Courage of Conviction

I was one of the lucky ones to get one of the currently crowdfunding(indiegogo) Roidmi 2s car chargers for review all the way from China. For those who does not yet know the brand, it's one of the Mi ecosystem companies. The slogan: Your ultimate bluetooth music player and smart car charger. Yes, they lived up to that with the number of mainstream car brands supported as I would explain further. For design, it was  fill black which somehow gives it the classy leather look with the shiny Roidmi logo on it coupled with the shiny crome metal contacts.  Upon plugging in, you would notice the port backlight which one could switch between colours. Closer look at the ports. Somehow it reminds me of the runway airport lights which guides your USB head plane into it =) Did I mention that the car charger supports quick charging that charges much faster than other car chargers/powerbanks. I have tested this connecting my phone which uses GPS on a 5 hours drive. On...

First thing when I get the gear was to do the unboxing of the drum box.   The full complete set contains the wearable gear, adapter with cables, wireless charger module, spare straps and also the quick start guide. My first impressions of the Gear S2 was “wow, the display does really look like a real watch and look ma, a rotating bezel *twists and turn to the next function display*” Then there’s the interchangeable watch face which is also controllable through the phone app where you could download new ones from the phone app and update it to your phone. You could also design your own watch face and then load up on your gear. Then comes the real usage test. No, I didn't run over it with a truck, went diving with it or that sorts but I used it for a week as my main wearable. I like the fact when I twist my wrist to look at the time and it automatically turns on showing the time. Pedometer function Heartbeat measurement func...