A pocket camcorder is a practical guide summer: it is compact, robust and already under 100 € you get devices that record in HD resolution. The light-hearted movie pleasure beach or climbing is so far only the lack of robustness in the way. This problem will meet with the new Kodak Pocket Camcorder play sports for about 150 €.

Video under water
Even visually the Play Sport is aware of his qualities-taker: Rubber armored, rugged outdoor look with protruding screws and special covers for battery, SD-HC card, and the connections (HDMI, Micro-USB). Thus protected, you can dive with the Play Sport to a depth of three meters. Films can be in different HD resolutions: Full-HD at 30 frames per second or 720p at 60 frames per second. The latter means a little detail waiver, but you get the better motion representation. Saved in the MOV container with H.264 compression.

Beautiful pictures, simple equipment
The image quality is suitable for a camcorder in the 150-class €. Colors of the Kodak reproduced, of course, some problems only show up for pictures with high contrast. gives sound to the picture only in mono, but with decent quality. Only if you just show up with the camcorder, it sounds dull - until the water after a few seconds later escaped from the microphone gear is. A separate microphone port, as the big brother Zi8 Kodak offers, not play sports.

The amenities are offered by the Play Sport Standard classes - so little. The lens does not need a zoom. Most wide angle you have when shooting in 720p (36 mm, corresponding KB), at 1,080 p on the other hand, it is 48 mm (equivalent to KB). You can only digital zoom (4x) and with a slight judder during recording. The fixed focus sharp images shows a meter. A digital image stabilizer is present. The good side of the single equipment: The operation succeeds prerequisite free. With four buttons and a four-way directional pad, you have everything under control. The display offers two inch diagonal and is at maximum brightness, even in the sunshine still readable.

Conclusion:
When you play sports Kodak is the basic idea of a pocket camcorder consistently: a simple operation, combined with a decent image quality and a waterproof housing for a low price from 130 €. With the sports they play in leisure activities at sea and on land well prepared - we are there for a buy recommendation.

Last April 13, Nokia, the multinational mobile phone manufacturer, held an event called Everyone Connect. In the said event, the company invited a number of prominent bloggers. The affair was actually an unveiling of the company’s three new mobile phones. One of which is the Nokia C3. This mobile phone is an addition to the C Series of the company. The expected release date of this handset into the market is sometime during the second quarter of 2010.

The Keyboard

This handset that has a similar appearance to BlackBerry comes in a rectangular shape. The case of the phone is available in colors of slate gray, golden white and hot pink. It has a 2.4” TFT screen that can display 256K colors. This screen is perfect for browsing web pages and viewing videos.

The phone also has functional keys and QWERTY keyboard below the screen. This is why this mobile phone is gaining attention from mobile phone users. This is because it is the first phone that operates on the Series 40 software platform that comes with a full QWERTY keyboard. This keyboard is integrated into the phone to give users ease in typing texts and messages.

Applications

What this mobile phone really brags about are the applications that come with this handset. Because this phone is especially designed to bring users with only the best tools for messaging and networking, most of these applications are provided for those purposes. Thus, it comes with applications for users who are into social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. It’s also equipped with web browsing capabilities.

The phone also comes with Ovi services, developed by the company, such as Maps, music, email, games, photos, etc. The Ovi provides users with free email account via the Ovi Email, and chat via Ovi Chat. The Ovi services are not limited to messaging and networking alone. Users who are into music can download tracks and songs from the Ovi Music Store to the computer which can then be transferred to this phone.

The phone also allows users to access their personal email accounts from other popular email providers such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Users can also chat with their friends through Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk.

Since the phone is WLAN WiFi capable, users can access and browse through the internet. They can search and shop online, as well as update their social networking sites and view updates from their friends while on the move.

Other Information

The phone has internal memory of 55 MB. It has a slot for microSD cards that can go as large as 16 GB. The phone has a 2-megapixel camera which can be used for taking still images and videos. It has Stereo FM Radio which enables users to browse through radio stations. The phone can also play audio and video files through the media player.

The phone uses the standard battery Li-Ion 1320 mAh. Users can enjoy 7 hours talk time and 480 hours or 20 days stand-by. Find the best Nokia C3 deals at Moby1 if you compare the latest mobile phone contracts and mobile phones with free gifts.

Sony still wants to introduce this year an HD camcorder with interchangeable lens. This is the Japanese company announced during the presentation of the two new cameras system NEX-5 and NEX-3. The still unnamed HD camcorder to use the same image sensor as the NEX cameras - ie a HD-Exmor CMOS sensor in a large APS-C format. The video is stored with AVCHD compression, and in full HD resolution.

The connection between the camcorder and the lens is made using the newly introduced bayonet “E-Mount”. Can therefore use the new lenses for the NEX cameras - the current three in number - or with the help of an adapter (LA-EA1, about 200 €) even lenses for Sony Alpha SLR cameras.

The launch, Sony is planning in the fall of 2010. A price is not fixed yet.

Conclusion:
On one such camcorder ambitious filmmakers have been waiting a long time. Who wants to film artificial, wants to use it as a design feature of the depth of field, which came in last month’s not over a DSLR with video function. But their operation is not ideal for filming. Quite different for the now-featured camcorder concept. The autumn promises to be of particular interest to filmmakers.

Ricoh has announced the third lens module for the camera module GXR. It is the 10.7-fold Zoom modul P10 with a focal length of 28-300 mm (equivalent to camera) and an initial intensity of G3 ,5-5, 6th An optical image stabilizer is present.

Unlike interchangeable lenses in a DSLR form of the camera module optics and an image sensor unit. In a back-lit Zoom modul P10 Ricoh CMOS sensor used with ten megapixel resolution. Series of pictures are possible with this module with a maximum of five photos per second in the RAW format. At reduced resolution of 640 x 480 pixels even 120 photos in one second. Movies you can in HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels).

The zoom module Ricoh P10 will be available from June. The price is expected to be € 250.

Useful accessories for owners of Wii games console: The manufacturer has designed a Konnet recharging dock for up to four Wii remote controls.

This clutter is excluded, because the Quad PowerV works with induction. The loading process works even if a silicone case or a Motion Plus add-on is installed on the controller.

The delivery also includes two rechargeable battery-Packs. The price of the Quad PowerV is below 40 Euro.

TomTom shall, after just over two-year break, a new navigation system for motorcycles. End of May, the producer of the “Urban Rider CE” for around 250 € including Central Card (covers 19 countries from). For the version “Urban Rider Europe (map of 45 countries) 350 € will be estimated.

The small 3.5-inch display is to be operable as in the recent Rider models remain comfortable with gloves. It is found in the Urban Rider a new software in the main menu is reduced to two basic functions: to plan route ‘and’ roll map ‘. In addition, the new product was added to a lane assistant and motorway signs to the real runs - and intersections.

On Route tours, depending on time of day and day of week (IQ Routes) is understood by the Urban Rider “as well. Card error, the user can use Map Share means of providing fixed and home management software on the PC, the TomTom community. For use as a handsfree in conjunction with a compatible mobile phone supporting the bike-Navi Bluetooth. The delivery package, the user is next to the motorcycle mount in addition a suitable bracket for your car, in the navigation menu puts the appropriate route option.

Conclusion :
TomTom has slimmed down its new riders properly priced and is certainly a consideration for goal-seeking motorcyclist worth. By comparison, the current, Rider 2nd Edition Europe ‘costs at least € 450. Alternatively, his latest Garmin zumo 220 in Navi Moto-slim housing. And, the pilot is well stocked with European map is already starting to have nearly 380 €.