Vodafone's 2-Megapixel Camera Phone

From Wireless Watch Japan: Sharp's V601SH handset hit the Tokyo streets in late December with a rollout price under $200. It features an embedded 2-megapixel CCD camera capable of capturing 2.02 million effective pixels and comes with autofocus and 20x zoom capability.

The unit can also record 320 x 240-size MPEG video clips at 15 frames per second as well as display still images, games, and video clips on a TV using the video output function.

In addition, the V601SH is the first cell phone to support Bow-Lingual CONNECT, a service that will be able convert dog barks into text messages and expressions as well as display pictures of the dog taken with the handset's built-in mobile camera phone.

emily | 5:41 PM | New Camera Phones of Note |
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