The demise, or at least significant downsizing, of the user friendly snapper market seems near enough certain now, what with the marauding legions of high quality camera phones looming on the horizon.
So it’s hardly surprising that certain camera companies are looking to diversify their business by hitching a ride with certain mobile phone manufacturers. First among that group to make its movements public is Kodak, one of the biggest names in photography and imaging, which has recently partnered with Nokia so that the two companies can cross-license one another’s patent portfolios.
It’s not the first time Kodak has got involved with mobile phones, having lent its band and its technology to the MotoZINE ZN5. There are no details yet about what Nokia and Kodak’s joint venture will result in, but the thought of an 8 megapixel Nseries handset with a Kodak lens and all manner of other digital photography extras is surely the stuff dreams are made of (in our office anyway).
Here’s hoping…
READ
After Motorola’s leaked 2008 product line-up video a short while back, there has been plenty of speculation as to the mysterious Motorola Kodak camera phone that popped up in it. Well, thanks to some sterling sleuthing from the folks over at Unwired View, a few more concrete(ish) details about the device (and a lovely pic) have been confirmed.
The handset is to be dubbed the MotoZINE ZN5 and by the look of the pic, will be a pretty sleek candy bar with one end being mildly bloated to accommodate what we are hoping will be a pretty high spec camera lens. Apparently the ZN5 will be 2.5G with GSM/GPRS connectivity and will runs on Montavista Linux 2.6.1 OS. It will also include a 320×240 QVGA display and a 5 megapixel camera (hopefully with flash and some sort of fancy zooming capabilities).
There are also reports that the ZN5 will have a 3.5mm headphone jack, will be able to record Mpeg4 video and will have some sort of TV-Out function (handy for looking at all those videos and snaps). Obviously this is all subject to change until we get the official press release from Motorola, but as a first pass at the spec sheet the MotoZine ZN5 is looking like a pretty nifty camera focussed handset. More details as soon as we have them.
(Via Unwired View)
