Samsung 8 Megapixel (count ‘em!) mobile camera phone
Fresh from yesterday’s breath-taking technology announcements made by Nokia, Samsung are continuing the tech-frenzy by announcing the Samsung SPH-V8200 mobile camera phone with no less than 8 Megapixels!! OK, so a resolution that high is only currently useful to professional photographers, who presumably would use a camera rather than a phone for the day job, but 8 megapixels - wow! Unfortunately, it’s only available in Korea at the moment (doh!), but it’s a sure sign of things to come.
Indeed, Ki-Tae Lee, President of Telecommunication Network, Samsung Electronics, said “Mobile phones will become the hub of all IT devices, being developed into “All in One†device that incorporates functions necessary for a variety of human activitiesâ€, and I think he has a point. Mobile phones are swallowing all gadgets in their path with seemingly unstoppable momentum. There must be a limit somewhere though - there’s only so much gadgetry you can shove into such a small form factor, and quad-band radios, megapixel cameras, video cameras, mobile TV players and WLAN connectivity is a lot to shove! But that’s just describing this year’s models that are here now (or soon will be). What’s coming in the mobile phone manufacturer’s R&D labs is a tightly guarded secret. How much other wizardry can be squashed into the little devices remains to be seen, but I don’t think we’re anywhere near the limits yet. Quite glorious!
[source: telecomskorea.com, mobilemag.com]
