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If you’ve bought a Hi-Res audio system already and wondered how you can bring out the best of it. Sony is here to give you some helpful tips to have a wonderful entertainment experience at home. Whether it’s your TV, subwoofer or sound bar, here are 4 ways to maximize the sound quality without having to spend an extra money.

Nikon has announced not one but two new cameras at the CES 2016, the Nikon D5 and the Nikon D500. Both cameras are to be released in March on American soil and each body will cost $6500 (around RM28366) and $2000 (around RM8728) respectively.

Built for speed and accuracy, the Nikon D5 built features 153-point AF system to assist covering on an extremely wide focus area. It’s also equipped with a 20.8MP sensor, a 12 fps continuous shooting and an EXPEED 5 image processor. What’s more, the D5 is able to shoot 4K UHD video and reach up to 3280000 ISO sensitivity. To date, this is probably Nikon’s most powerful camera and the company claims it’s capable of creating “true to life masterpieces.” 

After Apple and its iPad Pro it looks like everyone is jumping onto the productivity tablet bandwagon, as Samsung officially announce their Samsung Galaxy TabPro S tablet powered by Microsoft Windows 10 and a 6th Generation Intel Core M processor. Like the iPad Pro, the Galaxy TabPro S follows many of the designs of the original Microsoft Surface Pro range including a keyboard cover and Bluetooth Pen stylus. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet but it is expected sometime around February 2016.

Today, all Apple Watch models - Apple Watch Sport, stainless Steel Apple Watch, and a limited edition of Apple Watch (PRODUCT) RED model are now officially available in Malaysia. The limited edition Apple Watch is exclusive for the upcoming Chinese New Year festival next month until 22 February.

Like most wearables, Apple watch allows the user to receive and respond to incoming notifications and messages, it tracks your daily healthy lifestyle, has its own wallet and boarding pass feature for convenience, and lets you customize the watchface and bands as you wish. It’s also operating on the latest watchOS 2.

Last month, we reported a rumour that Huawei was planning a new Huawei Watch for the ladies and it turns out to be true. Two new variants, the “Elegant” and “Jewel” Huawei Watch were revealed at the CES 2016 and my, they sure look beautiful. 

There’s no new tech specs on the new Huawei Watch, so it’s safe to assume it retains the same specifications as the current one. However, the Elegant and Jewel version are slightly larger than the original Huawei Watch with 44mm (42mm is the original). 

As you might have guess, Huawei’s teaser yesterday hinted a possible new tablet and it turned out to be true. Introducing the Huawei MediaPad M2 tablet, the 10-inch device was revealed in CES 2016 and has an active stylus support with two variants in Silver and Gold colour.

Huawei MediaPad M2 tech specs:-

• Kirin 930 octa-core chip
• 2GB (silver) / 3GB (gold) RAM 
• 16GB (silver) / 64GB (gold) internal storage (expandable memory available)
• 10-inch screen with an IPS LCD panel and 1920 x 1200 resolution
• 13MP rear camera + 5MP front camera
• Fingerprint sensor, M-Pen stylus
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and microUSB 2.0
• 6660 mAh battery

The Lenovo K4 Note is now official after weeks of teasing, as a successor to the Lenovo K3 Note, the new device has a lot of nice features such as the new “TheaterMax” function, tech specs and design with a cost of Rs11,999 (around RM782) in India.

Lenovo K4 Note tech specs:-

• Mediatek MT6753 chip at 1.3GHz and Mali T720 MP3 GPU
• 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM
• 16GB internal storage (microSD slot available)
• 5.5-inch FHD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution display
• 13MP rear camera + 5MP front camera
• Fingerprint sensor, dual speakers 1.5W dual Dolby Atmos speakers, dual SIM support
• NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, 4G LTE, and Wi-Fi
• TheaterMax
• Android 5.1 Lollipop
• 3300 mAh battery

Popular technology analyst, Pan Jiutang from Weibo have updated the internet about the Xiaomi Mi 5progress and he has echoed Xiaomi CEO’s words about not seeing the device so soon.  

Like what the CEO previously said, Xiaomi is waiting until they have enough stock to meet the demand of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, which will be displayed live at the CES 2016 tomorrow and Xiaomi Mi 5 won’t be part of it.

Griffin Technology, a digital accessory manufacturer from USA will be presenting a new Travel Power Bank, a wireless compact Apple Watch charger, and new strap bands for the Apple Watch during the CES 2016 which will take place tomorrow.

With CES 2016 getting the hype, so is Samsung Galaxy S7. It’s reported that Samsung will launch the device at the Mobile World Congress in late February, and we have been reading a lot of rumours of what it might feature. Today, the Galaxy S7 was reported to feature bigger batteries, water resistance, and the return of the microSD slot.

According to VentureBeat, the Galaxy S7 will feature a 3000 mAh battery while the Galaxy S7 Edge will get a 3600 mAh battery. Samsung is also planning to bring back the microSD slot, and the water resistance which the Galaxy S5 had. Speaking of resistance, both the S7 and S7 Edge will be graded IP67 for dust and water resistance.