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Pentax’s X90 Has An Optical Power Zoom of 26x [Digital Cameras]
Feb 25th
If you haven’t got nearly enough of the cameras coming out of the PMA show this week, you couldn’t go wrong with the 26x optical zoomer X90 from Pentax, which takes last year’s X70 and ups the zoom-factor.
It’s still got a 12.1-megapixel sensor, but going back to that zoom lens it now spans a 26mm wide angle to 676mm super telephoto. The LCD measures 2.7-inches and it shoots HD video (no word on specifics, yet) and has face detection, triple shake reduction, anti-shake, an electronic viewfinder, Eye-Fi compatibility and a HDMI interface with USB 2.0 port. Battery life has also been improved by 50 per cent over the X70. You’d be Read more ...
LG Mini GD880 Phone Has 16:9 Ratio And Looks Hot To Trot [Phones]
Feb 9th
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LG Mini GD880 is so good-looking it makes my brain hurt at the injustice of it (presumably) running LG’s S-Class OS, and not Android. Still, there’s some nice spec to back up this slim 16:9 phone.
Just like the Read more ...
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Shoots HD Video (Also Takes Calls and Stuff) [Smartphones]
Jan 20th
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz, formerly known as the Kurara, is a smartphone with enough optical muscle to challenge any high end pocket camcorder.
We’ll ignore the Symbian S60 OS for a moment (pretending that Android wouldn’t be so, so much more tempting), and point out the Vivaz’s 8.1MP camera with perks like face detection, that’s also completely capable of shooting 720P videos and uploading them to services like YouTube or playing Read more ...
