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Smartphone
Digital
Camera
Or
Digital
Camera
Smartphone?
Is
it a
camera
or
phone?
Well
both,
says
Panasonic
of
its
Lumix
Phone
102P
and
not
sucking
much
at
being
a
camera
or a
phone.
Panasonic
Lumix
Phone
101P
This
camphone?
is
only
available
in
Japan
(they
always
get
the
coolest
stuff
first)
and
according
to
online
reports,
it
looks
amazing.
It's
like
a
Panasonic
Lumix
camera
and
an
Android
phone.
And
it's
waterproof,
like
all
gadgets
should
be,
For
the
camera,
it
comes
with
a
13.2
megapixel
CMOS
Lumix
sensor,
for
a
pretty
great
image.
It
comes
with
a
4.3
inch
QHD
LCD
screen
and
a
1Ghz
processor.
It
runs
Android
2.3
(Gingerbread)
with
some
Lumix
camera
software
on
top
and
it's
thin.
AND
it's
got
a
camera
button.
Panasonic
Lumix
Phone
102P
The
telephony
runs
on
all
four
bands:
GSM900,
GSM1800,
GSM1900,
UMTS2100,
and
comes
with
cellular
data
links:
GPRS,
UMTS,
HSDPA,
HSUPA,
HSPA+.
Traditionally
cameras
on
phones
have
not
been
so
great.
Not
easy
trying
to
cram
a
camera
into
something
as
thin
or
small
as a
cellular
phone,
limiting
the
size
of
the
image
sensor
and
lens.
But,
if
Panasonic
gets
this
right,
it
won't
replace
the
traditional
digital
camera
anytime
soon,
but
it
will
be
awesome
to
fill
you
pocket
with
both
a
phone
and
a
great
camera,
all
in
one.
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