Casio unwraps widest slimster

The Sultan of Svelte, Casio, announced a new 8.1 megapixel point-and-shoot slimster today with a spacious three-inch LCD and a wide-angle 4x optical zoom lens. At 3.8 inches wide, 2.26 inches high and only .79 inches thick, the company is touting the new Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 as the slimmest digital camera on the market with a wide angle--28mm equivalent--zoom. The DSC, which has a 1/2.5-inch square pixel sensor, also features face detection technology, CCD-shift anti-shake image stabilization and a special YouTube capture mode to smooth the process of uploading video shot with the camera to that popular video sharing site. Offered in silver, black, red, pink and green, the Z150 is expected to reach retailers in September and sell for $199.99.