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Panasonic Lumix Phone 101P Might Not Suck At Being A Camera Or A Phone

2:30AM September 30, 2011 | Brent Rose

Oh Japan, why do you always get the coolest stuff first? This phone looks amazing. It’s like a Panasonic Lumix camera and an Android phone had a baby. And it’s waterproof? Gimme now. More »

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This Is What It Looks Like When Your Camera Phone Vibrates

2:00PM August 20, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Has gravity collapse upon itself, distorting the entire temporal realm and melting the whole world into pudding? No, this guy just got an email on his phone — and some serious vibration — while he was trying to snap a pic. More »

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Use Your Headphone Remote As A Camera Shutter In iOS 5

2:10AM June 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Another quiet feature added to iOS 5 is the ability to use the inline remote on the iPhone headphones as a camera shutter. Should prove excellent for snapping subtle spy shots. [Cult of Mac via Wired]

Mobile

Thank God iPhone Gets Hardware Camera Button (And More)

4:14AM June 7, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Smartphone cameras are the new, ya know, real cameras, and iOS 5 is gonna make the iPhone’s camera a hell of a lot easier to use. First and foremost: HARDWARE SHUTTER BUTTON. Baby bay-bay. More »

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These Amazing Aerial Photos Were Taken With A Mobile Phone

7:39AM May 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Aerial photography expert Jason Hawkes – author of London at Night – takes really awesome photos from helicopters. Usually, he uses his Nikon D3S and D3X with lenses ranging from 14mm up to 300mm. These spectacular images, however, were taken with a mobile phone. More »

Cameras

Why Not Turn A Camera Into A Phone?

7:40PM April 13, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

This is one of the most beautiful and innovative concepts you’ll have seen in a long time, and acts upon something I’ve always wondered about – why can’t manufacturers just add mobile phone guts to a camera? More »

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University Teaches Students Finer Aspects Of Phone Photography

11:05PM March 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If you thought taking a photo on your phone was as simple as framing and snapping, think again – Pennsylvania’s Immaculata University is teaching students how to use them “properly”. Professor Flannery explains that “it’s part of our responsibility to teach kids how to use this tool”. More »

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What If Your Phone Could Chop A Video Recording Into Chapters?

11:00AM March 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The idea-centric brains at Nokia Beta Labs have been working hard on some cool ideas for video recording on smartphones. Like this automatic bookmarking feature, where a shift in scene creates a new chapter in a video without ever cutting. More »

Cameras

Take A Picture Hides Infrared Artwork In Plain Sight

6:00AM March 7, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Without a camera, an art gallery based on Take a Picture would appear to be a boring, empty place with nothing on the walls but blank canvases. Take out the camera, however, and the place would spring to life. More »

Cameras

Is This The Future Of The Cameraphone?

3:40PM February 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Imagine a phone with a camera that’s better and a body that’s thinner than any other phone currently available. And imagine that instead of a single camera, the module carried an array of 25 micro-cameras. Pelican Imaging promises just that with their camera module, and they think they have what it takes to revolutionise cameraphones. More »