Modern multitasking means people don’t just work hard and then play hard; they work and play at the same time! This is the age of one brain but many uses at once: splitting brain power like this has got to be healthy (likely not).
To fill your immediate vicinity with information from vision to hearing to touch, here are a few gadgets and gizmos with and without screens that will turn up the information load in your cranium. Have a crack at the bigger, better, and productive.
1. Clicks For Samsung Galaxy S25
Here’s the thing with phone keyboards: they’re not real. A touch screen is never going to replace a physical keyboard. However, this brings another problem, as a mechanical keyboard is at least twice the size of a conventional smartphone, despite growing throughout the years.
Enter the Clicks for Samsung Galaxy S25, this is a phone case that has a built-in keyboard that is the perfect compromise bringing around a full-blown keyboard. Each of the keys of the 40% keyboard is a physical manifestation of what you have in your phone,
- Pricing: Launch Pricing until 21st March at USD$99 (approximately RM439)
- Availability: Pre-order Shipping in June: Official Store
2. Baseus Bowie MC1
When you’re focused on getting your work done and feeling a good pump, these earphones stay securely in place. They feature a lightweight, open-ear, clip-on design and deliver impressive sound quality, thanks to the triple-magnet drivers in each ear. Additionally, they come equipped with standard smart features like noise-canceling microphones for phone calls and low-latency Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. For users who prefer more precise control, a companion app is available. Baseus rates these earbuds for 9 hours of listening time, and with the charging case, you can extend that up to 40 hours. If you’re concerned about outdoor conditions, rest assured, as the earbuds are rated IP57, meaning they can withstand a bit of water and dust without issues.
- Pricing: RM189
- Availability: Official Store, Lazada, Shopee
3. Xiaomi TV Max 100 2025
There is nothing like the sense of bliss when you are a couch potato in front of a big screen smart TV with your phone in your hand, glancing up to see the commotion when the audio peaks. This beauty is 100 inches of 4k QLED, covering 94% of the DCI-P3 colour space with 1.07 billion colours.
For the gamers out there, it’s also capable of 144Hz variable refresh rate and all the way down to 4ms with AMD FreeSync Premium. With it being 2025, the TV also runs Google TV so you can get all your big screen entertainment needs fulfilled.
- Pricing: From RM12,999 (launch pricing)
- Availability: Official Store
4. Xiaomi Pad 7 and Pad 7 Pro
Maybe the TV is too big, the phone too small, the laptop too cumbersome. Well, here’s the Goldilocks screen you’ve been waiting for. These are portable, capable Android tablets that also don’t break the bank. Coming in at 11.2 inches, the display is a 3.2K 144Hz IPS panel with peak brightness of 800 nits with HDR, the Pro version is the one that gets the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, while the regular gets a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, both could be optoined out to 12GB of RAM, but only the former receives 512GB while the regular tops out at 256GB.
- Pricing: Pad 7 Pro from RM2,299 | Pad 7 from RM1,199
- Availability: Pad 7 Pro: Official Store, Lazada, Shopee | Pad 7: Official Store, Lazada, Shopee
Gan contributed to this article.
