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The “liquid lens company” Varioptic has recently announced that it has developed the first liquid lens, A316S, offering “Optical Image Stabilization” functionality to mobile phones.
Using Varioptic’s new liquid lens mobile phones will be able to compensate the so called “handshake blur” defect, restoring an image quality comparable to a compact digital still camera (DSC). The lens is robust, has no moving parts, and it uses very limited power (less than 50mW during a shot). The A316S liquid lens actuator, featuring both OIS and silent/smooth AF, is able to fit in typical AF camera module size.
And for the record, liquid lenses have been in production since January 2007 in consumer, medical and industrial devices ranging from full HD DV camcorders, bar code readers, security cameras, dental cameras to machine vision cameras. We’ll see which handset maker will be the first to use this lens in its products. Nokia NSeries were always known for their superb cameras, but there’s also Sony Ericsson’s Cybershot series…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
