Despite the improvements in smartphone cameras lately, printing those snapshots of your beach holiday or newborn baby is often still a troublesome affair that involves fiddling with printer software on your phone or going to the neighbourhood photo kiosk.

There are quite a number of portable printers in the market, all of them meant to produce tiny prints that you can easily share with your friends and family. The Fuji Instax SP-1 is one such printer - it's touted as a ?-smartphone printer and is small, lightweight and allows you to ?-wirelessly...

Lightweight printer is easy to carry around; it's always ?-interesting to see Instax prints "developing"; print quality is ?-reasonably good

Battery is not rechargeable and AC adaptor is optional; prints are small and relatively expensive

One part retro, one part modern, and thoroughly fun to use, the Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 ($199) is a surprisingly capable portable photo printer . It uses instant film to produce photos, and offers Wi-Fi Direct for printing from your smartphone or tablet.

Fast, fun, photo printing from Android or iOS smartphones and tablets; Easy to set up and use

High cost per photo; Credit-card-size photos have large borders; Actual pictures are only 1.75 by 2.47 inches

One part retro, one part modern, and thoroughly fun to use, the Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 ($199) is a surprisingly capable portable photo printer. It uses instant film to produce photos, and offers Wi-Fi Direct for printing from your smartphone or tablet. If you want an easy way to print credit-card-size photos from your Android or iOS phone or tablet, the SP-1($149.95 at Amazon) should be on your short list. There are plenty of portable photo printers available, including inkjets like the Editors' Choice Epson PictureMate Charm($499.99 at Amazon). However, the Epson PictureMate Charm prints at 4 by 6 inches, and it's nearly the size of a lunch box, making it big and heavy for a portable printer. Much closer in spirit to the SP-1 would be photo printers that use Zink technology, like the Polaroid Grey Label GL10 Instant Mobile Printer or the Pandigital Portable Photo Printer. The Zink photo paper, like film, doesn't need a separate ink source. Instead, it uses heat to activate t...

The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 portable dedicated photo printer comes with a high cost per photo, but it's small, prints high-quality images quickly, and is fun to use.

Fast, fun, photo printing from Android or iOS smartphones and tablets; Easy to set up and use

High cost per photo; Credit-card-size photos have large borders; Actual pictures are only 1.75 by 2.47 inches

My one gripe of the instant film camera is that you don't know what you'll get until your picture pops out.(spontaneity, shmontaneity) As the film is a tad expensive, it is disappointing to waste a picture. This little printer fixes that.

Features Handling & Performance Verdict Specification The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 is a wireless smartphone printer. With an easy to use app, you can quickly print your smartphone images to credit card sized Instax film photos. The printer is available in white. We find out how it performs here.

Compact; Can be used anywhere; Good quality prints

Noisy when it prints

If you're like most people I know, you take a lot of snapshots with your smartphone. And, sure, you probably occasionally flip through them to show shots to your friends and family, but you probably rarely if ever print them -- for yourself or others.

The portable, lightweight Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 photo printer quickly turns your smartphone photos into small instant prints; It's easy to operate and use; The iOS and Android apps offer some fun editing, print options

The printer's price is maybe a touch too high for an impulse purchase and the cost-per-print might also be a bit much

Although the Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 printer has been available for a couple of months, Amazon is predicting it will be a huge success for Christmas. During the retailer's annual Christmas in July event in London, a company spokesman told Pocket-lint that interest in the printer is already...

If you're like most people I know, you take a lot of snapshots with your smartphone. And, sure, you probably occasionally flip through them to show shots to your friends and family, but you probably rarely if ever print them -- for yourself or others.

Merging old and new, Fujifilm's Instax Share SP-1 is a fun, portable wireless instant photo printer worth picking up if you don't mind the costs.

The portable, lightweight Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 photo printer quickly turns your smartphone photos into small instant prints; It's easy to operate and use; The iOS and Android apps offer some fun editing, print options.

The printer's price is maybe a touch too high for an impulse purchase and the cost-per-print might also be a bit much.

A very good buy! Compact, and very easy to use! Can bring it everywhere. Nice quality photos aswell. The only negative thing about this is that it doesn't come with a charger, and the films are quite expensive. Other than that, lovely little device.