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NEC to release its 5.2M camera phone ‘N906i’ in Japan in June

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) -- NEC expects to release its 5.2M camera phone 'N906i' in Japan market through NTT DoCoMo. Adopting a 3-inch WVGA display, the N906i supports HSDPA and 1-Seg. It is expected to be available in June.

Just posted! Canon EOS 450D / Rebel XSi review

Just posted! Our in-depth review of the latest in the popular 'Rebel' line of digital SLR cameras from Canon (rather later than we planned, it took a little longer to complete than we expected). The EOS 450D (Rebel XSi) builds on the success of the EOS 400D (Rebel XTi), adding live view, a new 12MP CMOS sensor and a smattering of new features (including boosted continuous shooting and spot metering). So does the EOS 450D have what it takes to stand out in the increasingly crowded (and competitiv...

Add-on lens for Sigma DP1 draws close

Sigma has announced a close-up lens that can be mounted to its DP1 large-sensor compact. The AML-1 attached to the optional hood adapter (HA-11), and offers closer minimum focusing distances. The lens will be available from June 2008.

Fujifilm launches Finepix Z200fd

Fujifilm has today announced the Finepix Z200fd, a new addition to its range of ultra compact digital cameras. The Z200fd features 10 megapixels resolution and a 5x (33-165mm equiv.) zoom lens. It also brings us exciting new features such as the 'couple' and 'group' self timer modes, all wrapped up in an attractive metal body.

Fujifilm launches FinePix A850

Fujifilm has added another model to its popular 'A' series of competitively-priced compact digital cameras. The 8MP FinePix A850 is based around a 1/2.5" sensor and has a 3X zoom. There are 14 scene modes, including museum mode for those pictures in which you actually want artifacts to appear.

Sigma lens availability and Photoshop Express Updates

News updates: We've followed up some of our recent news stories to bring you up-to-date. Sigma gives updated details on lens availability for Sony and Pentax, and Adobe's Photoshop Express updates Flickr into life.

Just posted! Sigma DP1 review

Just posted! Our in-depth review of the Sigma DP1. It's been a long wait indeed. Sigma displayed a first concept prototype of the DP1 at Photokina 2006 but it took until March of this year for the first production models to hit the shelves. The DP1 sports the rather unusual Foveon X3 sensor (just like the Sigma SD14 DSLR) and comes with a 28mm F4.0 prime lens - quite an exotic combination in today's world of superzooms and smile modes. Sigma claims the new model has the soul of a DSLR in a compa...

First Spyshot of the new Treo 800w with Win Mobile 6.1

" Here comes the Palm Zeppelin! To be called Treo 800w, it is a windows mobile smartphone for CDMA network. It should available for Sprint network this year and you should also see another Palm device called Palm Skywriter this year (probably for GSM network?) Information on the spes is not available at the moment but it is confirmed that the smartphone use a microUSB connector. The Trep 800w design follows the old traditional Treo series smartphones, it might be the first Palm smartphone that c...

Microsoft eyes 40 percent of smartphone market by 2012

"Microsoft is aiming to capture 40 percent of the smartphone market with Windows Mobile by the year 2012, an executive said Tuesday.The target is ambitious considering the company's relatively small share of the market for smartphone operating systems today and stiff competition from the likes of Symbian, Apple's iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry, and newcomers such as Google's Android platform. Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS went into around 11 million handsets in the company's fiscal year 2007, and it...

DreamSpring Releases Touch Friendly Version of DreamConnect 3 for Symbian

DreamSpring announced the availability of DreamConnect 3 v3.60, a touch friendly version and upgrade of the award-winning contact manager for Symbian UIQ 3 smartphone users.DreamSpring today released a vast improvement of DreamConnect 3, featuring finger friendly navigation as introduced in Sony Ericsson's Developer World  and feature and performance enhancements which make the already intuitive DreamConnect 3 even more user-friendly.New to DreamConnect 3 v3.60 is gesture support, providi...
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