Finally the Lenovo Smart Display 8″ is available in Canada, but the 10″ model is still currently exclusive to the US market. I picked up this unit at BestBuy US, it came to about $100 after discount before Black Friday. Since Google introduced the Home Hub platform, Lenovo is one of the first partners to […]
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Lenovo Watch X Plus (Smart Watch) & English Manual
UPDATE 11/15/2018: Watch X firmware v0.4.7 is out, it improved on blood pressure measurement. It should be available from the Lenovo Watch app. I picked up the Lenovo Watch 9 some times ago, I think it is a watch of great value. A few months passed and Lenovo announced a newer Watch X and the […]
Lenovo Watch 9 (Smart Watch) & English Manual
UPDATE 08/31/2018: Watch 9 firmware v0.3 is out, it improved on sleep features. It should be available from the Lenovo Watch app. I highly recommend to cancel it, and manually connect the watch to the phone and run the app again before installing the update. The update will put the watch in DFU mode and […]
Diary to Replace Internal Hard Drive on an iMac (2012+)
My friend recent bought an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) and asked me to perform a SSD upgrade. To many, opening up an all glass iMac display can be a daunting tasks; this is especially true if you don’t have the proper parts and experience. iFixit and OWC are great resources as reference but […]
Flash T-Mobile Cellspot TM-AC1900 to Asus RT-AC68U/P
Lately, there are some issues with Asus rolling back of the stock firmware of TM-AC1900 router. Look at Amazon, there are lots of these on sale for as low as $48 (they are great price), and many are modifying these to AC68U to obtain Ai-Mesh functionality. Once Asus detected these modified routers via an online […]
How to change/migrate your US Echo to Canada
TL;DR March 7, 2018: Confirmed 1st Gen Amazon Echo, 1st Gen Echo Dot and 1st Gen Echo Show, or the Amazon TapRead more at MobileSyrup.com: Amazon says the first 1st Gen Echo does not support ‘Canadian English’ Nov 15, 2017: Added steps to get Canadian English. Alexa app is not on Apple App Store yet. […]
Part 4: Pairing/Adding XiaoMi Sensors into SmartThings Hub
Developing… Following on Part 3, the idea of “Smart Home” is to be able to get updated information from the home; sensors are the eyes and ears that tells you everything from temperature, occupancy, door/windows opening, garage door status and more. Unfortunately, sensors are not cheap, it should also be part of the budget for […]
Review: NewAir Tower Cooling Fan (AF-310)
Buy from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2gfp7R4 Specifications: http://www.newair.com/evaporative-coolers/af-310-air-cooler/ Summer is finally here in Vancouver, the temperature now creeps up to about 25C+ almost every afternoon. Since it’s not too common for us to have centralized HVAC system; fans and air conditioners are something almost every household would have. Out of curiosity, we discovered another type of fan, […]
Part 3: Smarter Home with Samsung SmartThings
Developing… Continuing on the many wireless standards being used in the smart home, it is part of my consideration that the system has to be sustainable, have large support base and “open”. Apple’s HomeKit would be the first one out due to the licensing model (anything that works with HomeKit must be certified). Wink has […]
Part 1: How to Make my Apartment “Smarter” & Home Automation
Developing…. This is a multi-parts article to cover my smart home project. I made my apartment smarter with the use of Amazon Echo and Samsung SmartThings in Canada. YES! this can be done in Canada. I can now control my lights, self alarm monitoring, and door locks remotely. In Canada, we are very limited in […]