A gift for my infant daughter from her grandma – Philips baby monitor. 
We haven’t yet used this gadget coz baby is sleeping with us.

its features:

digital signal confirmation
indicates secure link to baby unit

adjustable sound sensitivity
adjust sensitivity of  baby unit to suit any situation

battery-low indicator
alerts when batteries need recharging or replacing

up to 200m range
ensures secure reception in and around the house

16 channels
Minimum interference from other monitors

Canon should thank my sister big time!  She has been recommending Canon to me when she learned I wanted to buy a new digicam. 

My previous digicam was Sony.  I’ve grown to love it and was already familiar with the features and usage.  So one weekend when hubby and I were strolling inside the mall I saw this blue Sony digicam, I naturally liked it, blue being my favorite color.  I didn’t buy it though.

When my sister knew about it, she discouraged me and as usual promoted Canon to me again. She found out using Photoshop that pictures taken with a Canon 4megapixel cam has a higher resolution at 120 dpi compared to other cameras which only have 72 dpi for relatively the same number of megapixels.

So last Saturday, when I decided to buy a new cam I asked hubby to look for a blue Canon camera. Hehehe He found some models but they were of lesser quality. He was a bit amused that I was choosing based on the color.  Until he found the Canon PowerShot A640 whose features were far better than those compact size models. According to the review this camera is in close semblance to a SLR camera.
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