The Polaroid Snap can turn Instagram-like shots into prints without ink. Photo: Polaroid

The Polaroid Snap is a new 10-megapixel camera that instantly prints out photos you take without any ink. It works with ZINK paper that produces 2-inch-by-3-inch prints and essentially lets you keep physical copies of photos you’d put on Instagram and probably quickly forget about.

Believe it or not, it’s also pretty affordable.

Renowned camera maker, Polaroid has just announced the midrange PolaSma handset. This is a youth centric device as you can guess from the choice of colors shown in the press image above. The smartphone features a pretty capable hardware specs sheet as well, so it’s not all about looks here.

Don’t you wish you could print out your seflies instantly after you’ve taken them? With the new Socialmatic camera from Polaroid, you can. Announced this week at CES in Las Vegas, this Android-powered snapper — which looks a little bit like the Instagram logo — lets you take pictures and print them instantly using its built-in Zero Ink printer.

Polaroid has decided to pull the plug on its first Android-powered interchangeable lens camera after it lost a patent infringement lawsuit brought on by Nikon. The iM1836, which was announced at CES back in January, will no longer be promoted, sold, or manufactured in its current form.

The Polaroid Fotobar in Delray Beach, Florida.

I can’t remember the last time I picked up a proper camera and took a photograph; every picture I take these days is on a smartphone. The problem with that is, I usually end up transferring them to my Mac, and then that’s where they stay. Forever. Making good quality prints isn’t as easy as it should be.

Polaroid is hoping to change that. The company has announced that is to open a bunch of new Fotobar stores across the United States that are dedicated to printing your smartphone snaps. You can pop in, upload your pictures, edit them, and then print them.