Archives for June 2006

Fuji have introduced this 6 megapixel Finepix camera (the F470). It’s a very light weight camera weighing in at just 122g which puts it as one of the lightest in the 6 megapixel class.

It features a 3x zoom, quick start up, low shutter lag, ISO 400, and excellent colour and white balance. The screen is a nice sized 2.5″ which we are seeing quite often on the latest digital cameras.

On the downside, the battery provided is not that great and does not hold it’s charge too well. A shame, but still a great camera.

Via: Engadget

NEC have introduced a super senstative finger print scanner. The fingerprint scanner is an 800dpi (highest so far is around 500dpi) and has a very low rate of getting it wrong. Somewhere in the region of 0.0001%.

The device is to cost around $250.

Via: Engadget

The worlds smallest camera sensor is tiny! It measures at 2.1 x 2.3 mm which is about a 5th of your finger nail. Some say it’s to do with medical reasons in that you could swallow and see inside you but I doubt that is the case as it would end up taking pictures from random directions although it would still be cool to see pics all the way through your body 🙂

Via: Camborg

I came across this fancy video belf buckle today. It’s kind of different and I guess it makes it difficult to watch a movie your self. Maybe it’s to impress your friends 😉

Via: Techeblog

The Tekkeons myPower ALL does what it says it does and powers ALL devices. The myPower is priced between $120 – $160 and each power tip costs just $3 – $5 which is a very reasonable price in my opinion.

Full technical details can be found over at Engadget via the link below.

Via: Engadget

Panasonic have put a price on their Blu-Ray system and is on the more pricey side of the scale. It will hit the markets at around $1300.

It will play Blu-Ray discs at 1080p and has some built in technology named P4HD which improves HD output over analogue which is 1080i/720p.

Full details can be found at the source below.

Via: Engadget

What on earth is a super gadget? Mustek have created it and I will tell you 🙂 A super gadget is something that plays music, videos, has a built in 10 Mega Pixel camera and can encode footage from TV’s or DVD players as well as a whole lot more.

The mustek is an amazing looking little device that seriously packs a punch in it’s tiny case.

The price? Not much to be honest. They have squeezed all this in to a less then $200 package.

Unfortunatly it’s not really a 10 Mega Pixel camera… it’s a 5 megapixel interpolated. It is still a good bargain at the price it is coming on sale for and you will need a hefty SD card to capture recordings.

Via: Engadget

According to sources, the Toshiba HD-A1 looses $200 on each and every sale. This is iSuppli who have taken the thing appart and priced up each part. They reakon it costs over $700 to make one of these units which sells at $500.

The reason being that they want to penetrate the market before all the Blu-Ray technology comes out later on this year.

Via: HDBeat