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First 1.1Mpixel 192MB SmartPhone
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! ;)"
Take that!
What is the battery life on this thing? How hot does it get when you're using it? How expensive is it? What standards does it support? What kind of range can you expect to get out of it? This article is a little light on the important statistics for the cell phone part of the device.
I read the internet for the articles.
You call that impressive?
I hook up my 11 megapixel Canon EOS 1Ds to a laptiop with slott-in GPRS / GSM card. That gives me an 11 Mpx (nearly-)mobile phone.
On a more serious note: As a photographer, I think the whole videophone / cameraphone thing is a ridiculously bad idea. I have been using an Sony Ericsson t68i for years, and it syncs with my laptop via bluetooth. Brilliant, and it does everything I would expect from a simple PDA (calendar and syncs perfectly with my address book, even stores my notes), and telephone, in a minuscule package.
Blah, progress.
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And just why do you need to generate 2048x1536 images on your cell phone? That's twice the resolution of most people's monitors, and well above most quality monitors(1600x1200).
Plus, concidering you're probably going to be sending these images over the 3G network, where you'll be charged by bandwidth, I'd prefer to send a smaller image that gets the point across rather than a 4MB monster.
I don't see the point in anything higher than 1.5-2MP unless you're printing out your photos. They are too large to use as desktop wallpapers, too large to email or put on the web, and I HATE scrolling to see a whole image.
Bigger is not always better.
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For $500 I can get the following:
Apple iPod - top of the line 40 gigs.
Olympus C750 (10x optical, 4.0Mp, upto 512Mb xD cards)
GBA - And enough games to make my eyes bleed.
iPaq - 400Mhz, bluetooth etc..
First off, you cannot get ALL that for 500 bucks.
Second, not everybody wants to wear a fucking bat-belt for all their gear.
Where's my lobbyist? Right here.
Yes, 1.1MP is useless for 'real' photography, but what photographer ues a phone for his work? If you want good pictures, carry around your 5MP camera, not this. By your logic, laptops are useless since a 'real' PC has a 21" CRT. Walkmans/iPods are useless since a 'real" stereo has 18" subwoofers. Snubbed-nose revolvers are useless since a 'real" gun has a night scope and 26" barrel.
You (and several other people here) don't seem to understand the market these devices are targetting. They are not trying to replace the dedicated devices. They are catering to a niche market that wants a combination of decent (who cares if they aren't great) devices in a small form factor.
Is a DigiCam better at photography than this? Yes. Is a Palm a better PDA than this? Yes. It a GBA a better handheld gaming device than this? Yes. Do the type of people who would be interested in this device care about those things? NO!