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Sony Ericsson Unveils New Line of Phones
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Smartphones, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
It’s Sony Ericsson’s turn to expand their product line, this time with four new models, the K200, K220, J120, and J110, which they refer to as “candy bars.” The first three of those are camera phones, while the J110, which they describe as “robust,” is their affordable basic model. The J120 also has an FM tuner and a radio/alarm clock.
The K200, features a 1-button photo album, and the K220 offers an FM tuner that can handle up to 10 preset stations. All of them feature talk time of up to 8 or 9 hours and standby of up to 300 hours. Available during Q2 of this year, we are hoping that by then they will actually name them Zagnut, Skor, Baby Ruth, and Snickers.
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To go with its latest series of EXILIM digital cams, Casio has released its second model, the Zoom EX-Z1050 which features eBay Best Shot, one of 38 total modes. It captures images that are optimized for eBay and includes Auto Macro for smaller size items, such as jewelry. It even goes so far as to store them in an eBay directory. With 10.1 mp images, a shooting speed of 7 shots per minute, a 3X optical and 4X digital zoom, rapid-flash, and auto-focus, you can concentrate more on what you are selling than your ability to display it. Available in silver, black, pink, and blue (which we think is more of a purple,) the EX-Z1050 carries a MSRP of $299.99.
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Gallery: Casio Camera Caters to eBay Afficianados
OKWAP Smartphone Features Scroll Wheel
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Smartphones, Wireless / WiFi,
The OKWAP S868 Smartphone from Taiwan features a virtual scroll wheel on its keypad. Running off Windows Mobile 5.0, it has a 2.4-inch touchscreen, a 2mp CMOS cam with auto-focus, a stylus, and an alpha-numeric keypad. The phone has 64 MB RAM, runs on Intel PXA270 416Mhz CPU, and includes Bluetooth, GPRS, and Infrared capabilities. Its memory can be expanded with its SD or MCC card slots. OKWAP plans on making the S868 available in late February for ~$470.00.
Read More | Mobile Whack
Gallery: OKWAP Smartphone Features Scroll Wheel
Zink To Offer Pocket-Size Printer
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Misc. Tech,
Printers just keep shrinking. Even smaller than the mPrint we told you about is Zink’s concept, which creates images out of a heated printer head coming into contact with specialized paper, somewhat along the lines of the Toshiba device we also blogged about last November.
Images are wallet size 2 x 3-inches, and because you can recycle the paper when you tire of one shot, you can simply replace it with another. Zink’s technology is on display at the conference Demo ‘07 this week in Palm Desert, CA, and its first products will probably be a $199.00 printer/camera hybrid and a $99.00 printer. Paper will be available for $19.99 for 100 sheets.
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CES 2007 Video: GoPro Digital Hero 3 Camera
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, CES, CES 2007, Design, Features, Videocasts, Videos,
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CES 2007 Video: Premier Image Optics Tiny Camera Tech
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Hitachi Reveals New Line of Hybridcams
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, HDTV, Portable Audio / Video,
Hitachi has already reared its innovative head with its DZ-HS300E, 301E, 303E Hybridcams which combine both the large capacity of HDD with the convenience of DVD. They feature a multiformat +DVD-RAM/-R/ -RW/+RW burning capability. You can shoot, select, burn, and share without the aid of a computer.
Just as we are adjusting to that wondrous idea, out comes new models, the DZHS-401 and DZHS-403 with an 8GB hard disk, DVD burner, and 3.31 Mpix CCD, and the DZ-HS-503 with a 30GB hard disk. We’re not really complaining. We love that their technology is cutting edge. We just wonder why they decided to ruin the mood by offering it in pink.
Read More | Hitachi via Akihabara News
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CES 2007 Video: JVC Everio GZ-HD7 Camcorder
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, CES, CES 2007, Features, Handhelds, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies, Videocasts, Videos,
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Gallery: CES 2007 Video: JVC Everio GZ-HD7 Camcorder
This is surely the time of the military bot. We can now add the Red Owl to our “don’t send any more troops” iRobot collection. Developed by Glenn Thoren, a director at New Hampshire’s Insight Technology, the robot can be set up in a battlefield and can detect snipers’ hiding spaces by their report up to a mile away. Guided by a modified Xbox controller, the operator’s camera follows the bot movements and infrared lasers track targets while calculating the position by GPS. Unfortunately, it can’t command them to go away or go home. The Red Owl is slated to be available this spring at the life-saving price of $150,000.
Read More | PopSci
Gallery: Red Owl Seeks Out Snipers
CES 2007 Video: The Quik Pod Pitch
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