This summer, two smartphone manufacturers have issued very different but challenging visions to their competitors [and each other] of what a smartphone camera should be able to do. Hold on to your money and reins and take a look what will be coming likely this Fall. Samsung’s Galaxy NX – a full state of the […]
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Nintendo and then Microsoft pioneered the use of 3D gestures primarily in gaming. Recently LeapMotion has worked long and hard to bring 3D Gestures in with its Leap small brick devices which Asus and HP are now adopting for their laptops and PCs. Users will get to try out the Leap Motion device on July
ThePhotoFinishes has been an admirer of Xara’s photo finishing software like Xara Photo Designer Pro. And why not?. Xara software is super fast particularly when dealing with large bitmap images [30MB or larger] and vector graphic files[20K graphic point or more]; many of its operations are drag and drop simple to do or just a
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Since its emergence as the premier smartphone player, I pay attention to how Samsung approaches a consumer market. In cameras, Samsung started in 2005 with an aliiance with Pentax for joint development of high end Digital SLRs dominated by Nikon and Canon. The strategy provided an entree for Samsung into the digital camera world. Since
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Pelican has an array of 16 lens in 4 by 4 rows that will give smartphone cameras another leg up in their contest with compact camera vendors for consumers loyalties. Compact cameras have the advantage of much bigger and better optical zoom lenses; generally better flash units, slightly better battery life and generally better controls
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Mobile phones have been cannibals in the gadget market place. They have eaten other devices lunches while increasing their marketshare. PDAs, GPS units, book viewers and hand game consoles have all come and now linger on as Zombie low cost or highly specialized devices as smartphones knock each one off. The real culprit is the
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3 free Photo Editors continue to improve greatly over the past year. They are Artweaver, Photo Filtre and Photoscape. The following slideshow summarizes their features as covered here previously. But here are some newer features that are worthy of consideration. Again, in alphabetical order. Artweaver Artweaver has improved in its 3.1 version a number of
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One of the trends that is effecting camera vendors is that a wide range of electronic device makers outside the familiar ranks are getting into the camera business. Not just smartphones and tablets but laptops, desktops, and all sorts of industrial appliances. This has inevitably had an impact on traditional camera and videocam sales with downward trends
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