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After all these years, Motorola still hasn’t given up its fetish for sticky keypads. It is quite surprising since we have seen some supremely stylish phones like the V3i from the same stables. And when you look at the i335, you are surely going to have a feeling of d?©j?  vu. Yes, this is a lot like most of its predecessors in design and looks. And to carry on the legacy, its keypad retains the irritating leathery feel.

The thin i335 has been designed specifically for Nextel. From the looks of it, this phone is targeted at the mid-end and lower segments, amply evidenced by a conspicuous lack of a camera, a decent LCD screen and connectivity of any sort. However, grapevine has it that the phone would be better looking than other models designed for Nextel.

The phone’s price has not been announced yet. Nevertheless, there is little doubt that the phone would be priced for light pockets, one aspect Motorola has always got right.


Via: gizmodo

Are the days of the microscope numbered? Well, the way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if the microscope gets pushed to oblivion. Imagine a camera that offers a mind-boggling 18x zoom feature. For all you know, your imagination might get embodied. Actually, it just has. The Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd camera, with its 18x optical zoom, would not just give the microscopes a run for their money but even ‘roll cameras’ would seriously consider retiring gracefully.

The large 18x inscription on the side of the camera and its super-large name just emphasize the enormity of its character. And we are not talking just about the lens and the name here. The camera is styled like a digital SLR and is loaded with features that can put the best of cameras to shame. Photography buffs need not worry about limitations of fixed lens anymore with the optical zoom, easily the stand-out feature in this camera. Moreover, optical zoom is important if you seek fine resolution. Yes, digital zoom and optical zoom are different. Digital zoom can enlarge an image but destroys its resolution. Another advantage of this camera is its fixed lenses. These lenses in digital cameras are airtight, thereby saving you ‘wiping time.’

The FinePix S8000fd is an 8-megapixel delight that allows you to shoot images with unmatched resolution. Automatic face adjustment and face recognition are two other prominent features of this camera. No more red-eyed snaps, then.

When you have all these features, it would be natural to assume that the camera would be quite pricey. As a matter of fact, it isn’t. For all its features, it costs just $400. Well, we can surely expect a stampede at Fujifilm’s stores to possess this super-camera.

Via:scifi

Hot on the heels of the SSD shootout comes a five-man competition stocked with some of the most prolific digital photo frames on the market, and now that prices on these bad boys are dipping down from the stratosphere, there’s a good chance you’d like to know which would look best in your den. Thankfully, GearDigest has taken the task upon itself to pit Kodak’s EasyShare SV710, Pandigital’s 7-inch Photo Frame, Philips’ 7FF1CM1, Smartpart’s Portable Picture And Video Player, and Westinghouse’s DPF-702 against each other to see who’s really the champ. After hours of viewing countless relatives and vacations of yesteryear, the group found that the obvious assumptions of “you get what you pay for” proved completely true. The four frames not labeled by Philips all featured a similar 16:9 display with a paltry 480 x 234 resolution, and while a few offered niceties not found elsewhere (Kodak’s PictBridge, for instance), all of the devices were decent at best in terms of image quality — and they all ranged from $119 to $129.95 in price. Handily snagging the gold was the $199 7FF1CM1, which upped the ante with a 720 x 480 panel and proved worthwhile if you actually want your photos to shine. But hey, it’s still your dough, so do your duty and dive into the full review below before swaying one way or another.

[Via DigitalMediaThoughts]

While we’ve already seen what tricks cameras can play right before our very eyes, kameraflage is a slightly different flavor of optical illusion. The patent-pending technology exploits the fact that cameras can see a broader spectrum of colors than our meager eyes, and as the creator puts it, “by rendering content in these invisible colors we are able to create displays that are invisible to the naked eye, yet can be seen when imaged with a digital camera.” Currently, it’s being applied to garments in able to for cameraphone addicts to find surprises all over while pointing their sensors at unsuspecting humans, and the tech will even be on display at the upcoming 2007 ACM SIGGRAPH Unravel fashion show in San Diego. Best of all, custom orders will be fielded as early as September, and if we’ve got any interested VCs in the crowd, give this man a holler.

[Via c0nn0r]

What could be better than gazing longingly into a glass of white wine?

How about gazing into that same glass and seeing someone gazing right back at you?

That might sound a tad creepy now, but take a closer look at our awesome photo wine glass photo frames and pretty soon you’ll be scowling, growling, and grinning… whatever it takes to make the perfect cup-bottom portrait.

Wine glass photo frames are a cinch to make, but the amusement is endless. Read our tutorial to find out how!

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