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Love iphone BUT it is getting too expensive (iphone on budget strategy)

I am an iPhone fan staying in Malaysia. My current iPhone is iPhone 6 Plus, it is marking at RM4k at the time I bought it. Now, what would you do if it is time to retire your old iPhone? Obviously you have few options: Switch to Android phone Buy latest iPhone at regular retail price Buy iPhone at the cheapest budget Today, we are only talking about option 3 - Buy iPhone at the cheapest budget. Quick answer is iPhone 6 (4.7" screen)  with 32GB internal storage capacity only - RM1,499. You could have following concerns: Is it a refurbished phone? Isn't iPhone 6 two generations old now? and going to be three Gen old when iphone 8 launch this year. 32GB, this is not sufficient for my photos and videos itself plus many apps I want to install. My answers are as below:  It is new iPhone 6 The speed is still flawless at iOS 10.3.2 and I do not intend to upgrade to iOS 11. It also has a bonus perk, earphone jack. Case 1: If you have been using iPh...

Best low cost pico projector - UNIC UC50 First Review

There are many mini projectors in the market today. QUESTIONS Does it worth it? or should you spend RM3000 (USD 700) to get a branded high quality 3D capable projector? These are though questions considering: - no friend of mine use one - all these mini/ pico projectors are manufactured by numerous random non-international branded company - the specs varies a lot for these projectors (resolutions, lumens, input port, output port etc) - projectors are used in low light setting which photos will not be able to show how is the true viewing experience (camera sensor is less sensitive than human eye) EXPERIENCE PHOTOS OK, straight to the point - what is the experience quality for UNIC UC50? Detail summary later. In short, GOOD. Following are actual photos (minor exposure adjustment to reflect how my eye experience it): Projection from bed about 1.5m away generates an image about 70-80 inches. Only a yellow dim light is ON at minimum brightness. Room will be illuminated by...

The Ultimate Home Theatre Setup

The gadgets above are my ultimate home theatre setup. This is my second home theatre design, i have reduce 3 gadgets from before: Apple TV Xiaomi TV Box HDMI Switch and a lot of cables The latest ultimate design has: Xiaomi MiTV 2 Home Theatre Edition PlayStation 4 (PS4) Mac Mini Astro PayTV service Fiber internet (Unifi) Following are details each would functions: Xiaomi MiTV 2 Home Theatre Edition Bundle includes: 49" 4K 3D TV 2 pairs 3D glasses Soundbar & subwoofer MiUI Andoid Operating System Able to install many video apps (HD quality) and other education apps Can manage TV free to air signal & 3 HDMI ports MiUI has free and subscription content  Note: whole UI is Mandarin only; English not available yet PlayStation 4 (PS4) This is the game hub Blu-ray player including 3D Blu-ray  Content hub via Netflix, Hulu, Plex, Crunchyroll, Crackle Mac Mini Computer Media file server Support ap...

Maybank Cardless Cash Withdrawal

Ok. I was laughing at this service when it was launched. Well, it saved me on one day. I was out of cash & I realised I misplaced my ATM card with my old wallet. So clever.... Thus, I think it is a good courtesy to share with others. Who knows, it may help you one day. What you need to have? An active maybank2u account (with cash in it) A smartphone/ computer with internet connection  (MUST use browser, APP doest not support this feature when I test it) An ATM machine (I used a Maybank ATM; Maybank did not specify it has to be Maybank ATM) Ten minutes time Recipient needs to have a mobile phone that can receive SMS (i know this sound stupid; Let's put it this way - you can't send to him if he lost his phone) Summary: Maximum transaction cash is RM300 x 2 = RM600 per day It is basically very easy to follow through the step-by-step If you really wish to know the details, I have copied the details from maybank2u website as below.  Che...

Mac iPhoto to Create Multiple User Accounts

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to import photos from multiple devices e.g. my wife & my phone into one iPhoto library. Reason: Photos will mixed up if my wife and me are taking photos for different events at the same time You can create and manage more library by following steps below. To create a new photo library: Quit iPhoto. Hold down the Option key as you open iPhoto. In the window that appears, click Create New. Type a name and choose a location to store the new photo library. Click Save. The iPhoto  Source list  shows your new, empty photo library. Any photos you import are added to this library. You can switch to another library you’ve created at any time. To switch between photo libraries: Quit iPhoto. Hold down the Option key as you open iPhoto. Select the library you want to switch to. Click Choose. To move photos from one library to another: Export the photos  from one library. This does...

中文小说在iOS/ iPhone (Chinese Fiction Source on iOS)

Some of the apps are still better in iOS. As a Chinese fiction fan, I hope my experience helps one of you that are of the same interest. 起点读书 中国最大合法小说网站 部分免费 VIP小说需要付费 最近开始,中国以外国家可以通过PAYPAL付费 优点:更新快,编排好,容易挖掘新喜好的小说,不占位(TXT) 缺点:VIP小说需要付费 小说快搜 很好用的APP:) 优点:更新快,编排好 缺点:GIF图片格式很占位,用iPhone可能较难阅读。iPad好些。 百度贴吧 很多好心人的地方:) 优点:免费,更新蛮快 缺点:文件编排次序混乱 Open Reader 可以阅读很多文件格式txt, Epub等等 文件需要另外下载在传入此APP TIPS:用SAFARI去 80TXT  >下载>下载“电脑”方式> Open in "Open Reader" 优点:可以朗读,驾车时十分方便 缺点:不方便追求更新 阅读快乐!!!

Comparison of Philips InRange & The Tile

Two reviews have been made on: Philips InRange The Tile Here, I would like to do a quick summary for you to compare and understand which is suitable for you. Aspect The Tile Philips InRange General Product Proposition Find items - big, small, immobile, mobile items FROM small or big space Keep items together with you Best Fit Find regular used items in small space e.g. living room Keep important items together with you e.g. wallet Better Design & Size Yes No Simplicity of Setup Yes Yes Type of Access You use when need (active) Warn you when disconnected (passive) GPS incorporation Yes - Location marking Yes - Enable/ Disable Alert Enable/ Disable Alert Not applicable GPS based Enable/Disable Al...

Philips InRange ~ A different concept of lost and found

Actually, I have purchased and tried InRange about a month before The Tile is delivered to me. Now, I would like to put up a review for InRange after I tried The Tile too. There are many hypes on The Tile on the websites while few on InRange. Surprisingly, I would have to say InRange have something that did right. Benefits: It is designed to keep things together with you e.g. purse, wallet It will beep when the InRange tag is far away from your smartphone You can reversed fine where your phone by making your phone beep You can deactivate the reminder by GPS location e.g. home when you done keep purse together with phone It has Two distance warning mode: Close & Far Setup: Simple  Standard Limitation: Bluetooth signal decrease over barriers (for more info on standard limitation, refer The Tile review) My experience - I tagged my company access card (less than 1 feet away from my phone in pocket).  In a 2 hours meeting where I sat still, ...

Plex ~ Your best media manager to extend your library to all devices

Plex is just so cool! One line... The End... Nah... There are more. Before Plex , these are what I need to go through to manage my media across all my devices: Find the videos file and download it Ensure the format is correct.  Else, need to convert it to the right format Note: Many of the formats do not work across platforms e.g. Mac, Window, iOS, Android Shall I keep Two format copies for all videos? Rename, Sort, Keep it in the right order in my computer or storage Whenever I wish to watch it other than the storage device, I need to: Connect my phone or tablet to computer via USB cable Load the selected movies into my phone or tablet Delete it after watch Mmm... Not so fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now with Plex ... Find the videos file and download it Automatic Naming & Sorting Automatic Cover Art & Info download (description, actors etc) Watch it on Any Device directly (No format conversion ever requi...