Gadgets – Simon + Kayar

Time to ‘Switch’

On September 5, 2018 By simonkayar In Gadgets

Wii Time I got the Wii in 2008 on a US/Korea trip. We had a blast with it. I vividly remember the countless hours spent on ‘Resident Evil 4’, a title that I had bought along with the Wii itself, 2 zeldas – ‘Twilight Princess’ and ‘Skyword Sword’, 2 mario galaxies and the best of all – ‘Super Mario bros’ (I guess we completed this 3+ times and even opened most of world 9). Even the occasional ‘Just Dance 4’ was enjoyable. I had fun hacking it and moving to hard disk based backups, some emulations that enabled me to …

Technically Yours…

On April 26, 2013 By simonkayar In Gadgets

Those close to me know that I am a gadjet freak. While I have bought a lot of tech items what many don’t know is that I beat the sh*t out of them before I retire them. So my Wii which has seen 5 years is still used everyday and is being worked upon (emulation, dos, etc) almost every week. Same goes for my TV, Laptop, Tab and other devices. So essentially I eek out every last paise that I paid for them before they can die on me and in most cases I gift them to someone known for …

Got my Samsung Galaxy S2

On June 8, 2011 By simonkayar In Gadgets

I was very happy with my old phone. Don’t even remember the name but it was Nokia’s first color mobile in India. My wife and colleagues would insist me to change it, stating that even office boys had better models. They were right. The lift operator had a much better one. But I was never impressed by mobile phones. They were meant for calling and that was it. Also the battery life was pathetic in most modern phones. I was used to charging once a week. Finally I told her that if I start looking for a phone I would …

Canon Powershot A510

On June 20, 2007 By simonkayar In Gadgets

My hunt for a good digital camera started way long back when Canon were having A75 models. I think that should be in 2004. I fell for Canon Powershot S1 IS, a model with 10x Optical Zoom and some great features, but since it was way too costly (was retailing for 40k in India) it was out of my reach and I settled for the entry level A series. Even then I could not make myself believe that it is worth buying a Camera for over 10k. I was waiting for my friend to travel to US to get the …

Canon Powershot S2 IS

On June 20, 2007 By simonkayar In Gadgets

Who would in his right mind buy another digicam even before the first he bought had not celebrated a birthday. I did. When I was sent to US on my first trip aboard, I made up my mind to get the Canon Powershot S2 IS. It is an awesome camera. It has 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom. Wow and I couldn’t resist. This time my wife was a bit sceptical but she knows me well. So it was a unanimous decision and I got the beauty * It has 12x Optical Zoom and what makes it special is that the …

My First MP3 Player – Mobiblu DAH-1500i

On June 20, 2007 By simonkayar In Gadgets

As usual I put in a lot of research for MP3 Players and since I was going to gift it to my wife, I paid a bit more attention to aesthetics as well. iPod was the obvious choice, but somehow I have started hating people promoting too much of Proprietary software/hardware like Sony and Apple and moreover the iPod was becoming a Cult for MP3 players and its dependency on iTunes will drive my wife mad. So my search became tedious until I found the Cube from Mobiblu. My first impression was ‘How did they manage?’. It was so small …