Category: Gadgets
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Shokz OpenRun Pro: Great for outdoor workouts
Listening to music makes walking and cycling more relaxing. My usual go to device was a pair of earbuds. That is until one of them dropped while I was cycling. What compounded the problem was that my rear tired ran over the earbud and it flew into the grass patch. I searched frantically for it,…
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Review: OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G
New to the market, the OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G was introduced on August 19. We’re excited and thankful to have gotten a hold of the latest OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G before its release. We’ll walk through some features of the phone which we particularly enjoyed when using it. We took it on a trip with…
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Review: OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G
Announced in November 2021 and officially available in Singapore from January 15, 2022, the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G phone is OPPO’s latest mobile phone from the Reno series on the market. The phone is visually very appealing – the Startails Blue colour gives the phone a nice blueish, greenish tinge that shimmers from different angles.…
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Oppo Reno6 Pro: Short videos made easy
If you’ve watched the China version of Running Man called Keep Running, Oppo is a name you’d be highly familiar with. As one of the show’s sponsors, its ads are placed throughout each episode. For that, Oppo has certainly achieved top of mind awareness with the reality game show’s audience. Maybe that’s why I considered…
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Xiaomi 11T: Flagship features at a sensible price
Let me start off with a caveat. This is my first review of a smartphone that I did not buy and use myself. Previously, I only wrote about smartphones that I paid for — which I usually after lots of deliberation as you can imagine because it’s a price I have to pay for the…
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On the radar: Mirrorless AI camera for smartphones
Ever wished for a better camera for the smartphone to take nicer photos? While camera capabilities are limited by the phone’s size, startup Photogram is developing an alternative that brings the benefits of the mirrorless camera to the smartphone. Its Alice compact, mirrorless camera is sleek and sports just a shutter button, control wheel and…
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Google Nest: Good sound, great price
When Google announced the Google Home speaker in 2016, I was excited and wanted to get one. Unfortunately, the product wasn’t available in Singapore then. During my next trip to the US in 2017, I stayed in San Jose and scouted for the nearest outlet selling the device. I was so delighted to find it…
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Oculus Quest 2: Enter an alternate reality
I had my first taste of virtual reality (VR) when my colleague brought his Oculus Quest to the office last year and let us play Beat Saber on it. As I put on the headset and slipped on the controllers, I stepped into a whole new world of musical star wars and fruit ninja, slicing…
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Do you need a new iPad?
By Edward Lim Apple unveiled two new iPads early this morning — the 8th generation iPad and 4th generation iPad Air. If that has gotten you excited, it’s understandable because the specifications and features are amazing. Just take the new iPad Air. It has impressive credentials. A secured touch screen with 10.9-inch liquid retina display.…