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May
16/09

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2009 09:00
Written by Shawn Farner
Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Nikon S630 Blink Detection Fail This is a tad bit unfortunate.

The Nikon S630 features built-in blink detection, which alerts you if it believes that someone in your photo blinked. As you can see here, this girl did not blink. She’s just Asian.

Gizmodo’s Odelia Lee said it best:

“I know this Nikon S630 is just trying to be helpful, but a little tact wouldn’t hurt. Some people’s eyes [are] just extra squinty when they smile, OK, camera?“

Back to the drawing board, Nikon. Back to the drawing board.

[via Gizmodo]

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May
15/09

The Samsung a167: Flippin’ smart and coming to AT&T

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2009 01:04
Written by Shawn Farner
Friday, May 15th, 2009

Ubergizmo is reporting that AT&T is now offering a new smartphone on its network – the Samsung a167. The i167 is a clamshell-style flip-phone that runs Windows Mobile. Despite being labeled a smartphone, its feature set will be very basic, partly because AT&T is tossing it into the heap of phones available in its GoPhone line.