The addition of Wi-Fi to digital cameras is certainly one of the most welcome additions to newer devices, with Nikon unveiling its latest wireless offerings.
The company has introduced the new S52 (non Wi-Fi) and S52c (Wi-Fi) digital snappers, both with 9MP resolutions and the space-saving, vertical NIKKOR lens with 3x optical zoom and VR image stabilisation.
Three key features in both cameras are Face-Priority AF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and D-Lighting, while there are 15 different scene modes to use when recording video. A macro mode allows for extreme close-up shots at just 4cm away.
BBC iPlayer, despite the dissatisfaction of certain users, is proving to be a roaring success according to the latest stats from the BBC.
In the three months since Christmas, iPlayer downloads and streams have topped a staggering 42 million, and they are continuing to grow extremely quickly. For January, February and March, downloads and streams stood at 11.2 million, 14 million and 17.2 million – a month-on-month growth of roughly 25%. During March, average weekly users went over the million mark for the first time.
Sony has unwrapped two new Blu-ray recorders boasting large hard disk drives and the very useful ability to transfer recorded HD material to other Sony products with the simple push of a button.
As usual, they are arriving in Japan first for around £800-£850 apiece. The new recorders, the BDZ-A70 and BDZ-T90, come with 320GB and 500GB hard disk drives respectively, and boast a cool ‘one-touch’ feature that allows content to be transferred to a PSP or video Walkman device via USB.
This is another example of how Sony seems determined to make its key consumer technologies work easily together, like the increasing integration between the PS3 and PSP. We recently heard that PSP owners will be able to copy over their Blu-ray movies to the handheld later this year.
The King’s not dead, he’s just a robot – one of many. Looking far healthier than he did in his latter year years, welcome to the latest stage of the incredible Elvinator robotic Elvis.
OK, he doesn’t have the hips [nor lips], nor indeed much of the facial skin you might need to pull it off, but this talking and singing Elvis impersonator is coming along quite nicely. The idea behind leaving off his facial skin is that you can see the workings of the mouth, lips and eyes.
Nokia confirmed on Tuesday that it is working on its own iPhone-type device and now we have some shots of what it looks like, along with some early specs.
The device, codenamed ‘Tube’ for now, will be Nokia’s first touch device and will be based on the S60 Symbian operating system. It will not be part of the Nokia’s N series when it launches.
As you can see, it looks a bit like the iPhone but, while the screen will be larger than 3in, it will be smaller than the iPhone’s 3.5in.
The addition of Wi-Fi to digital cameras is certainly one of the most welcome additions to newer devices, with Nikon unveiling its latest wireless offerings. 
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