HDMI-enabled GE camera to get built-in GPS

Reuben Lee | Feb 01, 2008

Surprise, surprise. Competition is revving up from an unexpected corner. General Electric, not a name immediately known for digital cameras in Asia, is about to give the big boys in the compact camera marketplace a run for their money. Yes, the GE E1050 comes with an onboard HDMI port for direct connection to the TV, and not through an external adapter or cradle. And yes, it will also come with onboard GPS, which will allow the camera to geotag images directly without attaching a GPS logger module.

In addition, the 10-megapixel snapper also packs 720p HD movie capture, a generous 3-inch touchscreen display, as well as a 28mm wide-angle lens with 5x optical zoom. Not to mention the various onboard technologies at work, such as an image stabilizer and face/smile/blink detection.

The E1050 is expected to be on sale in the US from May at around US$250. According to the GE staff at the PMA 2008 booth whom I spoke to, the GPS-enabled unit will be available only from September. Unfortunately, being a US- and Europe-centric booth, there wasn't much information to glean on an Asian availability.

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