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Tech & Tonic Episode 9 – Just the Two of Us

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It is already 9 weeks since our first podcast. To be honest, we are still experimenting with our contents. The 9th installment of the first season of the Tech & Tonic show has no guest.

What? No guest? That is absurd.

That might be what you are thinking. Thing is, we are going a little basic on the 9th episode of Tech & Tonic. Basic, and bare. We have decided to make it a little more relaxing and less structural. We spoke about plenty of things that happened in the past week, including the fact that the Malaysian authorities have extended the Movement Control Order period all the way to 28th May 2020. That is effectively making our state-imposed quarantine last to the end of the fifth month of the year 2020.

There are still some things to look forward to though for 2020. For one, Sony’ PlayStation 5 (PS5) will be released at the end of the year. We have not seen what it will look like yet, every other person wants to know how it will look like. After all, the Xbox Series X has broken the covers and shown itself in skin. What we got last week though was a closer look at its attached controller. It is not DualShock anymore. This time it is DualSense, which is pretty in-line with the whole immersion focus they are going with the PS5.

Speaking of PS5 we also got our copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake, thanks to Sony Interactive Entertainment. While we have not finished the game, we still can appreciate the smooth and clear graphics of the game. We spoke a little bit on the mechanics of the game in the podcast too.

For all of that and more, listen to the podcast.

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Tech & Tonic Episode 6 Feat. Jeremy Teo and Natasha Hashim – Stuck at Home, We Talked About Sony PS5!

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In today’s episode of the techENT Tech & Tonic, we have a returning guest; Jeremy Teo, and new one, Natasha Hashim! Natasha Hashim, or TashBunny, as more commonly known to her stream fans, is a streamer and also content creator for IGN SEA! If you cannot recognise her, you should be watching more local eSports events, because she is one of the more bubbly host in the events.

We only have three mics in the office, but we are not in the office or studio at all today. We did a livestream in the morning, because all of us was stuck at home. So we talked a little bit about that. Since we were on the topic of catching up with stuff, we spoke plenty about games, and of course, the Sony PS5 “road to PS5” press conference. We shared what we were looking forward to with the new PS5, and what we were looking forward to with the games!

P.S. because it was recorded on a live stream software (OBS), we did not have the freedom to work with multi-track recording. Therefore, we had some audio issues in the beginning and did not notice it until someone in the stream mentioned it. We fixed in the later half of the show. Please do not turn your volume all the way up first.

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techENT Download – We Are Stuck at Home Folding Smartphones, and There is a New PlayStation Coming!

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In this week’s techENT download, things are a little bleak with the COVID-19 situation. We had to close our office because the government has issued a Movement Control Order which limits our travels in and out of the house. That also means that we have to start working from home full time. As of yesterday’s announcement, it is going to be the situation until the 14th of April 2020.

Still, we are optimistic and will still bring you the latest in tech. In that regards, there are a couple of smartphone launches within Malaysia itself. The two most interesting ones are the foldable devices coming into the Malaysian smartphone market fold. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and HUAWEI Mate Xs is officially available in Malaysia now. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is available in participating stores at MYR 5,888. The Huawei, on the other hand, is now available online and you can get your hands on your own unit for MYR 11,111. You can choose between a delivery or pick up at your favourite HUAWEI store; though the latter option might be handy way later.

The OPPO Find X2 Pro is finally in Malaysia for MYR 4,599. The OPPO Find X2 Pro was also one of our most anticipated smartphone to come into the market. At the same week, HMD Global (Nokia) announced what seems to be the most affordable 5G ready smartphone in the world with the Nokia 8.3. They also brought back XpressMusic with their the ‘new’ Nokia 5310.

Beyond that we also saw the Sony PlayStation 5. No, there are no product renders, or even a reveal of the device. It was just a reveal of the specifications of the PlayStation 5. It is just slightly less powerful than the Microsoft Xbox Series X. There is one thing extra on the PlayStation though, and that is called the ‘Tempest’ 3D audio engine.

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techENT Download | OPPO Find X2, Realme C3, BlackShark 3, More COVID-19 news and even more tech!

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In this week’s Download weekly round-up we have the Realme C3, Realme 6 series, the BlackShark 3 series, and the OPPO A31. We are expecting to see the OPPO Find X2 as soon as Tuesday, so stay tuned to that.

The Realme C3 is Realme’s 2020 answer to the fast growing entry-level smartphones market. It is sold for MYR 499 and packs all the basic goodies to make it a smartphone. The Realme 6 series launched in India but we are expecting to make an appearance in Malaysia pretty soon. Same goes to the extravagance that is the Black Shark 3 series. The Black Shark 3 is a quite a recipe though with pop-up triggers and Qualcomm’s super powerful Snapdragon 865 SoC.

Oppo has launched their entry level MYR 699 OPPO A31 in Malaysia as well. That would be accompanied by the OPPO Find X2 flagship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 SoC pushing the 120Hz 2K display. Even the camera set-up looks impressive, even if it is just three lenses instead of four or five.

Meanwhile, COVID19 shuts down more than just MWC. Microsoft MVP, Facebook F8, Adobe Summit, Google Next Cloud, and Google I/O has all been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Computex is still happening though currently.

For more information or reporting a COVID-19 case in Malaysia you can head to any of their links; (Charges apply) www.moh.gov.my, www.doctoroncall.com.my/coronavirus, and www.bookdoc.com.

We had Isa Rodriguez of Isa Does Tech on our podcast last week! Do head to the link to give a listen. We are also excited to have Adam Lobo from Adam Lobo TV over in our podcast in the coming week.