gizmos and gadgets

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

On/Off Button

Shutter Button

Zoom In/Zoom Out

Settings Dial

The Settings Dial• A dial that allows you to select the mode of the camera

http://www.pcworld.com/article/118231/photo_tips_what_are_all_those_camera_icons.html

Auto ModeMovie ModeMacro Mode

Action ModeLandscape ModeNight Mode

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 Touch • iPod Nano • iPod Classic• iPod Shuffle

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