Alexis Philippides

Website: https://www.stuff-review.com

Email: alexis@stuff-review.com

Profile: Alexis is the founder of Stuff-Review and the primary editor. He's a blogger, an engineer and a web entrepreneur. Alexis has been building and managing websites for over 12 years. An eternal sufferer from gadget lust, he tries to keep his passion in check by writing overly lengthy pieces on technology and consumer electronics. Soft spots include digital cameras, high-end audio separates and portable devices. At times, his electrical engineering background peers out in technically convoluted articles, but otherwise he provides down-to-earth reporting.

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FinePix X100 camera could be delayed due to high demand

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  • March 8, 2011 at 5:00 pm

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FinePix X100 ~ top view

There are few things in this world that can get us more excited than the upcoming FinePix X100 camera. We really can’t wait to get this retro looking but so cutting edge compact shooter in our hands, and it seems we are not the only ones.

FujiFilm Japan has announced that pre-order demand for the camera has been much higher than predicted and there could be delays in delivering the FinePix X100 camera, LC-X100 leather case and LH-X100 lens hood.
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AMD launches Radeon HD 6990 — fastest dual-GPU single graphics card on the planet

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  • March 8, 2011 at 6:25 am

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Radeon HD 6990 Graphics Card

AMD has just launched its new flagship video card, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990. A worthy successor to the Radeon HD 5970, the HD 6990 is made-up of two Cayman GPUs on a single card running at 830Mhz for a total of 3072 stream processors, 192 texture units and two 256-bit memory channels driving 4GB of GDDR5 RAM. The card can provide output to up to six displays simultaneously using AMD’s Eyefinity technology.

As you might have guessed, the Radeon HD 6990 is insanely fast; but the graphics card has also broken another type of record as well, by being the most power hungry (consuming up to 375W at default clock speeds) and most noisy single card ever.
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Microsoft trying to free the world from the chains of Internet Explorer 6

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  • March 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm

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Microsoft IE6 Countdown ~ Usage map

It was born in August 2001 and its name is Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). That same name has been associated with lack of updates, unpatched browser vulnerabilities and disregard for internet standards. Web developers loath the name and it was the reason that a lot of users (at least those in-the-know) jumped ship and moved to Firefox.

Surprisingly, and according to Microsoft, 12% of online users are still using IE6 almost 10 years later. This has led Microsoft to start a campaign to rid the world from the archaic browser and has begun a countdown with the goal to drop its usage to below 1%. Beyond posing a security risk to those using IE6, it also keeps pressure on web developers to go out of their way to make websites work with the beaten and broken old browser.
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You can now directly edit Google Docs from your smartphone and tablet in 45 languages. Si que puedes escribir

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  • March 5, 2011 at 2:50 pm

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Google Docs editing on mobile devices now multilingual

El Goog has announced that you can now edit Google Docs from your smartphone/tablet in 44 languages in addition to English. Mobile editing is available for Android Froyo Devices and above (i.e. 2.2+) and iPhone and iPad devices with iOS 3.0 and above. Actually, as Google points out, editing could also work on earlier Android platforms such as Éclair but it’s not guaranteed; well ‘pruébalo’ and see.

To start editing enter docs.google.com in the address bar of your mobile browser and hit go; then select an existing document and press ‘Edit’ or hit the new button (marked as pen and paper) to start writing a new document.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 concedes to iPad 2’s price and thinness

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  • March 4, 2011 at 8:45 am

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Samsung’s mobile division executive VP, Lee Don-joo, has come out in a rare display of honesty stating that they will have to rethink the pricing of the company’s latest Android 3.0 tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in light of Apple’s update of the iPad.

We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate, Lee told Yonhap news agency. Apple made it very thin.

The iPad 2 is slimmer than Samsung’s upcoming flagship tablet, which measures 10.9mm thick compared to 8.8mm for the iPad.
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PayPal Developer Challenge offering $50,000 in prizes to Android developers

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  • March 3, 2011 at 6:07 pm

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PayPal X Developer Challenge for Android

PayPal is giving away a total of $50,000 as part of it’s X Developer Challenge for Android. The winning entries will hopefully be the best and most innovative Android applications that also integrate PayPal payments, of course.

First, second and third prize winners will each receive $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000 respectively.

The first deadline, to submit an application, is May 14th.

Judging by the prize money, we guess we’ll be seeing a lot more Android applications happily taking your money through PayPal in the future.

[PayPal X]

What is the gyroscope inside the iPad and what’s in it for you

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  • March 3, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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iPad 2 ~ What is the gyroscope

One of the new additions to the iPad 2, and all other iPad iterations after it, is the inclusion of a gyroscope something which has been inherited from the iPhone 4.

Simply, the gyroscope together with the device’s accelerometer improves motion sensing accuracy and allows the iPad to measure in which direction you are moving/rotating it in space (roll, pitch and yaw), how much and how fast.

In technical terms, a gyroscope is a device used to measure or maintain orientation, and it’s the former that’s of interest to us here.
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Google Body app now available for Honeycomb tablets

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  • March 3, 2011 at 4:40 am

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Google Body app for Android

Google’s human body anatomy application, Google Body, is now available for tablets running Android 3.0 (a.k.a. Honeycomb). If you are such a lucky individual put on your lab coat and enter the amazing and exciting world that is the human body. Unfortunately you cannot install it on your phone or any tablet not running 3.0 for the moment.
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iTunes 10.2 available for download with iOS 4.3 syncing

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  • March 2, 2011 at 6:09 pm

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iTunes 10.2 released bringing iOS 4.3 syncing

Hot on the heels of a new iPad and mobile operating system, Apple has just released iTunes 10.2, which is available now to download. The update allows devices running iOS 4.3 to sync with iTunes, although you’ll have to wait until March 11th to get your hands on the new iPad 2.

Specifically the new version allows you to:

  • Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3.
  • Improved Home Sharing. Browse and play from your iTunes libraries with Home Sharing on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3.
[Apple iTunes]

Editorial: iPad 2 forays into content creation – creativity on the go

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  • March 2, 2011 at 5:32 pm

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iPad 2 ~ Garageband & iMovie ~ Creativity on the go

When the original iPad was launched the heaviest criticism it received was that it was principally a content consumption device, suited for web browsing, reading, listening to music, playing games and watching videos. The iPad was not suited for serious work; you were more or less limited to just writing emails and short documents.

Smart applications, such as Brushes and SketchBook, pushed the envelope and allowed creative individuals to produce amazing works of art on the iPad but offerings were still limited.
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It’s official! iPad 2 announced: faster, thinner, lighter, dual cameras and gyro; brings iOS 4.3 in tow

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  • March 2, 2011 at 2:09 pm

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iPad 2 Black

You can count pretty much all the rumors we’ve reported as verified. The iPad 2 is now a reality and shipping on March 11th to the US and on March 25th to more than 26 other countries.

The next generation, iPad 2 will have:

  • New faster A5 chip: Dual-core processors, up to 2x faster CPU, up to 9x faster graphics
  • Dual cameras (front and back) and new software supporting the cameras (Photo Booth and FaceTime with some pretty heavy conferencing power, 9 live video streams at once!).
  • Gyroscope, as in the latest iPhone and iPod Touch.
  • 34% thinner at just 8.8mm thick (from 13.4mm). It’s thinner than the iPhone 4 (9.3mm).
  • 13% lighter at 1.3lbs (from 1.5lbs).
  • Same 10 hour battery life.
  • Same starting price, $499 for the 16GB WiFi only model.

It will be shipping in two colors, black and white, from day one, and there will be models available for both AT&T and Verizon.
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Apple Store goes down. Getting ready for iPad 2?

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  • March 2, 2011 at 12:15 pm

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Apple Store goes down

The Apple Store, like clockwork, has just gone down; which means one thing: ‘something’ new is coming out today. The online store becomes unavailable whenever Apple is going to release new products and the hotly awaited iPad 2 is the main candidate for today.

We don’t expect the store to come back-up until today’s event has finished. Stay tuned for updates!

Update: Apple Store now back up, iPad 2 added starting from $499.

[Apple iPad]

iPad 2 mock-up, will it be like the real thing?

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  • March 2, 2011 at 10:28 am

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iPad 2 mock-up ~ Front-facing camera and large speaker port

With only a few hours to go until the official Apple event, a number of photos have appeared on a Chinese tech site of a mock-up posing as the iPad 2. It’s claimed that the mock-up is based on specification given by Apple to case manufacturers so if it is to be believed it should give you an idea of the size of the device and placement of features such as speaker, cameras etc.

Although the basic features of the expected update are there, see front-facing camera, larger speaker and a slimmer profile we’ll go ahead and say that the actual device should look much better and that speaker port does sure look tacky. In any case, the real thing should be arriving any moment now and in the mean time more pictures of the would be iPad 2 below.
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