android camera | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png android camera | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Canon and Microsoft sign broad cross-licensing agreement https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/canon-and-microsoft-sign-broad-cross-licensing-agreement/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/canon-and-microsoft-sign-broad-cross-licensing-agreement/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 22:58:34 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=201276 Microsoft Corp. and Canon on Wednesday said that they have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement. Thanks to the new pact the two companies gain licenses to each other’s highly valued and growing patent portfolios. Theoretically, Canon’s licensing of Microsoft patents may indicate that the company is preparing a family of all-new products. The software …

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Microsoft Corp. and Canon on Wednesday said that they have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement. Thanks to the new pact the two companies gain licenses to each other’s highly valued and growing patent portfolios. Theoretically, Canon’s licensing of Microsoft patents may indicate that the company is preparing a family of all-new products. The software giant may also be interested in Canon’s intellectual property for its own devices.

This agreement covers “a broad range of products and services” each company offers, including “certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products”, but exact contents of the agreement will not be disclosed. Given the fact that Microsoft is now a maker of mobile devices (thanks to acquisition of a division of Nokia Corp.), it may need imaging patents of Canon to boost its mobile hardware and software. What is, perhaps, more interesting is what type of IP Canon needs from Microsoft.

In the recent years the Redmond, Washington-based software giant licensed its intellectual property that covered mobile operating systems, including Google’s Android and Chrome.

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As sales of consumer cameras drop, their manufacturers begin to eye smartphone users. For example, Samsung last year released an Android-based consumer camera which could upload photos to the Internet automatically. Canon’s arch-rival Nikon also talked about “non-camera consumer products” last year. Earlier this year rumours about a smartphone from Canon emerged, but did not sound realistic. Perhaps, smartphones with high-quality cameras or cameras with extensive functionality provided by the Android operating system are something that Canon needs Microsoft’s IP for.

It should be noted that any talk about Canon’s products featuring Microsoft IP or Google’s Android is a pure speculation at the moment. The company has a very broad product portfolio, so it could use the intellectual property for an extensive range of devices. Still, Canon and Microsoft did say that the former gets access to IP covering “mobile consumer products.”

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KitGuru Says: It will be definitely interesting to see what kind of mobile consumer products Canon plans to introduce. The smartphone market is crowded and it will be extremely hard for Canon to enter it. But an Android-based camera for consumers seems to be a good option…

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Samsung rumoured to unveil a Galaxy camera this week https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/samsung-rumoured-to-unveil-a-galaxy-camera-this-week/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/blair-mcclelland/samsung-rumoured-to-unveil-a-galaxy-camera-this-week/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:32:37 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=106104 The Galaxy brand has dominated Samsung's Android smartphones for years now but this could soon change with the possible announcement of the Galaxy S Camera later this week at IFA in Berlin. GSMArena has heard from a source which they claim has been reliable in the past has seen the device in person. It is …

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The Galaxy brand has dominated Samsung's Android smartphones for years now but this could soon change with the possible announcement of the Galaxy S Camera later this week at IFA in Berlin.

No this isn't the real device, it's just a mock-up.

GSMArena has heard from a source which they claim has been reliable in the past has seen the device in person. It is described a Galaxy S III glued on the back of a standard point and shoot digital camera with a rumoured 16 MP sensor and 10x optical zoom. There will also be a Xenon flash and curved edges for better ergonomics.

The device will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will come in both Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi and 3G models. Other specifications are unknown but one would expect them to be similar to the Galaxy S III.

Samsung's Galaxy S Camera will supposedly be unveiled at the company's Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin later this week.

KitGuru says: It won't be the first Android camera but it will be the most interesting.

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