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While Polaroid may have had that snap ‘n shake camera
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Yet more news outta IFA today, with Samsung taking the occasion to announce a new compact digital camera
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It’s a whole month early — Microsoft’s Xbox Live Vision camera
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If you've ever been the victim of a hit and run, particularly one where you weren't there to see it happen, you'll immediately appreciate the TruScene TS-1L. This in-car camera can be mounted on the front or rear (or both) of your ride and comes with a drop-down LCD to get things aligned and installed correctly the first go 'round. This eagle-eyed camera
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Geared toward the paranoid or voyeuristic home and small business owner, the HNC290G WiFi
The HNC290G supports 802.11b
It’s also got built-in motion detection and streams video at 30FPS. A good entry-level WiFi camera at $129.99. Buy one, hide it, and have proof your wife’s cheating on you with your brother, while you were making it with your dead cousin’s wife. Yes, I watch Rescue Me, why do you ask?
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After adding a slider and flip to its stable of autofocus camera
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is so much more interesting? Sure, it's gigantic and unwieldy, but it weighs less than 3-ounces and is waterproof up to a depth of 30-feet. Plus, it goes around your wrist! What else could you want? Specs? Oh, right. You can expect to get 640 x 480 resolution on both photos and videos, with the latter giving a frame-rate less like Step Into Liquid and more like an old movie of Babe Ruth running the bases. We admit, it doesn't quite live up to legitimate underwater cams like Pentax's Optio WPi, but for $80, including the necessary AAA battery, what can you expect? And just think of the totally rad footage you'll get when you combine it with your Tony Hawk helmet cam.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: Multimedia, Misc
If you’re looking for the most high-tech way to win a trip to Costa Rica, we think we’ve got your answer right here. Starbucks’ Summer Pursuit game uses trivia questions sent via SMS to weed out contestants — nothing too interesting there, but answers can be sent with a reply text or by MMSing a picture of the answer to an email address. Seems a bit dangerous to us, since we’re guessing the recognition rate isn’t 100% and we Americans sure do like to sue when things don’t go our way — but if it means we can snap a pic of “triple Venti extra-hot sugar-free hazelnut soy latte” instead of typing it in via T9, we’re all for it.
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After reading United States Patent Application Publication No. US 2006/0146140, re-reading it, and reading it yet again, we’re still having trouble busting through the patent-speak to make heads or tails of what exactly RIM is trying to get at in the 2004 filing. To quote, the patent covers a digital camera
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Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras
with optical zoom, WiFi, miniSD slot, and QVGA display, Nokia's N93 dual-pivot clamshell pretty much does it all -- at the cost of some considerable bulk, that is. Mobile-review had a chance to spend some quality time with the beast, and if you can get past the portly 188 grams of mass in your pocket, they appear to come away liking the device for all that it does. As flimsy as it may look, we're told the stalk connecting the display to the remainder of the phone is rock-solid: "Even if you shake the phone with all your strength, there is no way the halves will move towards each other." Triband GSM plus UMTS 2100 make the N93 a tough sell in the States, but everyone else seeking out a worthy N90 replacement can expect Nokia's latest superphone to drop this month for around €600 ($765).Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: Multimedia, Peripherals
6230 / 6230i and 6680. Granted, the entire back of the phone has to be replaced, but throw us a bone, guys: the 6230 has a VGA camera and the 6230i and 6680 (with its 6682 sibling) don't do much better with 1.3 megapixels. That's alright -- can't be too comfortable in the pocket, anyway.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: Digital Cameras, Portable Video
It looks like the design department at Samsung has been working some overtime lately. Barely a week after they busted out that sexy line of Ultra Edition phonage, they’re adding a new “NV” line of functional yet fashionable digital cameras to their portfolio. The three cameras, the NV3, NV7 and NV10 are looking sharp, sporting black aluminum and 2.5-inch LCDs, but there’s plenty going on under the hood. The real headliner is the NV7 (pictured), with optical image stabilisation and a 7x optical zoom, yet measuring a mere 0.8-inches thick. We’re guessing they didn’t include the lens in the measurement, but it’s slim all the same. Both the NV7 and NV10 have an interesting “touch pad” row of buttons along the sides of the LCD to provide quicker access to menu options. All three cameras feature Samsung’s Advanced Shake Reduction feature, but the NV7 is the only one to augment that with optical. The NV10 takes the megapixel cake, at a cool 10, and it’s tied with the NV3 for slimness at 0.7-inches, but its 5x optical zoom is a bit more mundane. For sheer pocketability and versatility, the NV3 features a 7 megapixel CCD, 3x zoom and PMP functions, much like its Digimax i6 predecessor. Sadly, Samsung isn’t slashing prices with all those designers to feed, and the NV line retails at some fairly steep prices. The NV7 for $450, NV10 for $400 and the NV3 $350. All three should be available this Fall. Keep reading for pics of the NV3 and NV10.
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2.0 wireless transfer capabilities. However, the cam had "more than its share of annoyances" with "so-so" picture quality including above-average noise, a "miserable" 135 shot capable battery, and a poorly designed four-way navigation control around back. But this cam's all about that fat, 10x zoom right? Well, those two lenses result in a slow, non-continuous zoom with a 16-millimeter "jump" in focal length when switching between lenses -- this was especially "jarring" when zooming in movie mode. And the lack of image stabilization in this expensive cam makes it "awfully hard" to produce a sharp photo on a camera billed as an ultra-zoom model. Bottom line: forget the V610 and pick up the 10x Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 for $100 less. Filed under: Digital Cameras
-- except for that outlandish ISO range. Starting at ISO 100 and ranging all the way to ISO 3,200 (previously only available for incredibly grainy black and white film shots), the camera can manage in low-light situations previously resigned to lots of flash or lots of black. CNET found the noise very low in general, espescially with ISO 100 and 200. They found ISO 1,600 to have quite obvious noise, but worthy of an 8.5 x 11 print all the same. The ISO 3,200 should obviously be kept to extreme situations, with a significant loss of image detail, but the shots were better than no shot at all, which is the general point. Otherwise the camera was just average, with a homely yet functional design, decent shooting speed, and a pretty nice LCD. There's no optical image stabilisation, but we're thinking the ISO is a pretty good trade-off. You should be able to get your very own F30 now for under $400.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: Digital Cameras
If you ever needed proof that megapixels aren’t everything in a digital camera, look no further than PC Magazine’s review of Polaroid’s PDC 5080 5 megapixel cam, which sells for just $90. You know things are bad when the best they can come up with on the pro side is “light” and “cheap.” The problems with the camera, on the other hand, read like a comedy of errors, from the open-at-your-own-risk blister pack the camera comes packaged in (rule #1, don’t buy a digital camera in a blister pack), to the way below average image quality compared to other 5MP cameras, to the 9 frame per second “video” capabilities, to the images that mysteriously dissappear from the SD card. Stay away from this one, folks, and warn your friends.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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If you have one of those floors that need very close monitoring throughout the day, the Surveyor SRV-1 is the robot for you. The little unit can crawl around your home at around one foot per second, and reports back on its surroundings with a miniature VGA camera
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remains compatible with Pentax K-mount lenses, and features ISO 200 to 3200 sensitivity, a 2.5-inch LCD, and SMC Pentax DA lens with12x zoom. Expect the K100D to ship for $699 in July with the K110D set to drop in August for an entry-level enthusiasts price of $599.Filed under: Digital Cameras
on a precarious ledge, set the way-too-short-timer, and rush into position with a smile ready for that third try at a group portriat, but Jessica Nebel's Slide Box concept has a simpler way. The modular design allows you to place the small camera unit in a convenient location, or attach it to something with its elastic band, and then use the camera's shell as a wireless remote to fire the pic. Then just slide everything back together to view the pic or shoot pics in a more traditional manner.Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Others
conspicuously emblazoned with the company's logo. Suggesting that this lineup values fashion over function, no specs are immediately available for any of the individual models, although we do know that all will feature cameras, MP3 playback, Bluetooth, and the usual suite of Internet functions. Crafted out of "cold" aluminum, the handsets were designed to be displayed in engine piston-like cases that are meant to invoke the good times you can only find by tooling around the European countryside in your Fiat Panda Monster. The new models -- which were built to easily pair with the Microsoft-powered Blue&Me in-car Bluetooth system -- will be available in chichi Italian boutiques later this month, with a general European rollout to follow this summer.Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation
In yet another example of an automobile manufacturer leveraging the brand to release a distinctly non-car product (see: BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini), Fiat has announced that it will begin selling a line of cellphones
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will be available this fall, and will allow users to use their 360 for video-conferencing, video-emails and gamer picture customization. Microsoft also announced the Racing Wheel controller for driving games, and a wireless headset, which presumably will bring joy to parents everywhere. All accessories are expected to be available this fall.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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(expandable via SD/MMC), and the usual suite of burst mode, in-camera image enhancement, and multipleRead | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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and "FP3"
player. Both devices are about as simple as they come, and feature certain kid friendly enhancements such as dual
viewfinders on the camera and volume limited headphones so kids don't get that "iPod ear" too early. The camera
shoots VGA stills and includes 8MB of included memory for 60 shots, and an SD card slot to add more. There's also a
1.3-inch color LCD for previewing photos, and a USB cable for offloading pics. The "FP3" player sounds a bit
more fishy, since there's no mention of codec support beyond the kid-safe content at Fisher-Price's new Song
& Story Online Store. We'll hope for at least MP3 support so your kids can start sticking it to the man, and
luckily there is an SD card slot for cheap memory expansion. Both the camera and the music player will sell for $69,
and will be available in June and July respectively.Filed under: Software, Sprint-Nextel, 1xRTT, EV-DO, CDMA
Dieting just got a little easier (or a little harder to cheat at, depending on how you look at it) for Sprint
customers with cameraphones, thanks to the company's exclusive rollout of that MyFoodPhone
service we first spotted nearly a year ago. Although the cost is much lower this time around -- only $10 per month
compared to the pricey $150/month it once was -- the service works essentially the same as before, by providing
customers with video feedback based on photos they snap and upload of each and every meal or snack they consume.
Besides the bi-weekly vids from nutritional advisers, subscribers also have access to an online food journal, where
they can log the all-important dieter's stats of weight lost, exercise performed, and calories burned. Sprint is
positioning MyFoodPhone as only one part of an overall health and fitness regimen where your Vision-enabled phone can
be of assistance, joining other services such as BIMActive exercise tracking, skynetMD medical info, and Hitech Trainer
guided workouts.Filed under: Digital Cameras
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recently and were kind enough to post a detailed review for our perusal. While the S3 isn’t exactly “an exciting
upgrade” over its S2 IS
predecessor, the reviewer still found it to be an “excellent” ultra zoom camera. Besides the bump from 5 to 6
mexapixels, the camera’s two most touted new features are ISO 800 sensitivity and 60fps QVGA / 30fps VGA recording.
Well, the ISO 800 snaps shot under low light were found to be, er, “not usable” while those taken under
normal light should be limited to 4×6 prints with the aid of some noise reduction software. However, the
overall noise level was still considered “low for a 6 megapixel camera
were found to be excellent due to stereo sound recording and the ability to zoom silently while filming. However,
lacking an MPEG-4 codec means your flicks will hit the 1GB per recording wall in only 9-minutes under the highest
quality settings. Overall, the camera earns the reviewer’s “enthusiastic recommendation” due to its
“very good photo quality” and “snappy performance” in a “solid and capable” ultra zoom
camera.
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