Gadgets: A versatile digital camera
Gadgets: A versatile digital camera
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN
$350,
www.samsungcamerausa.com
Digital cameras are starting to compete with cell phones as the most versatile gadget. Samsung’s new i85 model packs an 8-megapixel camera inside its brushed aluminum body — plus a personal media player for enjoying digital music and video between shots.
The i85 also comes with Samsung’s World Tour Guide software that provides travel information for 30 countries, and it can shoot MPEG-4 video clips during the journey. The camera, about 3.7 inches wide by 2.4 inches tall and less than an inch thick, has a 3-inch LCD touch screen on the back to help show off its multimedia bells and whistles. A headphone port and built-in stereo speakers provide the sound.
Due in stores soon, the i85 comes with 256 MB of internal memory, and takes SD cards to add up to 4 GB for storing photos and other files.
A PRIVATE DRIVE
$30 and $40, www.corsair.com
Most USB drives are tiny enough for toting data anywhere — but are also small enough to lose easily. Armed with a set of buttons on its case, the Flash Padlock USB drive from Corsair puts a hardware lock on the pocket data vault by requiring the user to punch in a code to see the stored files when the drive is connected to a computer. The drive automatically locks itself when it is no longer plugged into the computer’s USB port. As with an ATM password, owners can set their own PIN to gain entry. The drive works with Windows, Macintosh and Linux systems. It is available in 1 GB and 2 GB models.
NEW YORK TIMES
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