The Alien forehead-looking speaker set dubbed the "Hermione" launches this month in Korea. Britz International's speaker delivers 2.1-channels of sound from your PC, with the .1 coming from the rounded HR Giger-inspired sub. No word yet on pricing, but we should know more as the launch date nears. Hermione may be worth an import for folks who want to match their all-black computer case and monitor. – Jason Chen
Our nerdy, yet sexy—in that librarian-glasses-wearing sort of way—sister Lifehacker did a side-by-side comparison of the announced features in OS X Leopard and a recent Windows Vista beta. Their conclusion? It's close, but Leopard pulls ahead with stronger built-in apps (for example, iCal wins over Windows Calendar) and by sheer number of included programs.
Remember that Robotic Garage that went haywire? Well now you can have your own, ready to disobey your every command. Harding Steel's 110-volt residential garage lift needs only 9-feet of vertical clearance, hauls 12,000 pounds, and comes in different sizes for rides ranging from Civics to Cadillacs.– Brian Lam
A study by Rand Corp. concluded that teens who listen to sexy music on their iPods started having sex sooner than kids with other types of music. The types of songs classified as "sexual" were all over the map—hip-hop, rap, pop and rock—but all contained sexual content in the lyrics.
Among heavy listeners, 51 percent started having sex within two years, versus 29 percent of those who said they listened to little or no sexually degrading music.
That's very useful information for teens. So boys, if you're trying to get your sweetie to go all-the-way downtown Charlie Brown for the first time, load up her iPod with some choice tracks. – Jason Chen
I had some cozy time in a hotel bedroom with a preproduction Logitech Wireless DJ. This music streaming system uses Extended Data Rate Bluetooth to let your PC, the fancy remote and the receiver talk. Yes, Bluetooth, even if the spec sheet doesn't admit it. That's because this system is practically dummy proof, and aimed at those who don't really care about the tech behind the music. You do, though, don't you? Jump for more pictures of the remote and more details of this pretty little setup.
Instead of lugging around a separate card reader with your laptop, why not buy this Elecom MR-PCA12 PCMCIA card reader that slides directly into your laptop. The card supports SDHC, SD, MMC, smart media, memory stick, memory stick pro, xD, miniSD, microSD, microSD, RS-MMC, RS-MMC 4.0, memory stick duo, and memory stick pro duo—though some need adapters.
The card is available from Japan in September for 4,200 Yen (£20). – Jason Chen
Sudo who? Oh, it is that crazy numbers game that is taking my beloved newspapers by storm. Imation is feeding into the craze—and profiting off it—with this flash drive that comes preloaded with a Sudoku game. It operates at USB 2.0 speeds, includes Sudoku and two other games and comes in capacities from 256 MB up to 2GB. It also includes a carabiner clip, you know, for the rock climbing Sudoku enthusiasts. Prices begin at £18 and it should be available at Target stores nationwide this month. – Travis Hudson
These examples of celeb-inspired vector art really pushes the edge of was Adobe Illustrator can do. Made to imitate actual photographs, these vector art pictures really look, well, like photographs. The implications? Pretty soon we can all make our own posable, and nude, Angelina Jolie models. – Jason Chen
A few guys and a researcher were messing around with building a playroom for the AIBo so it could learn new skills. In the process, they came up with some accessories for the AIBO that makes it look pretty damn goofy.
There's the AIBO pen, where it can draw things on a pad with its mouth, a scooter, so it can ride around like a fat Silicon Valley yuppie, a turtle shell for...turtling, and a travel system so you can carry it around on your chest like a proud father—which means the mother is also some kind of robotic dog...let's not go there.
You can see all these objects from the AIBO playroom on display during the "Intensive Science" exhibition in Paris at the La Maison Rouge October 6th and 7th. Save all your pointing and laughing energy until then. – Jason Chen
We report on a Jalopnik report of a Wired.com report of a batshit insane robot garage in the wilds of New Jersey. The garage stopped working after a software license expired, turning the garage, who friends described as friendly, into a stubborn machine that showed up to work, but didn't do a damn thing for 10 days. Hundreds of cars were trapped inside by the city owned lot, making it the world's first auto museum dedicated to beat up Civics with giant spoilers. – Brian Lam
The Korean-made Zeta game pad plugs into and goes onto smartphones like the HP iPaq rw6100. The game pad turns those little tiny chiclet buttons into something more substantial, so that people with adult-sized thumbs don't mash three buttons at once.
The Zeta has seven programmable buttons and supports E2-SNES, for your Super Mario World and Final Fight emulation gaming. – Jason Chen
Yamaha has developed a compass that's just 2mm across, small enough to fit into even the smallest mobile device. It's designed to work in concert with a GPS system, giving users a choice of keeping the map oriented north or pointed in the direction they're heading. It measures 2mm square and is just 1mm thick. To give you an idea of how small it is, each one of those markers on the graphic above is .5mm.
Samples of the chip will start to ship in October, so that means it'll be a few months after that when we'll start seeing new capabilities cropping up in handheld GPS systems and mobile phones. – Charlie White
Swedish company Tobii is about to release its MyTobii P10, a PC that can be controlled by tracking your eye movements using its own proprietary hardware and software. Follow a calibrating dot on the screen with your eyes for 30 seconds, and that's all it's necessary to make it so you can control this PC without touching it at all. The remarkable thing is, the company has figured out how to make this work in almost any lighting conditions, and even if you wear glasses.
This technology is not just for people who want to sit motionless for hours on end, it could prove to be a crucial technology for those less fortunate people with disabilities. An added convenience is its ability to mount to a desk, bed or wheelchair. Unfortunately, the first version of this PC will cost £9000. But then, if you can't move your arms, legs, or anything else, that would probably be money well spent. – Charlie White
The wizards at the FCC just approved the LG L600V, a 3G GSM music cellphone that, in this picture, carries Vodaphone branding for some reason. It's a clamshell with the music controls on the front and has several multimedia features that are now becoming standard, like a camera that takes both photos and video, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot to store your MP3s and so on. Nothing on release date or price, however. – Nicholas Deleon
Those ridiculous Levi's iPod Jeans have finally shown their denim faces—or asses, I guess. There's a big red cable sticking out of the jeans to connect your iPod to, and loads and loads of pockets to hold all your iPod accessories.
The construction worker/carpenter's pockets we can live with, but that red ribbon is going to get shredded the first time you get it caught on, well, anything. The result: a broken iPod and a snotty-face as you weep for your used-to-be shiny music player. – Jason Chen
Look at this oddly-named MP3 player, the Qoolgee, and you'll see its raison d'etre is its tiny size, durability, and unusual design. Too bad it holds just 512MB of MP3, WMA, the WAV and Linux files, but we like its rugged yet screenless functionality anyway. Take your pick of red, yellow, or blue, all with black trim. It'll set you back £75. – Charlie White
Slashgear already knew the Otterbox was a great laptop case, having driven over it in a Toyota 4Runner, but what they didn't know was if it would actually protect their Macbook Pro from the elements. Namely, the wet element—water.
Take a look at their video unboxing and review to see whether dipping the OtterBox into a pool with their £1100 MacBook Pro was a good idea. – Jason Chen
Dell's Ultrasharp line of monitors were good competition to Apple's gorgeous LCDs. But that was before today. Most Apple screens just became significantly more affordable, with a slight lift to their brightness ratings. The 20-incher drops £50 to £370, and now glows at 300 candle-power per meter squared (cd/m2) instead of 250cd/m2. The 23-incher, which we think is the perfect size for monitor hungry but not-so-rich geeks drops a whopping £160 to £520, and gets a significant boost to its backlight to 400 cd/m2 (from 270 cd/m2.) And the big poppa 30-inch display drops £260 to £1000, although it doesn't get any brighter. All displays now have 700:1 contrast ratios, and all still make my heart pound when I see them running OS X. Fanboy out of the closet! (More details and a Dell Comparo after the jump.)
We've seen the chips that handle WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) getting smaller and smaller, and now we hear that Sprint will be using WiMax for its next-generation service, otherwise known as 4G. That's right, think Web on the move, anywhere and fast. Next Tuesday, Sprint Nextel will announce it will be building a broadband wireless network using WiMax technology, according to BusinessWeek.
Why should we care? Even though it might take until 2008 before nationwide coverage is available using Sprint's WiMax, this could mean that the free ride is over for those moronic cable companies, offering up competition for their cable modem monopolies. DSL will also be hit with some serious competition. WiMax? It's like WiFi to the max, with broadband everywhere. Coming soon to a world near you. – Charlie White
It must be vintage computing day around these parts because now we have another new product with a little old school feel. This iPod case has a vintage look and has none other than the original 1984 Macintosh plastered on the front. It will support all model of the iPod and includes foam padding in case you feel the need to throw a sledgehammer at it. The Computer Rock case is available for £20 over at Gerbera Designs. – Travis Hudson
The Chess Teacher helps beginners learn the ancient game with crib notes inscribed on the back of each piece, showing how they're allowed to move. This might be an excellent aid in teaching your young apprentice the art and logic of chess. The £10 set includes a chess board and instruction booklet in case all those little markings on the back aren't enough.
Perhaps this beats learning on a computer, which can certainly get a bit annoying with those grating error noises cropping up every time you try to make an illegal move. Or, what about this: you could just memorize the way the chess pieces move. We're thinking that if you're not able commit their movement patterns to memory, you may not be a very good candidate for chess, anyway. – Charlie White
We have been talking up the Meizu M6 and the Oracom UB-890 for quite some time now. Both look promising, and both make me contemplate ditching the iPod. Our hombres at dapreview got their hands on both of these units and set up a head-to-head, Thunderdome style, battle for non-iPod DAP supremacy. In a long fought—14 pages long—battle, the Meizu M6 came out victorious, expecially thanks to the good video playback and overall quality. If you are on the rocks about getting one of these two DAPs or shopping for something a little less iPodish, definitely check out this review—it covers everything. – Travis Hudson
Pioneer is showing that there's still some life left in plasma displays with the PureVision PDP-5070. It's a 50-inch, 1080p plasma display that, in addition to looking quite handsome, should deliver some pretty decent visuals. Pioneer redesigned the panel to improve some of the inner circuitry, chief among them improved red and blue phosphors, supposedly making the display brighter. Brighter, people! There's a few other features that might catch your discerning eyes, like the integrated ATSC/NTSC tuner and a handy USB plug for connecting digital cameras in order to view slideshows. Who doesn't love slideshows?
Basically, another year, another model: some more features here and there, improved picture quality, etc. Single file, children.
The PDP-5070 is available now for around £2,400. – Nicholas Deleon
UPDATE: There's a reason why they put pencils on erasers (get it?), folks. Re-reading the fine print in the materials that Pioneer supplied us, it looks like this bad boy only accepts a 1080p signal, but since the display's resolution is 1,365x768, you're not going to end up with a 1080p image, so ignore all that gobbledygook about it being a 1080p display. Hate away. Product Page [Pioneer]
The quest for de-uglification of earphones continues, and here's a pair cleverly disguised as earrings. From EarMecca of Korea, the EP Series Earphones might even appeal to persnickety types. The earrings are available in 10 different designs, are crafted in either gold or silver, and are adjustable even for those ears that hang low and wobble to and fro.
If they sound nearly as good as they look, these designers might be onto something. But then, these graphics we found don't show what happens to all those wires leading to the music player. Now if they could design these with Bluetooth in each ear ... well, we may have to wait a few years for that. Available now in Korea; no word if they will be available in the United States or at what price. – Charlie White
I may be one of those young hipster kids, but I have had a fair share of time on an IBM clicky keyboard. Everyone remembers the sound of the constant clacking that was made from IBM's buckling spring technology. If you are still in dire need to annoy everyone around you, Unicomp keyboard products has a new keyboard with old school feel and sound. The EudoraPro keyboard uses the same technology that is found in the old-school IBM keyboards. It clicks, it clacks and it even includes the little red dot pointer for mouse movement. It is available in black and classic white in both USB and PS/2 for£35. Being vintage is so damn expensive. – Travis Hudson
Look at that midriff! The Cordgo attempts to solve the all-too-common problem of portable electronic device cords wrapping around, tying up and generally being uncooperative as you stroll through SoHo checking out the dames. It stores your device's cord inside its small housing, letting you adjust the cord length to whatever you want, whenever you want. Certainly handy, especially if you find your cords catching onto random objects and passersby.
Thankfully, the Cordgo sells for only £5.00. For a limited time, if you buy one, the company will throw another one in for free. – Nicholas Deleon
There are a few noisy gasoline-powered skateboards on the market, but this Urban Mover USurfer UM70 Electric Skateboard is powered by two 12V sealed lead acid batteries and it's quiet as a church mouse. Rev up your speed with its hand controller, and this baby will have you going 13 mph in no time. Looks like fun. It's £370. – Charlie White
No really, this sucks. The TuneStage looked promising. If you recall, we first told you about the TuneStage back in June. This Bluetooth streaming audio adapter was slated for a summer release, and we are sad to say that the product has been canned. The news isn't completely bad, though.
A representative told Bluetomorrow that Belkin will continue work on a replacement Bluetooth streaming device and it should be ready for a fall release. The TuneStage II will support both the iPod video and nano. Given that information, one would think it will support any iPod with the dock adapter. We'll keep you posted with more information on the TuneStage Dos as it comes in.
Speaking of Belkin and iPod nanos, you hear that we have a bitchin' contest going on right now? – Travis Hudson
The Flame 5 jacket adds a unique twist to receiving cellphone calls and messages. This Bluetooth-enabled jacket will heat up when calls or messages are received. It will heat up different areas depending on who is calling. My Flame 5 is already programmed to heat up my nipples when Charlie White is giving me a ring. Oh Chuck, you know how to get me hot and bothered. – Travis Hudson
The 3G Stepper from 3G Bikes is a bicycle that is powered by your vertical motion. Instead of peddling with your two feet like a normal human being, you stand upright and place your feet on two decks on either side of the bicycle. Movement here is what powers the bicycle. If this catches on, I don't see why we don't return to those old timey bikes with a huge wheel in the front and a tiny one in the back since they're both as silly looking. Jump for a few more pics of this fine invention.
Here's a nice-looking handset from Sony Ericsson. The K618 is a 3G phone that's supposed to be equally well-suited for talking and listening to music. That just might be true, too, because its Bluetooth streaming capability lets you listen to music on stereo Bluetooth headsets, plus it has a 2-megapixel camera and a diminutive form factor the company says is just as light as a 2.5G phone, whatever that means.
While the company boasts about how light and thin the K618 is, it offers up no dimensions for our discerning perusal, but we're thinking if it were any smaller it might get lost in your pocket. Like most of us, though, it could stand to be a bit thinner. Available in black or white, the company says it will be available in selected markets sometime in the third quarter of this year. Pricing wasn't announced. – Charlie White
Scuba divers look elsewhere, but this Pentax Optio 20 can get you some great-looking underwater bathing suit shots if the water is clear enough. You can take it to a depth of five feet for up to 30 minutes; no word on what happens at 31 minutes. Just don't drop it in deep water, because it doesn't float.
The W20's spec list looks fairly conventional, although its pixel count has been raised to 7 megapixels from its Optio W10 predecessor's 6 megapixels, but it still has that 2.5-inch viewfinder and face recognition autofocus. Look for it to ship in September for around $300. – Charlie White
Casio has enhanced its reed-thin Exilim Zoom EX-Z750, an incremental upgrade it's dubbed the Exilim Card EX-S770. Seems like we were just getting used to that 2.7-inch LCD on its predecessor, which was Casio's biggest viewscreen ever, and now the company's added a full .1 inch to the screen and made it wider—now it's a 2.8-inch super-bright widescreen but still keeps the camera's 17mm profile that's scarcely thicker than a credit card.
Still keeping its 7.2-megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom, Casio added wide aspect MPEG-4 movie shooting to the mix, giving you 16:9 aspect ratio video capability at 704x384 pixels. The company also added Data Transport, software which converts documents, e-mail or web pages to JPEG format so you can view them on the camera's viewscreen. Could be useful in a pinch, but you might need a microscope. There's no word on ship date or pricing yet.. – Charlie White
A few days ago, we reported on some rumored OS X Leopard features. Those turned out to be fake as Uncle Tom's toupee. But, the real features unveiled at today's WWDC Keynote turned out to be almost as yummy. If you've missed the presentation, we've gathered everything we could about the new OS—including videos and images—and we vomited it up into this post. Jump to read more.
Kodak's on a release binge today with word that the EasyShare G600 Printer Dock will be available sometime this month. It's a standard portable printer but with a dock connector to—you guessed it—connect compatible cameras, charging the camera and sending all your great shots to the printing press. There's no onboard LCD, but considering that you're supposed to actually dock your digital camera rather than just plug in a memory card, it's not that great a loss. Printing takes only about 60 seconds per shot, so it should fit your incredibly busy lifestyle. You'll also find the assorted picture enhacements that Kodak loves to include in all of its digital camera product. We meet again, Perfect Touch.
The G600 should be available before the end of the month for around $149.95. – Nicholas Deleon
Kodak's still around and they'll be launching two additions to the EasyShare line of digital cameras in the coming months, the C875 and the V705. The V705 is an update to the V570 that made its splash at CES back in January while the C875 has no previous lineage. Just like V570, the V705 has that wacky two lens setup, this time with a 7.1-megapixel image sensor. The dual lens setup also helps the camera take "ultra wide" shots. Now Granny won't get cut out of the picture anymore.
The EasyShare C875 has an 8-megapixel image sensor and 5x optical sensor and was touted by Kodak execs as being very easy to use. It has a neat feature that recognizes facial features and then attempts to track the subject's face. This seemed to work well enough when it was demonstrated and is sure to be a hit among the drunken youth of America who are often too hammered to properly take photos. There's also a smart scene mode that automatically chooses the best settings depending on the shooting location.
Both cameras share a few features between them, including Kodak Perfect Touch, which, surprisingly, is supposed to lead to better looking pictures. Jump for a picture of the dual lens V750.
Apple's finally completed the transition from Power PC to Intel processors with the introduction of the Mac Pro. What's new about this high-end Apple desktop? If you just looked at the outside, you'd answer nothing. But inside the aluminum shell you'd find lots of upgrades and new features.
The brains of this machine consists of two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors, which are available in 2GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3GHz versions. We'll skip just repeating the entire list of specs, since you can find them on Apple's Mac Pro spec sites, and just hit you with the important stuff after the jump.
Yes, it’s true. The very annoying Mickey Mouse was immortalised in 2001, but not in stone or plastic, but 24-karat gold. This ‘Celebration Mickey’ really is a one-off since it’s 24in high and weighs in at 100lbs – the largest gold sculpture ever cast in the US. Did I mention that this thing is valued at over £2m? And now he’s up for sale, according to John Pennington, of R&D Muller, the company that own the squeaky rodent:
“The person who is going to buy it isn't someone who is going to mortgage their house to purchase it. It's going to be someone who's a very successful individual, a child at heart or someone who has children; someone who wants a one-of-a-kind, something they can show to their friends and associates.”
If you’re a Mickey fan with deep pockets, go here. Then have your head checked. Via Born Rich.
Black is always a good colour for a gadget. Black with metal is even better. The new Kodak EasyShare V705 has both, not to mention dual-lens. Kodak calls it the “the world's smallest ultra-wide-angle 7.0 MP 5x optical zoom digital camera” and it may very well be. The new camera joins the less beautiful C875 we covered on Friday.
Using Kodak’s Retina Dual Lens technology, it sports two 7MP sensors and anti-blur facilities. According to the company:
The camera features a Smart Scene mode that enables the camera to automatically choose between 22 scene and three colour modes. Picture-takers can also capture more expansive shots an inbuilt panorama stitch mode, capturing up to 180 degrees with only three shots.
The camera will also shoot video – of course – in VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 30fps. There are also a few rudimentary on-camera video editing tools that will let you trim clips and create prints from video (4, 9 or 16 up). You can also view and share single frames.
With the price tag of £280 when it launches next month, this one is being targeted at second-time camera buyers, or first timers without budgetary considerations. I can already picture its outline in my Christmas stocking.
The wireless audio battle heats up with Pioneer taking the wraps off its power-line MT-01 Sound System. It certainly looks sweet and is designed to pump those Spice Girls tracks around the home through the electricity lines.
The standard system will most likely comprise a SoundStation, one large 2 x 25W Network Speaker, a small 5W Network Speaker and a key ring-sized remote control. You can also buy both the large and small speakers separately, as the system can handle six speakers in all. The Sound Station has 5 inputs: two USB terminals (type A and B), one front audio input and two analogue inputs. What is handy though is the ability to play music from two different sources and have them pumped into different rooms.
Due out at the end of September it will cost around £470.
Compared to most Sony gear we've seen over the past few years, the mylo is a breath of fresh air. The media player does MPEG-4, digital audio, and pictures. But it also has a WiFi connection and a QWERTY keyboard, for chatting on Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger (No AIM support, sorry.) Wait, wait, wait! It also works as a wireless Skype phone! And it has an Opera browser. And it can wirelessly stream music to other mylo owners in the area, ala iTunes. Without cellular connectivity, its not going to best a Hiptop, but we love the open standard support. Full Stats and a video review after the jump.
This is only a preliminary design, but these pics are what the Xbox 360 team are looking at for integrating the HD DVD with your internal DVD drive in the UI. Looks pretty straightforward. Similar to the design that the current DVD has.
We wonder if we're going to be able to play games in the HD DVD drive as well. Keeping two games queued up for easy switching would mean less trips to the 360. Yes, we're lazy. – Jason Chen
Damnit, damnit damnit. WWDC has been over for what, a few hours and we are already posting fake videos of new Apple products. This is supposedly OS X Mobile running on a Nokia phone. What it really looks like is an OS X-esque theme for a Nokia phone.
It's fake. WWDC was today and we didn't even get a hint of an iPhone, so why would there be an operating system already leaked for a Nokia? Okay, I'm going out on a limb saying it is fake, but it has to be. And if not, I'll buy all of the Gizmodo readers a beer. Please, please be fake, there are a lot of you out there. – Travis Hudson
The gadget mag T3 has a hands on with the Archos 604 PMP we posted about last week.
Compared to the Archos AV500, the 604 has much better controls. Each key on the right hand side can activate two functions depending on which side you rock it to. The screen is also "much sharper and glossier". In addition to the improved UI—with faster menus and button fading effects—there's a kickstand in the back and USB charging. All this stuff makes the 604 more portable and vastly improved compared to the AV500. – Jason Chen
What could be more practical than a Solar AM/FM Radio Visor powered by the sun? It just makes sense: a visor is supposed to keep the sun out of your eyes, and while it's doing so, it sucks up all that solar energy it's blocking from your delicate peepers.
But wait. Wearing a solar-paneled visor with a radio antenna that sticks up out of it makes you look like some sort of extraterrestrial nerd. That might not be the first impression you seek. If you want to really annoy everyone, crank up its internal speaker, all the way to 11. Heck, the visor's makers could've put a fan inside, or at least hidden the antenna. Ruin someone's day, maybe yours, for £15.00. – Charlie White
Samsung announced it will ship a 40-inch LCD TV next month with an unusual attribute: its back light won't be a fluorescent bulb but a row of LEDs. This method of backlighting an LCD screen provides richer colours and results in much longer bulb life.
It's not the first monitor to do this, though. In fact, we tested a monitor with LED backlights a couple of years ago from NEC, but at the time it was a technological oddity and cost well over £3200 just for a 20-inch computer screen. But the colour was noticeably better and the screen was noticeable brighter than its conventionally-backlit counterparts.
Then, Sony released a couple of LCD TVs with such backlighting back in November 2004, too, but its high price (£5000 for the 46-incher) slowed sales. However, prices for this technology have come far down, allowing Samsung to ship this first TV using the LEDs for £1500. Those in the know say most LCD monitors will be backlit with LEDs by 2010. Bring it on. – Charlie White
North America may be getting a pretty PGR Xbox 360 Bundle, but Europe will not go quietly into the night about getting shafted on a bundle. We countered with a package of our own.
Microsoft has announced the release of an Xbox 360 Saint's Row bundle heading for Europe. It will make a triumphant release on September 8 for £300 Euros.– Travis Hudson
The 3G Stepper from 3G Bikes is a bicycle that is powered by your vertical motion. Instead of peddling with your two feet like a normal human being, you stand upright and place your feet on two decks on either side of the bicycle. Movement here is what powers the bicycle. If this catches on, I don't see why we don't return to those old timey bikes with a huge wheel in the front and a tiny one in the back since they're both as silly looking. Jump for a few more pics of this fine invention.
Black is always a good colour for a gadget. Black with metal is even better. The new Kodak EasyShare V705 has both, not to mention dual-lens. Kodak calls it the “the world's smallest ultra-wide-angle 7.0 MP 5x optical zoom digital camera” and it may very well be. The new camera joins the 
