Today we are talking about Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones. This is an updated version of the beloved WH-1000XM3 but seemingly better every term. Enjoy our first impression review of this product and let us know in the comments what you think about it?
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Taking things forward
January without a holy trip to Las Vegas is something that I am not used to for the last 14 years. Holy because of CES and for a tech addict like me, there can’t be a better pilgrimage than to be at CES – the hotbed of all innovation. The city of Las Vegas is just the cherry on the “Prasada”. But we all know the world has changed and 2020 has been a catastrophic year taking away all the sunshine. The clouds are now beginning to break and with 2021 we can see that ray of sunlight in the shape of the vaccine. Vaccine or no vaccine, life has resumed. Covid-19 has already pushed the human race to the wall and it is bound to rebound. There is no other way but to move forward and swapping places with Covid and plastering it to the wall now.
This is our Exhibit Tech Awards 2020 special. Again, we could not host all the stakeholders of the Indian Consumer Tech Industry, but we followed the process of public voting and for the first time had a virtual jury meet where Rakesh Biyani joined from London, Siddharth Sharma joined from Toronto and rest of us including Mr Brian Bade, Dj Aqueel, Nucelya, Avinash Gowarikar all through their screens “zoomed” in and together we picked the winners that you can meet in the following pages. Just to add some flamboyance in the Exhibit way, we booked the 38th-floor lounge of St Regis and laid out all the winning gadgets against the beaming Mumbai skyline and
a pompous setup and did a walkaround video that is now live on our Youtube channel. Next year hopefully, we will revert to the meeting, greeting and awarding in person and have perhaps a high decibel gala awards night as always.
It’s the start of 2021 and already from the automotive industry, invitations are trickling in for launch events and hopefully, the tech industry will follow suit and we will all get back to business as usual, perhaps with the masks on. Did you know that the face mask market is projected to grow from USD 737 million in 2019 to a whopping USD 22143 million in 2021 [Source: markets and markets research Pvt ltd]? No one could have anticipated that. We are waiting to see some interesting tech innovations coming for the masks and sanitization market, which will become a way of life even after the pandemic is gone. Don’t believe me? Ask anyone who has visited Japan anytime in 2019 or earlier, and they will tell you that people with masks on was a common sight in Japan even then and it just got more layered up in 2020.
There is plenty of anticipation and expectation from the year ahead, but don’t forget to take away all the learnings from 2020 which is to survive you need basics and we have to be there for each other because we are all in this together.
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Today we will unbox the Oppo Enco X, the upcoming True Wireless Stereo (TWS) Earbuds. We will also compare them to the top-spec Apple Airpods Pro and the Realme Buds to see which one comes out on top in our first impression.
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Traditional, Digital OR both: is the future of fitness Hybrid?
As the wheels of restoration begin to turn, everyone wants to know – what’s the next move for most industries that have had to refocus, reshape, and adapt to the new 2020 dynamic? Widespread lockdown and restrictions lead to almost overnight digital evolution. Businesses across the board were pushed to enter the 21st century and take the leap online. So now, with normalcy on the cards how do we see this evolution pivot? For us in the fitness space, this question poses immense possibilities.
With people spending more time at home, the possibility to focus on fitness became more apparent. Hence the opportunities for fitness players to really succeed opened up further. With that said what we saw was a clear demarcation of where the future of this ecosystem was headed. It had an almost dichotomous effect on the fitness ecosystem. On one end of the spectrum, we saw some long-standing brick-and-mortar establishments shut shop and on the other, we saw smaller digital players and tech-based start-ups rise to the occasion and thrive.
Termed as the ‘New-Age Fitness’ era apps ruled the roost. Suddenly the world of fitness opened up to the masses, with no geographical restrictions. With a flick of a finger, you could access everything from celebrity trainers to cult-favorite Yoga training. Social media feeds were filled with everything from the Adho Mukha Vrksasana (the handstand Yoga pose) to InstaStories of goals achieved on fitness trackers. People were trying it all. Lack of time wasn’t an excuse and if it was the question of accessibility all you needed was an internet connection.
What remained crucial to the success of this new-world-fitness-order is the capability to keep people motivated and on-track. The ability to see progress in real-time is what users have come to expect from their fitness partners and it’s what has helped this industry thrive over the last few months. From goal-setting to progress tracking, these virtual companions have now been able to help users achieve their targets and in some cases even gratify every accomplishment. It expressed a sense of vested interest in the user’s fitness journey. In fact, as per the Jan Ki Baat fitness survey, the lockdown saw a whopping 56% of Indians working out regularly thanks to online training and access to fitness apps.
The rise of virtual fitness has paved the way for more radical immersive experiences like enhanced gamification and augmented reality. In fact, it could play a pivotal role in the future of fitness. But in no way will that replace the ecosystem that has served as the backbone of the industry. Fitness enthusiasts who have had a longstanding commitment to their health and love those early mornings or late nights on the treadmill are in no way going to just give it up cold turkey.
What we will see in the near future is the dawn of Hybrid fitness. An ecosystem where virtual and traditional merge to provide, anywhere-anytime access. The two almost complete each other in a way, providing a holistic experience for the end-user. This will be as close to a win-win scenario in terms of engagement and acquisition at both sides of the collaboration while also providing the end-user an option to switch things up as and when required. So tomorrow, a user can do a 30-minute YouTube featured HIIT workout at home – follow that up with a run in the evening tracked closely by a mobile app or wearable and close it off with a kick-boxing session at their local fitness center.
– Shivjeet Ghatge, CEO & Co-founder of StepSetGo
Exhibit Tech Awards 2020
Witness one of the biggest culmination of technology and innovation under one roof as we present the latest edition of our Tech Awards! Among a plethora of gadgets, our jury has handpicked some of the best and most advanced gadgets available in the Indian market across multiple categories. Ranging from smartphones, laptops to smart wearables, and even smartphone apps, Exhibit Tech Awards 2020 has something for all!
Epidemic, Endurance, and Exhibit!
When SpaceX’s latest launch, the SN8, burst into flames, millions of dollars evaporated but there was not a single wrinkle on Elon Musk’s forehead. In fact, the mad scientist went on to congratulate his team on the failure! That’s how the man is built; taking failures into his stride and on a mission to do the impossible. The idea of building a colony on Mars is the wildest and weirdest dream anyone can have, and if anyone has the ability to execute it in our lifetime, it is probably Musk. I have always been fascinated by him, his journey, his tweets, the hero of startups, and one crazy soul who does first, think later, and goes all in. Read his book, Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and you will start believing even in Spiderman and Superman. Why Elon Musk, you ask? Because it’s that time of the year when you will be making new year resolutions, and in that it’s a must that you should slide in after you have browsed through our take on 31st parties in these Covid times.
The turn of the year always brings positivity, aspirations, and hope. 2021 will definitely go down the century as the year where hope for 7.5 billion people are all glued in for the vaccine, for the skies to open, to live freely, to stay alive! By this time, the preparations for CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas are in full swing, like many things now it’s a ritual which will be missed massively in fact for the first time ever since the first edition of Exhibit came about – 15 years ago.
Since then, we have seen a lot of highs and lows, though nothing as radical and life-changing as this pandemic. Nevertheless, it is our Nature to bounce back harder than we are hit and that’s exactly what we have done. We persevered through the toughest of times and faced the highest of pressures. But as they say, only the coal that can sustain the highest pressure turns into a diamond. It’s a wrapping issue of 2020, and we have just dropped our podcasts on Spotify and other platforms, next time give us a thumbs up, we will have plenty of conversations, tech hacks coming up there. Moving forward to the next year, all we can wish to carry forward from this year are the learnings, the lessons, and the alterations that we have voluntarily done to our lives. Otherwise, I think you all would pretty much agree that 2020 should have never existed!
