Polaroid PoGo Digital Camera

The Polaroid PoGo is the first instant printing digital camera.The 4.7" x 3" camera is compact and easy to carry around as opposed to the bulky instant film cameras. Although the photo prints are only about 2" x 3" big, many previous Polaroid fanatics will enjoy this new product which will be sold in stores in March 2009. The suggested retail price is about $200 and the Zink Photo Paper comes in packs of 10 costing about 50 cents for each photo and around $5 for a pack. Since the production of the Polaroid Instant Camera's have discontinued, Polaroid has decided to come up with a line of the first instant printing digital cameras. I was excited about this product when I first saw a review of it online. You can visit the site here.

The Polaroid PoGo is accessible to many who have used a digital camera before. With the same options as a digital camera, it gives you an option of printing a photo. The photo is developed within' 60 seconds. The small and compact design is for the ease of carrying and convenience of bringing it to wherever you may travel to for aesthetic usability. The camera also gives you an option of cropping and editing, including up to nine fun borders to customize your photos. This product is great for people who like the option of keeping their memories in scrapbooks and albums. Being able to have something tangible is important to some people as opposed to keeping all their pictures and files digital. Instead of buying a separate photo printer, this camera is simple and does not require connecting cables and wires. From the camera's simple design, it follows Ockham's Razor between functionality and design. By trying to keep everything simple and compact, it helps to give digital camera's a new innovation. Many who are new to taking photos or just want something to carry around while travelling will prefer this camera. As for the performance of this camera, it only has a maximum of 5 megapixels and does not have any zoom. This is not meant for professional photography.

On top of that, the photos are dry to the touch once printed, durable, smudge, and water resistant!

It does not require ink because the photo paper itself is embedded with Amorphochromic Dye crystals, which is a new class of molecules invented by ZINK imaging scientists.

I'm sure there will be something more compact in the future that will contribute to more ergonomical designs. You can visit the official Zink website here if you are interested as to how it works.