Canon announced its lineup of digital cameras in 2008. Of course, since it’s pretty early in the year 2008, this is just the initial lineup. The four cameras are:

* Digital IXUS 80 IS – a compact, curved design in four attractive colour variations (Classic Silver, Candy Pink, Chocolate, Caramel), 8.0 Megapixels, 3x zoom with optical Image Stabilizer and 2.5” high resolution PureColor LCD II
* PowerShot A590 IS – 8.0 Megapixels, 4x zoom with optical Image Stabilizer, new Easy mode and full Manual control, range of optional lens accessories, 2.5” LCD and optical viewfinder
* PowerShot A580 – 8.0 Megapixels, 4x zoom, 2.5” LCD and optical viewfinder, plus new Easy mode
* PowerShot A470 – 7.1 Megapixels, 3.4x zoom, 2.5” LCD and four colour variations (Red, Blue, Green, Silver)

It seems that Canon opens the year with the introduction of compact and style cameras. When I asked about the EOS-450D in Indonesia, the reply was next month (or next two months).

Source: Canon Press Release

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If you happen to be curious about the mobile phone industry, then you should follow closely the unraveling of things in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

I’m going to start with Nokia in this first article, which will be followed by other vendors. From the release, Nokia takes the road to converged devices and Internet services as its main theme.

“As we continue to free the Internet from the limitations of the dekstops, we are taking mobility into a new completely new realm of possibilty,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia. “We are, in fact, redefining the Internet itself as we’re making it context aware and more personal. With context, the Internet becomes a medium of very immediate and personal experiences.”

In MWC 2008, Nokia introduced 2 NSeries and 2 mobile phones; N96 and N78, followed by Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 Classic. All phones are equipped with A-GPS and HSDPA, with N96 as the most advanced model.
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Just before Christmas, I have the opportunity to toy with the new Sony Alpha 700. The Sony guys were kind enough to brought so many lenses, ranging from 17-85mm Carl Zeiss, 300mm Carl Zeiss, 85mm Sony, and many more. I think they brought almost a dozen lenses. There were 12 people that were invited to test the Alpha 700, divided into two groups. So everyone can pick their own lens and even switched it.

We went photo-huntingi n Puncak, near the tea plantation up on the slope. Appararently, Sony Indonesia had prepared the schedule and destination for our photo-hunt, Melrimba Garden. I never went there by myself actually, so it’s pretty exciting. Turned out that more…

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