Polaroid's $99 ink-free Snap instant camera is a joy of toy to use

BERLIN — Polaroid's new Snap camera that prints instant photos without ink is so hot right now, it could catch on fire — and it's not even out yet.

We played with the $99 10-megapixel Snap camera at the IFA conference here, and if the photos look at least as good as the quality of the Polaroid Zip Instant Photoprinter, the company could have a huge hit on its hands.

Polaroid has other released other instant cameras, like the Z2300, which uses the company's ink-free Zink paper technology — but they were all big, bulky and expensive. The image quality was also pretty crappy, despite the fact the cameras had the same resolution as the Snap. Read more...