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• Feature phones still exist, but the definition is changing (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - When you’re a phone geek it’s easy to get tied up with thoughts of 4-inch-plus touchscreens, big megapixel cameras and multi-core processsors; effectively forgetting the low-end of the market entirely.

• Does the future iPhone include Lytro's technology? (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - If we can say anything about Steve Jobs, it’s that his death was premature. The Apple innovator had a lot of ground left to cover and was likely only getting started revolutionizing the face of consumer electronics in numerous ways and fields. A new book detailing some of this unfinished innovation, Inside Apple, reveals that Jobs had plans to impact the digital photography industry.

• Experts see tough road for Kodak to reinvent self (AP)

  AP - Even in bankruptcy, Kodak boasts some enviable strengths: a golden brand, technology firepower that includes a rich collection of photo patents, and more than $4 billion in annual sales of digital cameras, printers, and inks.

  
  

• Focus on past glory kept Kodak from digital win (Reuters)

  Reuters - Eastman Kodak Co's long decline that culminated in a bankruptcy filing on Thursday can be traced back to one source: the former king of photography's failure to reinvent itself in the digital age.

• Kodak: legendary photographic company files for bankruptcy (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - The once mighty photographic company Eastman Kodak announced late Wednesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of dwindling sales as it failed to respond to developments in the digital age.

• Paul McCartney Fans: Meet Your Nirvana (Mashable)

  Mashable - Get ready Paul McCartney fans: HP and McCartney's company have launched a cloud-based music sharing site for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in his digital library. "The digital library can store the estimated million (plus) items from McCartney’s expansive personal collection, which spans more than five decades," says Scott Anderson, vice president of Customer Communications at HP. "The site is a vehicle for Paul McCartney fans to view new photographs, videos, news of what’s happening, accounts of what happened, and backstage moments."

• Kodak sues Fujifilm as stock slumps (AP)

  AP - Eastman Kodak Co. is suing Fujifilm Corp., claiming that some of its Japanese rival's cameras infringe its patented digital-imaging technology.

• Kodak reorganizes as two business units, sues Apple and HTC (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - Beleaguered imaging company Kodak, one of the most recognized names in the photography and film industry, has announced a broad new reorganization that shrinks the company from three business units to two in an effort to improve operational efficiency and cut costs. At the same time, Kodak is suing Apple (again) and smartphone maker HTC, claiming their mobile devices infringe on Kodak patents.

• Struggling Kodak film group split up, shares soar (Reuters)

  Reuters - Eastman Kodak Co announced a new business structure on Tuesday that divides its film group into its two other business units as the once-iconic photography company tries to refocus as a digital company to help fend off financial difficulties.

  
  

• Kodak sues Apple, HTC over digital image patents (Reuters)

  Reuters - The struggling Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday sued Apple Inc, whose market value is more than 2,400 times greater, accusing it of infringing four patents related to digital camera images.

• Goodbye, CompactFlash cards? Nikon and Sony welcome the XQD format with open arms (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - Nikon’s just-announced full frame D4 is getting attention for a lot of reasons. There’s the fact that CES is just around the corner, there are all the rumors about the anticipated D800 (we want to put the 36-megapixel spec to bed now), and of course its video capture and low lighting performance upgrades are part of the excitement.

• Canon's answer to the mirrorless market? Canon G1X specs leak before CES (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - This morning, Wells Fargo likely incurred the wrath of a few camera companies attending CES by accidentally leaking new releases via its advisor news (Canon Rumors is in the process of tracking down where Wells Fargo got the information). The story has since been pulled, but not before we (and the rest of the Internet) got a look at what’s to come.

• A Brief History of Kodak, American Tech Icon (Mashable)

  Mashable - A brand name that has come to define a photogenic moment, Kodak made the once expensive and complicated hobby of photography accessible and affordable to the common man. From the late 1800s to the 1980s, Kodak dominated the consumer photography market -- an innovative and admirable icon of American industry. It has won Emmys and Academy Awards, sent cameras into space and is credited with creating the digital camera.

• Fujifilm announces a slew of new cameras, including its hybrid device the XS-1 (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - Just prior to CES, Fujifilm is announcing a whole slew of new cameras. And before you get too excited, we’ll kill your buzz right now: no, this will not include a mirrorless/micro-four-thirds device.

• Samsung DV300F dual-view camera adds Wi-Fi (Digital Trends)

  Digital Trends - Samsung continues to cater toward casual photographers who specialize in self-portraits, today announcing its latest DualView camera, the Samsung DV300F. In addition to a traditional LCD viewfinder, 16 megapixel resolution, and 5× optical zoom, the DV300F point-and-shoot camera features a front-facing 1.5-inch LCD display so users can easily see what they’re doing when they’re shooting…well, themselves. The new DV300F also features Wi-Fi connectivity, so users can instantly upload their photos and video to services like Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, and YouTube, as well as cloud services like Microsoft SkyDrive and Samsung’s own AllShare Play.

• Kodak loses third director in a week (Reuters)

  Reuters - The third director in a week has resigned from Eastman Kodak Co as the former film giant struggles to survive the dominance of digital photography.

• Hands-on with AT&T's Windows Phone 7 handsets (Ben Patterson)

  Ben Patterson - Microsoft and AT&T had a trio of handsets to show off at its big Windows Phone 7 presentation Monday, including devices from HTC, LG and Samsung. Among the various highlights: a big and bright AMOLED display on one handset, a slide-up surround-sound speaker on another and 5-megapixel cameras all around.

• Three big-carrier, Android-packing Samsung Galaxy phones down, one to go (Ben Patterson)

  Ben Patterson - We've already got the Captivate for AT&T, the Epic 4G for Sprint, and the Vibrant for T-Mobile — all three of which come armed with eye-popping 4-inch displays, slim profiles, speedy 1GHz processors, and five-megapixel cameras — and now Samsung’s set to finish its lap of the four big U.S. carriers with the Fascinate, due in the coming weeks for Verizon Wireless.

• Motorola Charm has BlackBerry look, Android feel (Ben Patterson)

  Ben Patterson - It may not boast the hottest features of the latest Android superphones — no 8-megapixel cameras, HD recording or video chat, for example — but with its new, BlackBerry-style QWERTY keypad, the Motorola Charm still represents something of a first.

• Sprint to get its second 4G Android phone (Ben Patterson)

  Ben Patterson - The HTC Evo 4G won't be the only WiMax-enabled arrow in Sprint's smartphone quiver for much longer. Get ready for the Samsung Epic, an Android-powered QWERTY slider with a 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing lens for video chat, and a speedy 1GHz processor. Still no word on when the Epic will arrive, or how much it will cost.