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Best Photo Apps

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Camera Awesome (iOS) The wildly popular Camera Awesome replacement camera app, by SmugMug, has a low cost of entry into phoneography—it’s free. In addition to a host of composition, filter and editing functions, Camera Awesome does video, including a sort-of time machine; it captures five seconds worth of action before shooters actually start video recording. more »

Best Smartphone Cameras

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Apple iPhone 5 From the company that started the smartphone craze and phoneography, the iPhone 5’s 8-megapixel imager is widely regarded as one of the best available in a smartphone. It boasts a redesigned five-element f/2.4 lens, a backside-illuminated sensor that’s protected by a sapphire lens crystal cover, and the Apple-designed A6 processor that Apple more »

Picfari Mobile Website and App Target Travel Photography

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Picfari launched as a new website and free mobile app that are designed to appeal to anyone who loves to travel and take photos. The name itself is a moniker for a photo-driven travel tour. “For most of us, taking great, high-quality photos of our vacations is just as important a journey as the trip more »

Samsung Experience Shops Opening in Best Buy Stores

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Samsung Electronics announced a unique relationship with Best Buy that enables you to explore, purchase, activate and service Samsung’s portfolio of mobile products, including connected cameras, and accessories. The Samsung Experience Shop will be installed in more than 1,400 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores across the U.S. beginning this month. By early more »

Bring the Power of Photoshop to Your Smartphone with Adobe’s New Photoshop Touch App

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The new Adobe Photoshop Touch app, now optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as Android smartphones is here and better than ever. Inspired by Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to your mobile device and offers similar touch-based gestures and features. Adobe Photoshop Touch more »

Optrix XD5 Rugged Action Video Sports Housing for the iPhone

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Optrix XD5 is an ultra-rugged camera-optimizing system for the iPhone 5 that empowers you to record wide-angle HD videos under harsh conditions. Optrix, designer of action video and sports specialty housings for the iPhone unveils this tough case that disasterproofs your iPhone 5. The XD5 an iPhone 5 camera system built for sports enthusiasts by more »

cooltopia Adds Pro-Level Apps & Social Network Tools for Snappgrip Case/Controller

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cooltopia announced hardware integration with pro-level photography apps and social network tools for the Snappgrip, a snap-on camera controller designed to turn smartphones into point-and-shoot cameras with one-handed control. Snappgrip will now work with the Jag.gr 645 Pro and PureShot apps, which provide high-quality image output with a real digital camera feel, and the Eico more »

Create Prints and Photo Gifts with Shutterfly’s New iPhone App

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Shutterfly has completely redesigned it’s iPhone photo app to combine photo storage, viewing and photo gift creation in one place—right from your iPhone. Using the Shutterfly app, you can create personalized gifts in minutes.  You can choose a photo and then viewing an instant preview of the photo on one of the app’s 30 gift more »

4th Annual Best Shots Photo Contest

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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in partnership with Eye-Fi, maker of the world’s first wireless memory card, launched its fourth annual digital photo contest, the Best Shots competition. The grand prize winner, will be announced January 11, 2013 at the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas, and will receive a Canon EOS Rebel T3i digital more »

Canon Mobile Printing App for iPhone and iPad

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Printing from your iPhone or iPad has never been easier with the Canon Mobile Printing app. The Canon Mobile Printing app lets you send print jobs directly from your iPhone or iPad to a compatible Canon printer in your house or office. The app is compatible with select Canon imageClass desktop laser printers and multifunction more »