Samsung launches new Internet-connected camera

Samsung Electronics Thursday launched a new Internet-connected camera in South Korea, as the electronics giant intensifies efforts to expand its dominance in the mobile phone market to other sectors.

Samsung Electronics Thursday launched a new Internet-connected camera in South Korea, as the electronics giant intensifies efforts to expand its dominance in the mobile phone market to other sectors.

The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, threatening the once-vibrant sector as firms scramble to hit back with web-friendly features and boost quality, analysts say.

When it comes to cameras, I truly adhere to photographer Chase Jarvis’s philosophy: The best camera is the one that you’re always with. Since I’m rarely without my phone, it has also become my default camera. However, I am still plagued with photo envy whenever I see friends upload gorgeous photos taken with their souped-up cameras, except I don’t have the patience to lug around a heavy camera—and not a pink one at that.

Taiwan’s HTC on Monday unveiled a new series of smartphones that it said would allow users to “retire your digital cameras,” as it sought to fight back against rivals Apple and Samsung.
One marker in hand and one in his mouth, Lou Chukman glances up and down from a sketchpad to a reputed Chicago mobster across the courtroom — drawing feverishly to capture the drama of the judge’s verdict before the moment passes.
Pentax has entered the mirrorless interchangeable lens market with its Pentax Q camera, which the Japanese camera maker claims to be the “world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera system.” Boasting of 12.4 megapixels and full HD movie recording, the Pentax Q camera is smaller than Sony’s NEX, a camera that previously held the title [...]
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony recently decided to drop its DSLR (digital single lens reflex) line of cameras because it wanted to give photography enthusiasts around the world something better—single lens translucent, or SLT, cameras. Sony touts its new SLT camera technology as one of the most revolutionary imaging inventions in the last 10 years. [...]
Mirrorless compact cameras with interchangeable lenses are gaining ground among enthusiasts, prompting Japanese camera maker Olympus to produce more of the kind. Olympus recently came out with an improved line of PEN cameras, or small cameras with interchangeable lens based on Micro Four Thirds System. The flagship product, PEN E-P3, is a third-generation PEN that [...]
THE RACE to produce the best smartphone has intensified as brands try to come out with devices that not only feature full PC functionality, but also enable the devices to harness the power of cloud computing services alongside highly intuitive graphics-filled UI. Taiwan smartphone maker HTC recently introduced its top-of-the-line Android smartphone called the Sensation, [...]
VIENNA (AFP) – A Leica camera from 1923 was sold at auction Saturday for a world record 1.32 million euros ($1.89 million), shattering pre-sale estimates. The purchaser was a private collector from Asia who wants to remain anonymous, said Vienna’s WestLicht gallery, which organised the auction. The camera was one of about 25 prototypes made [...]