Fujifilm X-S1

The Fujifilm X-S1 is a new bridge camera with a 2/3”-type 12-megapixel EXR CMOS sensor and a 24-624mm equivalent Fujinon zoom lens. Optically, the lens comprises 17 glass elements, including four aspherical elements and two ED lenses, a nine-bladed diaphragm and a maximum aperture of f/2.8 at the wide end of the zoom range. In standard mode, the lens focuses down to 30cm, but by selecting Super Macro Mode, users can focus down to 1cm. Additionally, the Fujifilm X-S1 features the same 2/3-inch 12 megapixel EXR CMOS sensor as the X10 (read review), Coupled to the EXR CMOS sensor is the high speed EXR processor,...

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Apple seizes iPhone sex domains

Apple has claimed eight domain names being used to direct iPhone-curious surfers to mobile porn sites, the original registrant handing over the URLs in return for the Cupertino company dropping a World Intellectual Property Organization complaint. Domains including “sex4iphones.com” and “iphoneporn4s.com” had been registered by an unnamed Israeli company and directed to a variety of mobile-formatted smut, something Apple understandably wasn’t pleased with. Apple’s legal team filed a WIPO complaint in early November, demanding the eight URLs be handed over. Details on the negotiations are scant, but the original registrant apparently...

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Asus Transformer Prime is up for pre-order in the US

The Asus Transformer Prime has officially hit pre-order status on Amazon's US site, where eager fans can reserve their slice of Tegra 3 goodness for US$500 and US$600 for the 32GB and 64GB models respectively. The accompanying keyboard dock – which offers an impressive 22 hours of total battery life – can also be pre-ordered, for US$150. Asus has already flaunted the Transformer Prime's Ice Cream Sandwich capabilities on video and although UK pricing has previously been revealed to be £500, we're hoping to get a more specific release date for January, so stay tun...

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5 of the best future tablets

Apple iPad 3 – due March The people have spoken, and the iPad 3 was voted your most wanted future gadget in the Stuff Gadget Awards 2011, despite not having been officially announced yet. Straight after the iPad 2 launch there was talk that the real evolution would come with the third iteration. We're expecting a higher-res Retina Display and NFC, for starters, and new rumours suggest a slender body of carbon fibre. 1 2 3 4 5 source: http://www.stuff.tv/news/computers-and-consoles/5-of-the-best/5-of-the-best-future-tablets ...

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Galaxy Note hooks up with O2, brings the hybridized goods to British hands

Sammy's already released its massive mobile in-betweener to the UK, but so far the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note's failed to catch on with the country's carriers. Well, the winds of wireless change are sweeping in and O2 looks to be the spot for your subsidized needs. There's not much more than a November mention and the promise of it "Coming soon" on the operator's landing page. Still, it's good news for those of you on tight budgets with a predilection for tablet-like smartphones. Cool SmartphoneO2 ...

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Sphero lets you have a ball with your smart phone

Sphero is a ball with a difference. While most balls are passive, merely reacting to the way you kick/throw/hit them, this one's actually a clever little robot that can control the path of its roll through the use of a gyroscope, accelerometer and compass. And you can tell it exactly where to go (well, as long as you have an iOS or Android device you can).Sphero works with the iPhone 4, 4S and 3GS, the iPod touch, the iPad, and any Android device running version 2.2 or above. There are currently six Sphero-related apps available. Sphero Drive, for instance, lets you steer the ball using an on-screen...

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Nokia Lumia 800 LTE version coming to the US?

Word on the street has it that the apparent delay for Nokia to release their Lumia 800 smartphone is because of this – the Finnish phone company is working to throw in LTE connectivity into the package before it makes its way to the US, something that Windows Phone 7.5 Mango at the moment does not support at all. Perhaps Nokia will roll out the Lumia 800 LTE with Tango, which is the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, or they could actually release it with specific Mango-based code drops which will be able to play nice with LTE functionality. Regardless of the outcome, AT&T does seem to be one...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 complete guide

For all Samsung's patent woes with Apple, one thing is clear -- people are loving the Galaxy range. This autumn the Seoul-based company shipped 6 million more smart phones than Apple, and Samsung is now the biggest smart phone maker on the planet. Its next flagship device, which pretty much everyone expects to be launched at February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be the Galaxy S3. Will Samsung take this opportunity to break its fixation with black rectangles and deliver something completely different? Or will it be steady-as-she-goes with just power, speed and feature upgrades? Read on for our best guesses… 4.6...

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November 10, 2011 Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR

Pros Sharp lens. 15x zoom range. Nice control layout. Excellent shutter-lag performance. Raw shooting support. Cons Poor low light performance. Slow to start. Finicky flash button. GPS is slow to acquire location. Lens vignettes when shooting Raw. Bottom Line The GPS-equipped Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR shows a lot of promise on paper, packing a long 15x zoom lens into a compact body. But the GPS doesn't work as well as we'd like, and images from this superzoom camera are very noisy in low light.The Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR ($349.95...

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iPhone Thieves Reveal Their Methods

More Bay Area thieves are targeting smartphones, with some bold enough to snatch the gadgets out of people’s hands. Two of those thieves even told CBS 5 how they pick their targets. Dozens of smartphone robberies are reported every week in the Bay Area. It can happen during the day, even in crowded public places, as Ashley Sedillo can testify.She was sitting at a bus stop in downtown San Francisco, texting her mom on her iPhone. Sedillo recalled suddenly, “I felt someone from behind me put their hand over my hands. I kind of thought it was someone kind of playing a prank on me. And then I realized with how forceful they were, when they...

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Galaxy Nexus official launch date flaunted

The Galaxy Nexus, which blew our socks off, is officially going on sale – as predicted – on November 17. Samsung has confirmed it as the day the country gets its first Android Ice Cream Sandwich device, and this buttonless wonder is a good’un. From the combined forces of Samsung and Google comes a device sporting an eye-watering 4.65in display that crams in a staggering 320ppi of Super AMOLED beauty. And with a 1.2GHz dual-core and 1GB RAM everything on the Galaxy Nexus’ screen is smoother than a whale’s silk scarf, even while multitasking with Ice Cream Sandwich’s beautiful visualisations. And the facial recognition that unlocks the device...

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Motorola Xoom 2 to cost US$610

Now that Motorola’s officially announced its second-generation Xoom 2 tablets, the company has wasted no time in revealing how much they’ll set you back. The Android Honeycomb-equipped Xoom 2 is gunning for Apple’s iPad 2, with a Wi-Fi 16GB model setting you back US$610– that’s not far off the cheapest iPad 2. The pint-sized Xoom 2 Media Edition is – unsurprisingly – cheaper, with the 8.2in tablet coming in at US$530. Still unsure whether to snap up Motorola’s new tablet? Check out our hands-on reviews of the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition. [via Stuff....

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Digital Cameras: Xmas gift guide

If ever there was a time that you could justify treating yourself or a loved one to some delicious tech gadgetry, it’s Christmas. Here we take a look at some of the best digital cameras that are out there this Yuletide. Each of the products featured here has been put through its paces in our Test Centre, and we’ve provided links to their full reviews on. This is useful if you want to know more about a particular product or compare it with some similar, perhaps cheaper, alternatives. Digital Cameras: Christmas gift guideCanon Ixus 230 HS £200 inc VAT Perhaps the most desirable camera in our group of suggested models, the Canon Ixus is as...

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Fujifilm Launches Holiday 2011 Advertising Campaign

FUJIFILM North America Corporation announced that the company will launch a highly visible multi-media digital camera advertising campaign for the 2011 holiday selling season. The new campaign highlights the innovative global Fujifilm brand as it again focuses on the professional digital camera business and broadly showcases its award-winning FUJIFILM X100, plus the all-new FUJIFILM X10, the FinePix F600EXR, and family of long-zoom digital cameras. The advertising campaign consists of Network television, outdoor media, national print and online media buys including the re-launch of Fujifilm’s Everypicturematters.com website, that were developed to address the unique benefits of each camera highlighting their superb image quality, design, performance and features for a wide range...

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Panasonic Lumix GX1

Earlier today we told you about the new Panasonic DMC-3D1, which is claimed to be the smallest compact 3D camera available in the world. The company has added another device to their range as the Panasonic Lumix GX1 says hello. The camera that has been expected for quite a while now will sit alongside other devices in the G range, and according to TechRadar has been in development for a while. It will feature a micro four-thirds size 16.0 million pixel Live MOS sensor. There are a variety of features that include automatic shooting modes, full manual control, and a touchscreen to control autofocus. The accurate AF promises high-speed focusing that Panasonic claim is the fastest AF speed in cameras of its size at 0.09 focusing speed. This was previously held by the Olympus PEN-PS,...

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Nikon Coolpix S6200 Digital Compact Camera Review

Nikon Coolpix S6200 Lens Extended The Coolpix S6200 was released by Nikon in August 2010 alongside the Coolpix 8200 and is available now in black, silver, pink, blue and red for £134.00. Nikon Coolpix S6200 Front Nikon Coolpix S6200 FeaturesThe S6200 has a 16 megapixel and a 10x optical zoom lens, offering a 35mm equivalent of 25 - 250 mm. There are 18 scene modes as well as Scene Auto Selector. Other features include special effects and filters and smart portrait system with Smile Timer, Skin Softening and in-camera red-eye fix. To help take blur free images there is Lens-shift VR (Vibration Reduction), ISO up to 3200 and...

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