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MAYA CALICA
This’d be so nice to come home to
With their sleek design, portability and power, this stunning
line-up is sure to score with travelers
What? A massage chair powered by your iPhone?!
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to Black
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CANON EOS M
Position: Your hand
The EOS M is Canon’s most compact
interchangeable lens camera. It boasts an
18-
megapixel APS-C-sized CMOS sensor,
a DIGIC 5 image processor and high ISO
sensitivity of up to 12800 (expandable
to ISO 25600). At Canon outlets and
authorized retailers,
OKAY,
so it’s way too big to take on the road with you. But imagine returning to this after a
long trip, your body aching for some relief. The uDivine App massage chair from OSIM — a
product of a year’s collaboration with Apple — offers 13 professionally crafted massage
programs by Japanese chiropractic massage expert, Sato Tsuyoshi, which you can access
using a free app you download onto your Apple iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. With it, you
can listen to your favorite music, surf the web, play a game or watch a movie with “surround
sound” from the built-in speakers.
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MY PASSPORT
PORTABLE HARD
DRIVE
Position: Inside your carry-on bag
The name itself will score points with
business travelers. But there’s more to
Western Digital’s My Passport line of
portable hard drives. First, there’s the
unbelievable 2TB capacity. Second, the
specially engineered sleek outer shell
is sturdy and scratch- and fingerprint-
resistant. For the very paranoid, My
Passport drives offer WD SmartWare™
automatic backup software and WD
Security™ for password protection
and hardware encryption. S$299.99
(
PHP10,584) at authorized retailers in
Singapore and
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PALO ALTO AUDIO CUBIK
Position: Next to your laptop
Transform your MacBook Pro into a dynamite audio system. These edgy-looking hi-fi speakers
happen to employ a high-end Danish-designed Peerless™ speaker unit that’s rarely found in
computer speakers. The result: lossless digital USB connection and digital amplification that
delivers natural sound, jaw-dropping bass and crisp high-frequency sound. They’re light too —
and did we mention they look awesome? US$199.95 (PHP8,464),
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WALKMAN NWZ
E470 AND 470K
Position: Your pocket
Part of the slimmest Walkman range ever,
the NWZ-E470 and NWZ-E470K pump out
truly breathtaking audio thanks to unique
sound enhancement features. At Sony
stores and authorized outlets,
com.sg
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