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07-11-2008, 07:32 AM
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We got a nice look at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/kodak">Kodak's newest gear</a> from this morning, and while it's an uneven showing at best, there are certainly some gems. The real standout of the bunch is the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodak-theatre-hd-player-at-last-a-reason-to-sit-on-your-ass-an/">Kodak Theatre HD Player</a>, a teensy box with all the right ins and outs, a purtiful interface, and a glorious motion-sensing remote. We really haven't had this much fun with a peripheral since the Wiimote came along, and Kodak has somehow managed to best that in the role of couch-based cursor positioning. Kodak was a bit coy about what exactly goes on inside the thing, and we're even more curious as to whether somebody can produce a dongle to let it operate a PC, but it's a marvel all the same. Next up -- in importance, anyways -- is Kodak's new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodaks-new-zi6-hd-pocket-video-camera-for-the-youtube-set/">Zi6 HD pocket video camera</a>, a transparent bid to cut in on those <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/PureDigital/">Pure Digital</a> dollars. It's a bit of a bulky beast, and the image quality is hardly an improvement over the competition, but it certainly works as advertised: it really couldn't be simpler to turn it on, shoot a video, and upload that video to the internet. Perhaps our biggest gripe is that it looks like it was built by some second-tier consumer electronics company, and shares zero design language with Kodak's other products -- many of which have really matured in the looks department of late. The <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodaks-easyshare-z1015-is-shooter-packs-15x-zoom-10-megapixel/">Z1015 IS</a> we didn't spend as much time with, but it seemed nice, light but not too light, and has a gorgeous screen. Finally, the new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodak-bumps-out-a-pair-of-new-flickr-friendly-wireless-digital-f/">W820 and W1020</a> wireless photo frames were on display, with some prototype software showing off some add-ridden FrameChannel content (seriously Kodak, what were you thinking?) but loved just about everything else on the frames.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/">Hands-on with Kodak's latest</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912171/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912172/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912244/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912185/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-005_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912203/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-006_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest-and-greatest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1251918/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest-and-greatest/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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We got a nice look at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/kodak">Kodak's newest gear</a> from this morning, and while it's an uneven showing at best, there are certainly some gems. The real standout of the bunch is the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodak-theatre-hd-player-at-last-a-reason-to-sit-on-your-ass-an/">Kodak Theatre HD Player</a>, a teensy box with all the right ins and outs, a purtiful interface, and a glorious motion-sensing remote. We really haven't had this much fun with a peripheral since the Wiimote came along, and Kodak has somehow managed to best that in the role of couch-based cursor positioning. Kodak was a bit coy about what exactly goes on inside the thing, and we're even more curious as to whether somebody can produce a dongle to let it operate a PC, but it's a marvel all the same. Next up -- in importance, anyways -- is Kodak's new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodaks-new-zi6-hd-pocket-video-camera-for-the-youtube-set/">Zi6 HD pocket video camera</a>, a transparent bid to cut in on those <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/PureDigital/">Pure Digital</a> dollars. It's a bit of a bulky beast, and the image quality is hardly an improvement over the competition, but it certainly works as advertised: it really couldn't be simpler to turn it on, shoot a video, and upload that video to the internet. Perhaps our biggest gripe is that it looks like it was built by some second-tier consumer electronics company, and shares zero design language with Kodak's other products -- many of which have really matured in the looks department of late. The <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodaks-easyshare-z1015-is-shooter-packs-15x-zoom-10-megapixel/">Z1015 IS</a> we didn't spend as much time with, but it seemed nice, light but not too light, and has a gorgeous screen. Finally, the new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/kodak-bumps-out-a-pair-of-new-flickr-friendly-wireless-digital-f/">W820 and W1020</a> wireless photo frames were on display, with some prototype software showing off some add-ridden FrameChannel content (seriously Kodak, what were you thinking?) but loved just about everything else on the frames.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/">Hands-on with Kodak's latest</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912171/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912172/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912244/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912185/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-005_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest/912203/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/kodak-summer-006_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest-and-greatest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1251918/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/10/hands-on-with-kodaks-latest-and-greatest/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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