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Nikon COOLPIX A large-sensor compact debuts in Singapore

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

The Nikon COOLPIX A is now available in Singapore in black or silver. RRP: S$1,549. Nikon is giving away a LOWEPRO REZO 50 camera case with every COOLPIX A purchase while stocks last.

Nikon COOLPIX A is available in black or silver at S$1,549 in Singapore from 26 March 2013.

Nikon COOLPIX A is available in black or silver at S$1,549 in Singapore from 26 March 2013.

The COOLPIX A is Nikon’s first compact digital camera equipped with a DSLR sensor.

Nikon COOLPIX A
Megapixels 16.2 MP
Sensor DX-format CMOS sensor
Focal length Fixed at 18.5mm (28mm in 35mm equiv.)
Max aperture f/2.8
AF Contrast-detect
Focus range 50cm to infinity
Macro 10cm
LCD 3″, 921k dots, TFT colour
Movie 1920 x 1080 px 30fps
Flash Built-in with hot-shoe
RAW Yes
ISO 100-3200, extendable to 25600
Size /mm 111 x 64.3 x 40.3
Weight 299 g
Price S$1,549

The DX-format CMOS sensor is as large those used in DSLRs.

The COOLPIX A comes with a fixed 18.5mm (equivalent to 28mm in 35mm format), f/2.8 fixed focal focal length NIKKOR lens.

The camera’s adoption of a seven-blade iris diaphragm allows users to enjoy beautiful and natural blur characteristics.

Various types of aberrations are effectively reduced, demonstrating superior rendering performance throughout the entire frame at all aperture settings.

Moreover, the practical wide-angle lens is designed with optics that maximise its performance while making the most of the compact digital camera’s portability, covering a wide variety of shooting scenes.

Nikon COOLPIX A captures 14-bit compressed NEF (RAW) images, comes with a manual focus ring, and is able to record 1,920 × 1,080/30p full-HD movies.

The camera has a metallic look and feel of its design, with an extremely durable magnesium alloy top cover.

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Review: HP Photosmart 7520 e-All-in-One inkjet photo printer

Sunday, March 24th, 2013

If you’re a photography enthusiast looking for lab-quality prints at home, as well as copy, scan and fax capabilities for your home office, check out this duplex A4 inkjet printer that comes with wireless connectivity.

RRP: S$339 (incl. GST).

HP Photosmart 7520 e-All-in-One inkjet photo printer.

HP Photosmart 7520 e-All-in-One inkjet photo printer.

The Photosmart 7520 e-All-in-One printer is HP’s top all-in-one home printer for lab-quality photos.

Other models in the Photosmart series of AiO printers are the Photosmart 6520 and 5520.

Photo quality

The Photosmart 6520 and 5520 uses only four ink cartridges (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Matt Black).

The Photosmart 7520, however uses an additional ink cartridge – Photo Black – that’s dedicated to printing photos, and which enhances the quality of photo prints.

The print quality on HP’s Photo Paper was superb, with vivid accurate colour and no sign of banding.

What I was particularly impressed with was the print quality on normal paper, be it from a digital file or from a photocopy.

The copy looked identical to the original for both photos and colour illustrations.

Print quality for text documents and powerpoint graphics was also very good, although not as fast and pro-looking as most laser printers.

My Say:
The Photosmart 7520 e-AiO is great for families that print lots of photos, and needs to copy, scan and fax as well. Photo print quality is top-notch, while its wireless connectivity makes it a breeze to share the device between computers, tablets and smartphones in the home office.

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Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB mobile device storage in Singapore

Monday, March 18th, 2013

The wireless mobile device storage wirelessly streams content for up to eight smartphones or tablets. With 10 hours of battery life, the Seagate Wireless Plus first debuted in Singapore at the IT Show 2013 earlier this month and  is currently available at S$299.

Seagate Wireless Plus wireless mobile storage is available in Singapore now with 1TB at S$299.

Seagate Wireless Plus wireless mobile storage is available in Singapore now with 1TB at S$299.

With 1TB, the portable wireless hard drive can hold up to 500 high-definition movies.

Seagate Wireless Plus mobile device storage is accessed through the mobile Seagate Media app for Apple iOS, Android and Kindle Fire HD devices.

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Review: WD My Passport Studio 2TB portable HDD for Macs

Monday, March 11th, 2013

Two super-fast FireWire 800 ports, password protection, and a MacBook-inspired, metal enclosure make this drive the ideal companion for the photographer, videographer, graphic artist, or creative professional on the go. RRP: S$299.

You can see (from right) two FireWire 800 ports, a USB 2.0 port and a white/blue activity light at the back of the WD My Passport Studio 2TB portable hard drive.

You can see (from right) two FireWire 800 ports, a USB 2.0 port and a white/blue activity light at the back of the WD My Passport Studio 2TB portable hard drive.

The two super-fast FireWire 800 ports enables you to save and access data at up to 800 Mb/s.

The WD My Passport Studio 2TB comes pre-formatted in HFS+ Journaled for Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard.

So you can simply connect the drive to the Mac with the included FireWire 800 cable to enjoy instant compatibility with Apple Time Machine, which provides quick and easy automatic backup for your Mac hard drives.

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Review: WD My Passport Edge 500GB portable hard drive

Sunday, March 10th, 2013

WD’s My Passport Edge 500GB is slimmer than its siblings in the My Passport range of portable hard drives, supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0, and comes bundled with backup and data protection software. RRP: S$109.

WD My Passport Edge offers high capacity in an ultra-compact design - an ideal companion for anyone who needs to take their digital content on the road.

WD My Passport Edge offers high capacity in an ultra-compact design – an ideal companion for anyone who needs to take their digital content on the road.

Only available in 500GB capacity, My Passport Edge is ultra-compact and comes with automatic, backup software, software protection and hardware encryption to help protect your files from unauthorised use.

Only 12.5mm thin, My Passport Edge comes pre-formatted with NTFS for Windows computers (up to Windows 8), and WD SmartWare backup software and WD Security hardware encryption with password protection.

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Review: WD My Passport 2TB portable hard drive

Saturday, March 9th, 2013

WD’s My Passport 2TB portable drive supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and has an outer shell that is resistant to scratches and fingerprints. RRP: S$229.

WD My Passport 2TB offers high capacity in a sleek portable drive. There's plenty of room to store all your photos, music, movies and files.

WD My Passport 2TB offers high capacity in a sleek portable drive. There’s plenty of room to store all your photos, music, movies and files.

Launched last year, the 2.5-inch-based My Passport 2TB portable drive was the first to squeeze such a high capacity into a portable drive – at a time when rivals believed cramming such capacities required new recording technology.

A single standard half-metre USB cable connects the drive to the computer and provides both the data and power connection.

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IT Show 2013 promotions: Samsung computers, monitors & printers

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Samsung will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1421.

Click to view or download Samsung promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: large 3.4MB PDF file with 11 pages of flyers.

Click to view or download Samsung promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: large 3.4MB PDF file with 11 pages of flyers.

Check out Samsung’s Home Entertainment Systems, Smart TVs, monitors, notebooks, Ultrabooks and tablets, laser printers, SSD storage, SD and microSD memory cards.

Special promotions/bumdles include those for GALAXY Note 10.1 WiFi, GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) WiFi (8GB), and the NX1000 camera.

IT Show 2013 promotions: Canon laser and inkjet printers

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Here are Canon’s IT Show 2013 promotions for laser/inkjet printers and multifunction devices, as well as scanners.

Click to view or download Canon printer promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: large 7/3MB PDF file.

Click to view or download Canon printer promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: large 7/3MB PDF file.

You can look for Canon’s printers and scanners at resellers at IT Show 2013.

IT Show 2013 promotions: Nubox and tech@vogue from Newstead

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Newstead Technologies will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at B2, Booth B138 and Level 1 Booths 1229, 1413, 1521 and 1528.

At the same time, Nubox and tech@vogue Gallery will both be on Level 1 at Booths 1329 and 1429 respectively.

Get the Apple products including the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini at the Nubox booth. Offers include 70% off iPearl M Cover, 63% off Uniq iphone 5 covers, 30% off Griffin lightning cable and hourly workshops on OSX and Mountain Lion.

Get the Apple products including the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini at the Nubox booth. Offers include 70% off iPearl M Cover, 63% off Uniq iphone 5 covers, 30% off Griffin lightning cable and hourly workshops on OSX and Mountain Lion.

Newstead Technologies is offering discounts of up to 70% on accessories and gadgets during IT Show 2013.

Nubox will also be extending the IT Show 2013 promotions for Apple products to its eleven APR stores island-wide.

Offers from tech@vogue Gallery during IT Show 2013 include tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, MeMO Pad ME 172V and Padfone 2. Customers can also get up to 50% off a wide range of premium accessories including earphones, power tube and phone cases.

Offers from tech@vogue Gallery during IT Show 2013 include tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, MeMO Pad ME 172V and Padfone 2. Customers can also get up to 50% off a wide range of premium accessories including earphones, power tube and phone cases.

IT Show 2013 promotions: Panasonic notebooks and tablets

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Panasonic is at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.

Click to view or download Panasonic promotions during IT Show 2013.

Click to view or download Panasonic promotions during IT Show 2013.

Check out Panasonic’s business notebooks and ruggedised tablets.

The FZ-G1 runs on Windows 8 while the FZ-A1 runs on Android 4.0 (S$1,499).

Their latest is the Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook CF-AX2 which debuts at IT Show 2013 at S$2,899.

The monitor flips over to convert the Ultrabook into a tablet. IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.