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What is Pulse? Pulse is a wireless controller pod to control Nikon and Canon DSLRs shooting functions, it can be attached to a camera’s hot shoe and plugs into its USB port, and can be connected to any Android and iOS smartphones over Bluetooth. Currently Pulse is looking for Kickstarter funding and it’s manufactured by Alpine Labs.

The wireless controller’s range can be measured as far as 30.5m/100ft, through the mobile app the photographer can choose a variety of functions such as remote trigger, shutter speed control, time-lapse, video recording, and exposure ramping, and even thumbnail-quality image preview. 

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), recognized by worldwide media as a leader in PC gaming and overclocking is back with a brand new battle mouse -  the ROG GX860 Buzzard Mouse. It will be available in the ASUS store Malaysia online next week for RM209.

Tech specs:-

• OS Support - Windows® 8.1, Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Windows® XP
• Dimensions - 118.2 x 68.4 x 40 (mm)
• Weight - 98g without cable
• Color - Black
• Resolution - 800dpi/1600dpi/3200dpi/5600dpi
• Contents - ROG GX860 Buzzard Mouse x 1, QSG x 1
• Note - Resolution: 50~8200 dpi (adjustable)
• Default resolution: 800/1600/3200/5600 dpi
• 1 x Left/Right/Scroll wheel button 
• 2 x dpi switch (programmable)
• 3 x Side buttons (programmable)
• Three-way profile indicator (Red, Orange, Green)

Canon has officially launched the latest addition to the EOS M range family, the Canon EOS M1 as a convenient point-and-shoot compact and lightweight camera for the photographers. It is now available for purchase at a recommended retail price of RM1999.

“The EOS M10 is a lifestyle camera that combines the straightforward experience found in Smartphone cameras with Canon’s latest DSLR technology for superior image quality,” said Donny Ling, Director of the Imaging Communication Products Division of Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. “For Smartphone camera users looking to hone their photography skills, the EOS M10 opens up a world of creative possibilities and accessibility to a great variety of EF lenses.’’

The Sony World Photography Awards is back for the 9th year and it is now open for entries, organised by the World Photography Organisation, the award attracts thousands of talented artists and photographers to present the world’s best contemporary photography from the last 12 months.

For next year’s exciting competition, there will be 14 Professional categories and are divided into 2 distinct genres - Art and Documentary. In addition, both of these genres also include new categories which are Art presenting the new Staged and Candid categories and Documentary now including Daily Life and Environment. Winners of the award will win the latest Sony digital imaging equipment, a Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House, London, an inclusion in the 2016 awards’ book of the winners’ photograph and $30000 (RM125653) for the overall winners.

On 3 December, HP showed off 5 brand new premium PCs that feature exclusive form factors and sleek industrial designs, high-resolution displays and audio by Bang & Olufsen. All five PCs are very lightweight, built with powerful Intel processors, packed with nearly twice the battery life and runs on Windows 10. 

“We are entering an exciting time in the personal systems space with major advances in technology and design, the breakthrough products we are announcing today are a result of integration with three tech leaders, HP, Intel and Microsoft to bring excitement and anticipation back to the personal systems space we have achieved this through powerful innovation and incredible experiences for our consumers.” said Kym Lim, Managing Director of HP. “We are excited to extend our premium portfolio with new PCs that have a number of firsts - including a detachable with metal keyboard featuring full travel keys and our thinnest notebook ever - designed to give customers amazing experiences.” concluded Kym Lim.

Huawei’s latest smartphone - the Huawei Enjoy 5s (yes, it’s really called like that) is now official and it’s currently listed on the company's official online store VMall (not VMALL.my, yet). Anyway, below are the tech specs:-

• MediaTek MT6753T chipset with an octa-core 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB storage (expandable memory available)
• 5-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS display
• 143.5 x 71 x 7.6 mm and 135g
• 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front
• Hybrid SIM slot with dual sim dual standby, fingerprint sensor
• 4G-LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, and GPS/A-GPS
• Android 5.1 Lollipop based EMUI 3.1 Lite
• 2200 mAh battery

It wasn’t long ago that Sony released the Sony Xperia Z5 series in Malaysia just barely 2 months ago, now we’re already getting rumour reports that the Sony Xperia Z6 is already on the way...well according to AnTuTu. 

So according the them, Sony is planning to release 5 brand new Xperia Z6 series next year. One device will have a 5.2-inch screen, another 4-inch screen device could be the Xperia Z6 mini, an Xperia Z6 compact version with a 4.6-inch display, a 5.8-inch screen Xperia Z6 Plus, and lastly a humongous 6.4-inch display Xperia Z6 Ultra. 

After countless rumours on the next-generation of Samsung Galaxy A series, Samsung Electronics dropped the bomb by announcing the latest Galaxy A smartphones for 2016 (finally) with the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016), Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016). The new Galaxy A series will offer premium designs, easy mobile payment technology and improved camera features. 

On 2 December, Celcom Axiata Berhad won three awards from two well-known tech publications - PC.com and Hardwarezone.com, consecutively in the same week from their year-long effort on customer service and providing the best user experience.

This marks Celcom’s second successive win in two years, for winning Best Telco Brand 2015 at the HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards 2015; and getting two more surprises at the PC.com Readers’ Choice Awards Night 2015 with Best Customer Service for Telecommunications and Best Post-paid Service Provider. 

Words got out from TENAA that both Lenovo K32C36 (Lenovo P1 Mini codename) and SM-A5100 (Samsung Galaxy A5’s successor) have passed and got certified. While we didn’t really get the full tech specs, but at least the important ones are listed in this article.