I'd agree to some extent, but having a beautiful 320x480 picture to me is close to worthless. Me and my wife actually have a side business in photography and both use digital SLR's for that type of stuff. But we're not carrying these around most of the time, and although we also have smaller digicams that are more portable, it's still nice to be able to have something on your phone that you will ALWAYS have with you. 640x480 is probably the minimum I would be able to deal with to portray an image. Call me spoiled, but even with a great sensor, good exposure control, color accuracy, and sharpness, going lower than this means tha the picture becomes so small on my hi-res screen that I start to need a magnifying glass! Lol. MP of course aren't everything, but there are certain thresholds where they really matter. Aside from this, while you say most people use these for email and web, well, that may be true, but part of that is because the cameras aren't good enough to print from yet. Also, because data rates are still fairly slow, it means that sending larger files aren't as practical. You get up to a few megapixels and we're talking at least a meg unless you compress it quite a bit and get some loss of image quality. The main thing is that all of these limitations are going to be irrelevent in the not too distant future when data rates, storage capacity, and sensor technology progress....
Levi Wallach - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com Pictures: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Craig Froehle > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: Treo 670 & 700 - Windows Mobile based? > > I don't understand this whole megapixel infatuation. > > Cellphone cameras are rarely going to take a photo of enough > quality that it will be worth printing out. Most will just > be shared via email and the web. For those purposes, 640x480 > is quite adequate. > > I'd much rather have a sharper image with better colors at > 640x480 than bigger with the same quality we have now. But > that's me. ;-) > > > On 8/17/05, Ryan, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 640x480 sounds so much better! :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Gamble [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: Treo 670 & 700 - Windows Mobile based? > > > > > > The Treo 650's camera is 0.3 megapixel. > > ______ > > Bill > > Try Spam Interceptor > > http://si20.com/?ref=117 > > > > ...... Original Message ....... > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:44:31 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) > "Deanna L. > > Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know what the current MP on the treo 650 is? > > >Deanna > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > > > >From: Mike Dyer > > >Date: 08/16/05 22:28:07 > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: [Treo] Re: Treo 670 & 700 - Windows Mobile based? > > > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:37:17 -0400 > > >> From: Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Subject: Re: Treo 670 & 700 - Windows Mobile based? > > >> > > >> Looks like the 670 will/may be WinMob while the 700 is > still PalmOS > > >(*phew*). > > >> > > >> > > >I like the look of the Treo 700, my first request would be > for a half > > decent > > >camera built in, and this 1.3MP one would be a start. > > > > > >It's a shame they can't make the antenna internal, but the Treo is > > >still > > the > > >greatest smartphone ever. > > > > > >Regards, > > >Mike Dyer. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > This electronic mail transmission including any and all attachments > > may contain confidential information and is intended only for the > > person(s) named. Any use, copying or disclosure by another > person is > > strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in > error, please > > notify the sender via e-mail. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > <font face=arial size=-1><a > href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h8unpnt/M=362131.6882499.7 > 825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1707367858:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124305591 > /A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org > ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to > the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hkb8jvd/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1707367858:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124306275/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
