Friday, October 17, 2008

LG Fuels 8-Megapixel Craze With Latest Cameraphone

The KC780 handset includes Bluetooth, expandable memory, and a multimedia player, but mobile professionals may be turned off by the lack of connectivity options and productivity features.

By Marin Perez

The LG KC780 has an 8-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, expandable memory, and a multimedia player.

With the introduction of the LG KC780, LG Electronics is the latest to jump in the megapixel race for cell phones.

The latest camera phone from LG packs an 8-megapixel camera, and it may prove to be a good convergence device for shutterbugs. But mobile professionals may be turned off by the lack of connectivity options and productivity features.

"We found that most of the time people use the camera on their mobile phones to take pictures of themselves, their families, friends, and significant other," said Skott Ahn, president and CEO of LG's mobile communications company, in a statement. "With this in mind, LG developed the LG KC780 with a number of face-enhancing features to augment its high-quality 8-megapixel camera." Continued...

An 8 megapixel camera in a cellphone is very high. This can already be used for billboard printing and any other high resolution printing. Advertising companies can take advantage of this. Moreover, cellphone fanatics who love to take pictures of themselves anywhere they maybe.

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