China camera-phone boasts Samsung's sensor and Canon's image processor

Leonard Goh | May 26, 2008

Technological wonders from China never cease to amaze us. For the pirates and copycats, mimicking the exterior is not enough, they now raid the names of the big boys and slap these onto their products.

An eagle-eyed colleague alerted us to the K-Touch C280 which supposedly uses Canon's DIGIC III image processor, the latest engine found in the EOS 450D and IXUS 80 IS. This baffled us because we don't understand why the Japanese firm would lease its secret to a China phone manufacturer. As of press time, we were unable to reach Canon for a comment, but we wouldn't dispute the fact that there could be collaboration between the two companies.

Tech blog Engadget went even further to speculate that the C280 "might very well be using a CMOS sensor from Samsung". If this is true, then the 8-megapixel camera-phone would have combined some of the best technologies in the market, giving point-and-shoot units a run for their money when launched.

For us, we're taking this with a pinch of salt, especially after so many reports of iPhone lookalikes.

Photo credit: Aving.net

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