FUJIFILM has announced its new autofocus, compact, stylish FinePix F80EXR digital camera, with with 12 megapixel resolution, Pet Detection, EXR AUTO, HD movie recording capability, Face Recognition technology and more, aiming to enhance your photography experience.
David Troy, marketing manager, Consumer Digital Cameras, Electronic Imaging Division, Fujifilm North America Corporation said , “The FinePix F80EXR has the same advanced Fujifilm EXR technology and 10x long-zoom that made the F70EXR so successful and takes it to the next level with even more features, such as HD Movie Capture and Face Recognition, for users to achieve outstanding results in virtually any lighting condition.”
JVC U.S.A Introduced the new GZ-HM340 a KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS, currently one of the world’s smallest and slimmest HD lenses. In the GZ-HM340 it offers a 20x optical zoom.
Everio high-definition models automatically switch between two internal media for continuous, uninterrupted recordings. Users can shoot seamless, drop-out-free recordings using dual SD cards or flash memory. HD-model enhancements also include Face Flow Thumbnail, which displays thumbnails from a particular section of a video by automatically selecting and zooming into human faces.
Apple’s iPad tablet PC has just been announced recently and if you wonder how much would it cost to build the system, or perhaps a more interesting question is how much profit does Apple Inc actually gain with each iPad being sold to consumers, the recent analysis report from Brian Marshall will have the answer. According to Brian Marshall, BroadPoint AmTech, the whole system BOM (Bill of Material) and manufacturing costs are costing around $270.50 for 16GB iPad (WiFi version), indicating that they may gain around $200, or at least 40 percent with each unit being pushed to market.
Microsoft Silverlight is a web application framework which provides similar functionality to Adobe Flash that has been integrated with multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single run environment. In effort to encourage more users in exploring the latest version of Silverlight 4 Beta, Microsoft is now giving away Silverlight 4 Training Course in a single executable (exe) file format for those who interested to learn the new features in Silverlight 4.
Rumers are over and Steve Jobs CEO apple introduced the Apple iPad yesterday that promises to new and exciting experiences for mobile computing.
“This is best gadget ever made,” says early user Jason Calacanis, “and NOT overhyped.”
As expected, the device handles like an iPhone, but larger. However software capabilities are a mix between OSX and the iPhone OS. So while it does motion detection, rotation, and an on-screen keyboard like an iPhone, it also handles Photos and e-mail more like your laptop would. Jobs started by stating that the tablet had to be able to do things better than the iPhone and the MacBook, or else there would be no reason to make it. Thinks like browsing the web, email, enjoying and sharing pics, watching videos, enjoying music, playing games, and reading ebooks.
Verizon Wireless and Palm have announced the upcoming launch of the new Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus smartphones, which bring the groundbreaking Palm webOS experience to Verizon Wireless customers, offering an unique, all-new 3G Mobile Hotspot feature that lets users share with up to 5 Wi-Fi-enabled devices like notebooks, netbooks, cameras, gaming devices or portable media players.
The well-known mobilephones maker, Motorola has announced the availability of its new Motorola BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR, which can sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and more from sources like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, work as well as personal e-mail, and automatically deliver them to your home screen, combining the social saviness and personalization of MOTOBLUR with the multitasking performance of smartphone.
One of the reasons why OLED technology is cool is the fact that you can create a semi-transparent OLED screen. We’re not quite sure how useful this technology really is, except for looking through your laptop when everyone thinks you’re looking at it, but imagining a future with a bunch of semi-transparent gadgetry around us somehow fills us with glee.
Samsung has decided to take a step into the future, creating a 14-inch notebook prototype with a semi-transparent screen. When the device is off, the panel is up to 40% transparent; the screen casing is made out of transparent plastic, which makes the experience even more seamless.