tech archives (32 posts)
Mobile: New Nokia Lumia 925 camera-phone and new Smart Camera app, May 14, 2013
Once upon a time Microsoft and Nokia ruled the world. Now they are the challengers in the mobile world! This morning's Nokia announcement revealed a third co-flagship Lumia camera-smart-phone, the slimmer and lighter aluminum Lumia 925. It has a 8.7...
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New Nokia Lumia 928 uber-phone with Zeiss Lens, Optical Image Stabilization, PureView, May 10, 2013
Fridays are typically quiet days, but not today! In addition to the new Olympus E-P5 and Japan-only-for-now E-PL6 M43rds cameras, we had a new super-camera-phone announcement, this one coming from Nokia with a Zeiss lens, optical image stabilization and the...
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Adobe now making hardware: Smart Stylus and Smart Ruler, May 7, 2013
More and more companies these days are jumping on the let's-start-making-hardware bandwagon and today another one joined them, a software company, Adobe, at the Adobe MAX event, revealed their new Smart Stylus and Smart Ruler. An upcoming app will accompany...
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Leakage: Sony Uber Cybershot Phone with 1/1.6" Exmor stacked sensor and G lens, May 1, 2013
Sony is trying to make progress in the world of uber-phones and a new leakage at VR-Zone.com reveals a new "Sony Honami" uber-phone with a 1/1.6" Exmor RS stacked sensor and a Sony G Lens. This uber-phone is so camera-ish,...
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New Wacom Cintiq 22HD graphics/drawing tablet with multi-touch announced, May 1, 2013
Touch screens are making their way into more things, including graphics aka drawing tablets for digital artists and retouchers. Wacom announces the new Cintiq 22HD, model DTH2200, with a multi touch display. As the model name suggests, this is a...
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In-stock Curiosity: HTC One 4G (AT&T) smartphone with Ultrapixels, April 24, 2013
The curiosity factor HTC One 4G smartphone with its Ultrapixel technology is now in-stock and shipping for $650 with free 2-day shipping without a contract/service-plan at Amazon by Amazon in the AT&T flavor. If you are willing to sign a...
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Curiosity factor: Hands-on with Lynx A 3D camera/tablet Kickstarter Prototype, April 18, 2013
Another curiosity item for or from the future. The Kickstarter project that was started by universities students in Texas has a working prototype in the hands of Engadget, and Engadget published a hands on video with it. No one knows...
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Curiosity factor: Hands-on with Google Glass, April 18, 2013
Taking pictures is getting easier and easier these days. You don't even have to pull out your smartphone if you are planning to wear Google Glass. This tech curiosity that has taken the early-adopter geeks by storm is now getting...
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Google Glass official specs reveal 5mp camera with 720p video, April 15, 2013
Google support has officially revealed the general specs of their Google Glass, revealing a 5 megapixel camera that can also record 720p video. It has 12GB of usable memory (16GB total). The display is the equivalent of a 25 foot...
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New Wacom 13-inch 1080p LED graphics computer tablet (stand-alone model in future), March 19, 2013
Wacom has announced a new computer-attachable graphics tablet, the 13-inch Cintiq 13HD with a 1920x1080 HD LED display with a starting price of around $1000 or 900 euro. This works with PC or Mac computers and needs to be attached...
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Dell announces new 30-inch UltraSharp PremierColor monitor (also: 29-inch ultra wide 21:9), February 12, 2013
Dell has announced new UltraSharp PremierColor monitors, headlined by the 30-inch Dell UltraSharp U3014 with a starting price of $1500. Details are sketchy at the moment since the press release is written in PR-speak and does not really give the...
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Raspberry Pi reveals $25 imaging module with 5mp fixed focus Omnivision sensor (and 1080p video), February 7, 2013
Raspberries are good for you. Oops, that was for the 1001 Noisy Nutritionists blog. Back on topic! Raspberries are good for you if you are looking for affordable and modifiable and hackable computer boards, and of photography interest, Raspberry Pi...
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Business News: Samsung buys 5% stake in Wacom, February 3, 2013
While it was raining new cameras at CP Plus, there was Samsung action on the dollars and sense front. Samsung has purchased 5% of Wacom, the company that makes the popular with some digital creatives Intuos graphics tablets. Samsung spent...
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Hands-on videos: Photo editing (and more) with 20-inch Panasonic 4K tablet (and giant HDTV), January 8, 2013
We only mentioned the announcement links for this in our morning post, but now there are more hands-on videos and pictures, so here we go again. Panasonic showed a 20-inch 4K resolution Windows 8 prototype tablet with pen input at...
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Photographer Bait? 20-inch 4K Panasonic tablet running Windows 8, January 8, 2013
Already photographers are using the iPad and other tablets for some forms of image manipulation and management. Granted, nothing can replace a desktop computer setup for hardcore work, but... what if you had a 20-inch 4K resolution tablet with stylus...
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