Nothing beats of touching your own physical set. Yes, I have just received the long awaited iPad 2 white! Considering the very limited stocks going round the whole globe as long as a 5 weeks wait, I am pretty lucky to get one all shipped to Singapore in 2 weeks. Have to shipped in 2 packages – SmartCover & actual…
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iPad 2 vs iPad 1 | Key Comparisons | Gadget Reviews | Singapore
If you currently own an iPad 1, should you be changing and buying the new iPad 2? Is it worth the change? Let me run through some of the key comparisons and considerations before you make your own decision. The incremental benefits can be categorized as: A) iPad 2 is sleeker than iPad 1 iPad 2 is 33% thinner and…
The new Linksys/Cisco E4200 wireless router | Gadget Review | Singapore
The Cisco-Linksys ad in IT Show 2011 caught my sight. What is the key difference between the mainstream E3000 and this new E4200 model? The E4200’s design is stylish, but doesn’t depart radically from previous E-series models: it retains the desktop form factor (it can be wall mounted) and rear-mounted Gigabit LAN ports and Gigabit WAN port (there’s no integrated…
Samsonite On Travel Pack – Essential PC accessories | Gadget Review | PC Accessories
It was a pleasant surprise when I received a notification to collect my free gift – Samsonite On-Travel Pack. In essence, this is a useful essential travel pack which comprises of: 1) Mouse with recoil cable2) USB to Micro USB recoil cable3) Micro USB to Mini USB adaptor4) x1 four ports USB 2.0 hub Quality of each kit…
Quick comparisons of iPad 2 vs Motorola Xoom vs HP TouchPad vs Blackberry Playbook | Gadgets Review | PC Computing
At Apple March 3 event in San Francisco, the new iPad 2 was launched! It is slated to hit the stores on 11th Mar within US and 2 weeks thereafter for the rest of the world. Quite a good initial reviews on it and the prices are pretty attractive, tied close to the original iPad prices. Will you get your…
Fibre Home Broadband in Singapore | M1 Fibre Optic Setup and Review | Singapore
The very moment when fibre optic cable laying started, I immediately opted for it. And soon enough, when the first telco M1 first launched fibre home broadband, I went ahead to sign for a 3 months trial without any consideration. Initially, it was full of issues: a) Very low speed for both Up/Down stream [10/20] even I signed for a…
Seagate 2TB Green Hard Disk HDD for Synology 1511+ DSM 3.0 | Gadget Review | PC Accessories
Finally got my hands on the Seagate 2TB Green HDD SATA3 (ST2000DL003) with whooping 6Gbps transfer speed. This has been my recommendation after researching on a few types of latest Green HDD in the market. As it is, I have 3 types of green HDD in my new Synology 1511+ and they are running well unlike those horror stories rumored…
Samsung SyncMaster BX2450 (24″ LED Monitor) – Gadget Review – PC Monitor / Equipment
Samsung monitors are built to last and our my purchases of Samsung monitors or TV have never failed my expectations. Likewise for this new purchase – Samsung LED 24″ monitor (BX2450) – is sleek and colors are vibrant. Setup is easy, done within minutes. Even after an hour of usage, the monitor still feels cool which suggests minimum heat dissipation…
Review of Synology NAS DS1511+ DiskStation
The DS1511+ provides space for five hard drives – with a single drive reaching a 3TB capacity – that can be scaled up to a total of 15 drives for a maximum of 45TB by connecting with two Synology DX510 expansion units. The default 1GB RAM can also be upgraded to 3GB to enhance work process performance. Running on a…
Wine-O-Matic Automatic Wine Opener – Gadget Review – Singapore
Operated with x4 AA batteries, this will ease your life to remove wine corks. No more the need to manually screw and extract cork using lever based tools. Position the Wine-O-Matic over the wine bottle and hold on the extractor button and watch the cork to be extracted from the wine bottle, effortlessly within seconds. See and download the full…