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When this new technology arrives, cellphone cameras are not gonna suck

When this new technology arrives, cellphone cameras are not gonna suckLenses.It might improve picture quality a bit, but don't expect too much with the tiny lenses these things have.Tail wagging the dog?Why not just strap a cell phone onto a decent camera and be done with it? ;0)

Tags: Cellular phones, cellphone camera, camera, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

When this new technology arrives, cellphone cameras are not gonna suck

There's a difference between snapshots and photographs. Cellphone and PDA cameras are good for snapshots, but most of these devices kind of suck at taking certain types of photos. Admit it. Whether iPhone, BlackBerry, or just your garden variety Samsung, your cellphone camera...

Tags: Pixel, Sensor, Cell Phone, Camera, Cellphone Camera, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-13

App will let you take document photos with your cellphone camera, then perform flawless OCR scan

App will let you take document photos with your cellphone camera, then perform flawless OCR scanAwesomeI love this. How cool.But I can see problems.Just for the sake of argument, I forsee:Copyright/Trademark infringement when someone photographs a logo or something that they like and it winds up in their document...

Tags: photograph, cellphone camera, camera, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

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Photoshop releases an iPhone app

Nope, won't purchase Photoshop. In my workflow Photoshop Elements PSE and iPhoto provide me all the features I need. While for may the cost of Photoshop is prohibitive PSE is quite reasonable having an amazing amount of Photoshop features. If one needs more features try free GIMP.Don't laugh at PSE....

Tags: Smart phones, Adobe PhotoShop, PSE, photograph, Apple iPhone, Adobe Lightroom, GIMP

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Ubicomp 2009 and the fusion of our digital and physical worlds

Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless invisible interactions we're having with sensing, inferring, and data transferring machines every day. It's...

Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Top digital camera phones on the market

Check your specs on the NokiaThe 4x zoom is digital, not optical. With that said the best camera phone I have used thus far was the Nokia N82. Very similar specs to the N97, but with a Xenon flash. That made a huge difference indoors.I generally like...

Tags: Camera phones, Remember IT, camera phone, digital camera phone, phone, camera, digital camera, iPhone 3GS

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Poll: Has your camera phone replaced your regular pocket camera?

As stated in the blog camera phones are OK in a pinch.I don't regularly carry my P&S camera with me. If I know I'm going somewhere where I might want to take pictures than I grab the P&S. And if I have something I'm specifically going out to shoot then...

Tags: Camera phones, P&S, camera, camera phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

I don't want an MP3 player/camera/ebook reader/gaming device. Do you?

Disagree with your update[i]In fact, Apple almost seemed to be repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to a full-fledged PC[/i]Nope, Apple is repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to the 8 year old HP iPAQ running PocketPC.Apps? Check.Browser? Check.Exchange support? Check.Multi-media support? Check.RE: I don't want an MP3...

Tags: E-mail, Digital music, Digital media, Corporate communications, camera, MP3

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

HP plays the print app game; Will you buy into 'Printing 2.0'?

Printing????I cant even recall the last time I had to print. Maybe it is because I am trying to be more green but really its because so much easier to just read it on my monitor or blackberry. Even my work is going paperless because its so much...

Tags: Document management, Printers, printing, Printing 2.0, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, print app game, app game

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Stanford's open-source camera lets the public choose camera features

What happens when you get Linux developers designing physical objects....You get a camera with no case, a motherboard sticking out, a huge lens on a dinky cellphone cmos chip, a built in USB hub, and some guy talking about making it "programmable" so that some other university eggheads can use...

Tags: open source, camera, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying a mobile phone?

They're all basically toysPhone cameras are handy for an occasional "grab" shot, but I sure wouldn't use one as my main camera on a vacation trip.RE: Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying aAn onboard camera in a cellphone is of little importance to me....

Tags: mobile, camera, phone, cell phone, pic

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Will pre-teens really adopt the new iPod touch as a VoIP phone?

Will pre-teens really adopt the new iPod touch as a VoIP phone?NO! Apple will block VOIP appsOnes like Ventrillo and TeamSpeak will be blocked if they plan on making an app.some have already been blocked... I forget the names. But ones like Skype and Fring are allowed since you...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Digital media, Digital music, phone, VoIP phone, VoIP, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, new iPod Touch, camera, Fring

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

How Apple singlehandedly killed the Flip Mino

How Apple singlehandedly killed the Flip MinoCisco bought Flip and is still better than the iphoneThe iPhone video is horrible.Flip has a direct to youtube software built in for video sharing. Also, it's better for kids to have than a $200 iphone. 15~30 seconds of video against HD quality...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Video, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone, Flip Mino

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Does the iPhone 3G S replace the need for Flip?

Does the iPhone 3G S replace the need for Flip?Is the Flip's time up?How can its time be up when it never took off in the first place? I've never even seen a Flip. I've seen oodles of iPhones and other similarly featured phones.I think the more correct question is...

Tags: Corporate communications, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Flip Video, camera quality, Apple iPhone, camera, video, iPhone 3G S, Apple iPhone 3G, phone, cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money

RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about moneyRIAA is a dangerous criminal organizationThere is only one victim here, that poor woman, they destroyed her life, and for what?Of course she lied that her kids were the one, that she hadn't known etc. She was trying to get away...

Tags: CD, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

(iPhone 3G S camera photos)

(iPhone 3G S camera photos)oh goodphew! i'm so glad that it DOES perform batteri always wanted a phone that could perform batterRE: (iPhone 3G S camera photos)3.15 MP Camera. Most new cellphone out there are 5 MegaPixel. New Samsung i8910 Omnia HD have 8 Megapixel. Also the LG...

Tags: camera, camera photo, iPhone 3G S, Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Sony: Too big to be fixed

Sony: Too big to be fixedblack listed for meI've been screwed by Sony on three different occasions. Once, I got an expensive digital telephone that was full of static, dropped connections, and overall poor quality until it died. "Customer service" blamed my house for being too big too floors. Go...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital media, licensing fee, Sony Corp., DVD, CD

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

News to know: HP, Hulu, IE 8; SOA; Citrix; Bearing Point

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Larry Dignan: Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware HP's mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target; Outlook weaker...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Bearing Point, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-02-19