Samsung's 5 megapixel phone

The current 'norm' for a decent cameraphone is a 3.2MP resolution. But that is set to go up to 5MP very soon, when phones such as Nokia's N95 and Samsung's amazing Ultra Smart F700 arrive.
The F700 has a huge 2.8in touch screen and a slide-out keypad similar to several recently-launched smartphones.
In theory, it should be a photoblogger's dream - very high quality images from the 5MP camera, some basic picture editing, plus relatively easy typing.
It will be fascinating to try one. The main fear is that the 5MP images will actually be a step backwards. Packing so many pixels into a limited area of silicon can allow neighbouring pixels to interfere with each other, a process known as crosstalk, which can cause fuzziness. And very high resolution can simply expose lens defects, which is why the major phone manufacturers have been sourcing their optics from leading lens makers such as Schneider and Leica recently.
The massive amounts of data in a 5MP image could also pose problems when uploading via the mobile networks, which is likely to be time-consuming and very expensive. The phone supports the new HSDPA high speed download system, but that doesn't help with uploads. No WiFi either, so you can't even find a hotspot and upload from there.
And the phone is a beast of a thing to carry around. Must get one to try out later this year - they should be in the shops mid-year.