I’ve been waiting for this baby for a little while now! If you you’re an adrenaline junkie just like me, you’ll understand why

The SC-X210WL is Samsung’s refresh of the SC-X210L. This sports camcorder is ready for the extreme, whether you like extreme skydiving, extreme mountain biking, extreme skateboarding or BASE jumping.

It offers a 10X optical zoom, a 2-inch LCD, a 680,000-pixel CCD, and image stabilization. Loaded with 1 GB of internal memory and an SD Card slot to capture even more footage.

The best feature about this camcorder is the wireless auxiliary lens. Oh yeah, you heard me right!! Wireless auxiliary lens…

Now you can leave the main unit in your bag and simply clip on the lens without having to worry about being caught up in the cord.

An armband and headband are included to help you attach the lens.

It’s perfect for anyone into extreme sports or looking to capture video of themselves in situations where traditional camcorders are not an option. But that’s not it!!

You actually get a 6-in-1 device with this camcorder. The SC-X210WL is also a still camera, a webcam, a MP3 player, a voice recorder, and data storage options. Seriously, what else do you need?!?

And all this for around $680! Not bad at all…

It was supposed to be available September 2006 and last time I checked with Samsung Customer Care Center (last January) this was their answer :

“We do not currently have a launch date for this product. All information released is still preliminary.
If you have any further questions please call 1-800-SAMSUNG for live support.”

So I decided to give them a call today… and unfortunately they still don’t have a launch date - bummer!!

But I’ll keep you guys posted as soon as I hear from them!

Key Specs:

I can’t remember how many times I have been asked “Should I get the 6 or 8 megapixels model??“…

If you are on the market for a new digital camera then there is a good chance that you are asking yourself that exact same question. Maybe the number of megapixels that you are considering is different. Do you really need a 16MP digital camera? 8MP? 6MP?

Every single time, I try to explain in a vulgar way the reason why it isn’t the most important factor but in one word : Marketing!

New digital camera models that are put on the market today support more and more megapixels. This myth for more megapixels is in part perpetuated by manufacturers who want you to buy their newest and greatest digital camera.

And the easiest way for them to make you compare cameras is by using one simple number – megapixels – the higher the better or at least this is what they want you to think.

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Leica did it again, to produce a digital camera that’s a fusion of the latest digital technology with the traditional values of superlative image quality, intuitive operation and a timelessly beautiful design from its Leica’s rangefinder traditional cameras: the Digilux 3.

For the first time, Leica has combined outstanding optical imaging performance with state-of-the-art image stabilization in a D lens.

Whenever you want to avoid camera shake, just switch on the image stabilizer (O.I.S.).

Integrated in the lens, it ensures sharply focused images in all situations–in twilight, for indoor exposures or in the zoom range.

The image stabilizer is a reliable help for exposures taken without a tripod, too.

The Digilux 3 offers Live viewing through the LCD aka “RealtimePreview” or, as Panasonic/Olympus call it, “Live View”. The Digilux 3 was introduced last September during the Photokina in Cologne.

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Just a reminder for those of you who enjoy reading our RSS feed on a Mac, a “DigitalFreak RSS Reader & Search” Widget is available for ya!

Our feed is consolidated and optimized by Feed Burner. FeedBurner provides a free no frills service to host RSS feeds and they have been proactive in circumventing user concerns.

The downside to using a service like FeedBurner is that some filtering applications used on corporate proxy servers block feeds residing on FeedBurner or other free hosts.

They not only allow you to manage different feeds, but they also provide you with tools to publicize and monetize your feeds!

They also includes tools like :

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Having dust on your sensor is not the end of the world. Scratching your sensor’s surface using the wrong tools to clean it IS! Most dirt particles on your digital SLR camera sensor won’t show up on the images unless you use a small aperture (from f/10 to f/22).

Between sensor swabs, sensor wands, wet swab, dry swab, CO2, brushes etc. there are plenty of methods to clean your digital SLR camera sensor. But now, there is a new bad boy in town… the Sensor Scope by Delkin Devices!

Delkin claims it’s the “safest and most effective way to clean your DSLR sensor“… Mainly because the kit includes an ultra small mini vacuum with a unique static tip that limits the physical contact with the sensor’s surface.

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And this time, I mean it literally!! Check out this test, they checked the AppleTV’s temperature after Boot Up, after playing for 30 minutes, after being turned off for 10 minutes etc.

The Apple TV averaged 104.27¬?F (40.15¬?C) when playing content from its hard drive, and averaged 97.8¬?F (36.58¬?C) when in sleep mode.

The highest temp recorded while playing content was 111.68¬?F (44.27¬?C)…

But Jason didn’t just test the AppleTV’s temperature, he also fully tested the AppleTV’s connectivity and image quality. He had to replace his first AppleTV because of disappointing picture quality when using HDMI cables.

But he now, seems pretty happy with it :

“the HDMI connection is absolutely brilliant. Blacks are stunningly black (not even the slightest hint of grey) and colors are vibrant. No ghosting, no color banding… just a crisp, clean, awesome picture and perfect digital audio.”

So if you bought an AppleTV, make sure to look for “ghosting images” and “color banding” that look like VHS playback than high-quality digital signal.

[Via Digital Trends]

If you don’t wanna wait the next major release of Mac OS X - Leopard - you can, as of today, download the 138MB 1.2 beta Boot Camp release.

For those who don’t know this, Boot Camp lets you install and run Windows on your Mac. If you have an Intel-based Mac that is…

What about Parallels then?? Well, the difference is, with Boot Camp Windows will be running “natively”, this means it will be running on the machine as if it was running on any regular PC. This means full access to the CPU, Graphics and etc.

The only disadvantage being that you’ll need to re-boot your machine to change OS.

With Parallels, Windows XP (and now Vista), will be running on a “Virtual Machine” (Virtualization), this means that OS X will be running like normal with Windows running inside a separate application, in effect two operating systems running at once.

They both have pros and cons you can use both depending on your needs. Launch Parallels when you want to keep OS X running and need to do a quick hit on a program and what not.

But if you need to use something that is more processor intensive, then Boot Camp is better.

Related articles:

• Parallels Desktop for Mac RC 2
• Mac OS X Tiger & Parallels in Coherence Mode
• Parallels Desktop to the Power of Four!

Oh yeah, Boot Camp is free!!