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Canon Digital IXUS 70 and IXUS 75: Classy compact cameras

Crave After fending off a couple of network-ready auto-duplexing all-in-one laser printers with our swanky graphite racquet, Crave faced a barrage of compact cameras -- including the Digital IXUS 70 and IXUS 75.

Tags: canon, lcd, cameras, silver

22 February 2007, 15:24

BenQ DC E1000: Hands-on with the manly metal compact

Crave We didn't think BenQ could top the hilarity of the press release announcing the 10-megapixel BenQ DC E1000 compact camera, but its Web site has excelled itself. Cheap laughs at poor translation aside, the E1000 is a respectably-specced compact.

Tags: benq, modes, compact, metal

16 October 2007, 12:19

Nikon D40: The fourth digital SLR of the compact apocalypse

Crave All these cameras are preying on the weak, the frail and -- more specifically -- the compact cameras that have failed to deliver the flexibility, responsiveness and image quality of a digital SLR. As the sapphire skies of summer deteriorated into...

Tags: nikon, lens, entry, points

16 November 2006, 11:39

Samsung i600: Compact, feature-filled and stylish

Crave This professional and stylish looking handset is not only relatively compact, but it comes with a fair few features that will keep you connected almost everywhere you go. Samsung isn't renowned for making BlackBerry-style, email-centric devices but...

Tags: samsung, emails, scroll, microsoft exchange server

19 June 2007, 12:42

Linksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera: Spy-Fi

Crave Rummaging in the box labelled iPhone, we came across a curious addition from Linksys called the Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera (WVC54GC-UK). The Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera is easy to set up, and the fact it works over wired...

Tags: linksys, wireless, wi fi, video camera

7 March 2007, 11:31

Hands-on with the General Electric G2: Compact-come-lately

Crave Features-wise, the G2 does just about everything you could ask from a compact. The G2 has a recommended price tag of £99.99, which is excellent for a compact so packed with features. The camera market is stuffed to bursting with affordable compacts.

Tags: general electric, compact, stores, models

3 April 2008, 12:03

Pentax Optio A30: Dark horse compact

Crave It's matte black with a cutely curved silver trim, it's light, and it just looks like a friendly, average little compact camera. Sure, it packs a 10-megapixel resolution, which is up towards the high end of the compact market.

Tags: pentax, compact, zoom, inch

18 September 2007, 9:50

Pentax Optio V20: Affordable compact raises the game

Crave While it isn't going to set the world alight, we like the fact that this affordable new compact camera includes a number of features that elevate it above the humdrum, and sets an example to any manufacturers thinking they can get away with...

Tags: pentax, compact, screens, zoom

18 March 2008, 11:22

Sony DSC-T70: Touchscreen compact makes us smile?

Crave It's a 8.1-megapixel compact camera, with the ubiquitous face detection, optical image stabilisation and ISO 3,200 maximum speed. "Why the long face? Cheer up, it might never happen. Go on, give us a smile.

5 November 2007, 11:23

Win an uber-tough compact camera from Olympus!

Crave They've created the Olympus µ mju 790 compact camera. Pay attention Cravers -- we're announcing more free stuff! It's an ongoing joke here at Crave that one particular member of the team is prone to breaking gadgets.

Tags: olympus, mountain, digital living, gadgets

5 September 2007, 11:41

Samsung LE32R87: Stylish, shiny, curvaceous and compact

Crave Crave is a fan of curves. Curves are aesthetic and useful at the same time. Curves are what make motor racing entertaining -- where would ickle Lewis Hamilton be without wheels, corners and those girls who hold the umbrellas?

Tags: samsung, hdmi, sockets, curves

14 May 2007, 11:52

T-Mobile's MDA Compact II tickles us pink

Crave The latest to cross our tech-encrusted desk is the MDA Compact II. Though it has some new features, it has inherited the body of its predecessor (the MDA Compact), like some kind of cellular hermit crab.

Tags: t-mobile, windows mobile, compact, butterflies

6 December 2005, 10:50

Ricoh Caplio R7: Quality compact. Fact!

Crave The R7 is a 8.15-megapixel compact, with CCD-shift image stabilisation in a slim metal body. What's really amazing about the compact size of the camera is there's a 7.1x optical zoom lens in there. Ricoh may not be the best-known name in the camera...

Tags: ricoh, lens, compact, zoom

25 September 2007, 11:11

Samsung Armani phone: Hands-on with the compact catwalker

Crave Crave tends to cringe when a fashion house teams up with a consumer electronics manufacturer, as it usually means some abomination is about to be exposed that offends both style freaks and geeks alike.

Tags: samsung, casing, armani, samsung armani

26 February 2008, 10:46

Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS: 10-megapixel compact has us at hello

Crave Say what you like about Canon: it does make exceedingly pretty cameras. The Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS strolled into Crave this week, turning heads and leaving a string of dropped jaws and wide eyes in its wake.

Tags: canon, silver, crave, lens

6 June 2008, 11:29