Posted by ketyung
on Feb/01/2007
at 11:03 am
The new digital camera of Samsung’s, the i7, is not only a camera. It’s both the combination of a digital camera and a portable media player (PMP). As a digital camera, it features 7.2 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, a maximum ISO of 1600, and advanced shake reduction (ASR). As a PMP, it features a 3-inch LCD screen that can rotate 180º, the ability to record and play SVGA-quality MPEG-4 videos, and, of course, MP3 playback.
Something is puzzling here, i.e why there is a need for a rotating LCD? Isn’t it turning the entire gadget aslo getting the same effect? To me, Samsung’s product is always well-known of innovative and stylish design. My first guess is the rotating effect will give a bit of robotic-motion feeling to you. Perhaps, once you have a light push on the LCD itself or just press a button, it will rotate and give you a slow-motion or robotic kind of movement. Well, we’re now in the robotic era, that’s how the Korean company stay innovative in the gadgets line.
Well, that’s wrong! According to dpreview, the rotating LCD allows the user to quickly switch between features, so that they’re always ready to capture the action. With the LCD in neutral (0 degrees) the user can access SRS quality music files through the integrated MP3 player; and with the LCD rotated to 90 degrees its Portable Multimedia Player (PMP) function; and turned a full 180 degrees, high quality still images and MPEG-4 SVGA quality moving pictures can be taken. The i7 will retail at £249.99 and will be available from leading high street and online retailers from mid-March 2007
[Via Sci-Fi Tech], Review By Dpreview
Technorati: Samsung,Samsung i7,digital camera,PMP,gadget
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