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...phone cams spread like brush fire, phone-cam blogs are popping up all over the Web. The latest figures show that 3 million to 6 million phone cams are expected to sell domestically this year. Yes, the pictures are often grainy or blurry less than half a megapixel, compared with 3 or 4 for a good stand-alone digital camera--but that's part of their charm for some people. "I like the sense of immediacy," says Katherine Hardy, a phone-cam blogger and legal writer in Berkeley, Calif. Her collaborative site, at fotolog.net/phonecam launched this month with artsy...
...love your digital camera but wouldn't dare take it to the beach--the surf, the sand, the horror! Now there's hope: Sony's 2-megapixel Cyber-shot U60 ($250) is certified for use at depths of up to 5 ft. And it has autofocus, a memory-stick slot and MPEG movie mode--but no optical zoom. For more info, go to www.time.com/gadget --By Wilson Rothman
SONY CLIE NZ90 Weighing in at 10 oz., this hefty handheld, which runs on the Palm operating system, is not for neophytes. But its high-end features are tough to resist. It is the only PDA with a 2-megapixel digital camera built in (with flash and zoom!). The large swivel screen displays 65,000 colors--great for running miniature slide shows on the go. And I loved the gorgeous stereo sound on the headsets when I played MP3s. The only things missing on this $800 device are easy-to-use Web browsing and e-mail. Synching up with...
...NIKON D100 So much for silver nitrate. Nikon's 6.1-megapixel wondercam blends the finesse of film photography and the precision of the digital revolution. It comes with an SLR mechanism, and it's not for amateurs. But it's a fine way to teach old shutterbugs new tricks. www.nikon.com...
...SONY DCR-IP220 Leave it to Sony to add a 2-megapixel still camera to a high-end camcorder. To capture DVD-quality video, the IP220 uses MicroMV tapes (instead of the more common MiniDV). Other geeky perks include Bluetooth networking and a touch-panel LCD. www.sonystyle.com...