Digital Shot

It’s not often that you find a webcam that’s multifaceted, but Earth Trek’s webcam is just that. Dubbed the “hottest webcam” this world has ever seen (um, no), this unit packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, VGA capture abilities, auto focus / auto brightness and the real kicker, a 2-port USB hub. Probably still a ripoff at $45, but if you need those extra peripheral ports bad enough, who knows what you’d be willing to do.

[Via Pocket-lint]

Earth Trek offers up VGA webcam with 2-port USB hub originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Uh, oops. Sorry Nikon but your D3x is now even less of a mystery. According to your own Pro magazine, the D3x will sport an FX-format, 24.5 megapixel sensor shooting 5fps at full resolution or 7fps at a reduced 10 megapixels. Nikon made a few other tweaks including an extended ISO 50-6400 range but the body design, AF, metering, and main functions remain the same as the D3. The only thing we need now is a price and confirmed release date. Back to you Nikon. One more shot detailing the features after the break, full details beyond the read link.

[Via dpreview forums]

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Nikon outs D3x in own Pro magazine originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Well, to be fair, we can’t really promise you any minions. Minions are hard to come by these days.
But still, fame and glory! And in some cases, cash money!
Contests build character. They make you take a long hard look at your photos and admit that some of them are really, really good.
What have you got […]

Well, to be fair, we can’t really promise you any minions. Minions are hard to come by these days.

But still, fame and glory! And in some cases, cash money!

Contests build character. They make you take a long hard look at your photos and admit that some of them are really, really good.

What have you got to lose?

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While this rumor hasn’t been running quite as long as the original iPhone rumor, we’ve been brushing off whispers of the D3x for a really, really long time. For what it’s worth, the latest tidbit actually seems to have some teeth, with one eagle-eyed tipster noting that the website in the read link was alive momentarily, then canned inexplicably. He managed to grab the image you see above (but not the whole site?), and he swears up and down it wasn’t the Eggnog distorting his judgment. We’ll see, won’t we?

[Thanks, Darryl]

D3x reportedly shown, then removed from Nikon’s site originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We already caught a brief glimpse of Tomy’s Zink printer-equipped Xiao digital camera earlier this month, but with the Friday release date now upon us, we finally have a few more details about the would-be Polaroid successor. That includes word of a price for both the camera (¥34,800, or just under $370), and the paper you’ll need to actually print photos which, at ¥880 (or about $9) for 20 sheets, likely won’t have you plastering your walls with the 2×3-inch shots, even though they do actually have adhesive backs. Interestingly, you can also use the camera to print photos from any IrDA-equipped cellphone, but unfortunately not via WiFi or Bluetooth, which would be a tad more welcome. If that’s got you intrigued, you should have a slightly easier time picking one up when it launches internationally next spring, although by then it’ll likely also be competing with Polaroid’s own Zink-equipped camera.

Tomy’s printer-equipped Xiao digital camera hits Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.