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Hello *click* Kitty *click*
Leonard Goh | Feb 13, 2008
While there may be other more stylish and sleek looking red color digital cameras in the market, you cannot go wrong with this. Imagine her--opening up the box and finding her favorite Japanese cartoon character looking out at her. She'll probably ignore the fact that this camera has only a 4x digital zoom. Who will when holding something this adorable? Take some pictures together after dinner, and then view them on the 2-inch LCD screen.
Not so much for functionality, but this 5-megapixel camera will earn you brownie points in other areas.
Launched in Japan in December 2007, you can look for this camera here at 12,800 yen (about US$120).
Panasonic offers big and fast SD card--for US$700
Stephen Shankland | Feb 13, 2008
The 32-gigabyte card, called the RP-SDV32GU1K, is due to ship in April for about US$700. It's a high-speed "class 6" card that can transfer data at speeds of 20MB per second--the world's first at the 32GB capacity, Panasonic asserts.
SD is the dominant format for flash memory, and with the newer SDHC technology that extends capacity beyond 2GB, it's begun spreading into space-gobbling videocameras. SanDisk, a top flash card brand, announced a 32GB SDHC card costing US$350 in January, but it transfers data a notch slower, at 15MB per second.
One major flash card alternative to SD, CompactFlash, can transfer data at a maximum of 45MB per second. However, top transfer speeds are often more useful when copying files from a flash card, since cameras and videocameras often can't write data at those top speeds.
Via News.com
Flickr users freaking out, are you one of them?
Damian Koh | Feb 05, 2008
While Microsoft's indecent proposal to Yahoo has gotten everyone, from analysts to former employees to grandmas talking in Silicon Valley, a big small group is slowly freaking out on the sidewalks. And it's not hard to imagine why some Flickrites are worried. When Yahoo acquired Flickr, the photo-sharing site was left largely on its own. The only time you even knew it belonged to the search giant was when logging into your Flickr account. If you had checked the "Keep me signed in" box, chances were, you'd slowly forget it was ever a part of Yahoo.
The problem now is Microsoft probably won't sit back and leave Flickr alone, like Yahoo does. One of the reasons Flickr is so successful is because of the amount of traffic that goes through there, a fiercely loyal community and, of course, tons of photos waiting to be tapped or possibly monetized. A Flickr group with 10 members is threatening to commit suicide, while another 65 members intend to drop their accounts. There's also an 1,015-member-strong group staging a protest in a more civilized manner and discussing the issue by posting threads. The point here is obvious: A lot of people aren't happy, but most are afraid the Flickr they've come to hold dear in their heart may no longer be the same if Yahoo concedes.
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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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