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Nintendo launched its next-generation Wii gaming console in North American this weekend, and, sadly, the product launch was defined as much by what didn’t happen as by the console itself: although thousands of gamers braved the elements and waited for hours to be among the first to set hands on the new systems, the introduction of the Wii sparked none of the violence and mayhem which characterized the launch of Sony’s PlayStation 3 just two days before.
Say you’re having a party and you want to have enough music ready for the whole night. Sure, you might have an iPod or digital audio player that you could hook to your stereo, but do you really want all of your friends’ grubby hands all over it? If you have a DVD player and a DVD burner in your computer there’s a simple solution – create an Audio DVD.
Pentax Imaging Company has announced the new Optio S5i. With 5.0 effective megapixels and a 3X optical zoom lens, the Optio S5i features a stylish design in an ultra-compact, lightweight digital camera. Following in the footsteps of the popular Optio S, the stylish Optio S5i features the highest megapixel count in this ultra-compact series.
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“The Coolpix 5200 (and Coolpix 4200) are the newest weapons in the war against red-eye. The exclusive Nikon red eye fix feature is activated when the camera is set to the red eye reduction flash mode. A pre-flash minimizes red eye as the first step. The camera then analyzes the picture using powerful image processing and analysis technology. In-Camera Red-Eye Fix incorporates years of image processing and imaging analysis technology and know-how. The process is completely automatic and transparent to the user. The user will simply experience a reduction in the number of pictures with red eye. There are limitations to the feature as the system is optimized to the flash operating distance.
The pyramid-shape recording device, measuring 11.5 centimeters by 11.5 cm by 7.3 cm, can be connected with a TV or a videocassette recorder by a cable. It uses SD memory cards or miniSD cards for recording. A 128-megabyte card is capable of recording programs for about two hours.
The card can be inserted into handsets with video functions. Ten cell phone models
The SD Memory Card captured the number one position with 30 percent of the U.S. flash memory market in October against 28.8 percent for the CompactFlash Card. In third place was Memory Stick, with a22 percent market share. Panasonic is a co-developer of SD Memory cards along with Toshiba and SanDisk.
Joseph Unsworth, analyst – Semiconductor Memories for Gartner Inc., noted: “The recent success of the SD Card in the retail channel is in line with my expectations of the SD Card becoming the leading flash card format. The SD Card is well-positioned in terms of performance, cost, and industry support across many applications and that is why I expect the SD card to have the largest share of revenue of all of the flash card formats in 2004.”
The system, which is being developed by Tiger Telematics subsidiary Gametrac Europe, is due for launch in Q2 2004, and sports a comprehensive feature-set for a mobile device, including Bluetooth support and a built in digital camera.
Interestingly, however, the device doesn’t seem to be built to allow voice calls – making it very much into a game system with added wireless functionality, rather than a replacement mobile phone. It will however support MP3 music and MPEG4 movie playback.
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“The Sanyo DMX-C1 or Fisher FVD-C1 could be the lighest and smallest high-quality Digital Video Camera on the planet. The Xacti, as it is called in Japan weighs 155g and feature 3.2 Mega Pixel CCD chip. It can record MPeg4 with 30 frames per second in VGA resolution. The Fisher FVD-C1 uses SD-Memory Cards. With a 512MB SD-Card the camera can record 30min. of high-quality Video (VGA, 30fps). It seems also that the Fisher FVD-C1 allows users to make still photos while continue recording Video at the same time. This smallest digital video camera featurs a 5.8 zoom optics and a 32x digital zoom. The built-in 1.5″ LCD screen has about 110,000 pixel. Size: 69(W)x108x(H)x34(D)mm ”
The P505iS is the second handset model released in the new 505iS series, a series of five PDC (2G) i-mode®-capable mobile phones featuring mega-pixel cameras. The model’s 1.28 mega-pixel CCD camera is equipped with auto-focus for sharp, clear photos.
The new handset has a 65,536-color TFT main LCD that doubles as a viewfinder, just like the viewfinder on a digital camera. The display-half of the body slides open (parallel to the lower body, like a jackknife), because the display is located on the outside of the body. When open, the display can also be rotated 180 degrees to face the same direction as the camera (for self-portraits, etc.).
Scheduled to go on sale after late May 2003, the J-SH53 is also Movie Sha-mail (video messaging) compatible.
With its state-of-the-art 1 million effective pixel “Megapixel CCD Mobile Cameraâ€, the J-SH53 can take pictures in resolutions of up to 1144 x 858 dots for high quality prints. The handset also comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA*1 “System LCD†display for unsurpassed screen quality and resolution.
The J-SH53 features expanded “Super Mail†capabilities, making it possible to send MPEG-4*2 compatible video messages (Movie Sha-mail) of up to 10 seconds in length and pictures (Sha-mail) taken in wallpaper mode (QVGA size). Gaming enthusiasts will also appreciate the J-SH53’s expanded Javaâ„¢ application storage capacity, the industry’s largest at 256 kilobytes, for true 3D mobile gaming.
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