Product Review - @SennheiserUSA MOMENTUM On-Ear #Headphones

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Headphones and me are like best friends, no matter how much time I spent with them, I want more of them all the time. I keep getting and buying headphones/earphones all the time and even sometimes the contest I won has headphones as prizes but never I got the same ones so the collection keeps on growing as I never think of selling my well deserved prizes. 

It was a dream to own a pair of Sennheiser MOMENTUM headphones since it's launch some years ago and the dream was made possible by Aramex Global Shopper. They gave me an opportunity to blog about their services along with a USD 100 voucher which I used to buy these as compared to Motorola 360 Watch or Amazon Fire phone which were also in my wishlist. I got these within a week from Amazon USA using Aramex Global Shopper and didn't had to pay any customs etc to get them in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thanks a lot to AGS for making this dream come true! Read the posts Part 1 and Part 2.

My association with Sennheiser is something like that I have never bought any of their earphones or headphones by paying the actual money and just by consuming all the gift vouchers I receive and won some of the models via Indiblogger contests and Sennheiser facebook pages in UK and India. I really admire the Pursuit of Perfect Sound and felt crazy when they launched a new one called Urbanite when I got these so more dreams are in the making now as I continue to enjoy this beauty called Sennheiser Momemtum On-Ear Black which has Stunning Sound in Sensational Style.

Momentum On-Ear looks amazingly cool and awesome with the right combination of stainless steel and Alcantara material which is soft and breathable procured from Milan. Alcantara is an artificial substitute for Suede Leather and that the feel the composite material gives to you. The headband is also covered in the same material with colorful stitching which makes the look and feel of these headphones urbane to match modern lifestyle. The touch and feel of headphone is rich and expensive due to it's build quality.

The packaging looks cool and contains Momentum On-ear headphones with velvet carrying case along with a cloth carrying case. The box also contains standard connection cable as well as special cable with smart remote & mic which gives some extra functions if you are using compatible Apple devices. The extra functions that can be accessed using this cable are turning volume up and down, press play and pause, answer/end/ reject a call, skip to next / previous track and activate voice control. 

Momentum On-ear headphones are available in 7 colors including some pastel colors - Black, Red, Green, Blue, Brown, Pink, Ivory. I wanted to buy Blue ones but they were expensive as compared to Black ones. Red and Ivory also looks amazingly great. I was attracted to Red ones when I saw someone wearing the same at Doha International Airport, Qatar. The headphones weight around 160grams including the remote cable and light to wear on the ears. The size of the band can be adjusted using the side sliders and they fit tightly on your ears. It's good as they keep where you put them but also ears starts paining after a while but will revert to normal if you take them off after every hour or so for a minute or so. 

Momentum On-ear Headphones has impedance of 18 Ohms and frequency response is 16 - 22000 Hz. The benefit of this is that these gives full stereo sound with very good details of music in play. I really loved the sound quality of these headphones. The ear coupling is Supraaural and transducer principle these headphones works on is dynamic, closed bring the best for you in these niche market segment of headphones. The sound produced by these On-ear headphones will bring classical and bollywood music fans to simply say WoW! I would love to receive the Urbanite from Sennheiser for review or to keep forever.

In the end, I would thank Universe for making all my dreams come true sooner or later as I simply loved these headphones and always wanted to have one in my kitty. If you are looking for something which looks beautiful and produces great sound output then Sennheiser On-Ear headphones are made for you. These will last you long if you take care of them properly and keep them in the supplied carry cases. Till that time, keep listening to the awesome music by talented artists around the world created everyday for you!

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Movie Review - Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

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Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) is an emotional drama with a purpose directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh. This is the first film under the banner of Salman Khan Films (SKF). The movie is about a guy played by Salman Khan from a small town who is a Lord Hanuman devotee. He sees very less success in everything he does in his life but then also continues with his child like innocence and pure heart. Somehow his life gets crossed with a 6 year old girl played by Harshaali Malhotra who can't speak and who came to Delhi for a religious trip with her mother from Pakistan and misses her train. 

It's a process now for Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi aka Bajrangi to find out the details and whereabouts of the girl as he gets to know her more with each passing day. The flashback shows the long story between Bajrangi and Rasika played by amazingly beautiful Kareena Kapoor Khan. She looked gorgeous in all her scenes but has very less role to play in the second half of the movie. The romantic song "Tu Chahiye" which is sang by Atif Aslam has been shot very nicely and this is the first time, he has sang for Salman Khan. All the songs of the movie are really great to listen and cinematographically great. I really loved Adnan Sami in a Qawwali - "Bhar do Jholi Meri" during the climax of the movie.

The story shows a lot about the perceptions that we create in our minds by the difference of religion, caste and countries. Salman Khan has played that very well as his role as a devotee of Bajrang Bali and how others around him also has the similar thinking pattern. Some of the great scenes are those when he starts breaking the same due to his growing love and care for Munni. Harshaali has great divine face and smile and when she cries, I am sure everyone will cry with her. She is awesome in all her scenes and Salman Khan has played his role superbly and this is the first time you will see him in an non-macho role. There are some fighting sequences but that also are shown to keep it minimized in the whole movie. 

The first part of the movie builds up the story as Bajrangi tries to identifies the girl and his own life story. The second part is the defining moment as he starts his journey to Pakistan to take Munni to her parents. The journey starts and is soon joined with  none other than a Pakistani press reporter played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It's only when he joins the team, the travel and related fun starts. He is simply superb as he takes the center stage and steers the movie through various parts of the travel towards the final destination and meeting different kinds of people as they hide from the police and authorities. He is a versatile actor and no movie is complete without him whatever character he plays these days. I am sure that he will pick up the Best Supporting Actor (Male) this year at the Filmfare awards.

 

There has been some disconnections and missing context in the movie in the first part. The editor could have taken some 10-15 min out and made the movie more interesting but nonetheless the Bajrangi Bhaijaan is definitely a heart-warming story which will bring a lot of peace and hope in the hearts of every Indian and Pakistani residents around the world. A must watch with all your family and you will be entertained for sure and keep your handkerchiefs ready for both tears of sorrow, joys and laughter. The last ten minutes requires it the most and no matter how harder you try to stop tears, they will simply not stop flowing! Kudos to Kabir Khan who has created a movie to cherish forever and more when "Aaj ki Party" song will be added to the movie.

The movie released in Ster-Kinekor on 17th July and book your tickets now.

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Movie Review - Life of Crime (2015)

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Life of Crime (2015) is a situational crime comedy directed by Daniel Schechter who has earlier directed "Supporting Characters" in 2012. Life of Crime stars Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher, Will Forte, Yasiin Bey,  Mark Boone Junior, Tim Robbins and John Hawkes. The movie is based on the 1978 novel names "The Switch"  by Elmore Leonard.

The movie is a story about two persons trying to make some quick by kidnapping a real estate business tycoon's wife but they never knew that he is going to file for divorce soon. Even the wife character played by Jennifer Aniston doesn't know of the same. He has fallen in love with another girl who eventually helps the criminals with a right strategy to turn the tables around. What happens and how that happens as they try to make the best out of each situation along with various other characters with their own selfish reasons makes this situational comedy a worth watch. The acting of both the thugs played by Yasiin Bay and John Hawkes is the only motivation to see the movie though Jennifer Aniston has tried to bring the charm back on screen. Isla Fisher looked good and classy in several of her scenes and brings a fresh perspective to the movie.

The movie is very slow as events happens at slow pace and is set in 1980's backdrop. I didn't liked the movie that much as these days you see some fast paced action happening in other movies which keeps your adrenaline going and this one has no such thing in the same. If you have the patience to watch the slow paced movie, you will enjoy the same a lot. The movie got released on Ster Kinekor and MonteCasino last week.

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Photo Review - Baisakhi Mela #Johannesburg #SouthAfrica

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Indian Community in Johannesburg keeps on celebrating different cultural and religious festivals from time to time and here are some snapshots from one of the event.

SLAMFusion with DJ

 

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Product Review - @SonyXperiaZA SmartWatch 3 - SWR50

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Sony SmartWatch is now in it's third edition and there has been significant improvements with time in this  day to day smart watch. A lot of focus by all the manufacturers is on the fit bands, activity trackers and smart watches. Every one of them seems to capture a lot of details about your lifestyle and tracks you all the time. It's like some powerful genie of sensors making a note of all your stuff and then presents it to you via several apps on your smartphones. 

Sony SmartWatch 3 is definitely a great device which comes feature packed from the house of Sony. I really wanted to use the same since the first avatar was launched as I have always been on the Android ecosystem since 2010. All these devices are powered using the Google's Android Wear platform which gives them access to Google Now and various other apps from the Google Play store. A lot of new apps are launching everyday as this market continues to flourish and analog watches will soon be a history unless you are wearing something worth thousands of dollars on your wrist or have some emotional attachment with the watch given by dad or mom or anyone who loves you. 

I got this review device for some days and instantly got connected with the same via my android smartphone. The battery life of this watch is 2 days in normal use if you are not getting enough notifications and calls. The battery placed inside the watch is 420mA and gives you a complete day of notifications, vibrations alerts to calls, twitter feeds and many more functions if you using anything above 4.3 release of Android OS. 

Sony SmartWatch 3 is powered with Quad ARM A7 clocked at 1.2 GHz along with 512MB of RAM and 4GB eMMC ROM. This is sufficient to take care of all the stuff you can do with your smart watch. The watch got updated on my wifi network to the latest edition for Lollipop updates and I got access to a lot more features. The best thing about these watches is the display which is 1.6" transflective meaning it can be seen from all the angles and under direct sunlight too. The pixel density is 320x320 but can be improved in subsequent releases to have retina display. 

I loved the ever changing display of watch faces on this device and never I had to see the same again in many days. You can also buy watch faces from the Google Play Store. The notifications from whatsapp, twitter were easy to follow even while driving a car as you hand remains on the steering wheel and eyes on the road. The watch weights only 45 grams and can easily replace your existing analog or digital watch to bring you much more functionality. The packing contains the SmartWatch along with a micro-USB cable to charge the device.

Sony SmartWatch 3 is waterproof (IP68 rated) meaning it can easily sustain water and dust under certain conditions. The only port is at the back of the watch which is covered by silicon strip to charge the device via a micro-USB cable. It takes around 2-3 hours to fully charge the device. The wrist straps are available in many colors and variants but I received this device with the sports band in black color. The strap is adjustable to any wrist size within normal range. 

Sony SmartWatch 3 takes your voice commands via "OK Google" as well as touch and gesture input. There is a single button to wake up/on/off the watch on the right hand side of the watch. Dragging the notifications on one side of the watch removes them from the watch. The more you use the same with compatible apps the more statuses/notifications/reminders/weather you will get on the watch.

SmartWatch 3 has GPS to keep track of your daily runs/jogging via certain apps as you no longer need to carry your smartphone. Also the device's internal memory (4gb) can be filled with your favorite songs which can be accessed via bluetooth earphones/headphones and you are sorted for life for all your fitness activities and no longer need to worry about big screen smartphones display cracking in the gym or phone falling out from the pockets. 

In the end, this was my first smartwatch review as earlier I did fitness trackers only but I really loved the same and it made the access to notifications so easy that I never have to open my phone until the battery dies on this device. If you are looking for something that gives you all these features on your wrist, try this one from Sony. 

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