May 09 2012
I’ve had a steady trickle of new gadgets coming in recently and I was quite stoked to finally receive the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale in the mail after waiting a few months for it to be released. As the name implies, this set of scales has Wi-Fi built in and is designed to be …
May 01 2012
Well, it finally arrived and I have to tell you that I am quite excited! If you have been following the blog you might have guessed that I am talking about the Panasonic Lumix GX1 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. I have been interested in this camera to try and strike a balance between gain …
Apr 15 2012
Last night, I got along to check out the new range of Panasonic televisions, recorders, players and Hi-Fi out at Dunbar House in Watson’s Bay, NSW. The venue was very swish with some tasty food on offer and it presented a setting similar to what you’d expect to experience when you’d be using home entertainment …
Mar 29 2012
A while ago I recommended KeepVid as a great tool to download videos from popular video streaming sites including YouTube, DailyMotion, Google Video, Megavideo, Metacafe and Vimeo. However, KeepVid doesn’t work if the content is password protected or restricted in its ability for the general public to access it. If you do need to download a …
Mar 16 2012
So, after many months of waiting it finally arrived – the Lytro camera! For those who don’t know what makes the Lytro camera so special check out this prior article I wrote up about it. I’m just getting used to it at the moment and working out its features and functions before I do my …
Dec 31 2011
Just a short note to cap off the year. I have gone through and updated the embedded videos on the blog to use either HTML5 or Flash depending your browser and whether or not you have Adobe Flash installed. Adobe Flash has been copping a bit of flack lately not just for its performance on …
Dec 24 2011
For those of you who have been following the blog you might have read that I joined the Panasonic Insider Crew late last year and, more recently, became an Insider Guru. From time to time, I’ll get my hands on some Panasonic gadgets and I’ll also share my thoughts and experiences with you so you …
Dec 05 2011
This video is probably the longest one I have recorded so far for the YouTube channel (and hopefully I won’t record anything longer) but I managed to edit the video for the Optus MeTV preview. You’ll get a closer look at the device itself as well as how the initial setup works and some of …
Nov 27 2011
Took a little while to get around it due to other commitments but here is the unboxing video for the Optus MeTV. It is a rebranded Yuxing YX-6936U with access to online offerings from FetchTV as well as containing digital tuners to record content to the 1TB internal hard drive (so you can pause and rewind live …
Nov 26 2011
In some of the earlier models of the unibody MacBook Pro the battery was deemed to be a “non-user serviceable part” meaning that if something happened to the battery (its capacity deteriorated or stopped working) you would have to send it back to get the battery replaced or swing by an Apple store. This was …
Follow Us!