Casio Exilim fc100

Hey Guys, Joe here.

     I hope you're taking pictures of the weather out there, because at least in Maryland, the winter blast is crazy! Speaking of pictures, we would like to bring your attention to Casio's one of a kind point-and-shoot camera: The Casio Exilim fc100. Initially introduced to the market at $349.99, this amazing camera is now down to only $249.99! You can even find it on Amazon or eBay at a cheaper price.

     The reason that we are putting emphasis on this reasonably priced camera from Casio's Exilim series is not because of the modest 9.1 Megapixel ability or even the HD 720p x 1280p filming ability, rather we are letting you know that for the price of plane tickets, you can capture your memories in 1,000 frames per second(fps)!
     In addition to the 1,000fps shooting ability, this camera features 210fps and 420fps. If you do the math, that is a ridiculous 7 and 14 times slower than real-time, respectively. Since I am into skateboarding and technology, I wanted to see what my tricks would look like in when applying Casio's state-of-the-art high speed camera. The Casio Exilim fc100 allows me to study and enhance my coordination, providing me with another dimension of awareness to my skating. It is as if technology is facilitating my physical reality, in terms of my skating career. Here is a video that I created using the high speed 210fps capture mode that most point-and-shoot cameras couldn't dream of providing:

Thank you Casio for making an affordable camera with unparalleled capturing ability!

-Joe

Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Hey techies! It's Ross from the tech team duo of Today's Tech Blogger. I'm not sure if you've noticed but with today's consumer "need" growing to be connected socially and to the internet at all times companies like Samsung have been producing mobile devices to help us do just that. Samsung late last year released its Galaxy S Tablet after releasing its line of Galaxy S Smartphones. With the new craze of opensource software becoming available to phones, the Google Android OS market has been booming.

The technology Samsung had used at the time surpassed current Smartphone as well as mobile technology with their new AMOLED screen, which portrays the clearest images on mobile devices on the market today. Still currently, consumer's are still purchasing the Galaxy line as they still have the best screens on the market. Apple's iPad, the main competitor of the Galaxy S Tab, has a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 where as the Galaxy S Tab 1024 x 600. Though the resolution of the iPad does off the box say it is higher, they crisp color produced my the more vibrant AMOLED screen the Galaxy has is very noticable. Don't get me wrong, the screen of the iPad is great but I'm an opensource guy. Being able to freely create, distribute and download Apps that Apple charges users for I see as a perk. Not only that, but the Apps on the Android Market place are supported by their creators fairly well. And just to make it clear, I'm not saying all Apps for the Android are free, but more and more Apps that are used are opensource.

The Galaxy S Tab runs off of Androids new OS Android 2.3 "Gingerbread." The OS is Androids creme de le creme of OS's so far and all Android users will agree that the OS is very simple to use and aesthetically is amazing with or without the plethora of customizations offered.

Now to knock the product about one small detail... I have to admit, Apple did one thing right... They are selling it to individuals without mobile data plans... C'mon Samsung! When will you release this for the rest of us who just want to take advantage of WiFi? I mean I know you can pay full retail on the device and use the WiFi, but you still have the 3G receiver installed. The Galaxy S Tab generally runs around $500 ($499) without a data plan, but with a mobile 3G plan gets bumped down to what I'm finding to be $400 ($399.)

I know I'll be getting one when the WiFi only models come out without the cellphone company branding on it.

Here we go...

Guess we have to start somewhere, right? The following tech reviews will be brought to you by Ross and I. We plan on featuring today's technology involving cameras, computers (hardware/software), gadgets, automotive tech, cell phones and I guess what ever else comes up.