Digital cameras

Not everyone is blessed with what is often referred to as photographic memory and cameras are integral to human lives as they are the only equipments which can preserve certain special and timeless moments in one’s lives which can remain in his mind as a beautiful recollection of an incident of the past throughout his lifetime. With the advancement of time and technological improvements, cameras have moved on from the older versions which used photographic films which are more or less becoming obsolete nowadays and are being replaced by digital cameras which are electronic equipments where photographs are stored digitally. Since their inception, digital cameras have been extremely popular and at present they constitute the major share in the market.

While experimentations had begun earlier, the first original digital camera came out in the late 1980s and was released by Fuji which performed with the help of a 16MB digital memory card but this never arrived in the markets. This was followed by the Logitech Fotoman which comprised of a CCD image sensor and could be attached to a PC for transfer of photos. In fact all digital cameras are supplied with these CCD image sensors which are made up of several color buckets, also known as pixels each of which represent three colors and all of these buckets or pixels are provided with color filters. The pixel count is usually made in millions and therefore 1 mega pixel refers to 1 million pixels. Almost all the digital cameras allow connectivity facilities to the computer by means of an USB cord. However, with mobile phone cameras like Blackberry which also use digital technology becoming popular with every passing day, it is also possible to transfer photos via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi networking. The common image file formats supported by most digital cameras include the TIFF and JPEG formats. Video footage is supported by MPEG, AVI, MOV etc formats and is available in selected devices like camcorders.

RIM BlackBerry 8820 (AT&T)

This is another phone of the editor’s choice. This set has achieved an excellent rating from the editors of the cell review site getting 8.0 on 10, while from the users it has been capable of getting very good rating. The phone is quite slim but is too wide which sometimes poses a problem in holding it to the ears. The screen of the phone is 2.5 inches wide. The navigation keys are well designed and functions can be easily understood. The phone has good memory which allows it to store each entry with 8 phone numbers, email addresses, work and home address, job title and much more. The SIM allows the storage of 250 more contacts. Groups can be formed in contact and each group can be supported with a photo. The BlackBerry has a good music player.

It has a media player which can play different files like MP3, AAC, MIDI, WMA, AMR-NB, and few such other files. It can also support video files like MPEG4, WMV and H.263. The music player is very easy to operate; it also supports to create a play list. The set has a flash memory included within it. This phone does not have a camera. But photos can be obtained with the help of multimedia messaging. This phone is just like a mini computer. Emails can be received and sent. Work on Microsoft Word, Corel Word Perfect, Excel and PowerPoint can be carried out. File formats like JPEGs, PDF, and GIF can also be opened. The other features of the phone include a speakerphone, conference calling, voice activated dialing and so on. It has consists of memo pad, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, task list.

The best thing about the phone is that it has an integrated WI-Fi. The battery has a long talk time life. It has a Bluetooth, push email a GPS facility.

The phone lacks 3 G support and the keypad is bit slippery.