Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but is now
slated for world markets.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/

Linda

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

Linda_N wrote:
> Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but
is now
> slated for world markets.
> http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041020/323/f4wod.html
South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce
10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.
20D, die!! ;-)

Cheers,

Siddhartha

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

If it works better than the three Samsung monitors I've owned (all dead
within 1 week after the warranty expired) and the Samsung camcorder that my
wife won for being their "employee of the year" (malfunctioned right out of
the box, wouldn't turn off), they might have something. Of course, I'll
never know as I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole based solely on my
own previous experience with the brand.

"Linda_N" <this-is-not-my@email-address.com> wrote in message
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> Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but is
now
> slated for world markets.
> http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/
>
> Linda
>
>

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

"Siddhartha Jain" <losttoy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Linda_N wrote:
>> Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but
> is now
>> slated for world markets.
>> http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041020/323/f4wod.html
> South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce
> 10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.
> 20D, die!! ;-)
>
Wishful thinking on a cellphone cam replacing a dSLR for at least a couple
of years [in my opinion]. The sensors are too small and the features too few
on the cellphone cams. What this indicates though is that the industry will
start moving toward researching smaller, high quality sensors and lenses. It
will be interesting to see what exists as industry standard in 3 years from
now.

Linda

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

"George" <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote in message
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> If it works better than the three Samsung monitors I've owned (all dead
> within 1 week after the warranty expired) and the Samsung camcorder that
> my
> wife won for being their "employee of the year" (malfunctioned right out
> of
> the box, wouldn't turn off), they might have something. Of course, I'll
> never know as I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole based solely on my
> own previous experience with the brand.
>
Agreed that Samsung is not noted for high quality. I'd not buy one myself,
but the fact that they are breaking the 3 megapixel barrier in North
American means that the big names will be quick to answer back. I like when
the lesser names force the hands of the big names to speed the technology up
a bit.

Linda

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

In article <1098386882.287742.180950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
"Siddhartha Jain" <losttoy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Linda_N wrote:
> > Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but
> is now
> > slated for world markets.
> > http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041020/323/f4wod.html
> South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce
> 10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.
> 20D, die!! ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Siddhartha

SK Telecom and Samsung will no doubt start sending out billions of
e-mail spams advertising these phones.

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

Linda_N wrote:
> Wishful thinking on a cellphone cam replacing a dSLR for at least a
couple
> of years [in my opinion]. The sensors are too small and the features
too few
> on the cellphone cams. What this indicates though is that the
industry will
> start moving toward researching smaller, high quality sensors and
lenses. It
> will be interesting to see what exists as industry standard in 3
years from
> now.

And you took that seriously?? Notice the ";-)" ?

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

.....With 1 megapixel image quality : )

"Linda_N" <this-is-not-my@email-address.com> wrote in message
news:ZNTdd.8$dq4.947@tor-nn1.netcom.ca...
> Apparently it has been available in Korea for almost a year now, but is
now
> slated for world markets.
> http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166396751774728/
>
> Linda
>
>

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

"Siddhartha Jain" <losttoy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1098442263.106150.37050@c13g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
> Linda_N wrote:
>> Wishful thinking on a cellphone cam replacing a dSLR for at least a
> couple
>> of years [in my opinion]. The sensors are too small and the features
> too few
>> on the cellphone cams. What this indicates though is that the
> industry will
>> start moving toward researching smaller, high quality sensors and
> lenses. It
>> will be interesting to see what exists as industry standard in 3
> years from
>> now.
>
> And you took that seriously?? Notice the ";-)" ?
>
hehehe, I'm slow! Sorry I did miss your ;-) But really it is exciting [and
feasible] to think there will come a day when tiny sensors and tiny
multi-purpose lens(es) allow the quality of a current day dSLR to be fit
into a casing as small as the smallest cellphone. For some reason I think
the industry will try to slow the development of the same down as much as
possible. There is just too much to loose for the big names.

Linda

Re: Samsung puts out the first 5 megapixel cellphone.
 

"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:mcmurtri-F19908.21320521102004@corp-radius.supernews.com...
> In article <1098386882.287742.180950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
> "Siddhartha Jain" <losttoy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041020/323/f4wod.html
>>
>> South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce
>> 10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.
>> 20D, die!! ;-)
>
> SK Telecom and Samsung will no doubt start sending out billions of
> e-mail spams advertising these phones.
>

hehehe I hope not! It would be so great if the majority of people on the
Internet would develop the policy to under no condition purchase anything
from any company that participates in unsolicited spam e-mails. That would
put an end to spamming fast enough. I'm all for technology, but if I want to
know about it I go to the tech wires or appropriate newsgroups.

I think there is too much money in spam for companies developing spam
software (both send and stop)

Linda