Xiaomi Malaysia to Only Offer 5000 Mi Power Banks at Launch Next Week; Sales...
Last night, Xiaomi Malaysia dropped a bombshell to its legion of Mi fans in the country when it announced that it will only sell 4000 units of the Mi 3 in the first batch of sales next week. Well, the...
View ArticleSony Xperia Z2 Officially on Sale Today, with Freebies Worth More Than RM700
Sony’s latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z2, is now officially on sale today. After some hiccups with hidden links to its online web store, the device is now ready for sale at RM2399, with...
View ArticleXiaomi Announces the Mi Pad, Featuring a 7.9-inch 326ppi Display
At its 5.15 launch event happening right now, Xiaomi has just announced its highly-anticipated tablet, the MiPad. It is the company’s first foray into tablet territory, featuring a 7.9-inch display...
View ArticleCelcom Offers the Nokia X For Free with Celcom First Data Contract
Celcom has become the first local telco to offer the Nokia X Android smartphone as part of its postpaid bundle, offering the device for free with a 24-month contract. Interestingly, the bundled plan...
View ArticleXiaomi Announces the Mi TV 2, a 4K Smart TV that Costs RM2070
The Xiaomi event earlier today was not only about its first-ever tablet, the Mi Pad. The Chinese company also announced the Mi TV 2, a new smart TV that again promises to shake pricing conventions....
View ArticleSamsung Teases “Tab Into Color” Event in New York Next Month, Galaxy Tab S...
What do we have here? Samsung Mobile has just posted a teaser on its official Twitter account, indicating of its next global event happening next month. Interestingly, this event, to be called Samsung...
View ArticleCelcom’s Traveller SIM Cards Come with Voice and Data As Well as Limited...
Celcom is pushing hard to promote its other products in its portfolio. Just last week it promoted its business-oriented postpaid plans in the consumer tab of Celcom’s website, and now it’s promoting...
View ArticleApple is Testing a Higher Resolution Display for iPhone 6
It is an open secret by now that Apple is working on a larger iPhone (or two) for a release later this year. Up until now, however, the resolution for the upcoming iPhone 6 remained a mystery. A new...
View ArticleIs the Xiaomi Mi 3 Coming Exclusively to DiGi?
DiGi has just released a teaser on its Facebook page. It’s fairly easy to decrypt this, especially since the Chinese character “Mi” for rice appears on top of 3 bowls of rice. Yup, it looks like DiGi...
View ArticleMalaysian Teachers to be Given Free 1Malaysia Netbook for Teachers’ Day 2014
As part of the national Teachers’ Day 2014 celebrations, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek has announced that 400,000 teachers around the country will...
View ArticleXiaomi Malaysia Releases Buying Guide and Shipping FAQ Ahead of May 20...
Finally, all those nagging questions about how/where/when to buy Xiaomi’s first batch of products can now be answered – well, most of them at least. Xiaomi Malaysia has released the much-anticipated...
View ArticleXiaomi Sells out 5000 Mi Power Banks in Less Than 9 Minutes, Mi 3 Much Later
Well, that was fairly unexpected. Xiaomi Malaysia‘s first batch of sales sold like hot cakes, grinding their servers to a halt in the process. What’s surprising though was not how quickly they sold...
View ArticleAfter the Sales, Here Come the Xiaomi Scalpers
Well, that was fast. Within hours after Xiaomi Malaysia sold out its initial batch of Mi 3 and Mi Power Banks within 17 minutes, scalpers have begun their trade. Offering their newly-purchased Mi 3...
View ArticleXiaomi Confirms Second Batch of 6,000 Mi 3 Will Arrive May 27
Xiaomi Malaysia has just announced that it will be bringing in a second batch of Mi 3 – with a total of 6,000 units this time – as early as next week, in a departure away from what it has done in...
View Article[LYTV] Xiaomi Malaysia Interview Teaser
At Xiaomi’s press event yesterday, we also had the opportunity to meet both Xiaomi co-founder Bin Lin and Xiaomi Global VP Hugo Barra for an extended interview session. We spoke to each of them at...
View Article[Update] Gigabyte Ultraforce Gaming Laptops Now Officially Available in...
Popular Malaysian-based gaming laptop reseller Illegear has just been appointed as the official distributor for Gigabyte gaming laptops in Malaysia. Illegear will be the official partner for Gigabyte...
View ArticleIn Its Galaxy Note 3 Neo Promotion, Samsung Has Unfairly Been Painted as The...
There’s been a lot of anger and frustration among Malaysian smartphone consumers over the past few days. Many angry words were uttered, plenty more made their way into social media and the Internet;...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Maxis Pranks its Own Staff?
What happens when one of the country’s biggest telecommunications companies decides to prank its own staff at its HQ? Maxis recently pulled three pranks on its staff – some of whom are part of the top...
View ArticleThis Android Loophole Lets Malicious Apps Capture Photos and Videos Without...
A loophole on Android allows a malicious app to take control of a device’s camera and capture images and videos before uploading them to a server – all without your knowledge. A former Google engineer...
View ArticleDiGi to Offer the Xiaomi Mi 3 For Free with SmartPlan Postpaid Bundle
A very reliable source has informed us that DiGi is set to open sales of the Xiaomi Mi 3 at midnight tonight, and will bundle it for free with a 24-month DG SmartPlan contract. The device will only be...
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