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Now, a camera in your MP3 player
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, MAY 03, 2003 11:42:10 AM ]
You have heard of the man for all seasons. Now what about a gadget for all seasons? The sleek Panasonic SV-AV30 e-wear SD multi AV device is actually an MP3 player, which can function as a still camera, a video recorder, a music player and a voice recorder, and that's really saying something.

You can carry the 4-ounce, 1.1x2.4x2.9 inches lifestyle gadget in your pocket to take a snapshot or capture a short movie. With a built-in two-inch, 320x200 colour LCD flip-up monitor, a 3.55-mm fixed-length lens, a flash and a rechargeable lithium ion battery, the camcorder looks like a mini laptop. And with a built-in speaker, you can listen to audio as well.

The 64MB SD card helps you store 124 photos, 35 minutes of MPEG4 video, two minutes of MPEG2 video, one hour of MP3 audio at 128Kbps or a combination of images and audio.

With the docking cradle connecting to the composite inputs and outputs on your TV or other A/V component, you can record your favourite TV show and take it with you, or see your MPEG videos on a TV screen.

Just put your SD memory card into an optional PC card adaptor and place the adaptor into the PC card slot. You can then transfer JPEG images from your SD memory card to the DVD recorder and view them on your TV.

With SD Jukebox software, you can arrange all of your favourite songs by artiste, title, or in personalised playlists. This software comes with features like a mood analyser that can either be programmed, or automatically select songs to match your mood. SD Jukebox also plays videos, and displays digital pictures as you listen to music.

Due to small file size, you can take a large number of JPEG photos without running out of storage space. And a built-in flash helps maintain the quality of your photos.

You can store instructions on the SD memory card to specify still images you would like to print, and how many copies you want. Then just put the card into the portable SV-P20 SD mobile printer to print out your photos right on the spot.

The SD voice recorder records isolated sound onto your SD memory card, an ideal function for meetings, voice memos, etc.

Models with similar features in other brands: Sony DCR IP5 Micro MV, JVC’s GR-DVP3 DV, Canon’s MV3i MC...