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Point and shoot cameras

No room for a DSLR? Not up to lugging that oversized body and eight lenses around during your trip to Disney? Sounds like you're scouting a point and shoot. Designed to pack oodles of megapixels into pocket-sized frames, these buggers are limited in functionality but hardly useless, giving you the ability to capture spontaneous moments without having to sling something around your next. From ultraslim touchscreen-based models to handheld cams with analog gauges, it's all here. Don't be scared to dig in deep.
Ross Miller
It's probably best to think of Samsung's Pixon 12 not as a phone with a killer camera, but more so as a good point-and-shoot with phone capabilities tacked on. Our friends at Engadget Chinese managed to get some hands-on with the device, and while they say the voice and SMS portion is nothing to write...
Darren Murph
So the rumor mill wasn't too far off on this one: Samsung is indeed cranking out a 14.7-megapixel point-and-shoot, but the US name will be TL34HD. While it's hard to say if nearly 15-megapixels in a shooter this size is overkill (though signs are pointing to "yes"), users will also find a Schneider...
Kodak claims to be "revolutionizing" image capture, though you always have to take press releases with a grain of salt. However, it does appear that the company has made some interesting advances in camera technology for mobile devices, which will hopefully lead to bigger and better images from our phones...
Vlad Savov
The Exilim EX-H10 superzoom looks just dandy in its minimalist black exterior, but Casio has decided to furnish its Japanese customers with a couple more options. To be fair, our far-Eastern brethren have had to choose between a less classy silver affair and a zany pink number, so they'll probably welcome...
Point and shoot cameras -- Engadget

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