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First 1.1Mpixel 192MB SmartPhone

Posted by timothy on from the don't-get-mugged dept.

Daath writes "It just came to my attention, that LG Electronics announced a SmartPhone with 192MB memory and a built in 1.1 Mpixel CCD camera. It's a slide-down type phone, running on a 400MHz Intel X-Scale processor with a 2.8" 262K color TFT LCD. It runs MS PocketPC 2003. Personally I think it blows the SE P900 away. Ok, time to wipe the drool off the keyboard! ;)"

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  1. Ehh... by hendridm · · Score: 1, Interesting

    > Ok, time to wipe the drool off the keyboard! ;)

    I generally don't drool over 1.1 megapixel cameras. Let me know when they release something that is at least 3MP and then I'll start to drool. Until then, anything with the picture quality of a today's webcams is crap in my book.

  2. Sucks by pheared · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They can put 192MB into a phone but they can't make the phone any smaller.

    Call me when it fits in my pocket.

  3. Technology is amazing. by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My first computer had 64K of RAM and a 1MHz processor. My second computer had 2MB of RAM and a 25MHz processor. My third computer had 64MB of RAM and a 300MHz processor. ... and now they have a PHONE that's more powerful and has more memory than all three of my first computers combined - and it has a built-in camera too! I'm sure it'll be cheaper than any of the computers as well.

    Advances in technology really amaze me sometimes.

    -- Dr. Eldarion --

  4. Kyocera 7135 by TrueJim · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've been carrying a Kyocera 7135 PalmOS SmartPhone for the last three weeks, as seen on TV. I like it -- it feels like a phone that does useful things, rather than like a PDA that can also make phonecalls. I get real wireless Web browsing on it, that's a given. The MP3 player gets a little choppy sometimes; I haven't figure out why yet -- but mostly it plays pretty well. The MMC/SD slot enables me to hook in all sorts of cool gizmos: VGA adapters, printers, keyboards, cameras, etc. Cost a little under $500. It's by far the most useful toy I've ever had.

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    I hope that after I die the one word people use to describe me is "resurrected."
  5. Swiss Army Knife by theslashdude · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can only image the comments had /. been around when the Swiss Army Knife was intruduced. So it's got a sucky knife, sucky scissors, sucky saw, sucky file, sucky toothpick. Am I the only one who would rather carry a real knife, real scissors, etc... Reality check! This device is not intended to replace a photographer's 5MP camera or the audiophile's iPod. It's like the Swiss Army Knife of electronics. When you are in the situation where that priceless picture presents itself and you don't have your 5MP camera in your pocket, you can whip out the phone and get a quick snapshot. When you are waiting at the doctor's office longer then expected and forgot to bring your iPod, you can listen to a few tunes off your phone. The reason the phone has been the host device for these functions is that it has become the ubiquotous (sp?) device that just about everyone carries.

  6. lens cap? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My cell phone get covered in gunk from pockets, backpack, car seats, etc. My PDA is a palm V in the "armor" style case, and it still gets dust on it.
    I wouldn't buy a digital camera that doesn't cover the lens, and I'm at least careful with the digi-cam.
    If this thing is supposed to withstand the abuse of going with me everywhere, why can't it come with a lens cover?

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