Mike Temporale
07-13-2006, 03:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32970' target='_blank'>http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32970</a><br /><br /></div><i>"In th headlong rush to provide higher and higher resolution cameras inside mobile handsets, manufacturers have ignored a major problem – how to provide enough memory to process the pictures. Swedish software vendor, Scalado reckons it has solved this problem with its CAPS (CAmera Phone Solution) software. The company claims that it can reduce required memory consumption by up to 50 times. In a typical cameraphone scenario, Scalado estimates that in order to process two megapixel pictures, handset manufacturers would be forced to provide 12 MB of free memory. By comparison, using the company's imaging software, the handset would only require around 0.44 MB."</i><br /><br />Scalado's CAPS software is something that the device manufacturer would have to integrate into their handsets, so there's no telling if or when we might see something like this on a Windows Mobile device. I'm always interested in finding ways to improve the camera's performance on the Windows Mobile platform. So far, it's a less than pleasurable experience. :(