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Rumour: Samsung working on new camera phone – Galaxy Zoom
If the Samsung Galaxy Camera was not exactly your cup of tea, then Samsung are reportedly working on another option, the Samsung Galaxy Zoom. The new device will reportedly be a camera phone with an emphasis on the camera functions. Packing a 16MP sensor for the camera, the display on the Zoom will be a [...]
CyanogenMod adding hands-free photography
Soon, it’ll be easier than ever to take the perfect selfie, as CyanogenMod will soon be adding hands-free photography to their camera application. One of the senior members of the CyanogenMod team, Richardo Cerqueira, posted the above photo to his Google+ page earlier this week, showing off the new feature, which allows you to set [...]
Android was originally destined for cameras, not phones
Andy Rubin, who has (until recently) been the driver behind the Android platform has told Japan’s New Economy Summit that ten years ago, before Android was the smartphone behemoth that it is today, Android was being designed as a software platform for cameras. That’s right, Android was supposed to improve the way digital cameras and [...]
HTC issuing software update to improve One’s camera
HTC are pushing the Ultrapixel camera on their 2013 flagship as the best thing to happen to cameras since the lens, but now that the phone is actually in the hands of the internet, many reviews are pointing out that a lot of the photos the One is producing are kind of blurry when zoomed [...]
Samsung considering Wifi Galaxy Camera for Australian Market
Last month just prior to Mobile World Congress, Samsung announced that they were launching a Wi-Fi only version of the Samsung Galaxy Camera. The 3G version of the Galaxy Camera has so far been pretty well received in Australia, which is currently selling through Harvey Norman and other retailers. However, we have seen some people [...]
HTC to release mid-range devices with Blinkfeed and Ultrapixel cameras this year
Rob Kerr of mobile technology site Omio published an article this morning detailing discussions he had with HTC‘s Head of UK and Ireland, Phil Roberson, at Mobile World Congress last week. Roberson states quite clearly that HTC intends to release mid-range and low-end phones in 2013, packing as much of the technology and software from [...]
NVIDIA announces Tegra 4i with on-board LTE and new camera tech
NVIDIA has announced today the Tegra 4i — the cheaper, little brother of their beastly Tegra 4 system-on-a-chip. The Tegra 4i trades the Tegra 4′s ARM Cortex-A15 CPU for a 2.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 r4 (plus low-power companion core), and reduces the number of GPU cores from 72 to 60. A significant advantage to the [...]
iinet now selling the Samsung Galaxy Camera outright or on a plan
The Galaxy Camera has been one of the best use cases for Android we saw last year but it is a little much for some people as an outright cost. One of our readers Carsten has tipped us that iinet is now selling the Galaxy Camera which you can either purchase outright for $579 or [...]
Polaroid to release Android Interchangeable Lens Camera at CES 2013
If the Galaxy Camera wasn’t quite your thing then perhaps Polaroid can capture your future Camera purchase. Scott Hardy, president and CEO of Polaroid has advised Imaging Resource that “There will be an Android powered, interchangeable lens camera introduced by Polaroid at CES 2013″. Specs on the device rumour it to have an 18.1-megapixel sensor, [...]
Ausdroid’s Best of 2012 — Phones, Tablets, Apps and more.
Something Ausdroid likes to do around Christmas time is reflect on the year behind us, and throw our thoughts into the ring for the best devices we’ve seen all year. I know I’ve personally seen a good share of handsets this year, and between myself and the team, we’ve probably used 90% of the Android [...]
Galaxy Camera now available for pre-order from Harvey Norman
After the Australian launch of the Galaxy Camera at the event in Sydney last night, we’ve been intrigued with the concept and really can’t wait to see where we can get our hands on one. Scott one of our podcasters found it on the Harvey Norman website where it is available to pre-order for $596 [...]
Nikon S800c Android Camera, now on-sale at Harvey Norman, JB Hifi, Domayne, Teds and Camera House
I’ve just come back from a whip around local retailers and it looks as though the Nikon S800c, the point and shoot camera running Android 2.3 has started to arrive in stores. Domayne, Harvey Norman, Ted’s, Camera House and to a lesser extent JB Hifi are now stocking the camera. Harvey Norman had the camera [...]
LG Optimus G will arrive in Australia with a 13MP Camera afterall
When we first got word that the LG Optimus G was coming to Australia we were advised that the phone would be delivered to different markets with one of two different camera sensors either 8MP or 13MP depending on the market. We were advised early on that Australia would be getting the 8MP version but [...]