It's the little touches that disappointed us, however, like the plastic finish across the camera unit and physical buttons.
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The entire cover can be pried off by pressing down on the camera unit and pulling at the top edge of the covering.
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In September, Archos plans to offer a camera module for an additional price, which will convert the unit into a digital camera and video recorder.
The camera is still a 5 megapixel unit, and is joined by an MSM8255 powering things from within, a new front-facing camera (1.3MP), 768MB of RAM, and a 1450mAh battery.
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An additional lamp unit in each camera ensures that the lighting is right, whatever the situation.
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The main issue we had with our review unit involved the camera.
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The volume rocker and dedicated camera button are positioned along the unit's right side, with the power button and 3.5mm jack up top and a lone port for microUSB at the base.
Gordon Edwards, of the Department of Infrastructure, said the mobile camera surveillance van was a controlled unit and would be situated in areas where drivers were most likely to use their phones.
Neither could the imaging company show off the one-to-one connection that allows an auxiliary camera to be controlled from a primary unit.
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The limited camera (a rather basic 5 megapixel autofocus unit with an LED flash) and a paltry 4GB of onboard storage (mitigated by the 8S supporting a MicroSD for memory expansion) point to a device that has been built to carrier specifications and a specific price point.
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The two-wheeled bot is equipped with a low-resolution monochrome camera that feeds images back to the Operator Control Unit, and since it weighs just a single pound and fits in most cargo pockets, the whole platoon could carry their own in order to really scope out the next bend.
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The camera works in conjunction with laser beams mounted in the headlamp unit.
It is, as its name implies, an augmented reality navigation unit that shows you where to go using a front-facing camera and a variety of systems.
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It turns out that the unit we were testing only had motion controls mapped for moving the camera up and down, and relied solely on the analog stick for changing the horizontal view.
The hands free unit has a 5.0 MP (2560 x 1920) camera mode and a video mode that records D1 video (720x480) at a rate up to 30 frames per second with audio.
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In many cases this is the only way to reach a function, the Z10 has a distinct lack of buttons around the edges of the handset (volume, power, and camera) and there are no buttons at all on the face of the unit.
On the plus side of things, the battery is a generous 1, 050 mAh unit, and there's a pleasingly instant access scheme for the camera's most regularly used functions.
For those who want to combine the secrecy of a spy cam with the flexibility and superior video quality of the Lukwerks system, the company will soon offer its own clock camera, albeit one that looks even more conspicuous than the barely passable Sharper Image unit.
The camera on the model we played with (which is very much a pre-production unit) was slightly crooked.
To further protect the camera from impact, high-performance damping material has been added to protect the lens unit from external shocks.
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Deits says he may consider mounting his Pacifica camera on a private building ... if he's willing to risk losing another unit.
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