The Logitech Touch Mouse M600 was announced back in February 2012 and I have been looking forward to play with it. It is finally available in Singapore and is retailing for SGD$89.

Here are the key features from the press release:

• Responsive Touch Surface: The touch surface responds directly to your fingers – whether you’re surfing the Web or reading your emails and it doesn’t matter which hand you use to mouse. Left-handers can easily reassign the right- and left-click buttons with Logitech SetPoint software.
• Scroll and Swipe Where You Like: The touch surface makes scrolling direct, continuous and free-flowing. And you can scroll and swipe immediately – wherever your fingertips rest on the mouse. Logitech Flow Scroll software gives you scrolling that is fluid -vmuch like scrolling on your favorite touchscreen smartphone.
• Comfortable, Stylish Design: With a modern design, smooth edges and an attractive profile, your mouse feels good in your hand and looks good too.

Logitech Touch Mouse M600

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Thanks to Dell Singapore, I have a chance to play with the Dell UltraSharp U3011 30″ Monitor for 2 weeks. The Dell UltraSharp U3011 30″ Monitor is retailing for SGD$1,509.

Monitor is like a computer, once you upgrade, you will never look back. Few years ago, 17″ monitor is the norm, now is 24″ and in a few years time 27″/30″ will be the norm.

I am currently using the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24″ monitor which I bought back in April 2008 for about SGD$920, now the successor to the monitor, Dell UltraSharp U2410 is only retailing for SGD$699.

When it comes to monitors, I prefer Dell, Samsung or Apple. But right now only Dell is offering the 30″ monitor with 16:10 aspect ratio (2560 x 1600) while Apple and Samsung are offering the 27″ with 16:9 aspect ratio (2560 x 1440).

Dell UltraSharp U3011 uses an IPS (In-Plane Switching) panel which supports up to an impressive 1.07 billion displayable colors and a maximum of 100,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. It has an average of 7ms (gray-to-gray) response time.

It does not come with in-built speakers but it has support for Dell Soundbar, which is retailing for SGD$69.

All Dell’s UltraSharp monitor comes with Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee, which means you will receive a panel exchange even if there is only one bright defective pixel on your monitor during the limited hardware warranty period which is 3 years. I have been using the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP for 4 years and counting and have zero defective pixels, so you have nothing to worry about.

Dell U3011

Specifications

• Diagonal Viewable Size: 30″ (75.6cm)
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:10)
• Panel Type, Surface: IPS (In-Plane Switching), anti glare with hard coat 3H
• Optimal Resolution: 2560 x 1600 at 60 Hz
• Contrast Ratio: 1000: 1 (typical), Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 100,000:1 (Max)
• Brightness: 370 cd/m2 (typical)
• Response Time: 7ms (gray to gray)
• Viewing Angle: (178° vertical / 178° horizontal)
• Color Support: 1.07 billion colors
• Pixel Pitch: 0.2505mm
• Display Type: Widescreen Flat Panel Display
• Connectivity:
  • 2 High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
  • 2 Digital Visual Interface connectors (DVI-D) with HDCP
  • 1 DisplayPort (DP)
  • 1 Video Graphics Array (VGA)
  • 1 Component Connectors
  • 1 USB 2.0 upstream port
  • 4 USB 2.0 downstream ports
  • 7 in 1 Media reader
  • DC power connector for Dell Soundbar
• Color, Size & Weight:
  • 481.3 mm (compressed) ~ 571.3 mm (extended) x 694.5 mm x 211.3mm
  • 18.95 inches (compressed) ~ 22.50 inches (extended) x 27.34 inches x 8.32 inches
  • Dimensions without stand (H x W x D): 453.3 mm x 694.5 mm x 94.4 mm (17.85 inches x 27.34 inches 3.72 inches)
  • Preset Display Area (H X V): 641.28 mm (25.25 inches) x 400.8 mm (15.78 inches)
  • Weight (panel only – for VESA mount): 9.3 kg (20.40 lbs)
  • Weight (with packaging): 14.46 kg (31.88 lbs)

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Got a chance to played with the Alienware M14X and my very first impression when I carried it home is it was so heavy (2.9kg)! But hey, it is Alienware, they make good gaming laptops which is not meant to be light in the first place.

The base model starts at SGD$1,899 with the following specifications:

• Processor: 2nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M 2.4GHz (3.0GHz with Turbo Boost, 3MB Cache)
• OS: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (English)
• Memory: 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
• HDD: 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
• Display: 14″ (35.6cm) WLED HD+ (900p) display (1600X900)
• Graphics Card: 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus technology (Stealth Black)
• Optical drive: Slot Load 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability
• Wireless: Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 6205 a/g/n 2×2 MIMO Technology
• Security Software: McAfee Security Center – 15 Months Version
• Primary Battery: 8-cell Primary Battery
• Warranty: SG 2-year Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover

The review unit that I have has slightly better specifications but it seems that the processor is slightly outdated so you cannot get the exact same specification online.

The main difference is the processor (Intel Core i7-2630QM 2.0GHz), memory (8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2 x 4GB), HDD (750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive) & Graphics Card (3.0GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus technology).

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Had a chance to play with the HP Folio 13 for about a week and it was my first time playing with a Windows-based UltraBook. And I was pretty impressed. Normally when I get friends or family members who asked me to recommend an alternative to MacBook Air for Windows, I would always just ask them to buy MacBook Air and install Windows in it via BootCamp

But now, I have an alternative UltraBook to recommend to them which is the HP Folio 13. It is retailing for SGD$1,499 which is pretty affordable and very competitive to the 13″ MacBook Air which similar specifications is retailing for SGD$1,688.

Specifications

• 2nd generation Intel Core i5-2467M (1.6 GHz)
• Intel HD Graphics 3000
• 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
• 128G (Solid State Drive Flash Module)
• 13.3-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED- backlit Display (1366 x 768)
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• NO Internal DVD or CD Drive
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth with Wireless Display Support
• Full-size backlit keyboard
• Dolby Advanced Audio
• Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader
• 1x USB3, 1x USB2, RJ-45, HDMI, HDMI to VGA adapter (optional)
• 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
• Up to 9.25 hours of battery life
• 32cm x 22cm x 1.78cm (L x W x H)
• 1.5kg

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I first got to play the Nokia N9 when I was at Nokia Connection 2011 and the second time was at the Nokia N9 Blogger Event and this will be my third time reviewing the phone.

I will focus on different areas (mainly software related) not covered in the previous 2 reviews after using it as my work phone for almost a week.

The Nokia N9 has been available in Singapore since October 2011 for SGD$799 (16GB) and SGD$899 (64GB).

Nokia N9 Official Specification

• Networks: Pentaband WCDMA 850, 900, 1900, 1700, 2100, Quad band GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• Speed: HSDPA Cat10: 14.4Mbps, HSUPA: Cat6 5.76Mbps
• Display: 3.9″ WVGA (854×480) AMOLED display with curved Gorilla glass, no air gap, anti-glare polarizer
• OS: MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
• Memory: 1GB RAM, 16GB/64GB storage
• Camera: 8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, wide-angle lens, 2x LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 SP 720p @ 30fps, 2nd camera for video calls
• Size / Weight: 116.45 mm x 61.2 mm x 7.6–12.1 mm (L x W x T)/ 76 cm3/ 135 g
• Connectivity: BT 2.1, GPS, A-GPS, WLAN 802.11abgn, NFC, 3.5mm AV connector, uUSB connector, USB charging
• Processor:ARM Cortex-A8 OMAP3630 1 Ghz, PowerVR SGX530
• Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC
• Battery: 1450 mAh
• Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 11 h / up to 7 hours
• Standby time: Up to 450 hours (WCDMA), up to 380 hours (GSM)
• Video playback (720P): up to 4.5 hours
• Music playback: up to 50 hours

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