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We’ve already talked about liquid lens technology in the past. The company that promised to use it in the camera phones, Varioptic, has been sold to French Parrot S.A. and the new entity called Optilux emerged in the process.
While Parrot will use this technology in industrial, medical and other consumer applications – Optilux, formed by a veteran Silicon Valley CEO Hamid Farzaneh, will try to bring “dramatically higher picture and video quality” to smartphones and tablets. It [Optilux] will build on top of Varioptic’ product, optimize it for the mobile market and implement new manufacturing technologies to meet the scale and demand of high volume mobile markets.
The first product, Optilux 617, is already available for sampling. Its features include single element autofocus and optical image stabilization, random access capability, low power, excellent light transmittance and small footprint. The Optilux 617 has no moving parts and is designed for both autofocus and optical image stabilization (OIS)…
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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.
