I recently went on a shopping spree on Dealextreme.com and I ended up ordering a bluetooth keyboard, since I couldn't bear to fork out S$98 for an Apple Wireless Keyboard. The package has arrived and here are some pictures.

You get what you pay for, so the keys are not as tactile and responsive as my Logitech Illuminated Keyboard or even the Macbook Pro keyboard. It may be because I'm not used to it though. From what I can see, it's almost exactly the same layout as an Apple Wireless Keyboard, although on the product page, the photos show a windows key rather than a mac command key, but it works the same.

It is rechargeable, compared to the Apple Wireless Keyboard which requires you to insert 2 AA batteries. However, it doesn't charge using a regular mini USB port like most devices. Instead it actually uses an Apple 30 pin dock connector. It even includes a cable in the package. No idea why this particular design choice was made, but it's good since I have these cables lying around everywhere.

Setup is easy and fast. I managed to connect it to my iPad, Macbook and PC. Still yet to connect it to the Playstation 3 and iPhone. Will try that later. If I'm not wrong you would have to re-pair it with a device after you connected the keyboard to another device. A minor hassle but I think this is the same with all Bluetooth keyboards. It also includes a mini CD with drivers, but you probably wouldn't need it. I notice there are 3 lights on the top right of the keyboard, but I think none of these lights is the capslock light. Kind of weird, considering the first time I turned it on, all 3 lights were working. Pressing capslock does not activate any light.

Overall this is an pretty good product, especially since I paid much less than an Apple Wireless Keyboard for it, S$40 exactly. It may not be made of brushed aluminum, but it looks good and performs decently. Here are more pictures.

If you want to purchase this product on Dealextreme, here's the link.

When I first saw this watch through the glass cabinet at Mustafa, I was smitten. The painted metallic-esque plastic body full of angles and the insane number of buttons and type on a small area, this was a watch of the future in the 1990s. It was the type of watch I coveted when I was in primary school, and now after decades I have finally made her mine. 

It has all the standard features of a classic Casio digital watch. Time, date, dual time, alarms, stopwatch, orange LED backlight, a 10 year battery life (highly doubt it, with how often I use the backlight). As you may have noticed, there are 16 buttons on the face of this watch, and they are used to enter digits in the database, calculator and currency conversion modes. I'll touch on the non standard features. 

Database
This thing of beauty allows one to input 25 sets of data into it's memory, so you can recall phone numbers or any sort of number you can think of. In one data entry, you can enter 8 alpha numerical characters and 15 numbers. Typing on this is actually a chore, so I don't really use this to jot down a person's number on the fly. 

Calculator and currency converter
What can I say? It's a calculator. On your wrist. For basic calculations only. The currency converter allows you to input one currency value into it's memory. You then enter the amount of money you want to convert, press the "=" button, and voila.

I didn't really get this watch for the functions, although I do use the calculator quite a bit. In fact, I wore this watch the entire night I bought it and was so pleased with how it looked that I didn't even realize I the time wasn't set yet. For me it is a relic of the past that I can bring around wherever I go as a reminder how we thought the future would be like in the 90s. And it looks so awesome. 

Resources
Manual - http://ftp.casio.co.jp/pub/world_manual/wat/en/qw2888.pdf
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Casio-DBC32D-1A-Mens-Watch/dp/B0014FXG1K

Got this yesterday at the PC Show. At $99, it is one of the cheapest stereo Bluetooth headphones around. While I'm not a fan of the styling, especially that gaudy Creative logo on the left side, I have to say the sound quality is pretty decent for a pair of bluetooth headphones. It certainly does not feel cheap at all, thanks to the rubberized coating and the plush ear cups. There are even play/pause, next/previous track and volume controls on the right ear cup.

Unfortunately there seems to be a slight hissing on the left earpiece on mine. Not sure if I got a faulty set but it's only audible when there is total silence in a movie or an audio book. When music is playing you can't hear it at all. A little digging online suggests that hissing is quite a common problem with regular wireless and Bluetooth headphones.

According to the guys at the booth, this offer will last only till June 12th, when the PC show ends. The decent sound and build quality, coupled with the very reasonable price, gives the more expensive Jaybird and Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones a run for their money.

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