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Nike super-light Flywire track shoes to make Olympics debut - Jul 23, 2008

Crave Major sportswear maker Nike looks set to steal the limelight at this year's summer Olympics with its latest innovation, the Flywire track shoes. The company will supply the US track and ... Read story »

"Super lens" for phone photographers? - Apr 4, 2008

Crave Any kind of photographic quality claims attributed to phone cameras and other combo devices should be taken with a pound of salt, but the trend probably won't be going away anytime ... Read story »

Canon Digital IXUS 980 IS

Review The Canon Digital IXUS 980 IS was announced in September, and it succeeds the Digital IXUS 960 IS, which shutterbugs have come to love for its manual exposure function. The new IXUS 980 IS features an improved resolution and several some new functions including the face self-timer which makes...

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Samsung launches the AMOLED 12M in Korea - Sep 29, 2009

Crave The name probably doesn't tell you a lot, but according to Samsung, the AMOLED 12M is the world's first 12-megapixel camera-phone with built-in 3x optical zoom. There were other 12-megapixel ... Read story »

Canon introduces two new EF-S lenses - Sep 2, 2009

Crave Canon has announced two new lenses offering useful zoom ranges to its EF-S line-up, the new EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS lens and the new 15-85mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM lens. The ... Read story »

Deeper blacks for Mitsubishi's HC6000 - Oct 16, 2007

Crave Another second generation 1080p home theater projector is heading to Asia. This time round, it is the replacement model for the well-received Mitsubishi HC5000 3LCD light cannon. The upcoming HC6000 has ... Read story »

Samsung unveils 24x optical zoom RAW shooter - Aug 27, 2009

Crave The WB5000. At the launch of the Samsung ST550, ST500 and ST1000 held in Singapore, the company also unveiled a superzoom camera. The 12.5-megapixel WB5000 has a 24x optical zoom ... Read story »

ewa-marine underwater casing is affordable - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Most point-and-shoots have dedicated underwater casings but they can be quite expensive, ranging from US$200 to US$400 depending on the model. But if you're a casual shutterbug who just wants ... Read story »

Point-and-shoot with this Aimat digicam gun - Dec 3, 2009

Crave This campy camera gun is, quite literally, that. The Aimat is a squirt gun-looking digital camera that you, well, point and shoot. Conceived by designer Franziska Dierschke, it's a concept ... Read story »

Panasonic announces GF1 price for Singapore - Sep 24, 2009

Crave When Panasonic unveiled its third Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-GF1, three weeks ago, it was seen as the direct competitor to the Olympus E-P1. Both shooters have very ... Read story »

Ricoh officially announces modular GXR camera system - Nov 10, 2009

Crave In what has to be the oddest new camera technology announcement of 2009, Ricoh unveiled its GXR system. It's not a mirrorless interchangeable lens (dare I say EVIL?) system, as ... Read story »

Red Scarlet's specifications, price revealed - Dec 1, 2009

Crave If you'd seen our Holiday Gift Guide, you'll notice the oh-so-desirable Red One modular videocam which costs a staggering US$17,500. Well, now you don't have to fork out so much ... Read story »

HTC Touch2 to debut on October 6 with Windows Mobile 6.5 - Sep 3, 2009

Crave HTC Touch2 Just yesterday, Microsoft announced that the first batch of Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones would launch on October 6, and on Wednesday, we learned the identity of one such model: ... Read story »

Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic's GF-1 get underwater case - Nov 27, 2009

Crave German company 10bar has developed an underwater housing for Panasonic's latest Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-GF1. Made of aluminum and acrylic, the 1.1kg case can dive to depths ... Read story »

Fujifilm FinePix S1500

Review Occasionally, a camera that is good becomes better when a low price is part of the overall package. Unfortunately that is not the case with the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix S1500 which is merely a good megazoom compact, despite a street price of less than US$200. It does have a large feature set...