Март 24 2009
What is Cameraphones?
A cameraphone is a mobile phone which is able to capture either still photographs or motion video.
Wikipedia says:
During 2003 as cameraphones were gaining popularity in Europe some phones without cameras had support for MMS and external cameras that could be connected with a small cable or directly to the data port at the base of the phone. The external cameras were comparable in quality to those fitted on regular cameraphones at the time, typically offering VGA resolution. Phones that supported extra cameras include the Siemens SL55 and Nokia Series 40 phones such as the Nokia 6810. Unfortunately these cameras are not compatible with more recent phones. These external cameras never proved very popular although they were stocked in various shops at the time.
What is it that makes iPhone and Nokia 5800 look ‘ancient’? The megapixels packed in their cameras. iPhone’s 2 megapixel and Nokia’s 3.2 megapixel camera seem pale in front of today’s cell phones — many of which have as high as 10 megapixel camera.
This constant climb of megapixels in camphones is in fact threatening the digicam market, which boasts 10 megapixel at high-end. With support for 5 to 8 megapixel resolution, cell phones have cameras of equal or even higher-resolution as compared to the current-day digicams.
