Wow. My receiver mentioned earlier already shipped. Nice.

Want. Although something tells me it won't be available in the US.

Maybe it will be sold here, though each box will include a lawsuit from MPAA.

My favorite comment on that Dune review:

Total lack of Sting means I will not purchase this device.

PC, I have the Canon SD750 as my second camera (first is a Nikon D40x) and it's been fantastic. A charged battery lasts for hundreds of photos; I've never had a problem with it. I would never go back to AAs.

Some examples of the picture quality can be found here.

I have a question for the technology side of the hivemind, please. If you were planning on donating technical expertise (coding, database development, etc.) to an allegedly good cause, where would you go? My organization will be launching something that will include a lot of open source development, and we'll be putting together a sign-up webpage for them. It would be great if I could see a few examples of good ones to get a feel for how they're organized. As I'm not a seriously techie person, I'm sure there are options and issues that I wouldn't even think of. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

PC, I have the Canon SD750 as my second camera (first is a Nikon D40x) and it's been fantastic.

Cool! I think sticking with Canon would be nice since I'm used to the design and the interface. I think I'm drawn to the SD890 because of the 5x zoom. The SD750 (or SD770, which is the newer model) is cheaper, but it only has 3x zoom. Zoom is good for concerts and cons (so you can actually see the panelists!). I'm just wondering what the downside is and how good the low-light pictures really are for the SD890; I'm seeing conflicting reports. The SD880 has a lot more positive reviews (or DOES it?), but it's more expensive and only 4x zoom.

A charged battery lasts for hundreds of photos; I've never had a problem with it. I would never go back to AAs.

Awesome! So I guess you just have to fully charge it before you know you'll be taking a lot of pictures, and you're fine?

Awesome! So I guess you just have to fully charge it before you know you'll be taking a lot of pictures, and you're fine?

Yup. But I keep mine in my purse or car so that I can take spontaneous pictures. I charge it every couple of weeks and I've never had it go dead on me.

Hm, I think I've discovered what the downside is with the SD890: it's not wide angle. It starts out at 37 mm, as opposed to the SD880, which starts out at 28 mm. My A530 starts out at 35 mm, which is odd. I don't know what the numbers mean, but it seems that lower is better?

SD 890: 37-185mm eq.
SD 880: 28-112mm eq.
A530: 35-140mm eq.

So what does this mean exactly? The difference between the 890 and 880 is pretty significant, but would I notice a 2 mm decrease in wide angle, and is that trivial enough to justify 5x zoom? I guess the wide angle is when you zoom all the way out?

The numbers are 35mm equivalent numbers, or what the zoom is on an SLR 35mm lens. So if you divide the largest number by 35 you get the maximum zoom factor. Similarly, a smaller small number means a wider wide angle.