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My first digital compact was Sony Cybershot DSC-P9. It sports a 4-
megapixel CCD with a 3x optical zoom. It was 8 years back. These days,
a 4-megapixel camera is relatively obsolete as a minimum megapixel for today’s digital compact camera is 7-megapixel.

Sony has never failed to impress us with their cameras design. Even after I have embraced to Digital SLR, I still feel that Sony is still one of the
best digital compacts manufacturer.

Its latest member in the T-Series family, the DSC-TX5 is a real piece of art combined with technology. But most importantly, it’s ability to take photos underwater up to 10 feet depth is truely amazing. This is because a normal camera needs waterproof casing before you can bring it while snorkeling or other watersports activities.

It comes with 10.2-megapixel, which is a double more that what I had on my P9. It also incorporates a 3-inch LCD, enough for you to preview those shots taken by you. Another great feature of this camera is it’s 25mm wide-angle lens and 4x optical zoom, allowing you to capture underwater world.

And if you’re worry about the durability, I guess its ability to withstand a drop from a 5-foot height and survive at temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 Celcius), suffice to give you a total assurance.

The Sony TX5 is expected to hit the market this coming April with a price tag of $350. It may be worth it to wait for a month or so for this gadget if you’re looking for a digital compact.

About couple of years back, I had a hard time when I’m trying to explain to people the fundamental of digital photography. I had to descibe the memory card as ‘digital film’ to make it easier for them to understand. These days, digital cameras has become ubiquitous that some people have never used a film camera.

Whether you’re just started or had been in digital photography for quite some time, it is very important to take a good care of your digital camera’s memory card to make it last longer. Here are some tips that you can follow on how to handle your memory card.

1. Avoid Deleting Photos With The Camera

You may disagree and say why on earth the camera manufacturer created the Delete button if not to get rid the photos from camera. Okay, firstly it will use your battery life to review and delete photos from your camera. And even if you managed to find the bad photos right after shooting, would you delete those or just shoot more pictures?.

Secondly, you could accidentally delete the wrong photos. I have few friends who asked my assistance to salvage their deleted photos just because they used the Delete button on the camera. So, the best way to avoid this is by deleting the unnecessary photos from your computer. It won’t take much of your time and effort to download the photos from your memory card to your
computer and do some pruning from there.

2. Stop Shooting If Encountered Problem

This golden rule not only apply to memory card, but also to your thumbdrive. In the event where you accidentally deleted your images from your memory card or an error message appeared, stop using the memory card. You may still have chance to recover the images by doing this, but if you keep on taking photos after realizing the problem, the chances will get lesser.

3. Regularly Format Your Memory Card

After you have copied your photos from your memory card to your computer, you may proceed to clean up your memory card. You may delete the images from your Windows Explorer (or equivalent in Mac OS). Another option is by formatting the card. But don’t format the card using Windows, since your camera may not be able to read a Windows-formatted memory card. What you can do is by formatting the card using the format function in your camera. Formatting the card purges the digital debris that builds up on your card.

4. Safely Eject Memory Card From Your Computer

Avoid removing your memory card from the computer without using the ’safely remove hardware’ function in Windows. And if you’re using Mac OS, you just need to right click on the drive assigned to your memory card and hit the ‘eject’ button. Only after safely ejecting your memory card you may remove your card from the reader. This will avoid data corruption on the card.

5. Get A Spare Memory Card

If you’ve heard of Murphy Law which states ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong’, you would probably want to get a spare memory card. It may not only memory card faulty, but during shooting your primary memory card may get full. If you have a spare one, you could save time & effort to just swap with another one and avoid missing the precious moments!.

6. Turn Off Your Camera Before Removing Memory Card

Your memory card may exposed to ‘voltage shock’ if it is removed when camera is turned on. Although the manufacturers have fixed this issue, it is best to turn off your camera prior removing the card. Better to be safe than sorry right?.

Ericsson has showed off a prototype of its Android-based IPTV Remote Control, which allows users to control multiple TVs at their homes as well as other electrical appliances such as heating system and air conditioning. The prototype comes with a 10-inch touchscreen, a front facing camera and speakers. It also works as a mobile phone and has the ability to surf the Internet, according to the Swedish company yesterday at Mobile World Congress.

The camera serves as a video conferencing camera, displaying the image of the person in the conference session on a television, according to Ericsson’s official.

What unique about this IPTV Remote Control prototype is that we could classify content into group of icons, so sports or news have their own groups. You just need to drag and drop one of the icons to the top of the remote to start showing a program on the TV. This works the same with music. Additionally, the device also works as TV by itself and the integration with social networks is possible.

Ericsson chose to use Android as their IPTV Remote platform because of the operating system’s openness and the large community that can help on the development of the product. If Windows were chosen, then Ericsson will have to spend their valuable time on hardening the remote security.

The remote control is expected to be shipped this year. But it will not be sold in normal stores, instead Ericsson is looking forward for collabration with telecommunication providers to sell the remote. One of the reasons Ericsson decided to showcase the IPTV Remote Control was so that it could get operators interest to get help with the final stages of the product development. As in the end, the operatos will be the one to decide what kind of services that should work with the device.

Having a digital gadget is everybody’s dream. But not every owner care for their gadget properly. Taking care of your gadget is important as most of digital gadgets are very sensitive and require a proper care such as protecting screen using a good guality of screen protector.

Screen protector is a layer of thin film that is applied to gadgets screen such as notebook, smartphone or iPod. Choosing a reliable protection film is very important as it will protect your screen from scratch, which is the most common problem for any digital gadgets.

ZAGG is one of the high quality scratch-proof film in the market. The ZAGG Invisible Screen is exceptionally clear to provide a normal view on the screen and virtually indestructible. It’s ultra-thin film will be seamless and can hardly visible by others.

With a variety of gadgets in the market, you might find some difficulties in choosing screen protector which can really suit your gadget. But ZAGG’s precision cut for different devices will be your end of search. And more importantly, it’s track record has proven as it was originally developed to protect helicopter blades. So you’ll be getting a military grade protector! Awesome right?!.

Besides, it comes with lifetime replacement warranty, so you don’t have to worry about tearing it off due to excessive use. Millions user has benefited it’s quality, so if you really looking for something that could give you some peace of mind over your lovely digital gadgets, you may find ZAGG’s protection screen a very good investment!.

Nokia, the big name in mobile telecommunication industry has announced their new series of phones including the most awaited – The Nokia N8. This state of the art smartphone sports a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 12-megapixel digital camera and of course, the latest version Symbian operating system 3.

Nokia is set to hold a press conference on Monday to annonce the launch of 14 new models to the world. It is reported that the N8 will be the first model to be powered by Symbian OS 3. It would be high end smartphone with a multi touch feature and the ability to record 720p high definition video. You may also watch the photos and videos directly on your High Definition TV via the HDMI output. It supports multi format videos including DivX.

With the recent development in the mobile telecommunication landscape, Android will be the closest rival to this latest Symbian OS. Only time will tell if Symbian can still survive in this mobile phone market as Android has becoming more and more popular and has started to attract many mobile phone makers.