Rumours of the new iPad have been raging for a long time. Yesterday, Apple officially launched the iPad 3. And, I didn’t hesitate in pre-ordering the same! The iPad 3 costs £399 in the UK and $499 (plus tax) in the US. The iPad 2 is now available at £329 in the UK and $399 (plus tax) in the US. The iPad 3 boasts of several new features including: Retina Display This is the biggest feature addition of the new “Resolutionary iPad”. With four times as much pixels on the same screen, the iPad just makes everything clearer. The new…

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Samsung’s Galaxy R is the Galaxy S2’s little sibling. Like any younger brother, its arrival will be celebrated, but in a more muted manner than that afforded the S2. As with any eagerly-anticipated newborn, information on Galaxy R contracts is subject to change: there’s only so much you can glean from a blurry in utero scan.  We know it’s going to be a looker, but how’s this pocket-sized bundle of joy going to behave when it’s unleashed kicking and screaming into the world? For now, here’s a rundown on what’s changed and what’s the same with the Galaxy R, and…

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When I picked up my iPod Touch three months back, I did not know how much I’d fall in love with it. Since then I have used it less for listening to music and more for the various apps that the store has to offer. Apple recently revealed the brand new iPod Touch 4th generation. The biggest addition to this are the two cameras that have been added to the iPod Touch, one in the front and one at the back. This brings Facetime to the iPod, which means complete video calling whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network….

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I know it’s a little late to be talking about the Rebel Xti. It’s been around for as long as Moses has and almost everyone’s already done a review. But the main reason for this article is basically to show you how you can do stuff like this with the Rebel Xti. (This Photo courtesy Abduzeedo – Photograph by Christopher Hibbert) Light Painting is basically the art of taking long exposure shots to get the desired effect. It’s basically as simple as putting your camera in one place, giving it’s shutter a manual timer and then just standing back to…

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Tilt-shift photography is use of camera movements of tilting the lens and shifting the lens. Tilt-shifting requires the use of special cameras that allow your lens to be rotated or shifted. Tilt-shift miniature faking is the use of image manipulation to achieve the same effect. This causes a life-size object like a building to look like its miniature. You can use Photoshop and other image editing software to create the tilt-shifted photograph, or you can use TiltShiftMaker.com. By moving the horizontal slider that you can see in the above photo you can change the focus size. Any portion of the…

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Reuters reports that Sony has found that Cyber-shot compact digital cameras might not work in warm and humid areas. It has stated that these would be repaired free of charge. The LCDs in these cameras may not show images correctly or the cameras may not be able to take photos at all. An estimated 4000 cameras are believed to be affected from the 1 million models sold world wide. Sony just faced a quarterly loss after Dell recalled 9.6 million Sony-made lithium-ion batteries!