Friday, April 16, 2004
D-Snap: The Mini Media Device
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "HARDWARE" @ 01:00 PM
"It's hard to know what the D-Snap's primary use really is. For journalists, it has a couple of really handy work-related functions. I can pop along to an interview, take a publishable picture of my grinning subject and record everything that is uttered, all using the D-Snap. Two functions there.
But it can do more. The little camera taking the digital pictures can also handle video - with audio soundtrack as well. And then there's the MP3 capability. That's four useful features - digital camera, video recorder, voice recorder and MP3 player - in a device that's about a centimetre thick and weighs just 59g."
The thing that makes this device extremely versatile, IMO, is that the D-Snap supports MP3, WMA and AAC audio files, which apparently sound impressive through the supplied headphones. The user interface on the device is controlled mainly by a swivel ball in the centre of the D-snap which allows scrolling through song titles which are displayed on the tiny color LCD screen. But, as the article points out, the 8MB is built-in memory makes it almost mandatory for the user to buy a larger SD card to augment the memory. The D-Snap is small and lightweight and is priced at NZ$699, and one can find it for approximately US$289 here in the US.
But it can do more. The little camera taking the digital pictures can also handle video - with audio soundtrack as well. And then there's the MP3 capability. That's four useful features - digital camera, video recorder, voice recorder and MP3 player - in a device that's about a centimetre thick and weighs just 59g."
The thing that makes this device extremely versatile, IMO, is that the D-Snap supports MP3, WMA and AAC audio files, which apparently sound impressive through the supplied headphones. The user interface on the device is controlled mainly by a swivel ball in the centre of the D-snap which allows scrolling through song titles which are displayed on the tiny color LCD screen. But, as the article points out, the 8MB is built-in memory makes it almost mandatory for the user to buy a larger SD card to augment the memory. The D-Snap is small and lightweight and is priced at NZ$699, and one can find it for approximately US$289 here in the US.
