U Mobile’s new Game-Onz plan to offer unlimited data for PC gaming

By Hitech Century | December 9, 2016 | Comments Off on U Mobile’s new Game-Onz plan to offer unlimited data for PC gaming

UMobile today just announced one serious kicker of a prepaid phone plan for gamers. Dubbed Game-Onz, the plans allow prepaid customers to tether their PC to their phone and play a selected variety of games from Steam, Playone Asia and Garena without incurring data costs. To wit, if you’re playing the following games, you’ll enjoy…

Samsung’s Gear S3 smartwatch sells out in Malaysia; defies gloomy IDC forecast

By Hitech Century | December 9, 2016 | Comments Off on Samsung’s Gear S3 smartwatch sells out in Malaysia; defies gloomy IDC forecast

While International Data Corporation has forecasted a gloomy Christmas for the wearables market with a year-over-year decline in shipment volumes that are eyebrow-raising: IDC figures clock in, pun notwithstanding, a total of 2.7 million smartwatches shipped in Q3 2016, which is a decrease of 51.6% from the 5.6 million units shipped in Q3 2015. Despite…

The newly launched Lenovo Yoga Book may be a road warrior’s ultimate dream machine

By Hitech Century | December 7, 2016 | Comments Off on The newly launched Lenovo Yoga Book may be a road warrior’s ultimate dream machine

In the ever elusive quest for performance, lightness and versatility, Lenovo’s new Yoga Book may have just had it beat. The whole affair straddles the lines between a convertible and a tablet, albeit one that is ridiculously slim at 4.05mm and weighs 690g. Whereas other convertibles integrate a detachable keyboard, the Yoga Book has its…

Lenovo launches Phab 2 series smartphones in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | December 7, 2016 | Comments Off on Lenovo launches Phab 2 series smartphones in Malaysia

Lenovo kicked the week off with the launch of three Phab 2 series smartphones, each angled at a different price point. The Phab 2 is a sub RM1K phone with all of Lenovo’s latest aesthetic and design refinements while the Phab 2 Plus is a midrange  workhorse that is  just over the RM1K mark. The…

Samsung’s tech-laden holiday video looks surprisingly good

By Hitech Century | December 5, 2016 | Comments Off on Samsung’s tech-laden holiday video looks surprisingly good

While most commercials are kitschy hard sell pieces, Samsung’s latest holiday video skit to showcase their current line-up of wearables looks surprisingly pleasant and heart warming in the bargain too. The short skit shows a family gifting each other an array of Samsung wearables which they make full use of in a rather Christmas-themed scenario. A…

Logitech’s K375s keyboard is the ultimate chat accessory

By Hitech Century | December 4, 2016 | Comments Off on Logitech’s K375s keyboard is the ultimate chat accessory

Texting short messages on a phone no matter how large is something that requires significant motor skills. Texting grammatically sound messages on a phone that do not look like random l33t speak requires in all likelihood the dexterity of a gosu Starcraft II player or an Olympic gymnast. Logitech’s K375s wireless keyboard and stand combo…

[Review] Asus Transformer 3 Pro – Taking a stand

By Hitech Century | December 4, 2016 | Comments Off on [Review] Asus Transformer 3 Pro – Taking a stand

A powerful, svelte and high performing convertible with a few minor quibbles that make it fall short of being one of the best convertibles out there in the market.

Internet threats on the rise says experts at AVAR 2016

By Hitech Century | December 3, 2016 | Comments Off on Internet threats on the rise says experts at AVAR 2016

The posh ambiance of the Grand Hyatt hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur was contrasted by the somber proceedings as gaggles of technical security experts, virus researchers and stakeholders gathered together amidst its vaulting halls for AVAR 2016, talking shop in low voices amidst artfully placed mountains of Danish pastries and huge carafes of steaming coffee…

Christmas is coming and Honor Malaysia wants to reward you with 12 days of awesome discounts and presents!

By Hitech Century | December 3, 2016 | Comments Off on Christmas is coming and Honor Malaysia wants to reward you with 12 days of awesome discounts and presents!

Would you like to get some sweetly specced phones at a tasty discount? Do you like to get said phones to come with awesome free gifts too! Well, if you’ve been eyeing Honor’s range of smartphones, in particular their top-shelf Honor 8 that culls tech from the flagship P9 such as their impressive dual camera…

Class gets a hand up with Gear S3 arrival in Malaysia for RM1,399

By Hitech Century | December 3, 2016 | Comments Off on Class gets a hand up with Gear S3 arrival in Malaysia for RM1,399

While the average smartwatch is at best a snazzy looking pedometer that tells the time, Samsung’s latest iteration of their smartwatch family aims to make the experience look as classy as possible while also adding in quite a few extra features in the bargain. A huge chunk of smartwatches out there use Android Wear or…