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Samsung Cameras: Agile Product Cycles

May 6, 2013
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Samsung Cameras: Agile Product Cycles

Since its emergence as the premier smartphone player, I pay attention to how Samsung approaches a consumer market. In cameras, Samsung started in 2005 with an aliiance with Pentax for joint development of  high end Digital SLRs dominated by Nikon and Canon. The strategy provided an entree for Samsung into the digital camera world. Since…

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Incoming Image Innovation: Pelican Lens Grid Array

May 6, 2013
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Incoming Image Innovation: Pelican Lens Grid Array

Pelican has an array of 16 lens in 4 by 4 rows that will give smartphone cameras another leg up in their contest with compact camera vendors for consumers loyalties. Compact cameras have the advantage of much bigger and better optical zoom lenses; generally better flash units, slightly better battery life and generally better controls…

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Compact Cameras On the Way Out?

May 1, 2013
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Compact Cameras On the Way Out?

Mobile phones have been cannibals in the gadget market place. They have eaten other devices lunches while increasing their marketshare. PDAs,  GPS units,  book viewers and hand game consoles have all come and now linger on  as Zombie low cost or highly specialized devices as smartphones knock each one off. The real culprit is  the…

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Aviary Web Photo Editor

April 9, 2013
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Aviary provides a web and mobile app based photo-editor which provides a base line of what features to expect in a decent photo editor for both platforms. Now with demise of Picnik , thePhotoFishes has already looked into web-based photo-editors but not photo-editors for mobile apps. So lets take a look at what Aviary has…

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