SMaL Camera Technologies Introduces Ultra-Pocket 5 Rapid Development Kit to Enable Worlds Slimmest 3-Megapixel Digital Cameras
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (May 19, 2004) – SMaL Camera Technologies, a developer of electronic imaging solutions and enabler of award-winning super-slim digital still cameras, announced today its new Ultra-Pocket(R) 5 rapid development kit for 3-megapixel credit card cameras with color TFT display. The Ultra-Pocket 5 kit enables manufacturers and brands to rapidly enter the heart of the mass consumer market – 3-megapixel – with unparalleled thinness, style, wide dynamic range, and worry-free battery life, in the sub- retail price range.Despite the many advancements in digital photography over the past decade, standard digital cameras still fall far short of film cameras due to extremely short battery life and limited dynamic range. All SMaL credit card camera kits – including the Ultra-Pocket 5 kit – feature two proprietary technologies that not only resolve these vital power and dynamic range issues, but are also unmatched by any other CCD or CMOS-based solution.
The Ultra-Pocket 5 kit includes everything OEMs require for fast time-to-market: a 3-megapixel color CMOS image sensor with Autobrite, ASIC controller, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, taking lens, optical viewfinder and complete reference design specifications. The kit is available now to qualified OEMs looking to ship products into the marketplace in the second half of 2004.
For more information on SMaL Camera Technologies and its products, visit the company's web site.
