Oct/090
Samsung SCH-W880: the first camera that lets you make phone calls
For some years many manufacturers are working hard on the integration of phone and camera. These results, especially in the last period, are quite encouraging, though the quality of the shot is not true in any way comparable to that of a conventional compact camera owing to the size rather than the set of sensors fitted to mobile phones. The situation could however change in the short period when Samsung ufficializzerà the public a new hybrid product from the innovative technical features, we refer to the Samsung SCH-W880. The device in question, in fact, differs from its similar in that the ratio reverses camera / phone. Unlike other products currently on the market, in fact, the Samsung SCH-W880 is a digital camera that equips all you need to make phone calls on the move. Just look at the first photos, which were to make this assessment: design typical of a compact, lens protruding bezel to select the shooting modes and dedicated shutter button. As for the purely technical features, the new hybrid mounts a well-12-megapixel sensor plus the aforesaid goal with 3x optical zoom, xenon flash and a large 3.3-inch AMOLED display on the back that has the touchscreen technology are sensitive to the touch. Not just photos, you can also record HD movies at 30 fps. The equipment is completed by the presence of GPS to make geotagging of photos and WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity that extend far the capabilities of the new Samsung SCH-W880. No information has been released yet on its launch date in Europe, but everything suggests that very little missing.
Sep/090
Word 's order connectivity: the camera by Samsung ST1000
Samsung expands the concept of touch screen interface and Smart Gesture taken on new models ST550 and ST500 and make compact camera dedicated to sharing real-time images and movies. It's called Samsung ST1000, a compact 12.2 MP and 5x optical zoom characterized by the presence of a GPS module in it that allows the automatic Geo-Tagging pictures and videos on the LCD screen and displays the names of places where you are . The GPS is just the first of three systems of connectivity that characterize the ST1000, it is possible to send images to compatible devices using Bluetooth 2.0 or using the Wi-Fi to share in a facilitated through a special interface on major social networks such as Facebook, Picasa and YouTube. Perplexing that the Wi-Fi connectivity is only available on open networks that do not require login, something that makes it virtually unusable this feature of the camera. The display is an LCD rear of the ST1000 Wide 3.5 "and 1152. 000 points with touch function that allows you to access camera menu by pressing the fingers on the screen, select the point of focus through Smart Touch AF and manage files and folders through gesture 's Smart Gesture interface UI. Among the advanced systems are dual optical image stabilization and digital programs resumed Smart Cars Face Recognition System and up to 20 faces. In terms of video Samsung ST1000 is able to record movies in HD quality at 1280×720p at 30 fps with compression H. 264, the camera is equipped with mini-HDMI connector.
Sep/090
European Union: no to new taxes on cell phones
Sweden currently holds the chair 's European Union and its no coincidence that during his tenure was the decision to stop the process to reclassify the tax and customs of cell phones. Recall that for example is a Swedish company Ericsson and Nokia is the original instead of a neighboring country, Finland. The proposal made last March was to classify phones as multifunction devices, that would have resulted, as reported by Reuters, an increase in taxes of 3.7% for those with satellite navigation system and integrated as much as 14% for those with TV tuner. In the first case l 'increase would simply taken its toll on people's pockets, unable to erode l ' well-established success of GPS on mobile phones, while in the latter would be a really heavy brick on the already low thriving market for TV on mobile.
Sep/090
Samsung is preparing the 12-megapixel phone with 3x optical zoom?
Samsung in photography has embraced the philosophy that sees the number of megapixels a major lever of the market, often playing on the upside and dedicated to the segment of the cameras with sensors by at least 10 megapixels. Similar philosophy is followed by the telephone industry, which seems to have major axes his sleeve, ready to be played. We've already been talking 's evolution of the Samsung Pixon, mobile phone known as Samsung M8910, which competes with Sony Ericsson Idou to be the first to market with a 12 megapixel camera, but now Network reported rumors pictures a model with equal resolution, but also equipped with 3x optical zoom. From the picture you can clearly see l 'perspective from the true focal 6,3-18,9 mm (equivalent depend on the size of the sensor) over all ' integration technologies such as Wi-Fi, GPS and DLNA. Celllulare someone believes that the announcement could be imminent, but at the moment 's nothing certain.
Sep/090
From the new Breeze System BreezeBrowserPro v.1.9.
The ability to view and organize images via thumbnail this is nothing new. L 'innovation is to introduce BreezeBrowser Pro delivers the power of vision and organization of a lightweight and robust browser, along with functionality to batch rename, rotate and resize files without exif data loss and image quality. The new view mode also allows the integration of GPS data and export to interface with Google Earth, to create maps for online presentations or start using the information of latitude and longitude or organized according to points of interest, directly to ' inside the browser. The new BreezeBrowser Pro lets you create presentations and web pages in html and run provinature in contact. The display mode "HQ mode " lets you view thumbnails clear from any JPEG, TIFF, RAW, also converting from RAW, TIFF to JPEG does not produce loss of EXIF data. Breeze Browser Pro v1.9.4 is available in trial version for 15 days all '' address of the parent, the purchase price is 69.95 dollars.
Sep/090
SLR camera Nikon introduces the D5000
Nikon Europe announced the launch this morning 's latest entry-level home-born black and yellow. This is the Nikon D5000, a reduced DX format DSLR APS-C, 12.3 Mp. Among the innovations that distinguish the model include the ability to record movies Movie-D high-definition audio, a vari-angle LCD which improves 't use the live view and a wide range of shooting modes assisted. We're talking about 19 scene modes that meet up with the novice photographer who wants to deal with a SLR camera. The LCD monitor swivel measure 2.7 "and enables tilt and shift, and can be closed with the display toward the camera to protect it from bumps and scratches. The extended features Live View, and D-Movie was directly reflect on how Autofocus tracking: you can indeed opt for four modes, respectively, with priority on the face and extensive area in pursuit of the subject. The 11-point matrix to ensure speed and precision. The ISO sensitivity is between 200 and 3200 and can be extended up to 6400 ISO. The integrated dust reduction system combines shaking the sensor to control the flow d 'air to prevent deposition of particles on ' sensing element. D-lighting algorithms and advanced management dell 'image allowing the photographer to emphasize the expert made the camera and leave room for a beginner who does not want to miss important shots. EXPEED processor and the latest GPS and HDMI connectivity. complete overview on the Nikon D5000. The camera will be sold only in four or body kits: body most 18-55VR objective, body more 18-55 II, 18-105VR body more body more, and finally 18-55VR and 55-200VR. Expect to know the official prices from Nikon.
Sep/090
Sony: new cameras with flash memory
Sony took l 'at the Photoshow to enrich its range of cameras focusing in particular on a segment for the Japanese manufacturer has a new entry, that of recording devices with flash memory. It is very compact camcorders on the size you think especially for a public consumer and leisure. Interesting l 'adoption, in addition to support for Memory Stick memory cards, an internal memory of 8GB. It is noted that the model HDR-CX105SE recording in Full HD format. Look at the pictures gallery Top of the range model is the HDR-XR520VE adopting a 240GB hard drive, useful for not having space issues in the case of Full HD movie recording. The camera uses a CMOS sensor Exmor R and provides a 'G optics, a brand that Sony is synonymous with quality. Among the other features a new Steady Shot optimized for the vibrations typical of the shooting on foot. News The presence of a GPS satellite receiver that allows a sort of geotagging of videos.
Sep/090
New Sony Ericsson Cybershot at MWC 2009?
Taking their insistent thumbnails 'leaked ' mobile phones that the manufacturers will present at the next Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In this case, is the new mobile phone series Sony Ericsson Cybershot, which could take the name of C903. The items appeared on the network in recent months indicate them with the code name Sony Ericsson Frances. According to preliminary rumors, published by SEMC Blog this is a slider with a 5 megapixel camera module with autofocus and advanced features, such as, for example, Face Detection. They should go to complete the endowment of a series GPS receiver with Assisted-GPS technology and a display with 2.4 "diagonal QVGA 240×320 pixels.
Sep/090
The future of camera-phone?
Each time a new feature enters the common sentiment of consumers the world 's electronics industry is always looking for ways to move higher l ' rod. It often happens in the world of digital photography, particularly in 'field of the camera-phone, cell phones have camera features. If all ' start 't had an autofocus feature dedicated to a very few top models over the last few months were the facial recognition technology to characterize the most advanced phones, with one step following functions offered by the recognition of the smile and eyes closed. The next step? Recognition of objects. According to Unwired View reports, Sony Ericsson is working on a patent on the 'Camera Dictionary object recognition based on '. In practice, taking a picture of an object can get information on what classified, for example, in the case of an animal species and habits. Along with all 'use of GPS technology can enrich the information associated with images taken attaching metadata, in addition to geographical coordinates, information on the plant, on the monument or on 'animal framed. We'll see if and when this new technology will enter the market and what will be l 'public reception.
Sep/090
Sony W series compact and S950
For those who approach from novice to photography, Sony is the S950, a compact camera series Cyber Shot HAD CCD sensor that mounts a 1 / 2, 3 "by 10.1 effective Megapixels. The S950 is accompanied by a zoom lens Sony 4x, which is unfortunately highlighted the focal angle of only 33 mm equivalent. The image stabilization is via a tracking algorithm of recorded pixels and increasingly in software, other competing algorithms to automate the shooting settings. Behind the LCD screen 2 , 7 "acting features such as face detection and shooting at high sensitivity (ISO 3200). The methods of recovery are reduced to 6 to facilitate the operations in step without losing time all 'internal menu otherwise processed. One of the interesting accessories for the S950 is l 'GPS-CS3KA that adds data to geotag pictures taken. For those who want to go further, the W series is enriched by the W210 and W220 models: the differences between the two are minimal and the distinctive features they see a zoom lens Zeiss Vario-Tessar 4x HAD CCD sensor and a 12-Mp effective. The stabilization is still digital model W210 and W220 buy the stabilizing mechanics 's perspective. If the S950 supported SD memory cards, the two W adopt the standard established by Sony Memory Stick, in 'underlying image is visible the W210 model with small panel to access the battery and card in the open position. In addition to software capabilities adopted by the S950, Both models adopt the W Intelligent Scene Recognition System that allows the camera to set the optimum parameters by one step in otherwise difficult situations such as backlight and portrait at sunset. L 'autonomy of the three cameras can see in first place with 430 shots, the W220, W210 and S950 followed respectively with 370 and 330 shots.