In addition $100 off on the dual-lens ultrawide-angle Kodak EasyShare V570, Dell has coupon codes to get big discounts on several other popular cameras including the tiny 6 megapixel Canon PowerShot SD630 with its 3" display for only $299 and the 7MP Canon A620 for only $209. Get the details at Techbargains. Remember, these codes have a limited number of uses, so you have to move quickly.
Size matters in America. When buying a digital camera, most people are more impressed with long telephoto lenses than little wide angle lenses. This is silly. Think of it this way: If you couldn't get in close enough, you can always crop an image. But you have no way of adding things after the fact that didn't make it into your picture. Unfortunately most digital cameras, especially point-and-shoots, don't have very wide angle lenses. That's why I'm so enamored with the revolutionary Kodak V570, the first camera Kodak introduced with dual lenses. One lens is a conventional 3x zoom, equivalent to a 39-to-117mm 35mm lens. But the other lens is a 23mm ultrawide-angle! Just press the zoom rocker and the camera automatically switches between lenses.
The very pocketable 5 megapixel V570 typically runs between $320 and its $399 list price. But Dealhack has a coupon code to buy it from Dell for just $299. That's a great price for this unique camera. Move quickly. The coupon expires after 350 uses.
Read Terry Sullivan's review of the V570 at pcmag.com. And one bit of additional advice. By default, Kodak uses digital zoom to bridge the gap between the two lenses. Turn that feature off. You're just throwing out pixels and may be disappointed with the results.
Like a phoenix out of the ashes, Gearlog Radio has been reborn. Tune in for the raw, unedited scoop from the insiders at Gearlog.com on gadgets, gear and technology, including mp3 players, cell phones, digital cameras, home theater and whatever else crosses our path.
This past Monday, I traveled to Seaside Heights, NJ to lounge by the water (it was way too cold to go in) and finally get some color. I've been holding off buying a beach chair, because I don't want to get just any cheap one. But now, I'm thinking of getting this hammock instead!
Design: Made by Brookstone, the Deluxe Portable Backpack Hammock is no ordinary hammock. It plays music through its built-in radio! Plus, it folds up into its own backpack for easy portability to and from the beach.
Features: Water-resistant AM/FM radio pillow, a beverage holder, a pocket for a book or sunscreen, and folds into its own backpack. It's 8-foot long, supports up to 250 lbs., and is both weather-safe and rust-resistant. The radio uses two AA batteries (not included).
How It Works: Undo the backpack to reveal the hammock with the stainless steel frames. Plug the four pins into the frames to hold up the hammock. To pack it up, remove the four pins to fold up the steel frame.
At work I may be Mr. Super Phone Man, but at home I am just a humble wireless consumer like everyone else. Recently, my 2-year Verizon contract came up, freeing me to either get new phones at discounted rates or switch to a different company.
I'm having the same struggle that all of you have when choosing what to do. Since so many people ask me for help, I thought I'd turn the tables and ask you guys. Some things I'm considering:
This isn't just for me. I'm on a family plan with my wife, for whom service reliability and voice quality here in NYC are paramount, though she also likes to send pix messages.
Right now Verizon is basically giving away two Motorola E815s to people who will re-up a two-year contract. As the E815 might be my favorite Verizon phone ever, that's pretty compelling. But the E815 is last year's phone.
We don't want our monthly fees to go up, or our service quality to decline. Right now we're paying $87.99 plus taxes and fees ($116 total!) for a two-line, 800 minute family plan with a text/pix messaging add-on. Having that number go down might be nice. But not at the expense of service quality.
I love the Motorola Q. But there's no way I can afford another $40/month. No way at all.
For goodness' sake, I'm a phone geek. Yet I do not own a geeky phone. Would buying an E815 and hacking it be geeky enough? :-)
So, what do you think I should do? Switch to Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint? Stick with Verizon - and why? Come on, fanboys!
I'm kind of obsessed with my digital camera, and I take a million pictures wherever I go. It's pretty lame to leave them all just sitting on my computer, but a regular photo album doesn't seem high-tech enough. Plus, I have bad handwriting, so the caption thing never works out well.
I tried out the MediaStreet eMotion Talking Photo Jukebox ($49.99). This photo-viewing system comes with 72 pages to hold your photos and a battery-powered "jukebox"(the disc-shaped thing in the photo). Using the jukebox, you can record 8-second audio captions on the pages and then play them back.
There's no photo album; the pages are loose and come in a nice filing box, so you can listen to your captions in any order you want. You put your picture on a page, stick the page into the jukebox, and record the message. Then, every time you stick that page back into the jukebox, it plays your caption for you. The double-sided pages can record a different message on each side. But the thing is, you have to physically place each page into the jukebox, one at a time. It's kind of a lot of work.
Audio quality wasn't very good - there was lots of background noise, and when my roommate recorded a message, her voice sounded a lot like mine (even though we sound nothing alike in person). But I could understand all the words on the messages, and the 8-second recordings seem long enough.
The best applications we came up with: 1. Telling a photo story. Your audience won't get bored, since they'll have to work so hard to keep putting the pages in the player. 2. Making sure your significant other always has you on their mind - he or she can look at your picture every day, then listen to your cheerful voice for 8 wonderful seconds.
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