Moonlite projector: The best storytime app and smartphone add-on.

collected by :John Smith

We argued over whose bed to sit in and how to arrange ourselves so everyone could see the book's pictures. We got so much more out of this projector and app than just a few hours of fun in the dark. The app displays the words of the book for you to read on your phone, while your kids view the illustrations projected on a wall. I moved back to regular books, and the projector became a special treat, one of our rewards for an easy bedtime. I easily fit the projector and all the discs we own into one sandwich-sized baggie, replacing the stack of books I used to pack.

The best microSD cards you can buy for your smartphone

Capacity isn't the only consideration when buying microSD cards, however, as with any storage drive, read and write speeds can have a dramatic effect on performance. Buying a cheap, slow microSD card and using it as a gaming drive within your smartphone could limit your performance in some games, while faster microSD cards would have no problem. Luckily for consumers, the speed and capabilities of microSD cards are described according to a clearly defined system created by the SD Association. We compared the specifications of major microSD cards available locally, along with South African pricing taken from Takealot to compare the value of each. Below are some of the best microSD cards for your smartphone that you can buy right now.

Xiaomi, Huawei smartphone chiefs in tit-for-tat over who has best camera specs

according to Two Chinese smartphone makers have publicly traded barbs over whose camera has the best specs, signalling intensified competition as phone brands face a saturated domestic market coupled with escalating US-China trade tensions. That prompted a retort from Richard Yu Chengdong, chief executive of the Huawei Consumer Business Group. During the Xiaomi launch, held at the famed Forbidden City, Lei spent most of his time talking about the camera functions of the new phone. Huawei launches advanced 7-nanometre smartphone chip ahead of Apple, SamsungIn the international market, Xiaomi has introduced its stand-alone Poco mobile phone brand to take on industry leaders Samsung Electronics and Huawei in the premium segment. In the third quarter, Xiaomi had a 27 per cent share of the smartphone market in India, compared with a 23 per cent for Samsung, according to Counterpoint Research.