Gadgetory

instant printers are the new Polaroids connect a printer with your smartphone and get a paper copy of any photo within minutes these printers are small sometimes pocket-sized and our price from 100 to 200 bucks if you're looking for speed grab the fujifilm instax a printer that delivers photos in as little as twenty seconds plus you'll be taken back to the 80s with nostalgic Polaroid style prints the size of a credit card most compact design goes to the Polaroid zip it's the newest of the bunch boasting a small size easy to use app and a modern design it connects to your phone with Bluetooth or NFC and includes a rechargeable battery the zip prints on Zink paper which uses heat reaction technology to produce photos without any ink but if cost and quality are your goals there's the Canon Selphy choose between four by six paper or card size prints and watch as the printer layers four colors to compile your photo the selfies prints average to 33 cents a photo compare that to 48 cents for the zip and 87 cents with the Instax plus there's an SD card slot a USB port and a mini USB port so you can print from almost any device for the full comparison head on over to cnet.com and send me your own tips I'm at Sharon Profis