android archives (50 posts)
Adobe Photoshop Touch 1.4 launches on the Amazon Android-y App Store, November 16, 2012
While a number of photographers may have complaints about Adobe's pricing of their Photoshop and CS software suites, the complaints are much rarer on the pricing of their mobile flagship imaging product, Adobe Photoshop Touch. Granted, it is nowhere near...
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Curiosity factor: Samsung Android Galaxy superzoom camera reviewed, November 14, 2012
This appears to be the first english-speaking review of the curiosity-inducing new Samsung Galaxy Android-powered digital camera, the EK-GC100, published at Engadget.com. You can find the executive summary on the top right side of the Engadget page. The camera does...
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Mobile Noise: iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, App Reviews, etc, November 12, 2012
Photography keeps getting mobiler and mobiler (for lack of a better word), so now that there is a break in the action, this is a good time for a new Mobile Noise round-up. Please note these are intended to be...
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Samsung Galaxy camera with 4G HSPA+ will sell for $500 on AT&T (no contract), November 12, 2012
One of the side-effects of building a camera on Android with smartphone DNA by the top selling smartphone manufacturer is that the camera may end up being sold like a hybrid between a camera and a ...smartphone! We are talking...
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Samsung releases open source kernel files for their Android Galaxy EK-GC100 camera, November 11, 2012
Samsung is one of only three manufacturers with name recognition to develop Android-based cameras. The other two are the Nikon Coolpix S800c [reviews] announced during the 2012 Photokina season and Polaroid announced during CES/PMA 2012. The Samsung Galaxy camera however,...
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Curiosity factor: the camera of the LG Google Nexus 4, November 2, 2012
The review embargo has been lifted for the LG Google Nexus 4 Android smartphone, and various technology websites have published their review findings using advance units of the phone that sports an 8mp camera with a flash, and Android 4.2...
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Amazon and AT&T launch separate Cloud Photo services with 5GB free each, November 1, 2012
Neil Gaiman brought the wars of the Gods from the clouds down to the Earth, but the big technology giants are moving their territorial wars to the cloud! With that as a probably unnecessary preface, two big companies have launched...
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Interview with Samsung on Android cameras, NX, Lenses, etc at Imaging Resource, October 30, 2012
Interview time! Imaging Resource has published a detailed text-based interview with Samsung discussing their endeavor into Android digital cameras. In addition to a variety of Android-related topics, the interview also talks about their NX mirrorless cameras and lenses, possibility of...
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Google launches Photo Sphere with Android 4.2 (also: 2560x1600 tablet & $300 unlocked phone), October 29, 2012
Because of the impact of superstorm Sandy, Google had to cancel their new Android launch event scheduled for earlier today to take place in New York City. So they made their announcements on the interwebs. Of photography-interest, coming with Android...
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Curiosity factor: Nikon Coolpix S800c (Android camera) review and samples, October 9, 2012
This was mentioned/buried in the just-posted Fixed Lens Cameras edition of the Cameraholic Digest, so we are posting it on its own as well since it is a Curiosity O'Factor item. Nikon's first Android digital camera, the Coolpix S800c has...
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Samsung Galaxy superzoom Android camera to launch on AT&T with non-LTE 4G, October 7, 2012
There are some news on the recently announced Samsung Galaxy superzoom Android-powered digital camera for fans of cellular data: it will be available from AT&T using their non-LTE 4G network. Aka HSPA+. AT&T has not revealed details on pricing or...
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New HTC One X+ flagship cameraphone with 8mp f2 lens, October 2, 2012
The competitive nature of the various smartphone manufacturers is also pushing them to compete on the camera modules. Sometimes the competition leads to image quality improvements, sometimes it leads to horsepower/megapixel contests. Today HTC has announced a new flagship Android...
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Interviews: Samsung Imaging VP on Android cameras, September 3, 2012
Time for an interview double-header now. The Samsung VP of Digital Imaging was interviewed at Photography Blog and Amateur Photographer UK talking about his company's first Galaxy Android camera and future plans for Android in future Samsung cameras. The VP...
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New Android digital camera from Samsung with 21x zoom, Jelly Bean, giant touch-screen, Wifi, August 29, 2012
Lots of new things to catch up to today! We start with the second Android digital camera from a major camera manufacturer! It is the new Samsung Galaxy EK-GC100 digital camera. The specs of this camera, compared to the Nikon...
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Android fans, do you want to see a Google Nexus DSLR or mirrorless or serious compact?, August 24, 2012
After the announcement of the Nikon Coolpix S800c (Android), a curiously interesting and intriguing question is raised: How about a Google Nexus Android DSLR or mirrorless camera or serious compact with RAW? Since the early days of Android, Google has...
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