By Adriana Lee |
I recently tried snorkeling for the first time. I was on the Big Island of Hawaii, celebrating my husband’s birthday, when he stated he wanted to eye some fish in the clear, blue waters off the Kohala Coast. I was nervous, but agreed to his…
By Todd Haselton |
How good is the Galaxy S4 camera? We’ve already compared it to the iPhone 5, the Lumia 920 and the HTC One and received relatively solid results. But apparently the 1080p HD video recording is good enough to record an entire music video. A band…
By Todd Haselton |
The HTC One’s camera is already fantastic, but HTC recently decided to release a software update for the phone with several enhancements. The 200MB patch includes system stability improvements, location service updates, sound quality improvements to HTC Zoe, parameter fine-tuning for the camera, sound experience…
By Todd Haselton |
Andy Rubin, the father of Android who eventually sold the operating system to Google and joined the inner ranks of the tech giant to serve as head of Android, recently said that his initial goal was to create an operating system for cameras. “The exact…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 offers a lot of new features on the software and services side of things. Among them is a totally revamped camera interface with tons of new options. In this video we’ll talk about the dual-camera feature that allows you to take…
By Brandon Russell |
We don’t carry around point-and-shoot cameras anymore because we have smartphones in our pockets. But it’s not good enough for companies to merely attach cameras as afterthought technology; consumers today demand their devices take the highest quality images possible. And we’ve seen huge improvements on…
By Joey Davidson |
Sony has made high resolution assets available for both the PlayStation 4′s controller and camera. We’ve put together galleries of each for your perusal. Let’s start with the DualShock 4. This almost definitely confirms that the previously leaked pictures were both real and prototypes. It’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia’s PureView technology has been featured in the 808 PureView and the Lumia 920, among other devices, but that’s just a sample of what consumers can expect from the company in the future. We’re already impressed by the image quality, especially the shots the 808…
By Todd Haselton |
Today, most cell phone cameras either leave the background overblown and out of focus, or the foreground dark and faded. HDR images, which take two shots and combine the images, typically solves that problem. But it’s slow. NVIDIA today announced a new technology as part…
By Brandon Russell |
Will.i.am’s lineup of iPhone accessories is out, and I wish they weren’t. The six-time Grammy winner unveiled multiple versions of his i.am+ game-changers, and they’re nothing more than gaudy, over-indulgent lens attachments. The cheapest one, which looks like it came out of Toys R Us…
By Killian Bell |
With Samsung’s Galaxy S III becoming this year’s best-selling smartphone, the Korean company will obviously want to follow it up with a fourth. But how does it improve upon a device that is already way ahead of most of its competitors? Well, according to new…
By Brandon Russell |
Everyone has a camera. But not everyone has the knack for capturing interesting photos. With the holiday season just around the bend, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to hone your photography skills. Hopefully with this basic guide, your snapshots will go from boring to lively…
By Killian Bell |
Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy Camera is coming to the United Kingdom on November 8, just in time for the holiday rush. It’s expected to cost £399.99 (approx. $637), but Samsung is yet to confirm that price tag — despite the release being just three days away.…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter is reportedly lining up a new photo filterting feature aimed at taking Instagram head-on. According to The New York Times, the San Francisco-based social media company, which processes just under a billion Tweets every 48 hours, is hoping avid Tweeters will bypass the use…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re pretty sure Google is going to announce its 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet on Monday morning, especially since the user guide has already been leaked, and now it appears that a Google executive has posted several pictures from his tablet online. Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior…
By Brandon Russell |
A new Kickstarter campaign is taking the lifelogging idea to all new heights. The concept, developed by Swedish company Memoto, will allow users to attach a tiny 5-megapixel camera on their persons (shirt collar, hip pocket, bag strap, etc.) and take pictures every thirty seconds.…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re not surprised by this, especially since it’s fairly obvious, but Consumer Reports recently published a… report… that clearly shows the iPhone 5 isn’t alone when it comes to the highly talked-about “purple haze” problem. As a refresher, users began complaining about the iPhone 5 camera…
By Killian Bell |
British retailer Carphone Warehouse has added black and white variants of the “LG Nexus4″ to its internal database. While we’ve seen photographs of an LG Nexus device a number of times this week, this is the first time we’ve seen the handset given the Nexus…
By Killian Bell |
HTC announced its new One X+ this morning, a much-improved version of the original One X. One of its best features is that it comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and HTC’s new Sense 4+ user interface installed right out of the box. But don’t…
By Brandon Russell |
Didn’t a phone come out this week? A pretty big release, right? Ah, yes, the iPhone 5. The device has reportedly exceeded Apple’s expectations once again, which is wholly unsurprising. Among the average consumers, it’s certainly the biggest release of the year (just ahead of the new…
By Killian Bell |
LG has announced that its flagship Optimus G will launch in the United States in November. The quad-core, Android-powered smartphone was first announced back in August, and it’s making its debut in Korea next week. In addition to a next-generation Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, which…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple talked a lot about the iPhone 5’s new camera on Wednesday, explaining that the sheer engineering alone was a huge challenge for the company. Getting improved optics — backside illumination, hybrid IR filter, five-element lens, f/2.4 aperture — into the thinner body meant using…
By Killian Bell |
LG is confident its upcoming Optimus G is an Android handset capable of doing battle with the latest and greatest smartphones money can buy. And so it should be. In addition to a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, the handset boasts LTE connectivity, a 4.7-inch…
By Killian Bell |
Did you know your Google Nexus 7 tablet has the ability to recording 720p video with its front-facing camera? The problem is, Google forgot to (or just chose not to) install the media profile required to tell the tablet it’s capable of such things. Fortunately…
