Nokia announces 8800 Carbon Arte: more high-end mobile goodness for rich techies

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Nokia has expanded its 8800 Arte series of upper class mobile handsets with the launch of the 8800 Carbon Arte.

As you might have guessed, the handsets are engineered from carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass, and stainless steel.

While many people are trying to carry lighter mobile devices so they’re not weighed down by them all day, Nokia is making quite an issue of the “impressive weight” of the phone. Yes, I’d love to pay loads of money for a heavy phone…

Leaf AFi 10 digital camera offers 56 megapixels and sensor rotation technology

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I know it’s not all about the megapixels, blah blah, but when a 56 megapixel monster like the Leaf AFi 10 comes along — and particularly as it also sports best-of-class Schneider lenses — I can’t help but be impressed.

As if you needed telling, this is no consumer camera — unless you’re very rich, of course. This is a True Wide Frame 56x36mm medium-format camera using Leaf’s new “Verto” technology which enables the sensor to be rotated internally, giving added control over landscape and portrait photography…