If you remember correctly, last week I asked people to send in cameraphone pictures of their summer adventures, both of the beautiful and funny varieties. We received both! So don’t worry; while you might be stuck at a desk under harsh fluorescent lighting now, we’ll help you pretend you’re still outside, beer in one hand, hot dog in the other, enjoying summer as you should.
Sony has just announced a slew of new mobiles, and here is a closer look at the hot Cybershot offerings. The C902, which will boast a 5MP camera with auto focus, HSDPA, 160MB internal memory, M2 card slot, 2-inch TFT (240 x 320) display with 260K colours and a choice of either black or red paintjobs. As can be expected from the Cybershot range, there is also a bunch of photo orientated software in-built, including BestPic, Face Detection and image stabilisation. Checkout the gallery below, then jump through for the run down on the C702.
STMicroelectronics new VD6725 single-chip camera sensor is so small, it could theoretically fit in a cameraphone module as small as .5 x 5mm. The sensor is two megapixels and is capable of shooting VGA video at 30 fps or UXGA video at 15 fps. Kodak’s new CMOS sensor may be small for a 5-megapixel array, but STMicroelectronics’ is just small. [PR Newswire via MobileWhack]
Wondering what actually would happen if you took a picture of your junk with your cameraphone and texted it to some unsuspecting lady? You’d get fined for “distributing pornographic material,” at least if you do it in Germany, where one such exposure case closed just yesterday. The actual cost was around $240. But the humiliation—especially when the judge said of the 21-year-old perp’s unit shot, “We all had a bit of a laugh when we saw the thing”—that was priceless. Let this be a lesson to all you would-be porno distributors out there. [Reuters]
What this means: 5MP iPhones without any extra girth. Most of the high end camera phones like the Nokia N95 and the Sony Ericsson Cybershots have a major drawback of being pretty thick. Kodak’s 5MP sensor is built on an incredible 1.4 micron technology and reworking of regular CMOS design, so it fits inside the same case that a 1.75MP CMOS does. Is this just a meaningless stat push? That’s not what the rumours are saying.
One of the big Oh Noes about working for Giz is getting to see sexy new phones, enjoying a quickening of the pulse and then thinking, “Buggerama,” as you realise that said sodding handset is only available in Japan. Casio’s W61CA uses Exilim technology to give you a five-megapixel camera that will survive rainstorms and being dunked in the bath. No surprise then, that it’s being marketed as a sports phone, and comes in that sizzling yellow shade so beloved of Akio Morita. Full specs are below.
After months of being told “probably not” from Samsung, they announced last night that they’ll be releasing the G600 5 megapixel cameraphone in Australia in March. It will be available through Optus stores “on an affordable plan”. I’ll be getting my hands on one in a couple of weeks – you guys will be the first to know what I think. More »
Now that manufacturers are creating add-on lenses for mobile phone cameras—similar to the one we saw at CES—they need to step up their game to attract your attention. This iPhone telescopic lens from Brando does just that, adding a nifty protective case to go along with the lens. The good news is that it does seem to zoom in a crapload (see photo after jump), but unless that lens unscrews from the body, there’s no way you can call the iPhone “pocketable”. [Brando]
