Steve looks at the world of digital photography from a few different angles. He starts with two options of digital cameras from Panasonic's Lumix series. The DMC-G1 DSLR for the serious photgrapher and the DMC-FX150, a point and shoot camera with a lot of options. He also shows you some options when it comes to organizing you photos better. Windows Photo Gallery is a free program that comes with every Windows PC and is where most people end up storing their photos, Steve shows you how to add tags to make searching and finding those photos a breeze and also how to publish and share your photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. Steve also looks at Creative Memories Photo Manager, which a pay for management system that is great for scrapbookers.

On this episode of Dotto Tech, Steve shows off HP’s PhotoSmart Pro B8850 pro-sumer large format printer. The B8850 can print on a multitude of sources including canvas, and on paper as large as 13x19. This printer is perfect for printing display sizes of your favourite digital photos.

Steve also looks a gmail, Google’s answer to Microsoft’s Hotmail. Steve shows us the many productivity tools Gmail has to offer, like shared calendars, documents, even an online word processor. 

On Tech Toys, Caroline shows of the 3^rd Space Gaming Vests, an innovative way to interact with your video game.

Original Airdate: October 27, 2007

Original Airdate: September 29, 2007

Steve looks at adding a computer to the kitchen, and not just any computer, HP’s Touchsmart PCIQ770. This all in one computer comes complete with an innovative touch screen, making it one of the handiest computers you’ll ever use.
He then takes a tour of Facebook – a social networking site that puts you in touch with everyone!
Caroline delves into the world of USB management, she shows us the 7-Port Buddy Hub by Ultra. You can share up to 7 USB devices and link those devices to 2 computers allowing us to easily manage the forest of USB peripherals we tend to acquire.

Not only can phones like Motorola’s Crazr take higher resolution pics, but thanks to Bluetooth you can send them through the air to be printed. Steve adds a tiny Kensington 2.0 Bluetooth Adapter to a Photosmart A716 portable printer from HP. Also, a look at HP’s A716 and A433 Photo Studio and a Digital Private Eye Video Camera.

Feel like you’ve really got the hang of shooting, editing, and sharing digital photos? Why not take your skills to the next level, and take advantage of user-friendly advances in digital video technology. Steve touches on video file formats, and demonstrates how to import video from a digital camcorder.

Steve’s got the goods from HP for snapping, perfecting and sharing your digital prints even if you’re on the road. With the Photosmart R967 camera you can not only make the regular adjustments to a photo that we’ve begun to take for granted in the digital world. Steve also looks at HP’s A716 Photo Printer Camnex Auto-Transfer cable.