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We’ve seen it many times before-combining two different technologies into one device. via Inventor Spot

“If you have less than a 10 percent global share, it’s going to be difficult to invest in marketing. The growth right now is benefiting the top players.”

” Hewlett-Packard will exit the Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblank digital camera ‘);” onMouseOut=”setTimeout ‘,500);” class=hotlink2>digital camera business and attempt to license its brand for use in … via Digital Game Developer

Companies include projection optics companies and major consumer electronic companies, who manufacture Cell Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Video Projectors and Media Players. via DCVIEWS Digital camera and photograph…

“If you’re just selling traditional toys like board games or plastic toys, you can survive but you can’t grow”

Cellphones, laptops, digital cameras and MP3 music players are among the hottest gift items this year. via HendersonvilleNews.com

An innovative Decision Tactics & Luth Research joint behavioral segmentation study reveals how shoppers choose digital cameras. via TMCnet

“We’ve always been a youthful-type, trendy company”

Check it out! This full day conference will gather the best and brightest minds to explore how the communications industry is converging. via This is going to be BIG.

A cry for attention, or simply an exuberant display of personal style–that’s the question provoked by theA colorful looks we found in this roundup of compact digital cameras.A The answer, though, is probably … via PC World

The inexpensive R742 is a cinch to use, but its image quality could be better. Comes in silver, black, and dark blue. via PC World

Casio India Company Private Limited, recently launched EXILIM Hi-Zoom EX-V7 Digital Camera. via Ground Report

With so many different types of digital cameras available to buy these days, it can be difficult for anyone to make a decision. via Buzzle.com

“He got himself a tutor, and now he can write English better than me”

There has been many a time when I have hated companies like Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sanyo and Sony. via Asia News Network

“So far so good in terms of demand according to our checks but we do caution that for the most part, it’s still price-stimulated demand”

Americans appear willing to spend their hard-earned cash this holiday season, favoring items like Apple iPods, MP3 players, digital cameras, handheld GPS devices, the Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. via The Consumer Electronics Stock Blog

Scandal-plagued Sanyo said Tuesday that swung back to a profit for the six months through September, reversing the previous year’s losses. via International Business Times

“I hate lugging around (many) gadgets in my bag, so I love it that the new generation of cellphones also have great imaging power, so I can replace my digital camera with the phone.”

For teenagers, having a cellphone without a built-in camera is social suicide. For avid photographers, holding a yakking device without at least a 5-megapixel camera is like having their arms ripped off - pure … via Asia News Network

“I shop for their personalities. One of them likes army games, so I will probably look for something like ‘Call of Duty.’ For younger ones, they make a lot of video games based on cartoons.”

Plasma and LCD HD-TV’s are hot gifts this year, as are phones, video games, video game systems, laptop computers, MP3 boom boxes, digital cameras and portable GPS devices. via El Paso Times

No matter how perfectly shot or emotionally meaningful your digital photos may be, if they aren’t uploaded to your computer or to a Web site, no one else will ever see them. via CapeCodOnline.com

“We were all trying to help more than one customer at the same time, and they all wanted the same thing”

While retail analysts warned that higher gas prices, tighter credit and slumping home prices could affect this year’s holiday shopping, bargain hunters packed Hanford stores in the early hours of Black Friday, … via Twin City Times

Like opening weekend box office numbers to Hollywood bean-counters, the weekend shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday is read as tea leaves for the rest of the holiday shopping season . via CNET News.com

“You don’t get an E18 for no reason”

In the pre-digital era, consumers held onto their cameras for generations. Now they often dispose of them within months. via The Honolulu Advertiser

The Digital Camera Holiday Gift Guide features various digital camera and photo gift ideas broken down by several specific categories. via About.com

“If you look at the China standard, we are in the first two phases”

Like a TV series one doesn’t dare miss, the mobile TV arena is a segment that Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is closely monitoring. via Electronic Engineering Times Asia

“Unfortunately, all her shopping mates left, so I’m filling in”

The nation’s stores ushered in the official start of the holiday shopping season on Friday with midnight openings, a blitz of door busters and other come-ons.

Stores are counting on hordes of shoppers who have been pulling back in recent months amid a challenging economy to snap up bargains. Merchants need them to keep coming back throughout the holiday season to make their sales goals.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, threw open its doors at 5 a.m., offering such specials as a Polaroid 42-inch LCD HDTV for $798 and a $79.87 Sony digital camera. From 5 a.m. to noon, Toys ‘R’ Us Inc. offered 101 door busters on such toys as Mattel Inc.’s Barbie styling set and Hasbro Inc.’s FurReal interactive jungle cat toy. That’s four times the number it offered last year. Read more

“You don’t want blurry shots? Try this camera, it will compensate for a shaky hand - and it really works.”

Digital camera sales are defying expectations. Two years ago, camera sales were expected to hit a peak and begin falling. via USA Today

If you plan to buy a good product that you will use for a long time, it is better that you do some research. via Buzzle.com

Ricoh has announced the Ricoh Caplio RR770 digital camera. The new model, which is the follow-on to the RR750 will sport 7.1 megapixels and come with a 3-inch TFT-LCD screen on the back. via Pocket-lint.co.uk

“This is their biggest chance to win at retail during Christmas season”

The nation’s stores were ushering in the official start of the holiday shopping season on Friday with midnight openings, a blitz of door busters and other come-ons.

Stores are counting on hordes of shoppers who have been pulling back in recent months amid a challenging economy to snap up bargains. But merchants need them to keep coming back throughout the holiday season to make their sales goals.

‘Retailers are worried because they are not sure what is going to grab the customers’ attention,’ said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America’s Retail Group. ‘Everybody believes that early specials are the most successful retail events of the year.’ Read more

Two men, one 20 years old and the other 31, were stabbed in what was described as a “domestic situation” Friday at a multi-family residence on the 1000 block of Forbes Street. via Daily Reflector

It’s nearly a year since I reviewed the Casio Exilim EX-S770 , gave it a “Recommended” award with 9/10 in all four score categories and described it as “currently the best ultra-compact digital camera on the … via TrustedReviews

I am a fan of the Canon Digital Cameras, but not such a fan of their software. Whappo sent me an email to let me know about an open-source program called CHDK, which can be used to update the software for your … via Chris Pirillo

When I wrote a short primer on HDTV a couple of weeks ago, the response convinced me that this is a great time to review the technologies that are most likely to find themselves gift-wrapped this year. via BaltimoreSun.com