Sony QX Lens-style Cameras

Back in September, Sony unveiled QX10 and QX100 lens-style cameras that can be attached to a smartphone for improved photography experience, by connecting to your device via WiFi and a dedicated application.
If you’re in possession of any of those cameras, you’d be glad to know that a firmware update is on its way with several important features and improvements.

 Sony has announced the lens-style cameras will get the firmware update in January and will bring along a bunch of new features, including full HD video recording (1920 x 1080) at 30fps along with a higher ISO settings. Additionally, QX10 model will be expanded from max ISO 1600 to max ISO 3200, while QX100 will see a bump from max ISO 3200 to max ISO 12800. Additionally, QX100 will also get Shutter Priority giving users the ability to control the shutter speed.

In the meantime, you can update the PlayMemories application on your Android and iOS devices, which comes with several improvements and enhancements such as improved connectivity speed (iOS), support for PlayMemories Camera Apps “Smart Remote Control”, auto network switch (Android) and more. Just head over to the respective App Stores and update the application.

Gresso Unveils Its Luxury Titanium Made Android Handset for $1,800

This is not the first luxurious handset we’ve seen in the past few months. The folks at GoldGenie released a number of popular handsets with gold-plating and other exotic materials.
Now, the luxury handset manufacturer Gresso came up with its own luxurious Android handset, Radical  R1, made of grade 5 solid titanium and is priced at a whopping $1,800, while another version comes with a $2,300 price tag with a logo plate in white or yellow 18K gold.

The manufacturer is fairly popular in making feature phones with exotic materials, which will cost a fortune for many of us. Actually, not just the feature phones, they’re also popular in dressing up iPhones with diamonds and collecting over $30,000 for them.

The handset doesn’t come with the best specifications and is more focused on the looks. The handset comes with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean pre-installed out of the box with a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz and a 4.5-inch display with qHD resolution.

Other features include 36GB internal memory, 8MP camera for photos and videos,dual-SIM support and comes with 12 months warranty. The specifications doesn’t list the RAM, but we’ll be surprised if it’s above 1GB.