CES 2009: Sony G3, communicating Wi-Fi photo album

Sony DSC-G3 can be operated on a big and nice 3.5" screen, as you can see its back panel has very few buttons. The screen is tactile. Its resolution is huge, with 921 600 points (Xtra Fine LCD). In its built-in memory, the Sony G3 can stock 1000 photos in full resolution (10 megapixels) and 40 000 in VGA quality.

 

The American audience can upload their photos or videos on on-line albums or on video-sharing websites such as Youtube via a Wi-Fi conncetion to a hotspot – in fastfoods, hotels, airports, train stations etc. This kind of camera have always been a flop in Europe, because of the divided territory and the financial aspects linked with accessing hotspots (cf Kodak EasyShare-One). In the US, Sony’s partner will be AT&T. Too bad for us here – unless Sony Europe manages to establish partnerships with the European telcons – because it’s child’s play to upload stuff: one simple button allows to connect to your Picasa album or your Dailymotion account. The Cyber-shot G3 can also be used as a web tablet to view your pictures, and you can connect to retrieve photos that are saved on your on-line album. Well done!