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Saturday, September 30th, 2023
The Roborock Q Revo offers EVERYTHING that a robot vacuum mop can do on the market today but at an affordable price level – ideal for the user looking for both performance and value-for-money.
The Roborock Q Revo robot vacuum mop retails in Singapore at S$1,299.90 on its official stores on Lazada and Shopee. Purchase during online promotions to enjoy substantial discounts of the RRP. Dog & plant not included.
So robot home cleaners started out as just autonomous vacuum cleaners which do the basic task of being able to cover the entire floor area of wherever it has been put to work – to suck up dust and dirt into the dustbin onboard the robot.
Then a mop cloth was slapped on with a water dispenser to keep the cloth wet, so that the robot could mop the floor surface.
Roborock Q Revo freshly unboxed.
Robot vacuum mops were simple, usually round, devices with a charging dock.
In these early days, some didn’t vacuum too well while others didn’t mop too cleanly, they got easily stuck and many weren’t able to cover the entire floor area properly.
Overtime, these basic performances improved while new features were added, mainly to the dock station.
Their price tags also escalated correspondingly.
Roborock Q Revo with top cover opened and dustbin out. The docking station is to the right.
Today, docking stations can automatically refill the water container onboard the robot, wash the mop cloths, and empty the dustbin onboard during a cleaning session and at the end of it.
The latest trend is the ability of the dock to dry the mop cloth after each mopping session.
I’ve been using the Q Revo from Roborock for a while now – it does ALL of the things described above and does them well – all at a price lower than the arm-and-a-leg that other flagship models on the market today cost.
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Tags:appliances, Home Tech, reviews, Roborock, robot, robots, vacuum mop
Posted in Appliances, Gadgets, gadgets, Home, Opinion, Prices, Review, reviews, Roborock, Specifications, Unbox, Vacuum Mop | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 29th, 2023
The Xiaomi 13T Series is in Singapore, with prices ranging from S$699 (Xiaomi 13T) to S$1,099 (Xiaomi 13T Pro).
Xiaomi 13T Pro and Xiaomi 13T will be available in three color options: Alpine Blue, Meadow Green, and Black.
Both the Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 13T Pro sport a triple camera setup featuring Summicron lenses co-engineered with Leica.
These include a 50MP wide angle camera with 24mm equivalent focal length and a 7P aspherical lens designed to capture more light supporting high dynamic range shooting, a 50MP telephoto lens with 50mm equivalent focal length, and a 12MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 15mm equivalent focal length.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Leica, new arrivals, Singapore, smartphones, Xiaomi
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
The Google Fitbit Charge 6 will be available in Singapore from 12 October in Obsidian, Porcelain, and Coral at S$229.90 online and in-stores. Pre-orders begin tomorrow.
Fitbit Charge 6 will have the ability to connect to compatible gym equipment. It will enable you to control YouTube Music and use Google Maps and Wallet from your wrist.
Fitbit Charge 6 ships with advanced health sensors that, combined with a new machine learning algorithm, provides more accurate heart rate tracking than its predecessors.
Where to purchase
The Fitbit Charge 6 will be available online and in-stores via the Google Store and Fitbit website, as well as third party retailers including Amazon SG, Best Denki, Challenger Online, Courts Online, Gain City, Harvey Norman, Lazada, Popular (Selected stores), Shopee, Sprint Cass and others (AdvanceLap, ConnectIT).
It can connect to compatible gym equipment and fitness apps to see your real-time heart rate during workouts.
The Fitbit Charge 6 has a new haptic side button, 7 days of battery life, and the ability to control YouTube music and use Google Maps and Wallet.
The fitness tracker provides fitness tools and advanced health sensors including Daily Readiness Score, Sleep Profile and Stress Management Score to achieve your goals while getting insights of what is going on in your body.
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Tags:Fitbit, fitness, Google, Health Tech, new arrivals, trackers, wearables
Posted in Accessories, Announce, Fitbit, gadgets, Google, Healthcare, Medical, newArrivals, Prices, Specifications, Sports, trackers, Watches | No Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2023
The new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Surface laptop Go 3 were announced at the Microsoft Surface event 2023 today, as well as plans for the roll-out of AI-powered Microsoft Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot comprises three main components: Windows 11 Copilot for the PC environment, Microsoft 365 Copilot for content creation in the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity software, as well as web/browser-based Edge/Bing Copilot.
Here’s a quick overview of the major reveals from the event.
Microsoft Copilot as an everyday AI companion. Copilot will incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – emphasising privacy and security.
The company boasts that it will be a simple and seamless experience, available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and in Microsoft’s web browser with Edge and Bing.
Bing and Edge now offer a smarter and more personalised web with features such as personalised answers, Microsoft Shopping, Content Credentials, DALL.E 3 in Bing Image Creator and more.
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Tags:AI, Bing, Copilot, edge, events, laptops, Microsoft, new arrivals, Surface
Posted in AI, Announce, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Microsoft, newArrivals, notebooks, Office, Software, Surface, Tablets, tablets, Windows | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 16th, 2023
Catherine Zhang visited New York City this summer. During her time in the Big Apple, she used a New York CityPASS to visit five of the most popular sights in the City, saving some 40% in admissions.
The New York CityPASS provides great value-for-money for checking out the top attractions in the Big Apple.
For those planning to sightsee in New York City, there are three CityPASS tickets which cater to different budgets and itineraries:
- New York CityPASS
- Adults: US$138
- Child 6-17: US$118
- New York C3
- Adults: US$96
- Child 6-12: US$74
- New York C-All
- Adults: US$194
- Child 6-12: US$144
All three tickets are valid for nine days (starting from first use) and have a 365-day full refund policy (from date of purchase) for non-activated tickets in case travel plans change.
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Tags:CityPASS, New York City, revue, The Travel Memoir, travel, USA
Posted in Holiday, New York 2023, Opinion, Prices, Review, reviews, Specifications, travel | 5 Comments »
Friday, September 15th, 2023
Who hasn’t dreamt of visiting New York City at least once in their lifetime? Catherine Zhang was in NYC for three days this summer. She shares with us her sojourn in the Big Apple.
Sunset view of New York City from the Empire State Building.
The city might seem overwhelming at first, with the raging crowds, endless skyscrapers and the plethora of attractions you can visit.
Having only three days between my summer programme in Ithaca and volunteering at an animal sanctuary in the Amazon jungle in Peru, I was spoilt for choice on which sights to see on my first visit to NYC.
The Empire State Building
My favourite sight was the Empire State Building. An iconic feature of the NYC skyline, it towers over most of the other skyscrapers in Manhattan.
Despite its popularity, I was able to easily book a timeslot online to visit the building just the day before.
Night view of the Big Apple after nightfall, from the Empire State Building.
The first few floors feature a museum commemorating the cultural importance of the building, including a gallery of the various movies – from King Kong to Superman to Independence Day – which have featured the Empire State in one way or another.
However, the highlight of the building is easily the 86th floor observatory, where I was able to catch a beautiful view of NYC at sunset.
The thing is, you might forget how beautiful NYC is when you’re down on the ground jostling with hundreds of tourists and seeing the skyscrapers stretch out endlessly above. It is so easy to feel lost in a city so big and bustling with the stories of hundreds of other people.
But when you’re up high, looking down at the lights of the city that never sleeps, then it’s easy to see why so many singers, movie makers and artists have been captivated by its fast-paced charm and charisma.
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Tags:CityPASS, New York City, revue, The Travel Memoir, travel, USA
Posted in Holiday, New York 2023, Opinion, Review, Tips, Travel, travel | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
Jabra launched its latest consumer True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds in Singapore: Elite 8 Active (S$308) and Elite 10 (S$378). Available from 22 September 2023 in all authorised retailers including Jabra’s official stores in Lazada and Shopee.
The Jabra Elite 8 Active (S$308) on the left is available in caramel, navy, black and dark grey; while the Jabra Elite 10 (S$378) is available in Cream, Cocoa, Titanium Black, Gloss Black, and Matt Black.
Jabra boasts that the Elite 8 Active has been tested to be the toughest earbuds on the market with military standards for ruggedised electronics, IP68, Jabra ShakeGrip, and Dolby Audio.
The Elite 10 are Jabra’s flagship earbuds – optimised for Dolby Atmos with Dolby Head Tracking and engineered for long-wearing comfort and clear calls.
The new Jabra Elite 10 at the Singapore launch.
The two earbuds feature Spatial Sound, sophisticated Active Noise Canceling (ANC), optimal battery life and compact designs for both work and life.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:audio, earbuds, Jabra, new arrivals, TWS, wearables
Posted in Accessories, Audio, audioVisual, earphones, Entertainment, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Jabra, Launch, newArrivals, Press Release, Prices, Singapore, Specifications | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
The new flagship robot vacuum mop from Ecovacs is now available in Singapore at Courts and the Ecovacs official online stores on Lazada and Shopee. The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni retails for S$1,699.
The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni boasts a powerful suction power of up to 8000Pa and a 6400mAh lithium battery.
The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni boasts a powerful suction power of up to 8000Pa and a 6400mAh lithium battery.
Departing from the normal round shape of robot vacuums on the market, the Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni has a square shape design with rounded corners, allowing the brush to reach further into corners (by 30mm) to clean better.
Other similarly-shaped robot vacuums on the market include the iRobot Roomba s9+ (with two square corners on one half and semi-circular shape on the other half) and the LG Hom-Bot.
Below the Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni are two mop pads, one corner brush and the main roller brush. Photo taken at the launch of the new flagship robot vacuum mop in Singapore.
As with the flagship models of other robot vacuum brands, the docking station – called the OMNI station – auto-refills the water tank and auto-washes (with 55°C hot water) the mop cloths on the robot vacuum at intervals during cleaning.
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Tags:appliances, Deebot, Ecovacs, flagship, Home, launch, new arrivals, robot, Singapore, vacuums
Posted in Appliances, Ban Leong, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Home, Launch, newArrivals, Press Release, Prices, Singapore, Specifications, Vacuum Mop | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Canon ushered in the rebranding of its ink tank printers with the launch of two new business printers from its Maxify product line: Maxify MegaTank GX6570 (S$799) and Maxify MegaTank GX2070 (price TBA).
With a front-access duplex Auto Document Feeder, the Canon Maxify MegaTank GX6570 makes scanning and copying documents easier for small businesses with space limitations and height placement constraints.
The frontal operation of the Maxify MegaTank GX6570 enables it to be deployed in tight spaces, while the Maxify MegaTank GX2070 is a productivity work printer targeted at home and small workgroup environments.
Canon today announced the rebranding of its Pixma and Maxify ink tank printers into Pixma MegaTank and Maxify MegaTank.
The Maxify MegaTank series of business printers boasts low-cost colour printing and water-resistant documents, promising productivity gains through its refillable ink tank system.
The Maxify MegaTank GX6570 has an ID copy feature, allowing both sides of business cards or identification cards to be scanned easily.
The Home Screen on the printer LCD is also customisable with commonly used functions.
The front and rear paper trays has a total paper loading capacity of 350 sheets.
A full set of ink delivers up to 14,000 colour documents and 6,000 greyscale documents.
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Tags:Business IT, Canon, ink tank, inkjets, MAXIFY, MegaTank, new arrivals, PIXMA, printers
Posted in Accessories, Business IT, Canon, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Inkjet, Launch, newArrivals, PIXMA, Press Release, Prices, Printers, printers, Specifications | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 4th, 2023
The Huawei MateBook 16s notebook (S$2,298) and MatePad 11.5” tablet (S$498) will be available from Huawei Official Stores online on Lazada and Shopee, as well as Huawei Experience Stores in 313@Somerset and Westgate from 9 September 2023.
The new MatePad 11.5” (LTE) tablet and MateBook 16s notebook from Huawei.
The Huawei MateBook 16s is a Windows notebook sporting 13th Gen Intel Core Processor while the Huawei MatePad 11.5” (LTE) is a tablet powered by Harmony 3.1 operating system.
Both are the latest office productivity computers in Huawei’s Super Device ecosystem which feature drag-and-drop file transfer and connectivity between devices.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:computers, Huawei, laptops, MateBook, MatePad, new arrivals, notebooks, Super Device, tablets
Posted in Announce, Gadgets, gadgets, HarmonyOS, Huawei, MateBook, MatePad, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Press Release, Prices, Specifications, Tablets, tablets, Windows | No Comments »
