CES 2015: Polaroid introduces companion camera for smartphones

Polaroid introduced a new square-shaped compact camera at CES that is supposed to be a companion device for your smartphone. This point-and-shoot camera works with both Android and iOS devices. Your mobile devices work as both a remote viewfinder and storage for the images taken with the iZone. The idea behind this is to give you supposedly better quality images while still being able to share easily.

The iZone has an 18-megaixel image sensor with 8x optical zoom and just 32MB internal storage. It’ll connect to your smartphone or tablet over Wi-Fi. Once you are connected, it’ll send the images to your mobile device. The iZone can be used without an accompanying device but we don’t think that’ll last too long with the small internal storage.

Source: Polaroid | Via: SlashGear

CES 2015: Lenovo unveils LTE-capable, dual-SIM A6000

Among Lenovo’s offerings at this year’s CES is a new entry-level device that’s LTE-capable and can carry dual SIM cards. The A6000 is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor. It’ll have a 5-inch 720p IPS display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, as well as an 8-megapixel rear shooter and 2-megapixel front camera. After conversion, it’ll cost around US$169.

Source: Ubergizmo

HTC adds YouTube live streaming to Re camera

The periscope-like Re action camera from HTC is getting a significant update on Android. The device will now let you live stream everything from a daughter’s school play to your sky diving escapades. The firmware update is pushing to Google Play first and into the Re companion app on your Android smartphone. While you can use the Re to record videos and take photos without its companion device. For live streaming, you will need to have your phone with you.

The feature will also be making its way to the iOS app but it’ll come sometime in the first quarter of this year.

Source: SlashGear

Intel Compute Stick brings Windows to a dongle

PC-on-a-stick concepts have been around for a while. Most of them, however, are powered by ARM processors and other relatively unknown brands. That is until Intel decided to dip their toes into that market. The Intel Compute Stick is a four-inch-long dongle that runs on an Atom Bay Trail quad-core processor. It can turn almost any HDMI display into a computer and it is equipped with a USB port, mini-USB port, microSD slot, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity.

The Compute Stick is designed to work as everything from a media streaming machine, web browser, social networking device, thin client for enterprise with remote desktop and plug-and-play functionality. There will be two versions of the Compute Stick available. One will have Windows 8.1 pre-installed with 2GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. The other will have Ubuntu pre-installed with 1GB of RAM and 8GB internal storage. They will be priced US$149 and $89, respectively, and be released in March.

Source: Intel | Via: Gizmag