The  miniaturization trend continues… . This time, Samsung Techwin announces world’s smalles 8MP camera modules for phones, which it aims to mass-produce soon. According to the company, its 8.3mm thick camera module is 40% smaller than currently existing products, measuring 8.5mm by 8.5mm in size. This ought to pave the way for uber-sexy, RAZR-like 8-megapixel cameraphones in the future.

So while you already have phones that are thinner than ever, expect them to shed even more millimeters as time progresses, even though they keep gaining better features by the pocket-load. Those 8-megapixel camera phones with bad-ass optical zoom will become sexy in the future.

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Good news for Samsung! According to Strategy Analytics, mobile phone shipments in the United States grew 6 percent annually, to reach 47 million units during the third quarter of 2008. Samsung outperformed, making it the market leader in the US for the first time.

Even in the financial crisis, mobile phone shipments in the United States reached 47.4 million units during Q3 2008, up 6.2 percent from 44.6 million in Q3 2007. Attractive bundling schemes from operators, healthy subsidies and aggressive pre-stocking by distributors ahead of the holiday season helped to lift volumes. During Q3 2008, Samsung registered 22.4% marketshare in the US

Via: Slashphone