Digital camera maker Altek is a Taiwanese company that is known for making cameras. What has caught our attention was the latest device that they unveiled at the CommunicAsia event in Singapore.

With a 14 mega pixel CCD sensor camera with 3x zoom capabilities and Xenon flash, the Altek Leo makes for a very good digital camera. It even comes complete with software features like smile detection and photographers can even do tricks like panoramic sweeps. The Leo also has a nice big touch screen display on the back which lets users view the images and even do some quick edits.

But what is most interesting about the Altek Leo is that you can also take and make calls with this device. Yes, the 14 mega pixel snapper loaded device is actually a mobile phone- -and it also runs the Android operating system.

This makes Altek’s Leo the camera phone with the best features for anyone who wanted to fully consolidate a high end digital camera with a powerful smart phone. While Altek has not revealed the full spec sheet for this device, it is estimated that the display is a 4 inch TFT capacitive touch screen. Hopefully, they match this device with a good CPU at 800MHz or faster, and of course, plenty of internal storage (or at least supports 32GB micro SD cards).

So far, Altek has given no clue as to when this device will be launched. It is confirmed that it will certainly be coming out in Asia, though hopes for getting this Android smart phone locally in the UK are pretty low at the moment.

This latest device shows the world how far the mobile phone has come since the very first devices made it to store shelves. These days, people rely on mobile phones for everything. As more and more features are put into the phone and even more gadgets are consolidated into a single device, it will not be long before smart phones will be all that we need.

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