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New Disposable Digital Cameras with LCDs
del_ctrl_alt writes "Pure Digital Technologies are set to introduce the world's first ever disposable digital camera [ed. note: see below], retailing in the USA for $19.99. Ritz, CVS, Disney World and Longs Drugs are all going to stock the 2-megapixel camera, which somewhat amazingly has a color preview screen and allows you to delete images before you take it to the store for processing (where you will receive a free picture CD along with your prints)." It's not the first disposable digital camera, which was hacked shortly afterwards, but these include a LCD display (they're made by the same company which made the first ones). Have fun!
Film processing is expected to retail at $280 per camera.
Face it, 99% of the digital cameras out there are sold for the recording of the owners' bedroom adventures. Nobody's going to pick one of these cameras up when they realize that Betty Lou Bluehair down at the photo counter at Wal-Mart will get to see them rubbing up against some fat guy in a squirrel suit he had shipped over from Japan.
im suprised the mods didn't see this!
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You must be new here.
the cameras do NOT, i repeat, do NOT go in the landfills, they are resold back to the public from the store after use
Yes, I am continually amazed by the ignorance. Disposable camera means the CONSUMER disposes of it, not the "film processor."
What I'd like to know is, how many times have these ignoramuses bought a disposable camera, taken a roll of pictures, and then tossed it in the garbage?
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
The first disposable digital camera was the SiPix Blink I got for $50 from Fry's. After using it, you want to throw it away even if you have the receipt, because you want to prevent any other human being from undergoing the sheer torture. I looked at the $50 as a charity expense.
What's your damage, Heather?
maybe it means every picture you take is a red "X"
In other news Pure Digital Technologies announces they will offer access to the biggest image database to customers.
MOM?!?! NOOOO!
I'd be willing to overlook the common misuse of "LCD" with "display" if it's prefaced with "an", as in "an El See Dee display". But beginning it with "a" makes it a clear case of saying "a Liquid Crystal Display display", which is just plain wrong.
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
You should be modded to -10000 as "MENTALLY RETARDED". or ULTRA GAY
100% of this camera will be REUSED for the next customer. DUH!
*sigh* I am sure others have a similar experience, but I bought a 2MP Kodak (DC280) back when they were $600. That was when I worked for a company that actually gave out bonuses. Don't get me wrong, I am really glad that I got it, but wow. I never would have guessed that 5 years later a $20 disposable camera would be of comparable quality. (I know mine probably takes better pictures, but it also weighs about 30 lbs and eats batteries like Cowboy Neal eats tacos).
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Here is the whitesheet on the LCD, should be very easy to integrate with other projects.
Where?
It's the missing link!
I want the LCD too.
Dirt cheap HMD, anyone?
A tiny color screen for my Tricorder.
Micro pr0n!
A cool watch.
The possibilities may not be endless, but there are a lot of them.
This just shows me how fictional Star Trek really is. Starfleet uses tiny portable computers with an LCD to save the universe from certain doom. But you've just proven that what people will really use them for is to flip through pictures of Pam Anderson while sitting on the crapper without having to pay for Playboy.