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The Polaroid SC1630 has a 16-Megapixal Zoom Point-and-Shoot Camera

At CES this week, Polaroid surprised everyone when they revealed a new camera powered by Android. The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera is a 3.2-inch device, and it features a huge 16-megapixel camera capable of 3x optical zoom on a 36-108mm lens. When connected to Wi-Fi, users can instantly upload their images to social networking sites and will also even have access to the Android Market.

The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera is a point-and-shoot camera, and runs on a an unspecified version of Android. It also contains a browser, apps (from Google's Android Market) and music-playing functions that you might expect in a pocket-sized device, but the rear is dedicated to a 16-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom. Tapping into the company's instant photography legacy, it can link up via Bluetooth to the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer for quick snapshot printing.

Remember the Polaroid? Of course you do....the only device ever made that could instantly gratify us with a ready-made photographic print. I bet you were assuming that the likes of Polaroid cameras would never see the light of day again, considering our digital era.

Wrong! Emerging from a protracted dormancy, the company that Edwin Land created, introduces its first new instant camera model in years, the Z340 Instant Camera. The Z340 marries Polaroid's art of instant photo processing to modern digital rendering. The Z340 has a 14-megapixel imaging sensor, and can store the image in the familiar digital format or delivers a photo of the image via its ink-free Zero Ink Printing Technology onboard, a cutting edge process developed by ZINK.

Zink stands for Zero Ink. In other words, no ink is used to process the image, and instead depends on an advanced composite material with cyan, yellow, and magenta dye crystals embedded inside. Heat those crystals and an image appears that will last forever thanks to a smudge proof technology and a water resistant coating.Read more

Polaroid got out of the instant film business back in 2008, but now they're back! Fans of instant photography can pick up the Polaroid 300 now for $89.99. A ten-pack of Polaroid 300 instant film will set you back another $9.99.

The Polaroid 300 takes business card size instant color photos and features automatic flash and four scene settings. Accessories include 4-AA batteries, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a wrist strap.

"We are thrilled that today marks the return of instant. It's bigger – and better – than ever. The Polaroid Movement is one that we heartfully embrace and intend to build upon by reaching the creative community and global Polaroid fans alike," said Giovanni Tomaselli, Managing Director of the Summit Global Group, the exclusive worldwide licensee for Polaroid branded imaging products.

Get more information at www.polaroid.com.

Were you afraid instant photo printing on-the-go was a thing of the past? Polaroid just announced the PoGo Instant Digital Camera, the first digital camera and instant printer combo.

The PoGo uses ZINK Zero Ink Printing - an ink-free printing technology that replaces ink cartridges with ZINK Paper - a composite material that has embedded, heat-activated dye crystals for 100 percent inkless printing. 2x3-inch sticky –backed photos can be viewed, edited and cropped on the three-inch color LCD screen before printing. Photos can be printed with or without borders.

The Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera will be available in March 2009 for $199. Ten-packs of ZINK Photo Paper sell for $4.99, 30-packs for $12.99.