The Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer is strong on gadget appeal, but it's limited to a 2- by 3-inch photo size and less than ideal photo quality.Polaroid invented instant photography. Shoot a picture, and 60-seconds later you had a snapshot in hand. It's the archetypical Polaroid experience. The Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer ($150 street) largely recreates that experience for the digital photography age.
The printer is built around ZINK technology, which was unveiled in 2007 at Demo 07, and shown again earlier this year at CES. Briefly, ZINK technology, which stands for zero ink, embeds clear dye crystals in photo paper, and then uses heat to activate color in the crystals. The paper itself includes a clear polymer overcoat that helps protect the image and makes the photos feel more like flexible plastic than like traditional photo paper. Even so, the paper has the same look as traditional glossy photo paper and a similar thickness.
By essentially including the ink in the paper, ZINK technology makes setup trivial. Simply open the paper tray cover, drop in the paper, and close the cover. Assuming the battery is charged, you're ready to print. Not so incidentally, Polaroid says a fully charged battery is good for 15 photos, which should be enough in most cases to let you treat the printer much like a cell phone, taking it with you during the day, and recharging at night, as needed. As you might expect, the printer comes with an AC adaptor that will both let you charge the battery and print while the battery is being charged.
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