Apple's direction

Apple did very well with their larger iphones but how will they fare going forward as their product lines get more fragmented and cause confusion to the masses.

Take the comparison for the Macbook range, as a consumer,  I will be confuse whether to get a MacBook for $1299 or a Macbook Air at $999 (cheaper and better CPU)

Samsung EVO 850 SSD

My Samsung EVO 840 120GB is running low on space. I'm thinking to upgrade to a EVO 850 500GB or 1TB. Anyone with any experience and suggestions?

I also noticed there is a price difference.. Amazon seem to be selling them cheaper than I could buy it in Singapore (even with added shipping)... arrgghh. !!!


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After getting the SSD, the next issue is how can I clone my C:\ (a smaller SSD) which has Windows 8.1 installed onto this newer and bigger SSD?

I think the simplest solution is likely the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD software. Or their flagship Hard Disk Manager 15 product suite.

While researching for this software, I also came across a hardisk rescue software called SpinRite 6.0 which I think is well worth looking into it, especially if your HDD is failing with some bad sectors...

Sonicable

Fast charging cable finally here for iPhones.
This used to be the realm of Android devices, where a cable  can charge faster simply by telling the device it is connected to a wall outlet and it can draw as much current as it needs.
Some USB(Android) cables or wall charger do not convey that message to the device(phone), hence the device only draws 500mA to charge the battery. This is often very slow these days.

Sonicable I guess worked similarly - in the FAQ, it is mentioned that it WILL NOT speed up charging when using a wall charger but WILL speed things up with using a USB port to charge from a PC or presumably from the USB port from a TV.

In anycase I think most people would just charge from the wall charger - much faster than any USB port can charge.  Hopefully in the future USB 3.1 or newer standards can supply more current (2.1A) for such uses.

Apple Watch

Apple's profit earnings surge up 33%. Amazing - Penetration to China for Apple has been very good !

The new Apple Watch is also finally moving forward - with the sport edition that uses sapphire glass.

And apparently, demand is more than what Apple can supply.

I think the Apple watch will catch on if and when the home is fully automated with Apple products, and you can control the devices with the watch.  Automation in the hotel industry, - like using the Apple watch to open the hotel doors, or control the lights and TV in the hotel room would also spur demand !

So what do you think about the Apple watch?

Drone photography

Enters Plexidrone : http://plexidrone.com/

A Indiegogo project. Raised over US$1 million dollars.  First batch probably out in March 2015.

Interesting features : GPS Followme and Swarming capability. Will be interesting to see it in action soon !!