I clearly remember the times when I used to say that I’ll use my phone to talk to people and my camera to take pictures. I hated taking crappy pictures with a camera phone and I really hated talking into my camera since no would answer back.

In the mean time the phone-as-a-camera combination seems to be working great. Unfortunately the camera-as-a-phone isn’t working at all since it doesn’t exist. There are lots of great cameras out there but the fancier the phone these days, the better the built-in camera is.
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I’d like to be in any of the brain-storming meetings Apple’s employees go to. How else would they come up with all sorts of interesting ideas. We hear now that Apple wants to add voice and camera to multi-touch in an attempt to improve our gadgets experience.
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Well sports fans, Polaroid is back and it’s hot! I don’t exactly know about hot but it’s surly back. Well i don’t know exactly if it’s back either…
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The Nikon Coolpix P6000 is a camera which knows GPS and geotagging besides taking photos. And it will surely shoot some decent photos at 13.5 megapixels wouldn’t you say?

Pictures will be embedded with altitude, longitude and latitude which will let you geotag pictures with a third party program. There’s also a LAN port which will let you quickly transfer photos to myPicturetown or your computer.

Here are some of Nikon’s Coolpix P6000 features:

• 4X wide angle lens
• 2.7-inch LCD
• Optical viewfinder
• Optical image stabilization
• ISO 64-6400 (Auto ISO up to 1600)
• Pop-up flash
• Nikon’s Best Shot Selector
• SD/SDHC support

The camera will cost you just $499 when it arrives, but it’s certainly worth it.

I don’t know if this is something you really need, a magnifying glass for your camera’s LCD screen, no matter if you are a professional or amateur photographer. With all the mobile devices and ultra mobile laptops, I’d simply connect my camera to my fast notebook and check out the pictures there. With lots of zoom and other features.
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Sony Ericsson C905 is one of the latest phones released by Sony and I must say I have been particularly waiting for this one. It’s the amazing camera that attracts me. I have always said that if you want pictures you should get a camera and use the phone specifically for what it was initially designed for. What was I thinking. Why not have a camera too? Especially such a good one. While Motorola still has to work on their Kodak 5 megapixels camera, Sony has done their job quite good on Sony Ericsson camera phones.
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The C905 Shiho from Sony Ericsson is an extremely useful 8.2 megapixels camera, which, if treated nicely with a decent voice plan will also work as a phone. I guess the phone thing is optional. What we see in these leaked pictures (see below also) might be the next Walkman from Sony, the Alicia, which will also might work as a clamshell phone when you aren’t listening music to it.
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It was only yesterday that I showed you how small a 5 megapixels camera from Sharp could be. That’s a camera that will be inserted into lots of mobile devices.
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In the mobile world the smaller and the faster the better right?
What you see in the picture above is a 500 asian coin a 5 megapixels camera from Sharp.
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Around the world, people are compelled to be content with their 5-megapixel camera phones, which seem to be the best camera phones the market can offer. It won’t be too long before the 5-MP phones are eclipsed by this new Samsung technology. Samsung unveiled their new 8.5mm 8-megapixel camera phone module. The new camera module features Low Light Trio for shooting at dark places, “smile recognition” instead of the old face recognition which means the picture will only be taken when smiles of all the faces are recognized, an “eye flicker” recognition which would prevent a picture from being taken when you have your eyes closed. If and when this Samsung technology is fully-developed, it could mean the revolution of high-megapixel cameras for ultra-slip phones, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

Another pic after the jump.

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So what, say you? Well, developing the market’s smallest single-chip camera sensor means that phones even thinner than thinnest ones you see today could be developed in the near future. This latest chip called the VD6725, measures 1/5th of an inch with UXGA active pixel array. The new optical format imaging sensor is so small, it can fit inside a mobile phone with the dimensions of 0.2×0.2×0.15 inches! That’s so, SO much less than a half-inch, peeps. The VD6725 can produce video stream at 30fps at VGA resolution and 15fps at UXGA resolution. The chip is now available through ST’s Through Silicon Via (TSV) wafer-level package or as a Chip On Board (COB) die, and costs around US$2 per unit.

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The E-ten Glofiish X650 phone has just been approved by the FCC. A Pocket PC phone featuring a 500MHz Samsung SC3 processor, the X650 is equipped with a 2 MPx camera and on-board FM transmitter - quite useful when you want to play the audio on your car stereo, for example. At 139 grams, it’s not the lightest phone around but is pretty thin at 14.7mm.

The Glofiish features a VGA resolution screen. No word on the pricing yet.

E-Ten

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Remember the Sony GPS-CS1KA GPS tracker? Yes, the same device that allowed you to keep track of your digital photos - when and where they were taken, to be precise. Well, Sony announced that this has been updated now, and the new model is called the Sony GPS-CS1KASP device. This lets users trace GPS co-ordinates of video footage on an online map, while retaining the ability to tag photos with location info.

With location recording taking place every 15 seconds, you can virtually trace your video and quickly locate where a photo was taken. Updated software then paris the GPS readings of your video/still photos onto an online map, using Google maps. Available in the same cylindrical form factor, the GPS-CS1KASP is a 12-channel receiver that’s 3.5 inches long and weighs in at 2 oz.

Priced at US $150, the GPS-CS1KASP portable tracker will be available on Sony Style retail stores as well as online.

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PixelPlus, a leading Korean semiconductor company, has announced that it will be providing its new PO4010 CIF “System on a Chip” (SOC) image sensors to Samsung in its future camera phones. Targeted at meeting the increasing demand for ultracompact camera solutions in 3G phones, the PO4010 is one of industry’s smallest sensors with a size of 1/11 inch. It is based on the company’s PlusPixel2 technology and is an ideal solution for the secondary VGA camera used mostly for video-calling on the current 3G phones.

PixelPlus has already started shipping the PO4010 sensory to Samsung Electronics beginning in December 2007.

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With the increasing demand for better-quality camera phones, Samsung has announced the release of the old SGH-G600, this time, equipped with a 5-megapixel camera. The 5-Megapixel SGH-G600 will be called Anycall Premiere Phone or model SCH-C280. The model SCH-C280 will be released exclusively to SKT subscribers in Korea. The target market for the high-end 2G Anycall Premiere Phone are people who want to keep their old phone numbers but want functionalities which could be found on 3G phones.

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We all like our mobile phones for the specs and I presume you’ve bought yours according to what you want. But if for some reason you find your current camera phone unsatisfactory, then check this telescopic zoom lens out. These lens were specifically made for Motorola phones. It has the ability to capture images in a distance as you can see on the pictures after the jump. It specifically works for Motorola RAZR V3 and Motorola KRZR K1. Yes, we know it doesn’t look too good with the phone, but really, would you let aesthetics hinder your way to photography greatness? After all, it only costs US$19.00. It might be worth a shot (yup, pun intended).

Check out the product page.

More pics after the jump.

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Sanyo has unveiled the VPC-HD700 digital camcorder, a slim, lightweight high-definition 720p digital movie camera. The VPC-HD700 is the successor of Sanyo’s VPC-HD2 and sports a 1280 by 720 resolution. The compact, pocket-fitting HD700 measures just 73.7 x 35 x 109 mm and weighs 189 g and it’s shaped for comfortable one-handed shooting on the run. It’s the ideal movie camera to match your active, on-the-go lifestyle.

Movies are recorded in the high-compression MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and the new camera also takes stills at up to 7.1 megapixels. Furthermore, it adds in a 5x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom feature. The HD-700 features a Face Chaser function that detects up to 12 faces during shooting and when still images are played back, Blur Canceller adjusts for hand shaking.

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Softbank Mobile has released the PHOTOS 920SC slider phone that features two cameras - a 5-megapixel camera for picture taking and a 3-megapixel one for video conference. It further takes a stamp on the camera-phone market by including a xenon flash, 3X optical zoom, Bluetooth, IrDA, GPS, face recognition and auto focus capabilities. This will give its contemporaries, a run for their money.

The camera is intuitive towards hand-shake and can prevent red eye pictures by correcting them. The 2.4 inches 240×320 display features 26 million colors. It takes in a microSD (maximum 2GB) card, and supports W-CDMA and GSM (900/1800/1900). It also has 3G high speed connectivity at 3.6Mbps make which loads 500 ten thousand pixel cameras on January 12th.

The phone measures at 52×101.5×18.9mm and weighs 129g, has a 340-hour battery and gives about approximately 200 minutes of talktime. The device will be out on the 12th of this month however, it will only be available in Japan.

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Another beauty from LG comes out in the open. The LG Viewty phone (LG-SH210/KH2100/LH2100) is a phone targeted at the Korea market. This has already been introduced to European countries in October 2007, and now has made inroads into its home market. Apparently, the name was chosen to signify viewing.

Boasting a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and Schneider-Kreuznach lens, you can edit photos on the 3-inch touch screen using the handwriting features. If you are in Korea, you can also upload photos onto the LG Cyon homepage. The 3G model of the handset will be available through SKT, KTF and LGT carriers.

It is available in dark silver and black, carrying a price tag of KRW 737,000 (approx US $800).

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Mobilephones24 has the scoop on the new Porsche P9521 mobile phone, a first from Porsche. Made of aluminum, the Porsche P9521 will hit stores in the UK in December 2007 through Mobilephones24. The “phone” behind the design is thanks to French manufacturer Sagem, and it features a double hinge design which you can open/rotate 360 degrees.

The P9521 features a touch sensitive screen with mineral glass on the screen. A fingerprint scanning device is provided to protect personal data on the phone. What’s more, it gives you access to a concierge service. Goodies on the Porsche P9521 include a 3.2 megapixel camera, integrated MP3 player, Bluetooth and EDGE capabilities.

The phone weighs in at 139 grams and measures 91mm x 48mm x 18.4mm. No word on the pricing yet.

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