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The Polaroid is back! The Polaroid Pogo Instant Digital Camera does 5-megapixel photos, features a 3-inch LCD, writes to SD memory cards, and does 5X digital zoom (no optical zoom). It prints 2×3 photos in about 45 seconds. Watch for it in March, for $199. Ten packs of Zink paper will cost $4.99.

For more info on Zink ink-less technology go here.

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Post by PJ Jacobowitz

No clue why Sony didn’t unleash this pretty boy with its litany of items yesterday, but maybe it just saw fit to give it some special attention. Thanks to the all-admitting FCC, we already had a good idea that this was coming, but now that it’s finally here, we’re still pretty jazzed. Set to rival Panny’s Lumix DMC-TZ50, the DLNA-certified Cyber-shot DSC-G3 is the planet’s first WiFi camera with a built-in web browser, enabling users to upload images and video directly to popular sharing sites wherever a WiFi connection is available. Of note, the camera comes with complimentary access to Sony’s Easy Upload Home Page via AT&T WiFi, which provides easy entrance into Shutterfly, Picasa, YouTube, Photobucket and Dailymotion. Other specs include a 10 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom and Face Detection. It’s yours to grab right now for around $500.

Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 launches: world’s first WiFi camera with web browser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’d be fibbing just a wee bit if we said that Eye-Fi functionality for the iPhone has always been imminent, but now that it’s real, we suppose we aren’t too surprised. Announced today at Macworld, the Eye-Fi application will enable iPhone owners (that just so happen to also own an Eye-Fi card) to upload images taken on their handset to their computer and the web. Reportedly, the app will allow users to aggregate all of their photos from both the iPhone and a digital camera into “organized folders on a computer and to one of 25 online photo sharing and social networking websites.” The app is also said to support geotagging just like the Eye-Fi Explore, though two crucial bits of info are sorely missing. First off, what happens with folks that don’t own an Eye-Fi card? And second, when is this app even coming out?

Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras

Eye-Fi functionality comes to iPhone via new application originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new study has found that consumer demand for networking features could drive the next wave of consumer electronics purchasing, particularly for imaging and mobile devices such as digital cameras, photo frames, and mobile phones.

International research firm Parks Associates found in the survey, entitled Digital Media Evolution, that almost half of U.S. broadband households want a network-enabled digital camera, and 40 percent want a network-enabled digital photo frame. That’s because consumers are seeing more value in, say, transferring a photo or music track between devices, or transferring a call from a cell phone to a landline while it’s in progress. (Good luck with those DRM-encrypted music and video files, though.)

“We’re entering a new stage in home networking, where interoperability between fixed and portable devices defines new user experiences,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst of Parks Associates, in a statement. “This trend will guide the development of powerful but energy-efficient networking solutions and the design of middleware and user interfaces that can be implemented on multiple devices running a variety of processors and core software.”

Former PC Magazine Editor-In-Chief Michael Miller posted about a neat new digital camera that’s great for capturing action shots and sporting-event photos. Casio’s Exilim EX-FH20 is a good choice for amateur photographers. From his post:

What makes the camera special are two particular shooting modes. In the first, it takes 40 7-megapixel frames per second when you hold down the shutter button. This is great if you’re looking for the perfect moment, and you can sense when it is about to happen, such as capturing the precise moment when your child kicks or catches a ball.

Read the entire story on Miller’s blog, Forward Thinking.