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Gizmos and Gadgets. Your Quick Guide to Understanding the Techno T oys of Tod ay. Digital Cameras. A digital camera is a generic name for a camera that take still photographs and/or video digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor
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Gizmos and Gadgets Your Quick Guide to Understanding the Techno Toys of Today
Digital Cameras • A digital camera is a generic name for a camera that take still photographs and/or video digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor • What can a digital camera do that a film camera can’t? - display the picture you took immediately - store hundreds of images in the camera - delete pictures you don’t like on the camera
Using a Digital Camera • Standard Buttons on a Digital Camera Zoom In/Zoom Out Shutter Button On/Off Button Settings Dial
The Settings Dial • A dial that allows you to select the mode of the camera Auto Mode Movie Mode Macro Mode Action Mode Landscape Mode Night Mode http://www.pcworld.com/article/118231/photo_tips_what_are_all_those_camera_icons.html
Putting Digital Photos in Your Hand • Memory Card • Put on your computer - Print yourself, upload to a store through a website • Take it to a store - Walmart, Kodak Photo Kiosk
The iPod • iPod Nano • iPod Classic • iPod Shuffle • iPod Touch
The iPod Touch • Touch screen • Plays audio, videos, and games • Check email, surf the web, • See images and documents, take pictures/ video • Current fourth generation • Come in 8GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
The iPod Nano • Touch Screen • Plays audio, video, view photos and documents • Current 6th generation, • Comes in 8 and 16 GB
The iPod Shuffle • No display – navigation wheel • Plays audio • Select songs at random from a user's music library • currently 2 GB
The iPod Classic • Navigation wheel and screen display • Plays audio and video, view pictures and documents • Current 6th generation • Comes in 160 GB
The iPad • Tablet Computer – Mobile and flat computer • Touch Screen • Current 2nd Generation • Audio-visual media: books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content.
GPS Tools • TomTom • Garmin • Magellan RoadMate
The Kindle • Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire • Made by Amazon.com • Supports MOBI, PDF, Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible, MP3, and PRC
The Nook • Nook Touch, Nook Color, Nook Tablet • Made by Barnes and Noble • Supports PDF, ePUB, PDB, eReader, MP3, JPG, BMP, GIF, and PNG formats
Is a Laptop Right for Me? • Portable • Can be disconnected from a power source • Monitor compatible • Mouse compatible • More expensive • May be less powerful