First Looks

Check out our first look at new gadgets we get our hands on, whether from events or exclusive hands-ons.

Nokia N8 First Look

The Tech65 crew visits Nokia to take a close look at the Nokia N8 smartphone, Nokia’s first Symbian^3 device, which will be available in Singapore in a few weeks time.
Special thanks to our friend Preetam, who lent us his Panasonic Lumix GH1 when our camera ran out of battery.

HTC Wildfire First Look

We got our hands on the HTC Wildfire and quickly do a first look before it left our hands. The new HTC Wildfire will be available from 10 July 2010 in Singapore at all authorized resellers in three colours, Phantom Black, Flamenco Red and Pure White at a suggested retail price of $498+.
This is just [...]

HP Print Apps and ePrint First Look

HP announced a full suite of web-empowered e- All-in-One printers for home and business that start at S$199. These are the first web-empowered and cloud print-enabled printers in Asia Pacific that will allow instant, direct access to the Internet without requiring a local proxy PC or web appliance. This means people will be able to enjoy [...]

Belkin Play Max Wireless Router Unbox

Belkin launched a new series of wireless routers today, including the feature filled Play Max. We unbox the Play Max while showing you what’s so special about these new series of routers, and why they’re worth unboxing in the first place.
Link: Belkin Play Max Wireless Router

Motorola Milestone XT First Look

Motorola just launched the Motorola Milestone XT, an Android 2.1 device similar to their original Milestone, just without a keyboard, has a better camera and xenon flash, FM radio. It will be selling at up to S$198 exclusively with Starhub with a 2 year contract from tomorrow (10th June 2010) onwards.

Sony Alpha NEX-5 and NEX-3 First Look

Sony recently launched their own mirror-less cameras, the NEX 5 and NEX-3, and we were there to check them out. It looks like this could be the most easily accessible “pro” camera on the market, combining user-friendly UI with interchangeable lenses.

Creative Wireless Speakers First Look

Creative announced a bunch of bluetooth speakers a few days ago and we were there to see them. This was Creative’s attempt to build platform independent speakers, after noticing that most companies have been focusing on purely iPod/iPhone dockable speakers. These speakers also support the apt-X codec that helps reduce loss of music quality and [...]

Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look

The guys at Samsung Singapore gave us the privileged of getting some hands on time with the Samsung Wave (S8500), Samsung’s first Bada device! Learning from the last time we had such an opportunity, we spent more time with the device, digging out every bit of detail we could think of from the device and [...]

Dell Alienware M11x First Look

This is probably the star of Dell’s event this Monday, Dell’s smallest Alienware, and possibly the most powerful 11″ notebook on the market. We got a chance to get some hands-on time with the M11x and find out just how much power we are talking about here.
The M11x is on sale right now on [...]

Dell Adamo XPS First Look

DK and I were at Dell’s launch event on Monday where they were showing off both new computers as well as computers from their existing line-up. One of them was the Adamo XPS, a machine that has been on sale for a bit, but has always been behind a glass display at Dell’s retail shops [...]