By Justin Choo
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If you remember our headset comparative two months back, one of our concerns was that it had to look good, and look good on you. Well, Jabra has practically shattered all rose-tinted glasses with quite literally, the Stone.
The Stone looks amazing by itself, and yet, when worn it practically recedes from view, with only a dash of black across the ear revealing its presence. Lest you worry that the sound quality is compromised; it isn’t - the noise Blackout Extreme (noise elimination) technology is a clear improvement over its predecessor.
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The X-Fi series is typical Creative – value meets functionality and not bad looking either. The X-Fi2 dishes out more of the same in an updated package. It looks even more iPod-ish now, with its gloss black façade and faux-brushed aluminum back. Not surprisingly, it operates via a touch screen interface as well.
>>SGD899 >>www.xs-focal.comJust when you thought that your iMac is perfect the way it is, Focal will probably give you something to think about now that Christmas is just around the corner.Designed to match the iMac’s colours to the letter, the XS Satellite Speakers has the brushed aluminium-meets-gloss black look down pat, and looks just as exquisite too. And true to the iMac’s all-in-one philosophy, one of the speakers doubles up as a dock for your iPod or iPhone. And of course, you can sync, charge, and play your device via this integrated dock.
>> S$2,999 (body only) >> www.nikon.com.sgThe D300s is what they call an entry-level professional DSLR. Personally I’d call it a street-legal sledgehammer. Seriously though, the last thing you’d want to do is to have it make contact with anything remotely hard, but at least the sealed (and gasketed) reinforced magnesium alloy body will take the sting out of the impact, when you actually do.
The handling is much like the upper-end DSLRs in Nikon’s lineup, and is speedy as well.
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Despite its ‘Eco’ billing, the U121 never quite made that sort of impression on me. That’s because I’m busy admiring it for its other features. A low-powered processor, a large screen and keyboard; a reasonably long battery life, and a one-hour quick-charge feature to seal the deal. Not enough? How about an external DVD-writer thrown in for good measure?
