Dptips :. Digital Photography Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

The Stanley Steamer may have finally been dethroned.

While Panasonic is busy boosting its customer service capabilities through Twitter, Samsung is taking a more old school route by opening seven “Customer Service Plazas” (CSP) across Australia.

Motorola has sent out “save the date” press invites for a 10 September event in San Francisco focusing on Google Android, with speculation being it intends to launch two Android handsets.

Woolworths’ chief executive Michael Luscombe says uptake of its talk-and-text prepaid mobile packages, which rely on Optus’ 2G network, has been so successful that it will now offer 3G and data packages.

Who would you get to voice a GPS system? On Digital Life this week we ask this question, plus look at new stuff from Samsung for your inner poser.

The Sharp LC42D77X is a great TV let down by poor sound. But if you have a sound system already then the belting image quality makes it worth considering.

Outdoor types and those who want fuzzy warm green feelings will love the powergorilla and solargorilla, as long as they can bear the price.

Outdoor types and those who want fuzzy warm green feelings will love the powergorilla and solargorilla, as long as they can bear the price.

There’s a lot to like about the N86 8MP, but it’s hard to fall in love with it too. While it’s well made with good features, it looks and feels like a phone from several years ago.

Rollei introduces 3 new DiaFilm- and PhotoScanners to transfer your analogue memories without any losses to the digital future. The P-S 100 is for digitizing paper photo collections in sizes up to 13×18cm are at the pres of a button. The DF-S 110 allows digital slide shows to be created easily at a maximum resolution of 5184×3360 pixels. The DF-S 100 rounds off the scanner portfolio with the same principle as the DF-S 110 and scans up to 1,800 dpi. Prices are €149,95 for the P-S 100 and the DF-S 110 and€129,95 for the DF-S 100…

Half a million dollars can buy you many things: a two-bedroom unit in Sydney or 250,000 cheeseburgers. Alternatively, you could buy yourself an Aston Martin DBS (before on-road costs, insurance and other trifles) and live the fast life with martinis, women and international intrigue.

Packed full of features, the Ricoh GR Digital III won’t appeal to every photographer, but for those looking for a fixed focal-length camera and something to complement a digital SLR, it’s a great companion piece.

One bus will be equipped with a raft of multimedia equipment and free wireless internet access in a six-month trial that the SA Government hopes will make the state’s public transport system more appealing to use.

HP’s SimpleSave portable drive does make backups simple, as long as your file names aren’t too long.

With an excellent mix of biff, stealth and sleuth, you don’t need to be a fan of Batman to enjoy this excellent third-person action game.

Frustrated by poor signal strength on your network? Here are four options you can try to improve it.

Nokia looks set to flood the market with its growing touchscreen line-up across all the major segments, with the 5230 filling the budget model gap.

While the Sony Alpha DSLR-A380 is a solid and inexpensive dSLR with a few nice features that will probably satisfy many shooters, it doesn’t deliver quite enough on any front to outshine competitors.

Sharp is set to release a new range of LED TVs into Australia and one will include an integrated Blu-ray drive.

Last week Samsung launched three cameras, the ST500, ST550 and ST1000, in Bangkok, Thailand. The next day we were given a camera and let loose on Thailand’s Grand Palace.