Monday, 30 January 2006 8MP Camphone Spells Doom For Stand-Alone Digicams Topic: Phones When it comes to mobility, convergence is king. Executive travelers have always sought ways to reduce the burden of their gearbag while adding to their bag of tricks, and it's now clearer than ever that the cell phone will emerge victorious from the final battle for handheld domination. Smart phones like the BlackBerry and Treo have already relegated the stand-alone PDA to quaint antiquity, forcing PDA makers to integrate calling features or face certain death. Now Samsung's throwing down the gauntlet for camera makers (themselves included, we suppose) with its 8-megapixel SCH-V8200. Packing as many megapixels as just about any pocket cam, the V8200 may finally offer convergence freaks the device they've been waiting for, eliminating the need to carry both a camera and a cell phone. image size: 3296 x 2472 pixels (!) http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/5114/ k
