HP and Flextronics team up to deliver higher quality cameraphones

It's no surprise that cameraphones are emerging as some folks' point-and-shoot of choice, and we've already seen LG and Schneider-Kreuznach team up to deliver higher quality shots from your multi-functional mobile, but now HP and Flextronics are trying the knot in order to allow users to capture photos "with the same high quality they achieve from their digital still cameras." The five-year deal gives Flextronics -- makers of Kyocera, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola handsets -- exclusive use of HP's image processing technology in return for an undisclosed royalty. The same technology used in HP's long-standing lineup of Photosmart digicams will soon be hitting the depths of your pocket, and promises to produce "significantly improved results" over current options, delivering shots that are "good enough to print." Although we're not sure if these forthcoming modules can outsnap the 10-megapixel SCH-B600, we're all well aware by now that megapixels aren't everything.

[Via CNET]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 18th 2006 7:20PM]

please pick me... i just want a phone for once in my life. bye

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 18th 2006 7:54PM]

I think within a couple of years, you will see the complete merger between cell phone, and the point & shoot camera. I wouldn't give up my super zoom quasi-DSLR camera, but for just snapshots, most of the
current branch of 2.0 megapixel cameras do quite well.
My Sonyericsson W810i has auto focus which does a pretty good job. With the liquid lens in prototype stage, the fixed focal length won't be an issue much longer. Some even have software image stabilization.
Couple that with auto focus, 3x OPTICAL zoom and you'll have a point & shoot camera with a phone in a small package.