Technicational

The A5 and A3 Smartphones from Samsung are identical in features but have minor differences on the hardware side. The Samsung Galaxy A5 for example comes with A  5.0’’ display, 13MP rear camera, and 2GB of RAM, while the Samsung A3 comes with A  4.5’’ display, 8MP rear camera, and 1GB of RAM. Apart from these specification stated both phones seem to be identical in performance and design.

Final Thoughts

It is A lovely thing to hold A full body metal phone in your hands. It gives you A sense of durability and quality the minute you hold it and slide your hands across its metallic surface. We hope this will be the start of many more phones with similar build quality coming from Samsung.  The Samsung A5 and A3 are certainly appealing to look at and the alluring colors available to choose from make the deal even so much sweeter. My hands are certainly itching to get my hands A review unit for both device.

Sometime life will through everything it got at you to slow you down but being strong and persevering is what my mother thought me and I’m going to honor her memory by overcoming the hell that was January. Anyhow, the next generation of gaming console is now one year older and I have finally gotten my hands on an Xbox One; better late than never. So, let’s start the year of with my unbiased Jamaican review of the Xbox One and I have to say… no amount of reading or watching YouTube videos could prepare me for the experience I had with the Xbox One.

System Design

The Xbox One Designed… I think Microsoft took the meaning of Xbox too literally and made the system into a… you guessed it, a box. I wouldn’t say it’s ugly, but it doesn’t turn heads for the good reasons. The system is big and square! Even the camera that comes with it is a relative of the square family. My assumption is that they wanted the system to run as cool as possible no matter how it looked. Well if that’s what they were aiming for then bravo Microsoft. The Xbox One runs very cool and quiet more so than its competitors and that is certainly welcomed in our climate. After 9 hours of continuous Killer Instinct and Warframe which are 100% free games; the Xbox One was still quite and cool as a cucumber.

System Controller

The best FPS controller got a little bit better with some tweaks. Now the D-pad on the controller is ready for fighting game fanatics. No more strange webbing for diagonal buttons which was a sore point for must person trying to pull off a combos in games like Tekken.  I have tried and tested the D-pad in Killer Instinct although I got my ass kicked… I couldn’t blame the controller this time around.

The Kinect

The every watching eye of Microsoft that really creeps me out. The new version of the Kinect has microphones built-in and listens to you every minute of the day even if it’s on or off. It has night vision, heat vision, 1080p camera, and infrared lights. That entire tech gives the Kinect the ability to accept voice commands like Xbox On or Shutdown. Also some sports game can tell if you said something inappropriate and penalize you for saying it. The Kenitc also helps you to do video Skype and hand gestures to navigate through the Xbox One menus. After awhile the novelty wears off on the hand gestures, but you will still appreciate the other option that is in the Kinect.

Final Thoughts

This time around you can’t regret buying a next Gen gaming console. Unless you bought a Nintendo WiiU, the all hope is lost and you’ll be stuck playing Mario games for awhile. The Xbox One is a well rounded gaming console and a well rounded media player too now that it can play almost all video format from a thumb drive or harddrive. This is an all in one entertainment console that does everything well, the only compliant I have is”I always feel like, somebody’s watching me, and I have no privacy”. Thank the Lord the Kinect can be disconnected now. The products mentioned in this article were provided courtesy of Royale Computers and Accessories telephone#: 906-1067, 906-1068, and 754-5048.

This week we continue to clear my desk for the coming holidays, and the victim on the groping table is the Nuqleo Zinq 7 3G. If you spotted the 3G at the end of the product name you’ll realize that it uses mobile data service which means it uses mobile SIM cards. The surprises don’t stop there folks there is much more, so let’s get to it. 

 What should we call it?

The Nuqleo Zinq 7 3G is way too big to be called a phone or a phablet, but it has an ear piece speaker and a microphone to be used as a phone. So we can’t call it a 7 inch tablet either. To better understand this abomination of a device we had to turn to the specification sheet which reads a little bit like this.

Unfortunately the specification sheet didn’t help us to understand what this device was, so we are going to continue calling it the abomination.

Setup Of The Abomination

 

A Week With The Abomination

If you’re looking to make yourself the center of attention then I would recommend using the abomination as phone. Putting a 7 inch device to your face for calls will certainly draw a crowd, and a lot of questions afterwards. To be honest I kind of liked the attention, since it was a great way to get females to talk me. The call quality was ok and the device ability to use 2 separate SIM cards at once was very handy. The battery life wasn’t stellar to say the least, but it was immediately acceptable once I saw the price the abomination was being sold for. The abomination retails for around 18,000 dollar which amazing considering the size screen and phone feature you are getting with the device.

Final Thoughts

On a serious note folks the Nuqleo Zinq is a ok device for the cost, but at 7 inch the device is too big to be used as your everyday phone so use it as a tablet… please! The products mentioned in this article were provided courtesy of Royale Computers and Accessories telephone#: 906-1067, 906-1068, and 754-5048.

Folks, I am sorry for taking so long on releasing this blog, but managing my YouTube Channel and this blog is real time consuming. I am trying my best to juggle the two as best as possible, but I had some major video editing to do and uploads on my channel which took me longer than I expected. Anyhow… It’s a month away from Christmas and this is the most hectic time for me. I have got stacks of devices on my desk to review. My work cut out for me till the holidays finish. Let’s cut this stack down by reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Tab S (Tab S).

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S is an android tablet that has all, and I repeat, the entire main feature you would find on a Galaxy S5. The only difference is this is an 8.4-inch tablet while the Galaxy S5 is much smaller. The Tab S  shares many of the design pointers from the Galaxy S5 as well like the soft-touch dot-effect back and physical home button on the front which doubles as a finger print scanner, a fantastic high resolution display, and an Octa-Core processor with 3GB of RAM. The whole device is governed by the latest Android 4.4 KitKat software; well the latest as of now is the Android Lollipop OS, but that explanation can be saved for another time.

What more do you need?

The truth about new devices these days are the improvements are not visual at all. It’s always… more memory this or more processor that or bigger screen this. None of which is really relevant to the consumer, but the Tab S has all that and a bit more. What does the Tab S offer that you can’t find on another Android tablet? I present to you 3 points on that topic.

Final Thoughts

For a price tag that’s around $60,000JMD; the Samsung Galaxy Tab S isn’t the cheapest android tablet I have seen, but with such great craftsmanship and attention to detail I can honestly say it may be one of the few android tablets that will withstand the test of time. The products mentioned in this article were provided courtesy of Samsung Experience Store in Tropical Plaza.

Electronic devices are becoming more expensive than house whole appliances. If you went out and invested into a device so expensive then it’s logical to spend a little extra to protect your investment. This week I’ll share with you the does and don’ts of cleaning a LCD or LED screen whether it’s on a phone, tablet, TV, UHD TV, or laptop.

Cleaning Your Expensive Stuffs 101

First off, What Not To Do

So What Can You Use To Clean Your Expensive Stuff?

Well folks you have two options if you’re planning to clean your device properly. There is the simply way or the hard somewhat technical way. Although, my friends call it cheap, poor man way and the normal way.

Option” A”

The Hard Somewhat Technical Way

You can make your own clean solutions with these steps. Just buy distilled water then mix it with a specific cleaning agent. The two most popular cleaning agents for homemade solutions are isopropyl alcohol and white vinegar. The choice comes down to personal preference, as both are effective at removing strong grunge. Avoid mixing the two though; just choose one stick with it. When using isopropyl alcohol, don’t use more than a 50/50 mix with distilled water. If you’re using vinegar, start with a 50/50 mix and add more vinegar if the solution isn’t strong enough. Vodka can work as a replacement for isopropyl alcohol. Plain Vodka folks, not the flavored ones you all been drinking.  Then use it with a non-abrasive cloth like a Microfiber Cloth, a Cotton T-shirt, or a Cotton handkerchief.

Option “B”

The Simply Way

Go out and buy a good LCD/LED screen cleaner if you are not a chemist and can’t handle option “A”. I emphases the word good, because they are some out there that is worst than throwing gasoline on your screen. If had to recommend one right now, I would go with WHOOSH! which cost around $1,000 for the small package or you can go large if you have the money. Yes, I said it right. The name is WHOOSH! and it comes with a cleaning cloth and solution. It worked wonders for my laptop and it helps resist fingerprint smudges on smart phones too.

Final Thoughts

I clean my devices weekly, because dirty screens are just gross, and the phone screen is going in your face daily! The products mentioned in this article were provided courtesy of Royale Computers and Accessories telephone#: 906-1067, 906-1068, and 754-5048.