Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti

Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti :

Not that long ago Canon hinted it was dropping out of the race to squeeze as many pixels as possible on to its cameras. So it is surprising to see the arrival of the 900Ti, a robust titanium-finished compact snapper that is capable of taking 10 megapixel images. 10 megapixels is excessive for all but a tiny minority of compact camera users, but there's no denying that the 900Ti is a superb camera. There some very neat touches such as the optical viewfinder in addition to the good-quality 2.5in LCD monitor. Start-up time is impressive too, with the camera ready for taking pictures in less then a second. There's also a great anti-shake system, and, unusually for a compact, the option of shooting in widescreen. Video quality is the best from a compact camera, with impressive levels of detail and accurate yet rich colour rendition.It is hard really to criticise the 900Ti, except to say that unless you have a specific reason for shooting large images, you don't need a 10 megapixel compact camera.Canon IXUS 800IS is good if quality is paramount, or else a budget look digital SLRs such as the Canon EOS 350D or the just-announced Nikon D40.






Samsung SGH-D830 :

Samsung has produced its most impressive ultra-slim mobile yet in the D830. The handset is less than 1cm thick, which makes it even slimmer than the latest Motorola RAZRs - and, at the time of writing at least, the thinnest in the world. Samsung has got a lot right with the D830. It has 80MB of storage, which can be supplemented by a microSD card. It also has Picsel Viewer, which means users can read Word documents and PDFs. The screen is as bright and colourful as Samsung normally deliver and the 2 megapixel camera is better than many of its more specified rivals. There's also an onboard MP3 player and video facilities. Where the D830 comes beautiful flat keypad. Not surprisingly given its size, the phone's battery is pretty small which makes it lighter and good.