http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson gets official with "Idou" 12 megapixel mobile http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/,especially here in the usa. Exactly no one.,Another failed attempt to dethrone iphone.,NEXT.,]]>Feb 15th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
ANY cameraphone which uses a single, fixed lens smaller than a US dime will be diffraction limited at laughably small resolutions. We're talking 2, maybe pushing 3 Mpxl if it's a particularly good lens given the constraints. Any more pixels simply capture diffraction effects; you get precisely zero additional sharpness by putting more pixels behind a piece of crap lens.

Furthermore, cramming 12 million pixels into a sensor measuring a few millimeters in each dimension means terrible noise performance. This is particularly true as sensitivity gets ramped up, so this thing is an absolute joke for any use except in broad daylight.

Moral of this story? Sony is flexing their marketing E-Peen here, so they can claim they have the camera with the highest number of pixels. Nevermind that those pixels are effectively unusable, and because of the noise performance actually will turn out performing WORSE than if they'd put a 3 Mpxl sensor in there instead.

If you fall for this crap, you deserve to have your money taken away.]]>Feb 15th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
Exactly, thank you for making that point. Too many idiots just eat up all this marketing BS. The sensors on ALL camera phones are minuscule compared to even the lowest of the low-end digicams, and the "optics" are just pathetic, so more pixels are probably just going to add noise to the image..]]>Feb 15th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Oct 1st 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 16th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Idou]]>Feb 15th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 16th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/London is where their headquarter is located.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/company/aboutus/contactsandaddresses]]>Feb 15th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
Sensors larger than 3 Mpxl are purely for marketing to idiots when attached to a cellphone.]]>Feb 15th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
Try reading the article next time.]]>Feb 15th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Try realizing that they have the ability to edit a post after reading what people have commented about. I didn't miss anything.... what a tool!]]>Feb 15th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Teh ult1mate phoeN!!!]]>Feb 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 16th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
They should have named it X2.

:D]]>Feb 15th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/
SE said that Xperia devices wouldn't just be WinMo, so who knows?]]>Feb 16th 2009 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-gets-official-with-idou-12-megapixel-mobile/Feb 15th 2009 3:42PM