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From COMPUTER GEEKS:

Digital cameras are great devices that have made photography simple and enjoyable to countless people. They make taking and sharing photos easier and more economical than film could ever do, but a digital camera may not be optimized as-is straight from the retail packaging. It needs to be accessorized, and this Tech Tip will take a look at five accessories worth considering for use with any digital camera.

Flash Memory
Most cameras are sold with either a removable flash memory card included, or an onboard memory chip, for storing the images the camera takes. The problem is that the included memory may not be the best for many practical uses, and will need to be upgraded by the end user immediately. The memory provided with many cameras generally is of too low a capacity, and the performance of the modules may not be the best either.

A camera taking images at the high resolutions possible today is going to chew up space on a flash card quickly, and the typical 16MB or 32MB card provided by the manufacturer just isn’t going to cut it. I recently purchased a high-quality 3.2 Megapixel (MP) camera that came with a 16MB Compact Flash card. I was somewhat surprised to see that I would only be able take 9 pictures at maximum resolution before the card was full, and wondered why the manufacturer bothered to include a memory card at all. The first step to making the camera more usable was to upgrade to a 512MB Compact Flash card that upped the total storage to 299 images while at the highest resolution.

Taking a look around shows that this practice is common, and that even cameras at 5MP and above may include just a 32MB card. When purchasing a camera, this is something to pay close attention to, and if the camera seems to be a good fit otherwise, be prepared to buy a larger memory card at the same time.

The other issue with flash memory is that they are not all able to read and write at the same speed. While a slower memory card may be more than adequate to keep up with playing any collection of digital audio files, when it comes to taking a steady stream of high resolution images, you need media that can keep up. SanDisk’s Ultra II series of SD cards provides much higher read/write speeds than your typical SD cards, which are more than likely the type you will find included with a camera. Having a high-speed memory card may be the difference between capturing a string of high resolution action shots, and sitting in frustration as the light blinks on your camera indicating that it is still writing the previous image.

Tomorrow: Card Readers and Rechargable Batteries

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From Handango:

Handango InHand is an on-device software catalog that simplifies the process of finding, installing and purchasing software applications and games for Windows Mobile Smartphones. InHand provides a new avenue — the phone itself — for accessing mobile software downloads. The catalog is an easy-to-use system that allows all Windows Mobile Smartphone users to access available software.

Each application has several details you can view on the device, including name, short description, price and screenshot. From within each product description, you can choose to try or buy the application. Product delivery and purchasing are completed directly via the phone so access to a desktop computer is not necessary.

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WHAT?

WHY?

3.2 Megapixel / 10x Optical Zoom (35mm equivalent = 38 to 380mm); 3.2x Digital Zoom / 1.5″ Vari-angle LCD / Uses CF Cards

Canon S1-IS PowerShot Digital Camera -

• 3.2 Megapixel effective with up to 2,048 x 1,536 still image Resolution and up to 640×480 VGA movie resolution
• 10x Optical Zoom
• 3.2x Digital zoom
• 1.5″ LCD vari-angle screen
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Creative zone(P, Av, Tv, M, Custom), Image zone, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Fast Shutter, Slow Shutter, Stitch Assist, Movie
• Storage Media CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I or Type II
• Photo Effects: Effect off, Vivid Color, Neutral Color, Low Sharpening, Sepia, Black & White, Custom effect
• Multimode Electronic-Flash
• Image Recording Format Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
• Has USB for PC and Macintosh connectivity; NTSC or PAL Video TV port; Direct connection to Canon Card Photo Printers and BJ Photo Printers (no Computer required)
• Size: 4.37 x 3.07 x 2.60 inch
• Uses AA Batteries
• Includes: Lens Cap, Neck Strap, 4 AA-Type Alkaline Batteries, Compact Flash Card CF-32, Interface Cable IFC-400PCU, AV Cable AVC-DC300, Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM, and ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM
• AC Adapter (CA-PS700) - optional

WHERE?

CANON S1-IS PowerShot Digital Camera - SLR Hybrid at JR.com!

HOW MUCH?

$254.88

More and more, video game-related courses are being offered in colleges around the country in response to the digital media industry’s appetite for skilled workers and the tastes of a new generation of students raised on Game Boy and Xbox.

Animation I, Cognition & Gaming and Computer Music are being offered as part of the year-old minor in game studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one of dozens of schools that have added courses or degree programs related to video gaming in recent years.

RPI, which plans to offer a major in the field next year, graduated 27 gaming minors in its first year and expects a jump this year.

“The concept of designing good video games, or designing good human-computer interactions — that’s what I’m interested in,” said Chelsea Hash, a senior with a video game minor and a major in electronic arts.

Handhelds, like PocketPC and Palm are incredible pieces of hardware. With appropriate software you can turn them into TVs, DVD players and much more. Curious? Read On.

PocketDVDStudio (PQDVD)
With PocketDVDStudio you can watch DVD movies on a wide variety of mobile devices, like Pocket PC, Smartphone, Portable Media Center, Palm. Yep, it’s true, you can have fun when you are on the go (just make sure you don’t drive, would you?). Basically, with PocketDVDStudio you can take your favorite movies, TV show in your pocket and watch them anywhere, anytime. (Continue)

With digital music players becoming more ubiquitous, Volkswagen AG is offering a stereo component that lets motorists plug in all manner of portable digital players — not just iPods — and manage their tunes and podcasts on a dashboard display.

Although the in-dash CD player has yet to go the way of the eight-track, digital devices with USB connections — be they fancy iPods or simple keychain drives — seem now to be portable music’s future. (Continue… )

Ever since Apple Computer Inc. jumped into the music player business with the original iPod in 2001, the rest of the consumer electronics industry has been playing catch-up. So far, nobody has come close in terms of coolness or sales.

That’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Apple, refusing to stand still, has released its trimmest full-featured iPod yet. The iPod Nano plays music, displays photos, is cleverly designed and is very small.

And if that weren’t impressive enough, the Nano’s battery lasts more than 14 hours on a single charge.

Unlike regular iPods that store songs on hard drives, the Nano uses solid-state memory. That makes the Nano less prone to skipping when dropped or jostled, though that has never really been a problem with its bulkier brethren. (Continue)