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Asia's top mobile phone makers are rolling out handsets equipped with cameras so advanced many consumers may come to the conclusion they don't need a separate digital camera any more, reports Reuters.
"Analysts have been warning about the threat camera phones pose to the digital camera industry since the first one was launched in Japan in late 2000. But so far there has been little impact -- even Sharp Corp's introduction of the world's first megapixel phone in May 2003 didn't appear to affect demand.
Now many of Asia's leading phone makers have camera phones with one, two or even three megapixels, bringing them closer to digital camera turf.
But Japan's Casio Computer Co will trump them all when it comes out withthe first 3.2-megapixel handset through telecoms carrier KDDI Corp later in June. In terms of pixel count, it will be on par with some of Casio's own cameras.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/n[....]10/tc_nm/tech_phones_camera_dc
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Posted: 2004-06-10 16:13
