Kodak Zi6 HD pocket video camera

Kodak Zi6 comes at a time when the YouTube-crazy generation has not yet been satiated. The Zi6 features 720p HD video compared to the archetypal 640x480 VGA and a 2.4-inch LCD. On the face of it, there is a switch that toggles between standard and macro focus distances.There are a couple of ways in which veteran Kodak outclasses its younger competitors: 720p HD video compared to the typical 640x480 VGA and a 2.4-inch LCD. A nice touch, which shows its heritage, is a switch that toggles between standard and macro focus distances.

As seems to define this product category, it has a built-in, flip-out USB connector. Cleverly, the button for the connector also serves as a tiny mirror for shooting yourself in the face. It also accepts SD cards, but that's to supplement its paltry 128MB of storage--only 30MB of which is available for video. I tried it, and that was 36 seconds. It might as well have no internal memory at all. Extrapolating--Kodak has not published any capacity information--that's about 50MB per minute, or 41 minutes of video on a typical 2GB card. Which is optional.

Kodak plans to charge $179.95 for the Zi6 when it ships in September, and you'll have to tack on at least another $20 for a 2GB card, which brings the price up to $200. People buy these camcorders because they're cute, cheap and easy. They don't seem to care about the poor video quality, so I doubt they'll pay a premium for HD--and I haven't seen the video yet, so it could very well be poor HD. (We'll have a review soon.) And it doesn't do Mac, making it not-so-easy for lots of people in its target market. Furthermore, the extra cost of the card puts it in competition with a whole other class of products, such as the Aiptek Go-HD, which offer features like zoom lenses. It'll be quite interesting to see how the market responds to the Zi6.

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Nokia 8208 CDMA Mobile phone

Nokia has ripped off one of its own products as it brings in a new model to the Chinese market. The dual-sliding form factor, as far as currently available handsets are concerned, have only been offered in high-end feature phones like the Nokia N95, and soon the Nokia N96. But here it is in a new model from the 8xxx series, specificially the Nokia 8208.

The Nokia 8208 seems to be a handset that’s inclined towards music, featuring a 3.5mm headphone port, up to 20 hours of music playback, 150MB of internal memory and support for 8GB microSD cards. An FM radio is also built-in, and only the speakers have not yet been specified.

Nokia releasing a decent looking CDMA phone is already news enough, there's another zinger: it's a dual-slider device. (a la N95, N96) A dual-slider that may also include an integrated GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 3 megapixel camera, and support for EV-DO Revision A."Series 40 Spec", 2.2" QVGA 16.7 million color screen, 150 megs of internal memory, microSD support, Bluetooth 2.0, and a talk time of 4 hours.

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Nokia N95 in Diamond Edition

Nokia N95, the highly popular Nseries smartphone released by Nokia more than one year ago (in the spring of 2007), now comes in a new luxury edition. Offered by Continental Mobiles, a UK-based company specialized in luxury products, the new N95 features a Sterling silver panel in the front, which is encrusted with lots of naturally mined 4.42 carat diamonds.

Continental Mobiles has designed Nokia N95 special edition with smooth Sterling silver front panel and 4.42 carat naturally mined diamonds. With up to 4.42 carats of naturally mined diamonds and an unblemished Sterling silver front panel, this cell phone is sure to turn a few heads the next time you decide to make a party appearance. This elite offering from the house of Continental Mobiles address a new meaning to the world of technical merit in synergy with screaming beauty of diamonds with a retail price of £10,000.

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Sony Ericsson C902 mobile phone Launched in India

Sony Ericsson is out with its latest Cyber Shot, the C902.

The slide-out lens cover of the C902 opens to reveal its 5 mega pixels camera with 16x zoom, auto-focus, and face detection. There are eight illuminated camera touch-keys allowing users to select between camera modes, photo flash, face detection, auto-focus, etc, without having to remove their fingers from the shutter button.

The camera is the main selling feature of the Sony Ericsson C902, and it seems to be essentially the same camera found in the K850. Featuring the same multishot capabilities of other recent Cyber-shot phones, the C902 also comes with face detection, red-eye reduction and image stabilisation. Sony Ericsson haven't stated the video capture resolution of the C902, but the old K850 was a little disappointing in this regard.. although it does have a built-in image stabiliser.

In India, Sony Ericsson C902 can be bought from Sony Ericsson Experience Stores and leading mobile retail outlets across the country, in any of its two color versions (Luscious Red and Swift Black), for the retail price of Rs.20,995

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