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Micron announces 8-megapixel CMOS image sensor

News Micron Technology, a leading proponent of camera image sensors built using the same CMOS manufacturing technology used to make most computer processors, has begun selling a new 8-megapixel model. In addition, it announced two other CMOS...

12 March 2007, 10:12

Photos: Three new Nokia phones

News Nokia targets the high end of the market with the 8600, a steel-and-glass 3G phone with a 2-megapixel camera. The Nokia 6500 Slide features a 3.2-megapixel camera and stainless steel body. One of Nokia's thinnest phones to date, the 6500 Classic is...

Tags: nokia, camera, megapixel, classic

1 June 2007, 12:06

Nvidia phone chip plays 'Quake III'

News Nvidia's latest graphics processor for high-end mobile phones, unveiled on Monday, can process 5-megapixel pictures and decode high-resolution video, thus marking another step toward turning mobile phones into powerful handheld entertainment devices.

14 February 2006, 10:16

Samsung's new phone: where's the kitchen sink?

News US network Sprint on Thursday debuted a Samsung mobile phone laden with features, including a 2-megapixel camera, as it tries to answer rival Cingular Wireless' success with the ultrathin Motorola Razr.

13 May 2005, 9:57

News.blog: Kodak boosts mobile megapixels

News Kodak hopes turning one aspect of chip design on its head will help improve mobile phone cameras -- or at least help the image quality catch up with the megapixel increases. Nokia's N95, but Kodak believes its technology, built into a megapixel...

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5 February 2008, 9:11

Photos: New digital SLRs for Olympus and Nikon

News Olympus' E-410, due to ship early June, has a 10-megapixel sensor, a new image-processing chip and a starting price of £500. Nikon's D40x features a 10-megapixel image sensor, compared with the D40's 6-megapixel sensor.

8 March 2007, 10:52

Thirty photos a second with a digicam?

News The US chipmaker has come up with an 8-megapixel silicon imager for compact cameras that will allow cameras to shoot ten 8-megapixel pictures a second or 30 2-megapixel shots a second. The 8-megapixel chip, however, won't be seen in cameras for a...

18 May 2006, 12:03

Fujifilm adds to compact camera line

News In advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Japanese company announced the $129 (£66), 6-megapixel Finepix A610 and the $179 (£91), 8-megapixel A800. In addition, Fujifilm announced its $299 (£152), 8-megapixel Finepix F40fd...

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5 January 2007, 10:12

Motorola's new Razr sways to iTunes rhythm

News It includes a 1.23-megapixel digital camera with 8x digital zoom, video capture and a full-screen viewfinder. The handset has several of the same features as the Razr V3i, with the substitution of a 1.3-megapixel camera.

9 November 2005, 10:37

Do more megapixels mean better photos?

News When all else is equal, our 10-megapixel models tend to produce better detail than lower-resolution models at print sizes of 8x10 [inches] (203x254mm) and larger," said Chuck Westfall, director of media and customer relationships at Canon.

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8 February 2007, 8:00

Photos: Cameras aplenty at Photokina

News Kodak, for its part, announced the Kodak Z710, a 7.1-megapixel camera with a 51mm (2-inch) LCD. Fujifilm also unveiled the FinePix F31fd, a 6.3-megapixel camera with a 64mm (2.5-inch) LCD screen that will be available in December.

26 September 2006, 11:07

Photos: Webcams shoot the Messenger

News The LifeCam VX-6000 offers 5-megapixel interpolated photography, 1.3-megapixel HD video (with 3x digital zoom) and a 71-degree wide-angle lens designed to allow more than one person to be included in the shot.

14 June 2006, 10:48

Photos: Motorola's Razr offspring

News The Krzr, however, also is slightly thicker than the Razr to accommodate a 2-megapixel camera and storage space for 500 songs. The slightly bigger Krzr K1m from Motorola has a 1.3-megapixel camera and external touch-sensor music controls.

26 July 2006, 11:06

Mobile phone images get boost from HP

News The upshot is that the 3-megapixel shots taken with these tiny camera phones will be largely equivalent to the shots taken by digital still cameras. Companies such as Micron Technology are regularly improving the quality of the image sensors inside...

14 November 2006, 9:46

Nokia to launch phone that stores 3,000 songs

News The N91, expected to ship by the end of the year, will also feature a 2-megapixel camera, email support, a Web-browser and video-sharing capabilities, the device maker said. Another new WCDMA handset from Nokia is the N70, a smart phone featuring a...

28 April 2005, 16:22