Video Camera Archive

  • Thanko’s Spy Watch with built-in video camera

    Thanko’s Spy Watch with built-in video camera

    Posted on January 18, 2010 | No Comments
    For some reason, Toyko-based USB accessory maker Thanko is selling a wide range of "spy gadgets", with a button camera and an HD video pen as the latest additions to the line-up. Today Thanko gives us a wrist watch [JP], which may look rather unassuming from the outside but actually sports a micro spy camera.

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  • Thanko’s Spy Button Camera gets an upgrade

    Thanko’s Spy Button Camera gets an upgrade

    Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based USB gadget maker Thanko gave us a video camera button last July, which was basically a mini camera for your shirt or jacket that could be used for secretly recording video. And today the company started selling the second version [JP] of the Spy Button Camera whose main new feature is the sound recording function.

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  • Panasonic and LG plasma TVs to offer 720p HD video chats via Skype

    Panasonic and LG plasma TVs to offer 720p HD video chats via Skype

    Posted on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
    TVs with Internet connectivity are nothing new, but this is pretty cool: As the world's first TV makers, Panasonic and LG are cooperating with Skype to incorporate the software, which will make it possible to video chat in 720p HD quality, into TVs. According to a Japanese media report [registration required, paid subscription], Americans will be able to buy the Pansasonic TVs first (as early as this spring), followed by Japanese and Europeans in the summer. Skype itself, however, speaks of a release in mid-2010 for both the LG and Panasonic TVs.

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  • Believe and you’ll achieve: British Army launches get-fit podcast. Clearly Hulk Hogan uses it.

    Believe and you’ll achieve: British Army launches get-fit podcast. Clearly Hulk Hogan uses it.

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Absolutely brilliant. The British Army has produced a series of podcasts (hence the story's appearance here) designed to get you, the average loaf-about, into tip-top shape. Let's give 'em a listen, shall we?

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  • Apple approves a chintzy video app for older iPhones

    Apple approves a chintzy video app for older iPhones

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Do you have 99 cents burning a hole in your pocket? Do you have an old iPhone 2G or 3G? Get yourself this video camera app. The catch? It takes 160x213 video at three frames per second. Three frames per second. Do you know what kind of video that is? That's flip book quality.

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  • Nexus One finally caught on video alongside its packaging (updated)

    Nexus One finally caught on video alongside its packaging (updated)

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Frankly, we're surprised it took this long, but lo and behold, here we are with the first video of the Nexus One we've seen. It's just the all-too-brief and familiar boot animation, but thenexusone.com promises this is just one of many videos to come, and with any luck, a nicer video camera can be found in the interim. Also on hand is a few snapshots of the casing it came with -- don't read too much into that, however, as even the developer-only Google Ion had fancy packaging. Video after the break.

    Update: Video of the animated background now available over the break as is a first pic of the onscreen keyboard

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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    Nexus One finally caught on video alongside its packaging (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhones rejoice as Ustream Live Broadcaster hits App Store, other smartphones wonder what all the ruckus is

    iPhones rejoice as Ustream Live Broadcaster hits App Store, other smartphones wonder what all the ruckus is

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    iPhones rejoice as Ustream Live Broadcaster hits App Store, other smartphones wonder what all the ruckus is
    When it comes to streaming live video from a smartphone, there's an app for that and there has been for a long, long time -- unless you're an iPhoner. With Qik for the iPhone a delayed broadcast was possible, but it took months for the thing to break out of its WiFi-only shackles. Now you, like Bill O'Reilly, can do it live courtesy of the Ustream's Live Broadcaster, newly available in the App Store. It's not the first to stream live video from Apple's handset, an app called Knocking gets that distinction after getting the nod last week, but it is the first to allow live broadcasting, it works over 3G, and it's available for free right now for iPhone 3G and 3GS models running OS 3.1 and above. So go ahead, start those cameras rolling and tell all your friends how great it is -- just don't be heartbroken if they're not all that impressed.

    P.S. It's worth noting that Ustream also works in local record mode thus turning the iPhone 3G into a video camera like its newer 3GS sibling. Videos (stuck at 320 x 240 pixels) can then be easily viewed in the Broadcaster app or uploaded to Ustream, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter.

    iPhones rejoice as Ustream Live Broadcaster hits App Store, other smartphones wonder what all the ruckus is originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Review: BFG Deimos

    Review: BFG Deimos

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Short Version: The Deimos is the latest addition to BFG’s new line of computers. Intended as specialist gaming machine, the Deimos is big, beautiful, and very fast. Heat, bulk, and short battery life are to be expected from a gaming laptop, and aside from those it provides an excellent experience. Pros: Fast Surprisingly light weight nicely designed and set [...]

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  • Japanese company sells “women-only” video camera

    Japanese company sells “women-only” video camera

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan-based electronics maker Greenhouse has announced the GHV-DV30HDLXW/P [JP] today, a video camera specifically designed for women. The device is available in two colors, white and (the inevitable) pink. Buyers will also get a cute pouch that fits the color of the camera.

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  • Sunglasses with built-in camcorder and MP3 player

    Sunglasses with built-in camcorder and MP3 player

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based gadget maker OTAS is selling sunglasses [JP] that feature, for some reason, a built-in video camera and MP3 player. The so-called aigo glasses come with a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player that supports MP3 and WMA files, 4 GB of internal memory, and a USB 2.0 port.

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  • New technology analyzes, visualizes breath odors

    New technology analyzes, visualizes breath odors

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Boozehounds and hobby alcoholics beware: A new technology developed by the Tokyo Medical and Dental University is able to analyze your breath odors and visualize their dispersal. But it's not only good to detect alcohol in your breath but could also be used as an indicator for diseases in the future (sorry for the silly pic - the university doesn't supply any).

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  • Trust issues? This tiny clock has a built-in video camera

    Trust issues? This tiny clock has a built-in video camera

    Posted on October 8, 2009 | No Comments
    And now to finally get to the bottom of WHO DRANK MY LAST TAB?! This unassuming little clock tells the time and tells you who’s been breaking into your house at night to eat multiple peanut butter, lettuce, and pastrami sandwiches. It’s definitely not you sleepwalking.

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  • Dash Cam does up to 48 hours of 720×480 recording

    Dash Cam does up to 48 hours of 720×480 recording

    Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
    I bet that on your daily commute to work you've often thought to yourself, "Man, this is EXCITING! I wish other people could see what I see! Cars! Billboards! More cars! A truck!" And while standard dash cams work well for run-of-the-mill vehicular lifecasting, their relatively low resolutions and short recording times make for a less than desirable compendium of your transportational adventures.

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  • LG announces new “Pop” mainstream touch screen phone

    LG announces new “Pop” mainstream touch screen phone

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Korean electronics giant, LG, believes there is an entire segment of mobile consumers who’ve been left out in the cold, i.e. the mainstream public, when it comes to touch screen phones. In other words, not everyone wants a full-fledged (read: “complex”) smartphone, but most people do lust after a touch screen. In light of this [...]

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  • IR technology would prevent in-theater video recording

    IR technology would prevent in-theater video recording

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    There's an old Seinfeld episode where Jerry agrees to become a bootlegger. His skills at recording the screen with a tiny, hand-held camera are top-notch, so he's roped into helping out the little kid on the street who can't get into R rated movies. You know the episode I'm talking about, the one where Elaine dances all weird. (Here comes the horrible segue-way!) If this new technology is widely adopted, episodes like that won't ever happen again.

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