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It’s here: the first Android-powered camera, and it’s one that you’d actually consider buying. Nikon’s $349.95 Coolpix S800c is nearly as slim as a smartphone from the middle of last decade, boasting inbuilt GPS (you know, for excessive geotagging), a 10x optical zoom lens, 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 3.5-inch OLED WVGA touchscreen, a 1080p movie capture mode and Android 2.3. That’s right — there’s a bona fide copy of Android running the show on a point-and-shoot camera, something that it seems Nikon beat Samsung to the punch with. Put simply, it possesses the ability to generate its own network and tether with your phone, and users can also download photo sharing applications directly onto the cam’s 4GB of internal storage. Needless to say, we’re anxiously awaiting our chance to see how Android handles on a camera (and how it impacts battery life), and you can find out yourself when it hits shelves in black / white motifs next month.

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The Nikon Coolpix S800c will be slightly different from all the other entry level digital cameras from Nikon to date – especially when you consider this to be a camera that has an operating system that is normally found on smartphones and tablets. Basically, what you see above is actually two sides of the same proverbial coin, where the back side of the camera will sport a touchscreen display that seemingly runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and chances are it ought to feature a custom camera app to get it up and running within a reasonable amount of time whenever you feel that there is a particular shot that you want to make.

Are you willing to fork out good money for an Android-powered camera, or do you prefer these particular boundary lines to remain where they are at the moment without being blurred? Perhaps there will be an announcement made in a couple of days’ time concerning the Android-powered Nikon Coolpix S800c, but we will just sit tight and wait until then.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nikon rumored to make an announcement on the 22nd of August, Internal codes for unannounced Nikon cameras leaked,

Before the official announcement that this device even exists, Nikon appears to have had a bit of a leak occur with the Coolpix S800c, their first Android-based shooter. This device is expected to have a 4.5-54 mm lens, a 3.5-inch OLED display, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread – and an announcement date of August 22nd. What we’re seeing today thanks to Nikon Rumors is a couple of devices, perhaps iterations of the same model, showing off what this next-generation device will look like.

These images do by all means appear to be legitimate Nikon-made device photos or renderings of the smart camera before its announcement this month. This device appears in three different configurations, two with rounded corners, each of them with a different setup for the logos on the front, and one model that’s a bit more square than the rest. This device appears to have a standard set of buttons for taking photos, zooming in and out, and accessing a gallery of images.

On the back of this device appears to be a display that is indeed running Android 2.3 Gingerbread with little to no modifications made to its build. This device also has a set of three buttons below the screen (when held in portrait mode) that likely attach to back, home, and menu functions. It’s not yet known if this device will be able to connect to mobile data, but it’s quite likely that it’ll be working with wi-fi signals at least.

Have a peek in the timeline below to see additional bits from the recent past from Nikon to gain additional clues on their near future. Android may very well be finding its way into more than one camera soon!

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Welcome to Engadget’s back to school guide! The end of summer vacation isn’t nearly as much fun as the weeks that come before, but a chance to update your tech tools likely helps to ease the pain. Today, we’ve got our optical viewfinders set firmly on digital cameras — and you can head to the back to school hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here!

Your smartphone can take pictures, you say? Well, sure it can, but try snapping away at a frat party — you’re likely to walk away with a blurry mess. Your Facebook friends and future employers deserve an accurate account of those glory days, and you’ll need a proper snapper to get the job done. College is as good a time as any to learn responsibility, but don’t expect to walk out of the experience with all your gear unscathed. To that end, freshmen should look long and hard at our point-and-shoot picks, which include models that you won’t be afraid to toss around, or drop in the jungle juice. After that come the mirrorless ILCs, which should satisfy the more advanced photogs in the bunch, followed by our digital SLR picks, which, sadly, may be out of reach of all but photography majors and deep-pocketed private school types. Finally, you’ll have yet another opportunity to enter our fantastic giveaway at the bottom of the page, just after the break.

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According to the rumors, Nikon is expected to unveil several new cameras soon. One of them is a purported high-end Coolpix camera with a 28-200mm f/2.4 lens, while the other is the Coolpix S800 camera which will be powered by Android. So far two Nikon cameras have been announced, the Nikon 1 J2 and the Coolpix L610, but thanks to Nikon’s German support website, it seems that several internal codes of unannounced Nikon cameras have been revealed. It has been speculated that the code X1030 refers to the Nikon 1 J2, while one of the codes starting with Q could be the Coolpix L610, leaving us wondering what the remaining codes could refer to. So far there have been rumors of the two cameras mentioned above, therefore leaving three more codes that could be anything at this point in time. In any case with Photokina taking place next month, there is a good chance that all will be revealed then (or hopefully before), so check back with us later for the details! In the meantime what other cameras do you think Nikon has up their sleeves?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: More alleged next-gen iPhone components surface, Nikon 1 J2 announced officially,