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Phone technology never stops moving, and Apple's iPhone could look like two cans tied together with a piece of string next year.
Chipmakers Texas Instruments are prepping to release their next-generation processor, which provides the platform that cellphones are built on.
It will allow laptop like power in a cellphone form-factor, which in turn allows phone manufacturers to push the tech boundaries even further.
The next-generation OMAP 3 processors will be released next year, heralding a whole new level of mobile entertainment and power.
High definition video, excellent photographic quality and massive speed are the selling points of the OMAP 3 chips.
The cameras on the phones will be able to shoot 12 megapixels per second - even divided up into four three-megapixel shots in burst mode.
The company claims that the image quality that OMAP 3 can handle will meet the levels of most high-end digital cameras on the market today.
Zooming, rotating and manipulating graphic or video heavy content will be seamless and S-video or composite output from the phones will be possible.
XGA display support means super-high resolution, and full speed USB2.0 will offer laptop-like file transfer capabilities and solid state disk performance.
Operators will even be able to include security services and network access abilities that are currently not possible, like terminal identity protection.
Fully-encrypted content and transaction protection will make OMAP 3 a far more consumer-friendly cellphone platform, providing absolute peace of mind.
According to cnet.com, Texas Instruments has even been experimenting with the possibilities of putting projectors into mobile handsets.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
