Author: Brett Venter

Nokia, back in the early days (which is around 2000 to 2003, for the real youngsters out there), was the acknowledged cellphone master. If you had a Nokia handset, you were kitted. They were functional, stylish (yeah, we know — people used to wear bell-bottoms too, once upon a time) and nigh indestructible. We’re willing to bet there are more than a few working Nokia stalwarts out there today. This trip down memory lane has a point, obviously. Nokia, they of old glory and tough hardware, are in line to make the world’s… wait, the moon’s first LTE network. NASA,…

This issue of Stuff isn’t just for your eyes only… but it’s pretty close As we approach the end of 2020, the year is looking… well, shorter, for one. There are reasons to stay home, there are reasons to go out and, in this issue of Stuff Magazine, we’ve got options for you no matter which one of those two choices you’re keen on making. Want to put down deeper roots in your lounge? Then you have to check out our TV and entertainment special. Feel the need to breathe the free air? (‘remaining nameless’ is optional). Then you want…

So much futuristic stuff has taken placed in recent years that the concept of a technology that isn’t fully ripe yet is a little hard to imagine. Especially when more and more tech is ripening and falling off the tree — like Sony’s new Spatial Reality Display, which aims to bring working holograms to the home and the workplace. It’s nice to see the company’s working on more than just TV sets. Spatial Reality Display is hard to use in a subheading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLMnQM0_Ps&feature=emb_logo So what is a Spatial Reality Display? It’s actually a rather old (technically-speaking) idea, where an image…

It’s been a long time coming but Microsoft’s own computing hardware is finally in South Africa. It’s not the whole roster (at least, not yet) but it’s now possible to purchase both the Surface Laptop 3 and the Surface Pro 7 here. We’ve long held that Microsoft makes some of the best, most underrated computer peripherals, a tradition that stretches back more than a decade to the company’s first black optical mouse. You know the one, with the red light at the back? That attention to detail and devotion to quality has long been apparent in the company’s Surface range…

You already don’t need to leave the house in order to chow down, now you won’t have to leave the house to take care of minor ailments either. Uber Eats has partnered with Medicare pharmacies to bring medication deliveries to people who don’t want to leave home but really, really need headache meds or something for that sprained ankle. Don’t go thinking you can go all Wolf of Wall Street and order the kinda thing that makes a party a prelude to a stay in jail, though. The service will only be delivering over-the-counter meds, including both Schedule 1 and…

Video games are (sometimes) all about living another life. A life you might have wondered about from afar, a life you’re never going to live right now. Maybe it’s too far in the future, maybe it’s too far in the past. Maybe the life is that of the President of the United States and, as a decent human being, you’re suddenly overqualified and thus unemployable. Who knows? But games give you a chance to explore a life you’ll never, ever lead. Like this life, that of Thomas “Tommy” Angelo, a cab driver who gets pulled into the mob in Mafia:…

Canon has always been a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to camera tech. It’s still fond of the DSLR, its designs are variations of what works (in several recognisable guises) and there don’t tend to be any surprises. So to see the newly-announced Canon PowerShot Zoom turn up… that’s even more surprising than usual. And that’s because… well, just look at it. Looking a little like one of those monoculars you see on Takealot’s Daily Deals page and a tiny bit like a golf rangefinder, and also a little like the TomTom Bandit, it’s… well, it’s hard to…

Apple’s 2020 encore has finally arrived, bringing with it a few new devices. We’ve already seen the iPhone 12 and the Apple HomePod Mini but there’s always a bigger fish phone. All of the upgrades that were announced for the iPhone 12 (like 5G and friends) are also coming to the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone Pro Max. Plus, there are a few other upgrades in store for users. Better on the big screen Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max is going big. Very big. It’s packing Apple’s Super Retina XDR OLED display, with an oddball 1,242 x 2,688 resolution that’s…

Without any further ado, Tim Cook launched into Apple’s first announcement for its Hi, Speed event — the launch of the HomePod Mini. Which is a diminutive smart speaker for the home, along the lines of the Google Home Mini — only made by Apple, of course. Of course, the original HomePod isn’t actually here. We didn’t care much before this but seeing HomePod Mini… yeah, someone better bring this one to SA. Apple’s little helper Apple’s dinky little speaker is designed around privacy and security, with audio quality and smart home functions in mind. The heart of this, according…

Unless you’ve spent time at the Stuff offices (or homes, as 2020 has mandated), you’re probably unaware just how many smartphones we see in the average year. It’s not enough that we write about them and follow the news, we just… handle… so… many… that they start to get a little… well, boring. Which might explain why we like the unusual when it comes to smartphones — particularly rugged ones like the Cat S42, from the company that makes boots and construction equipment. Though, technically, this handset is made by a company called Bullitt Group, which also makes handsets for…