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