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Sharp has just announced the availability of a 5.0-megapixel camera for cell phones. It’s also “the first cameraphone module to feature the world’s first 3X optical linear zoom with auto focus — measuring just under an inch in length.†Pricing has been set at $172.
Source: TechEBlog
Once the Nokia N95 comes out I can’t wait until sites like Mobile Burn or Mobile Review post their reviews, frankly they are the best, hands down. The image quality is obviously the most important thing, not megapixels. I have a Canon Powershot A510 that is just 3 megapixels, but it will whip the pants off anything Nokia makes right now in terms of color reproduction and sharpness. I do admit however, Nokia is getting a lot better.
One thing however s certain, I rarely take pictures because I don’t want to carry that thing in my pocket. Then whenever I do take pictures I put off taking them off my SD card since I don’t really care about them. Maybe a cameraphone is for me, but the quality needs to go up, way up, and a QWERTY keyboard has to be involved as well. If the E61 was made twice as thick just to throw in a really really high quality, image stabilization, optical zoom, minimum 2 megapixel camera, then I’d be tempted to upgrade.
Until then however, I’ll stick with Canon, who makes better optics hands down.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
