moto G5 Plus (priced at RM999 for this promotion), you’ll get free gifts worth up to RM647 – a free backpack, a Moto touch flip cover, extended warranty, and accidental damage plan. Again, this deal is only available for those who purchase through Lazada!
In addition to the above promotion, the ongoing Motorola Merdeka and Malaysia Day Campaign, happening from 25 August to 30 September 2017, will also be applicable on Motorola’s official store. Offers include free gifts, such as the Incipio Power Pack Moto Mod TM worth RM499 with the purchase of either a Moto Z or Moto Z Play; and with the purchase of selected Moto and Lenovo Mobile smartphone models, customers will also receive 12 months extended warranty and accidental damage protection worth RM 448, and other bundled free gifts such as 16GB SD Card, umbrella, backpack, Moto touch flip cover, tempered glass and screen protector.
If you’re looking to pick up a Motorola smartphone, then this is definitely the time for you to pick one up.
Visit Motorola’s Official Lazada Store right now!

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Honor Band Z1 now in Malaysia

Since its launch about a year ago, here comes the Honor Band Z1!
Though it might be late, but I think it’s still relevant – because the Band Z1 is one of the most lightweight smartwatch ever. Why? Because the display is only in black and white, connects using Bluetooth, and can do anything a fitness band can do.5 hours of charging to get 4 days of battery life!

The Honor Band Z1 costs RM259 and is available in black, white, and khaki coloured bands, starting today!

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Review – Jabra PanaCast 20: The smallest, most featureful 4K webcam I’ve used

When it comes to working from home, many people are not necessarily equipped with the best cameras or microphones, making the online meeting experience… kinda unsatisfactory. What if we have a solution that is conveniently portable yet high-quality at the same time? Introducing – the Jabra PanaCast 20. This is a 4K webcam with high-quality microphones built-in, yet smaller than the palm of my hand.
Instead of us describing what the Jabra PanaCast 20 can do, let us show you in this video instead.

In short, the Jabra PanaCast 20 needs to be combined with the Jabra Direct app. There, we have a lot more customization options to play around with – like picture-in-picture or Intelligent Zoom.

Yet, everything is extremely tiny on this webcam. Jabra also included a hardshell EVA case with a special cutout to hold the PanaCast 20 too. We can literally put the USB-A to USB-C cable and the PanaCast 20 into the case, and carry the whole set together.

Where to buy? (Affiliate links)
I highly recommend you contact Jabra directly to get a quotation, but you can still buy it a la carte if you want to.

Amazon US
Lazada
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Kingston showcases new high security IronKey VP50C flash drive with multiple protection mechanism at CES 2023

Kingston’s new product release at CES 2023 isn’t the flashiest among others but they are tackling the growing pains of data being misappropriated by malicious actors in cyberattacks with the new IronKey Vault Privacy 50C.

As it reminds me of the key to the most protected secrets in the world portrayed by movies, IronKey Vault Privacy 50C is a USB-C flash drive created to safeguard the data of its users against multiple forms of exploits including BadUSB and the good old tried-and-true brute force attacks thanks to the highly complex XTS-AES 256-bit hardware encryption. The included protection earned itself the FIPS 19 Certified stamp by the way.
The Multi-Password Option provides yet another layer of defense but keeps the customization aspect to a certain degree as one can pick from either a numeric PIN, sentences with space characters, or a list of words that only makes sense or has context to the owner.
Availability
Information for the Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50C in terms of launch date and price is still unconfirmed at the moment.

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ALCATEL ONETOUCH OPENS FIRST CONCEPT STORE IN MALAYSIA

ALCATEL ONETOUCH had finally announced the opening of its first ALCATEL ONETOUCH concept store in Malaysia which is located on the ground floor of Low Yat Plaza, Bukit Bintang. This marks another milestone for the ALCATEL ONETOUCH brand since its return to Malaysia in early 2013 and there will be more store and services centers available nation wide by the end of 2014.

KL Kong, Country Manager of TCT Mobile Malaysia said that:
We are proud to finally have our very own concept store in Malaysia. With the highly competitive smartphone market, it is imperative that the ALCATEL ONETOUCH brand has more visibility with a dedicated store to help raise awareness. We are confident that the new store’s success will help us further strengthen our brand as we continue to provide the industry with new products.
The ALCATEL ONETOUCH concept store provide a richer, more interactive user experience for customers in a comfortable and well-equipped setting. It will be the first to offer a dedicated ALCATEL ONETOUCH environment for consumers in Malaysia.
(Second from left) Michael Chen, KL Kong and models posing with some of the ALCATEL ONETOUCH phones displayed at the new store.

KL Kong concluded:
ALCATEL ONETOUCH is going through an amazing transformation with positive earnings, market share growth and continued development in the depth and range of its global smart device portfolio and we are assured this will lead us to a prosperous future.
ALCATEL ONETOUCH’s had sold more than 55 million products in 150 countries. In quarter three of 2013, with the successful revolution to the smartphone, TCL Communication’s sales ranked sixth highest globally.
“We believe smartphones should fit into your life not take over your life”, as said by KL Kong during the presentation. And I believe that ALCATEL ONETOUCH smartphones will give us an whole new experiences in life. Once again, feel free to visit the ALCATEL ONETOUCH concept store located at Low Yat Plaze Ground Floor.

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MESCORP WEEK 2014

In conjunction of the MESCORP 2014 Conference, MESCORP 2014 will be organizing MESCORP WEEK 2014 which is an event that you cannot missed! If you had no idea what is MESCORP, please  refer back to this post.

Get ready as there’s a lot of exciting activities and attractions awaits you such as:

Interactive and interesting games
Brand ambassador recruitment
Fuel cell kits showcasing
Informative facts to learn about fuel cell technology
Educational talk
Photobooth contest
Food fair
Singing and dancing performance.

For all the green tech lovers out there, in conjunction with the MESCORP Week 2014, the MESCORP team is going to organize a talk on hydrogen fuel cell technology in order to spread the awareness of fuel cell technology among us.
For those who are exclusively interested in alternative energy or green technology, this talk would be very beneficial as it would provide an insight into the potential of fuel cell technology, which has gain attention recently due to its clean and efficient nature.
All of you are welcome to attend this talk, and if you have any question regarding this talk or this MESCORP Week or anything regarding MESCORP, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Wong Wei Wen (Internal Assistant Director of MESCORP)(017-3885355)([email protected])
Calvent Chan (Assistant Head of PR and Creativity)(016-2868682)([email protected])
Do come and join this MESCORP WEEK so you won’t missed out all the fun and attractions as well as the prizes that are ready to be given and won by all of you.
For more info please visit MESCORP Official Website!
Visit also MESCORP Official Facebook Page!

And hey, we’ll be there too!

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Join the HONOR Mobile Legends tournament and stand a chance to win a HONOR 9X Pro

The HONOR Game Palace tournament has returned for season 2 and 20 teams are invited to battle it out in a 5v5 format of Mobile Legends and be live-streamed on 26 and 27 June 2020.
The game mode will be Custom Draft Pick mode and the champions will be able to get an HONOR 9X Pro (review here) for each team member while the first runner ups will get the HONOR BlueTooth Earphone instead.

The registrations period runs from 17 – 25 June for HONOR Club Malaysia members only so if you are not a member, what are you waiting for? Gather your team and register here!
Sign up and join the combat by following the steps below:

Comment and mention why you’d like to join the battlefield along with the #HONORGAMEPALACE2020 hashtag at HONOR’s official forum.
Team leaders representing the group are to fill up the registration form here.

Catch more information about the tournament through HONOR’s Facebook Page.

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Review – Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones: Granular Bass Control

Cooler Master has entered the game earbuds with a sense of modularity with their brand new MasterPulse earphones, or in-ear headphones. They’re actually pretty unique, as this is the first time I’ve ever seen a pair of tiny earphones with a continuous dial that passively changes the low frequency response. Also, no external power required!

Let’s start off with the packaging. Cooler Master made the packaging extra exclusive, with a really hard magnetic cardboard flap that open and reveal all of its important information.
My unit in particular has plastic film covering the window section. Not too sure if this happens to the retail units though.
I have to say, Cooler Master did a really good job in documenting everything regarding the the Bass FX. By their word, the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones changes the low frequency response only – from 20Hz to about 5kHz. You know, the frequencies we hear as bass. Of course, we’ll have to try this out and see how it works out.

The box itself clearly shows what’s inside the box itself, and additional features it has. By looking at this alone, I have to give Cooler Master A+ for the packaging.
I really like the packaging on the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones!
Anyway, digging all of the contents out reveals the usual accessories that a pair of earphones should have.

You get the rounded hard case, a total of 2 more sizes of eartips, documentations, and the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones itself.  Also, that’s once thick piece of foam where the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones are sitting on!
While the contents that came along the box is pretty complete, I do wish to point something out – lack of an audio input/output splitter. As this pair of earphones does have a microphone and thus uses a combo jack, I think that the inclusion of a splitter cable would be nice. Not all computers have this combo jack – especially not desktops. Which makes using this pair of earphones for gaming a little difficult.
Audio jack from the Molotov-5 and the audio splitter. Click here for the review of that pair of headphones.
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The build of the pair of earphones themselves are decent. They’re made out of very lightweight aluminium all around. They’re not made out of typical cheap plastic.
The eartips themselves are made out of silicon as usual, and having the usual S/M/L size is very usual. Then there’s a rather slim flat cable, which is quite typical in today’s standards of earphones.

The other additional feature that it has is the in-line microphone and button. However, what’s special about the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones is the colour-coded left and right channels on the earbuds themselves.
This reminds me of the Beyerdynamic XP2 – one of the best RM200 earphones of yesteryear. Click here to chcek out the review of that pair of earphones.
You can also determine which side is the left or right channel by determining where the in-line controls are. Usually these controls will be on the right channel, but Cooler Master did the opposite and put it on the left channel inside – the one with the blue earcup. There’s no right or wrong side to put the audio controls at – just a matter of personal preference.

Speaking of the in-line controls, Cooler Master mentioned on their website that the in-line button can be used to control music. I’d like to point out that your result may vary. There isn’t a clear standard on how Android smartphones handle in-line button inputs, and most of them are controlled via an app anyway.
Personally, I use Spotify – which works for 2/3 of the functions, and Poweramp which worked flawlessly after some app tweaks. Again, it’s software-dependent – so don’t get mad fi it doesn’t work for you.
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To be honest, this is one of the toughest to determine. I thought it’ll be easy. In my mind, I thought of just listening with and without the Bass FX, and proceed thereon with the knowledge that I got. It definitely sounded like a plan in my mind, but because of the Bass FX’s uniqueness, I need a different approach.
The Bass FX isn’t tied in to any software – but it’s actually a physical dial on each of the eartip. I did review some other audio products that has a tuneable bass frequency response like headphones from both the Beyerdynamic CUSTOM series (CUSTOM ONE Pro review here; CUSTOM STREET review here), they do not offer the granular bass control as the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones do.
Bass FX test
I have to compare with Beyerdynamic’s approach to variable frequency response first. Beyerdynamic’s approach was using a 3-level toggle switch – so it’s either level 1, 2, or 3. There’s no level 1.2 or level 2.6 of bass on their method of variable bass frequency response. However for the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones, although the dial range is extremely tiny, it offers a non-binary bass control.
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Based on what I can estimate, that tiny selection range is only for about 10mm in circumference. I have to say that it’s compensated by the extremely stiff dial which in a way does compensate for the tiny adjustment range and solve the issue of the dial moving by itself.
Firstly, some pre-test on the Bass FX.
I can safely assume that the graph shown on the box is the minimum and maximum amount of Bass FX. I honestly find that when the Bass FX is turned all the way up, it’s just too overwhelming. The thumping bass is too much and it even muffled the mids and highs. I then tuned the Bass FX to be at around 25%, and it sounded a little more balanced, but still too high for me personally. I tuned Bass FX off, and realized that the  earphones themselves don’t really have good mids and highs to begin with. Vocals still sound muffled, in case you’re wondering. It only destroyed the bass response when I turned Bass FX off.
Also, do make sure that both channels have really similar same level of Bass FX. It’s difficult to pinpoint both of them exactly the same, but trust me – listening a song with its left and right channels sounding fundamentally different is not fun.
Music test
Choosing songs to listen through for this test was simple. I chose the usual – and Adventure Time by Rogue is always the first in that list. Its bass can really thump even at just about 25% on the Bass FX. I think I got my personal sweet spot for Bass FX too – as it’s not too heavy on the bass, and still maintains decent mids and highs.
Switching things up (or down), I went over to BBC Big Band’s The Very Thought of You. It sounded really promising and it sets the mellow mood – but still too heavy on the bass. All of its mids and highs sounded okay.

Jumping over to a little more upbeat song – We Got You by Lemaitre and The Knocks – the vocals are prominently bassy, and when the beat drops, it felt like a rave party. The whistling part in this song sounded muffled too, and the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones just couldn’t reproduce the higher pitch that it originally has.
I then turned the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones to maximum Bass FX for the fun of it and re-listen to We Got You. I realized that the most the mids and highs doesn’t really change much from a low- to high-level of Bass FX, but the bass changes dramatically.
Soundstage
The Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones actually is actually quite decent at recreating the soundstage. It’s definitely doesn’t sound like a full-fledged auditorium, but it’s pretty much like standing in a room of instruments distributed inside.
Portability
One small section here – there’s no shirt clip, but noise coming from cable friction is pretty negligible. Also, the hard case that is included in the box is really a value-adder. It has a similar size to my lens cap at 72mm.
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Honestly speaking, the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones is… quite a bad pair of earphones. It has all of the complete features and accessories for a smartphone to use – but lacking the most crucial audio input/output splitter for PCs and for gaming use. I should probably also mention that the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones is a 20Ω pair of earphones – making it extremely suitable for mobile devices, but the audio quality just doesn’t cut it.

Bass FX on the other hand, is something that I personally will tune it once, and  leave it be. For me, I found my sweet spot while learning about the Bass FX, and then never to touch it again. I don’t think it’s a gimmick though, since anyone will surely find their own sweet-spot with this  make-it-yours approach.
Overall, the Cooler Master MasterPulse Earphones is great for bassheads and bassheads only, because the mids and highs just aren’t that good. Priced at ~RM 199. Considering the entire package, maybe get a pair of  Xiaomi earphones instead.
You can click here to buy the MasterPulse Earphones for RM189 over at Lazada!

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Huawei has sold HONOR – but what happens next?

In today’s report, it has been confirmed that HONOR has indeed been sold to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., Ltd. which actually means HONOR will have a bright future ahead now.

HONOR is a subsidiary brand under Huawei, which started off as a more budget-oriented brand, and eventually, Huawei went on to compete with HONOR directly. Nonetheless, HONOR was always the victim that got caught in the crossfire between Huawei and the sanctions.
Huawei has published a statement on their own news site, citing “tremendous pressure”.
Huawei’s consumer business has been under tremendous pressure as of late. This has been due to a persistent unavailability of technical elements needed for our mobile phone business. Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. has thus decided to sell all of its Honor business assets to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., Ltd. This sale will help Honor’s channel sellers and suppliers make it through this difficult time.
Once the sale is complete, Huawei will not hold any shares or be involved in any business management or decision-making activities in the new Honor company.
This move has been made by Honor’s industry chain to ensure its own survival. Over 30 agents and dealers of the Honor brand first proposed this acquisition.
Since its creation in 2013, the Honor brand has focused on the youth market by offering phones in the low- to mid-end price range. During these past seven years, Honor has developed into a smartphone brand that ships over 70 million units annually.
Huawei highly appreciates the continued dedication, attention, and support given by Honor’s consumers, channel sellers, suppliers, partners, and employees.
We hope this new Honor company will embark on a new road of honor with its shareholders, partners, and employees. We look forward to seeing Honor continue to create value for consumers and build a new intelligent world for young people.
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.
November 17, 2020
There is also another joint statement between the Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., Ltd. which details the acquisition and also the detailed co-owners of HONOR brand. There are lots of co-owners now, by the way.

But what happens next?
Probably nothing as of now. At least not so soon. However, reading back one of the quotes within Huawei’s official statement, we can see this:
Once the sale is complete, Huawei will not hold any shares or be involved in any business management or decision-making activities in the new Honor company.
In case it isn’t already obvious enough, current HONOR smartphones are all manufactured using Huawei’s factories, and also implemented with Huawei’s software. HONOR laptops are also pretty much just rebranded Huawei laptops. Let’s not forget that the HONOR Magic Earbuds is also just… rebranded Huawei FreeBuds 3i.

This means that HONOR can stretch its legs and actually make products on their own. Better yet, HONOR smartphones can finally have Google Mobile Services once again since it’s not a part of Huawei anymore.

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Review – POCO F3

Within POCO’s latest keynote, there were two phones announced – the POCO X3 Pro which we have reviewed recently, and also the POCO F3 which we are reviewing in this video.
So, let’s take a look at the POCO F3 and talk about its 6 key aspects of a smartphone.

Performance
We’ll start off with the performance. The POCO F3 comes with the Snapdragon 870 chipset, 8GB RAM, and also 128GB of storage. Is it better than the POCO X3 Pro with the Snapdragon 860? To answer that question, we did a comparison between both of those phones with Genshin Impact at the highest possible graphical settings.

As a summary, yes – the Snapdragon 870 is obviously better than the Snapdragon 860. But as shown in PerfDog, its performance is not consistent and stutters a lot, and also runs hotter, too. When I was gaming on the POCO F3 for a while, it already showed the “overheat” message. Oops.

I also checked with other reviewers and yes – they’re experiencing the same thing as well.
Screen
And I think it’s most suitable to talk about the screen now. That “overheat” message is what many of you are referring as “the dimming issue”. When the phone shows that “overheat” message, the screen turns dimmer.

But, when the POCO F3 isn’t overheated, the 6.67-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen which looks nice and bright – and can go up to 120Hz refresh rate. This is an obvious upgrade from the POCO X3 Pro.
Cameras
And now comes the cameras. It comes with a total of 3 different cameras – and all of them can be used to take pictures. But it seems like the cameras used for the POCO F3’s main and ultrawide angle camera are the same as the POCO X3 Pro.
To see all of the camera pictures taken by the POCO F3, watch our video at the top of the review.
As a bonus, we also did a quick camera comparison between the POCO F3 and the Samsung Galaxy A72 (review here), which also has the same cameras as the Galaxy A52 – barring the telephoto camera.

Battery
Okay, so enough about the cameras. What about the battery? The POCO F3 has a slightly smaller 4,520mAh battery which lasts for nearly 12 hours in our battery life test at 120Hz refresh rate. It’s okay and can last throughout a single day without much of an issue.

The POCO F3 also comes with the same 33W charger as the POCO X3 Pro, and it charges the phone from 15% to 100% in slightly more than 40 minutes.

Design
Then, the design. It’s plain and simple, nothing much to see here. It has a black and glossy design which also happens to be a fingerprint magnet.

Should you buy the POCO F3?
So, the POCO F3. At the starting price of RM1,399 – it’s still a clear step-up from the POCO X3 Pro in a few aspects – particularly the screen, the design, and also the performance. Yet it still comes with a few issues like the “dimming” issue which also appears while shooting photos outdoors.
Is it worth the price difference of RM400 from the POCO X3 Pro? I can’t decide for you. I honestly like the POCO F3 slightly more, but the smaller battery and the heat coming out of this phone while playing Genshin Impact is just not comfortable at all.

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Logitech spreads flower power this Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is always a day to celebrate love and share happiness with your loved ones and this time Logitech Malaysia would like to be a part of it too!

This year Logitech is bringing Malaysians the power of flowers in conjunction with Valentine’s Day with the launch of the Logitech Flower Power contest, happening from 28 January until 9 February 2014.
Designed to help foster and share happiness with a Flower Power theme among family, friends and acquaintances, the campaign aims to get Facebook users to post a Flower Power bouquet on their Facebook wall and collect more flowers by getting their Facebook friends to like their post and share it. Three participants that collect the most flowers will stand a chance of winning local trips, exciting Logitech devices and a bouquet of flowers to be delivered to a recipient of their choice on 14 February 2014.
Embracing flower power
Participating is a breeze. Just visit Logitech’s Facebook page and click on the Flower Power tab to register. Registered participants will get a unique link, which will be shared on their Facebook wall to spread the message to encourage all their Facebook friends to visit their customized profile page to add more flowers to the bouquet. The more friends you get to help you out the bigger your bouquet.
Participants with the most flowers will see themselves on Logitech’s Leader Board on their Facebook page, which will display the names of 30 participants who have collected the most flowers in their bouquet at any point during the contest, allowing participants to track their rivals’ progress. The top three participants with the most number of flowers will win the challenge.
Logitech goodies and real flowers up for grabs
The participant with largest collection of virtual flowers will receive:
First Prize: 2-day 1-night stay at the Hard Rock Hotel Penang for 2, Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Folio for iPad Air and a bouquet of flowers delivered to a recipient of the winner’s choice (worth up to RM1,100 in total)
Second Prize: 2-day 1-night stay at Avillion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson for 2, a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad Air and a bouquet of flowers delivered to a recipient of the winner’s choice (worth RM890.00 in total)
Third Prize: 2-day 1-night stay at Equatorial Hotel, Melaka for 2, Logitech Folio Protective Case iPad Air and a bouquet of flowers delivered to a recipient of the winner’s choice (worth RM750.00 in total).

The names of the 3 winners will be officially announced on 10 February 2014 on Logitech’s Facebook page, and they will also be contacted by the organizers on 10 February 2014.
This might be your chances to impress your girlfriend with a bigger and better gift this year, so don’t wait until last minutes to join the contest!

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YouTube Malaysia brings virtual sports day Pesta Game on January 30 and 31

From an entertainment point of view, 2020 has seen a massive shift in how we consume leisure content as most offline event getting canceled in favor of online virtual ones, and for Malaysians, entering the second round of lockdown doesn’t make anything better so here’s something to spice things up as Pesta Game 2021 is announced by YouTube Malaysia.

Partnered with MyGameOn and IGN SEA and collaborated with Samsung and KFC, catch some of our local stars competing in some of Malaysia’s most beloved video games. It is also one of the first events to get concurrently streamed across local media channels such as Drama Sangat, NTV7, TV3, and TV9 alongside those who are participating in the games like Athisha Khan, Dumpling Soda, Fuzz Channel, Isaac Osman, Syedot ASMR, and Wiser MY.
While it was promoted as “Hari Sukan”, it was more like an entertainment program to promote e-sports along the way as most titles contain competitive scenes and by streaming in Bahasa Malaysia, a broader demographic can be reached such as Malay elders who wish to understand what’s the latest trend around youngsters in the family.
The event will run on January 30 and 31 and give a sub to the involved channels to catch the live stream instantly when it goes live.

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Review – ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400: Premium Chromebook

I’ve been very vocal with my love for Chromebooks in past videos on this channel. I believe that Chromebooks are amazing – and this ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400FM is one of the reasons why.

Let’s start off by talking about the name. The word “Flip” here obviously means that the ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400FM can be flipped in 360 degrees and can be used in the typical laptop mode, the tent mode, stand mode, or tablet mode. The 4 horsemen of convertible positions, basically.

Of course, since it can be flipped 360 degrees, it also comes with a nice touchscreen. It has a 14-inch IPS LCD screen with 1080p resolution. The screen looks great and I enjoyed using this laptop so no complaints there.

But, that’s not all – at the side of the laptop here, we have a stylus. This is an active stylus and it charges via the two golden pads at the side of the pen. I’m not much of an artist but the pen is large enough to be comfortable when writing with it, but there is no button on the stylus.

Since this is a convertible laptop after all, we can use the entire laptop in tablet mode and start to draw with the pen. I don’t know why I am drawing a triangle, though.

That aside, let’s now talk about the keyboard. I absolutely love this keyboard since it has a decent travel distance and it is rather tactile as it requires a lot of force to actuate the keys. In short, I can describe this keyboard as “springy”. And I also love the legends on the keyboard keys. They’re all in a very nice sans serif font in small caps. Somewhat feels inviting.

As for the trackpad though, this is something that felt weird to me. You see, Chrome OS trackpad firmware works really well and I just leave cursor acceleration turned on. But, this trackpad is really wide but short. When I move my finger from top to bottom, the cursor travels a very short distance as compared to my finger moving from side to side. Other than that, the palm rejection works great and multitouch gestures work fantastically too.

Quick mention here – ASUS also boasted that this laptop using SOUND by Harman Kardon – to which I have to say the speaker sounds decent, but they don’t seem to have any bass? Have a listen here.

As for the performance of this device, I really don’t have anything to benchmark it with. I just use my usual workload of heavy Chrome browsing with Spotify in the background and some YouTube videos in the mix. Everything ran fantastically well and I have no issues with this device at all. I did realize that this laptop is using:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1130G7
8GB DDR4 RAM
128GB of NVMe SSD (Kingston OM8PDP3128B)

It’s not particularly the most astonishing in terms of specs but hey – Chromebooks are meant to be lightweight anyway.

Since this laptop is equipped with such fancy hardware, I headed into the Google Play Store and installed Genshin Impact too – but it kept crashing. I think it doesn’t work since it’s emulated from a processor with x86 architecture?
Crashes after some time.
And since we have Google Play Store, we can install a bunch of other apps to play around on this Chromebook too. That is something that I really like.
Then, for the battery life, I got about 6-7 hours of usage out of a single charge – which is magnificent but also not surprisingly since Chrome OS is very lightweight in comparison with Windows.

The charging is also really simple as it comes with a 45W USB-C charger. I didn’t use it since I can just use the Ugreen GaN 100W charger to charge this laptop anyway.

As for the ports though, this laptop comes with an overkill selection of ports. I don’t really see the point of having two Thunderbolt 4 ports on a Chromebook – but hey, I’m not complaining.

And lastly, I really like the design of this ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400FM. It’s rather slim and has chamfered edges all over, and has a very slight tinge of baby blue. It’s also made entirely out of metal, including the backplate.
Should you buy the ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400?
The price though, is something that I do not have. I can’t find anything – not even on the website. As far as I know, it “starts from RM4,199” and in my opinion, it’s a little steep, especially for a Chromebook. Yeah, this is considered a premium Chromebook but you can also get some other ASUS Vivobook laptops for about that price with similar specs but maybe not the same all-metal build quality too.
Still, the ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400FM is a fantastic laptop.
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ASUS Zenbo Pre-Orders Starts January 1st 2017 In Taiwan

The ASUS Zenbo was announced a little less than half a hear ago, during their pre-Computex event. We covered the news here, but that’s a really long time ago. Let’s have a quick recap on what the ASUS Zenbo is all about.

By the simplest definition, it’s a companion robot. It’s designed to provide entertainment and to help around the house across all generations. I think the video introducing Zenbo highlights its features and capabilities the most.

From all the information that we’ve got, it seems that ASUS did a lot of improvements too. Here are just a few of the key points, provided by ASUS themselves.

Zenbo is a smart little companion designed to provide assistance, entertainment, and companionship to families.

Until now, there is no pricing in Taiwanese Dollar. We do expect ASUS to stick with the USD $599 price tag that they’ve bestowed upon the it during its debut in Computex this year. That translates to about ~NTD $19,265, and I expect ASUS to be selling it at NTD $19,999. Let’s not hope for a Malaysian release of the Zenbo just yet, though.
Anyway, here’s a real quick Christmas wish by 10 Zenbos – check it out now!

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Here are the winners of the Kingston x CSD APAC Mask Design contest

About 2 weeks ago, the top 10 finalists of the Kingston x CSD APAC Mask Design Competition has been announced with several Malaysians making it into the final round. Today, the final result is out and I’m happy to let dear Malaysians know our country managed to produce 1 champion and 2 winners in another sub-category.

To be specific, the 3 winners from our country are Yman.S taking the crown in the Unlimited Colors category while Lilo Jong and Teo Sze Ting have been enlisted for the Special Awards category meanwhile Vietnam’s Nguyen Dang Binh took 1st place in the 3-Colors group with Aljohn M. Matias from the Philippines joining Lilo and Teo in the Special Awards section.
With the competition concluded, champions in the main category took home USD5,000 each while Special Award winners received USD1,000 with all 5 designs scheduled for mass production in the future. Thanks to the works of these artists, face masks are no longer just simply for protection but also a sign of imagination, memory, creativity, and the outpour feelings of an artist.
For a better view of the designs and prototype prints, check out this link right here.

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Get up to 44% discounts on Samsung e-Store during Samsung Week

Samsung Week is starting today until November 8 where you can grab exclusive discounts up to 44% for selected products so let’s take a look at what’s to offer!
To avoid much confusion, we rounded up the deals you can find during this event.

Item

Promotion Price / Freebie

Remark

Galaxy Tab S6

RM2399

–

UHD Monitor UE590

RM999

–

Galaxy Watch Active2 (40mm) Aluminum

RM749

–

Any Mobile & Wearable products

Free Galaxy Tab A7

Minimum RM6000 in a single transaction

Buy any TV/AV products

Free 34-inch Samsung TV

While Stocks Last

The highlight of the sale is the beany Galaxy Buds Live. Through its unique shape and ergonomic design, this time it is being fitted into a jewelry box-inspired case while getting a striking new color – Mystic Blue! It is priced at RM699 and available exclusively on the Samsung e-Store. Of course, we have reviewed these magic beans in the past and it is pretty good. Click here to check out our verdict.

For more information about Samsung Week promotion, visit the campaign page right here.

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How does ASUS Supernova SoM affects you

ASUS always collaborates with its partners to create something new and spice up the market. Just look at their catalog – lots of partnerships and collaborations everywhere to bring the greatest machines to the market and they dare to try.
For this time, it’s something hidden under the hood – more specifically, the back panel. When we take out the back panel, this is what we see.

Only the 2023 model has SoM
It might not look like much – but look closer at the RAM and the CPU. They’re both integrated closely together.
Only the 2023 model has SoM
If we look even further, both the RAM and CPU are integrated into a single PCB, then the entire PCB is mounted on the motherboard itself. We can confirm this by looking at the motherboard from an angle.
Only the 2023 model has SoM
SoM stands for system-on-a-module, which is completely different from SoC (system-on-a-chip). This has a few advantages over the traditional motherboard layout. When the CPU and RAM are closely positioned to each other, you can shorten the trace (technically the wire length) hence decreasing ping and also further increasing speed while also increasing stability thanks to less chances of crosstalk.

Thankfully, ASUS also brought us another surprise – the SoM used on the motherboard of the laptop itself. It is here that we can see the SoM is a very thin board with both the CPU die and also two RAM chips on it.

From our speculation, the SoM will definitely have its own advantages too. Firstly, the entire system is said to be more efficient. Not because it will consume less power, but because both the CPU and RAM can be cooled together. ASUS is also covering the entire SoM module with liquid metal. That’s insane.
Then, since the distance between the CPU and the RAM is shortened now, we can expect better RAM performance too. From what we’ve told, the RAM on this laptop is at 7200MHz – that also means your integrated graphic’s VRAM is going to be superbly quick in comparison with the conventional motherboard layout.

But, everyone has their own pros and cons. While the SoM does bring a few notable advantages, I’d like to nitpick something – the lack of RAM upgradability. Since SoM means the RAM chips are soldered onto the SoM board, we do not have any SO-DIMM slots to add more RAM.
When can we expect the SoM to appear on laptops? Soon.

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Prices for the Samsung Galaxy S21 series starts from RM3,699

Introducing, the brand new Galaxy S21 series of smartphones. We have the Galaxy S21, the Galaxy S21+, and also the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The prices, when comparing the US launch price between the Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy S21, has dropped by USD $200 across all 3 phones. That’s quite a significant drop.
Now, for us Malaysians, the Galaxy S21 series of smartphones start from RM3,699 and scales up all the way to an eye-watering RM5,899 for the highest-end Galaxy S21 Ultra with 512GB of storage. But for most people, I suppose the RM5,299 variant is already enough with 256GB of storage, honestly. Even for me, 128GB is plentiful.

Anyway, the prices are as below:

Galaxy S21 with 8GB RAM + 256GB storage @ RM3,699

Phantom Violet
Phantom Gray
Phantom White
Phantom Pink

Galaxy S21+ with 8GB RAM + 256GB storage @ RM4,299

Phantom Violet
Phantom Black
Phantom Silver

Galaxy S21 Ultra with 12GB RAM + 256GB storage @ RM5,299 | 16GB RAM + 512GB storage @ RM5,899

Phantom Silver
Phantom Black

          Samsung Galaxy S21 Malaysia Price            Samsung Galaxy S21+ Malaysia Price              Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Malaysia Price
Honestly speaking, the specs for the RM5,899 is most probably going to be unutilized by a majority of users. Yes, there’s no microSD card slot – but I think even 256GB is already more than enough since we’re living in an age of streaming and on-demand media consumption.
Either way, the prices start from RM3,699 which is RM100 higher than last year’s Galaxy S20, but comes with a plethora of upgrades – like 256GB storage, 5G connectivity (useful later), and also a much sleeker design overall.
As for the pre-order bonuses, they change depending on which device you pre-order:

Pre-order bonuses

Galaxy S21 & Galaxy S21+

Free Galaxy Buds Live and Galaxy SmartTag

Galaxy S21 Ultra

Free Galaxy Buds Pro and Galaxy SmartTag

          Samsung Galax S21 pre-order Malaysia            Samsung Galax S21+ pre-order Malaysia.jpg              Samsung Galax S21 Ultra pre-order Malaysia.jpg
For more details and to pre-order, click here.
Pre-order is also available at:

Lazada
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Review – iCable Asia i10 USB Cable

Usually, we never even review cables at all. They should all work the same, shouldn’t they? Actually, no – there are some significant differences between USB cables in terms of quality, and functionality. That however is for another time – as this will solely be focused on the iCable Asia i10 USB cable, which I have been using for quite some time.
When was the last time a USB cable broke down on its own for no freaking reason? It just happened to me not too long ago by the way – and that’s where I want to start the premise of this review. I have a picture to show you all, and it really summarizes why we all need high quality cables.

From left to right: iCable Asia i10 micro USB cable, Original Apple Lightning cable, and a micro USB cable with undisclosed brand.
The main difference here is obviously the build quality itself. Any cheapo USB cables or even an original Apple Lightning cable, they’re made pretty cheaply. There are some methods to fix this – like how we used heatshrinks to strengthen your cable as a temporary solution. Please don’t see this as an offense – but has your USB cable frayed or damaged yet?
Even though my cables are pretty neatly kept, the ends still fray. One  of the most notorious cable for fraying is the Apple’s Lightning cable. Seriously a quick Google search and the results are in crazy amount! There are ways to prevent it from fraying with common household items, like a pen spring to coil around the cable, and there are some other accessories for the Lightning cable too.
Seriously, have you looked at how ridiculous the accessories are? They’re not cheap either, yet it just adds bulk back to an already-fragile cable. Let’s not forget that this piece of accessory might bite into the cable if it’s too tight, or fall off if it’s too loose. Bummer.
Anyway, we should go on with the iCable Asia i10 USB cable review already.
The packaging is simple, but durable yet shows off any of the crucial information that it needs to convey. The one I got here is iCable Asia i10 micro USB cable. Only the black colour version is available for micro USB cable though.

Right at the front, it’s stated that this cable is 6 feet in length, or about 180cm. Plenty long, if you ask me. That said, the cable is metal-tipped (more on this later) and has a nylon-braided cable running throughout its entire length. Pretty neat.

The cable is nicely sheathed in the slot, and the matte reflection on the metal tips are nicely shown. So far so good. Also, there’s a little hook at the top of the box – just in case you want to show it off somewhere.
Build quality
The entire length of the cable is neatly wrapped and tied together at the back of the packaging, which I found solace in unraveling it. The cable itself is very rigid, in a way that it can stand on its own – like a snake, actually.

I’m really loving the cable’s stiffness. This strength in provides even more rigidity on the cable to prevent damage. For some reason, I laughed real hard while trying to straighten a stiff 6 ft cable – it’s like straightening a thin wire coat hanger.
Now, what iCable Asia is claiming, is that the i10 cables are strong enough to pull a car. Essentially,  it can be the rope of a pulley system – which does instill a great sense of confidence in the product’s reliability.

But that’s only the cable itself – what about the connectors at both ends? Fear not – as iCable Asia also claims that it has steel encased connectors – so you won’t have to worry about the cables fraying ever again. They also tout a few other features of the cable, like the 4 colour choices for Apple’s Lightning cables, and MFI certification.

I’m pretty happy with the iCable Asia i10 actually, as the cable is seemingly indestructible. How does it fare in day-to-day use though?
Using the iCable Asia i10
First of all, I have to address the one and only thing I can nitpick about – the weight. This cable has some weight to it, because of its superior build quality and length. Its 180cm length might be a little too much for some, but I find it just nice – since I do use a 200cm cable anyway.
Bringing the cable out does feel funny. Since I do like to coil up my wire in an oblong shape around my fingers before stuffing it into my pocket, I find it pretty surreal to pull the cable out from my pocket, and the iCable maintained its form. I have to straighten it myself!
Also because of it’s rigid, coiled iCable won’t get tangled in my pockets as easily as other cables too. That’s a really welcomed side effect.

Plugging the cable in is fine – and it works even with a thicker TPU case, just as expected, Then I continued using the cable and charged my phone – and I was surprised. Being a 180cm cable, it does support fast charging!
This is confirmed by using a simple USB voltmeter thing  and compared it with another cable which I can confirm is compatible with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge. To my surprise, both of them brings in about 7.50V at 1.67A constantly – which results in about 12.525W. Now, these numbers don’t tell the entire story, the USB voltmeter does consume some energy, which explains the big gap from the charger’s rated 9V at 2A output.
Throughout my test, I can confirm that the iCable Asia i10 is compatible with Quick Charging beyond 5V 2A ratings.
Wrap up
Tough and durable. 180cm USB cable. Fast charging. I think this is the only USB cable I ever need – until USB Type-C variants of the iCable Asia i10 arrives that is.

The last thing I want to talk about is the price. That might be the only thing holding you back – but let me list out some of the advantages of getting an iCable Asia i10 USB cable for you.

It’s long
Very durable
Backed with a lifetime warranty
Comes in 4 different colours (Lightning cable only)
Has some anti-tangle properties
Get 5% discount over at Lazada with purchases made with UOB

Get more discounts when combined with Lazada discount codes

For more information, do visit http://www.icable.asia/ for further information. They do offer some other products as well, such as power banks, wireless charging power banks, and a shorter utilitarian USB cable.
Personally speaking, I’m loving the iCable that I have right here.

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Review – ViewSonic M1 Plus G2 Smart LED Portable Projector

The lockdown has thought me one crucial lesson when you work from home – striking a balance between work and entertainment. I didn’t realize that until my TV decided to break down and give me the AVATAR experience.

Obviously, the panel is beyond saving and I have to resort to my PC for the streaming media entertainment such as YouTube, Plex and Netflix. The experience will never be the same compared to relaxing on a couch.
Then, just in time, I got my hands onto the ViewSonic’s latest portable projector, the ViewSonic M1+_G2, yes that is the actual name of the product complete with the underscore. That goes without saying, I am eager to give it a try.
Review Video

Unboxing

For a portable projector, it is shipped in a rather big box because of all the accessories that come along with it.

ViewSonic M1+_G2 Projector
Travel protective sleeve
IR remote control
Charger
USB-C to USB-C cable
user manual

Build Quality & Design

Even though the chassis is primarily made out of plastic, with the exception of the metallic stand, once you hold it in your hands, you can tell how robust and densely built the projector is. The metal stand has multiple use case, during storage it works as a lens cover and the moment you flip it down, it will turn on the projector and it will function as a stand with adjustable projection angle.

At the back is where all the control buttons are located. Personally, I have not been using the buttons because the remote control is more intuitive.

Meanwhile, the connectors are located at the side of the projector.

Barrel charging port
Micro SD card reader
USB-C port
HDMI port
3.5mm audio output
USB-A port

Setup

Like I mentioned earlier, the metal stand allows you to adjust the projection angle and the projector itself has automatic vertical keystone up to 40-degrees. Since this is not a short-throw projector, I would suggest putting the projector at least 1 metre away for a better quality projection. You can even project up to 100″ from just 2.6 meters away without affecting the image quality. That is given if you’re using a good projector screen instead of a wall.

Speaking of the projection quality, ViewSonic is stating that the projector has Cinema SuperColor+ Technology with 125% Rec.709. Honestly speaking, I don’t have any professional tools to test it out but what I could really say about the colour reproduction based on my observation is that – it looks amazing. Then again, your projection backdrop will need to be standardized as well. If you project on rough or non-natural colour walls, then don’t expect the image to look good.
On that side note, the light source is also being claimed to have 30,000 hours of lifespan. Truth be told, no one knows in real life situation how this will fare but if we just take 50% of it as a baseline that is still 15,000 hours. That is equivalent to 625 days of non-stop 24-hours usage.
In collaboration with Harman Kardon, the built-in speaker of this projector is quite remarkable. For a portable projector like this M1 Plus G2, the speaker can be extremely loud and you can easily fill a room by itself. For obvious reasons, small speakers mean the trebles and vocals clarity is going to be the key strength of it. With that said, the bass is not going to impress any of the bass-heads out there. The good news is that you have multiple ways to improve the audio:

connecting to external speakers via the 3.5mm audio jack
connecting to external speakers or headphones via Bluetooth

Software

If you’re used to smart TVs or streaming TV boxes, you will feel at home with the user interface. The projector itself will have a couple of apps pre-installed for example Netflix and iQIYI. More apps can be installed through the Aptoide store such as Plex, Twitch and Spotify.

That makes it stand out as an actual smart TV replacement and on top of that being portable means, you can bring it around the house, whether if you want to have your movie night in the living room or bedroom. Besides a single full charge of the projector allows it to be used up to 6 hours of continuously movie playback. That is of course if you turn on the ECO mode.

Personally, I think there’s no need to use the Standard or Bright mode unless you’re planning to use it in a brightly lit room. Even the ECO mode is bright enough for a dimly lit room during night time. Also, you can charge the projector through the USB-C port as it supports USB PD standard.
Conclusion

Last but not least, the price. The official price tag for the ViewSonic M1 Plus G2 is RM1,499.
At this point, some of you might be complaining that this is too expensive. Honestly speaking, we are being spoiled with affordable standard projectors hence some of you will comment so.
First of all, there’s a major difference between a standard projector and a smart projector whereby the latter one has modern capabilities such as app installation and work as a standalone media playback device. Not to mention all the features are packed in a small package that is portable for different occasion.
In other words, if you’re looking for an all-in-one projector that you can bring around that has good projection quality and sound quality. The ViewSonic M1 Plus G2 will not disappoint you.
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