Gadget review company Electronica has recently reported that Samsung are working on the production of an amazingly thin 8 megapixel camera.

We thought Okay, not really that interesting but then we read further into the article to discover that not only is it going to used just as a digital camera but it’s also planned to be used in their mobile phones. Imagine that, an 8 megapixel camera on your mobile that is actually a real digital camera. We think this will have a revolutionary impact on the mobile market and force the other mobile manufacturers to follow suit as soon as they can.

Essentially, this means that the camera phone has caught up with the digital camera which is fantastic news for us mobile users and even better than that, it will humble the critics who constantly insist camera phones are nowhere as good as digital cameras.

Right, shall we get into the specifications? Well you won’t believe this but the camera module Samsung are producing measures in at an incredible 1.5 centimetres across and is only 7.5mm thick. Put that into comparison terms and it means that it is slightly thicker than a pencil in width. It’s not all about appearances though as we need it to produce quality imaging. With ISO1600 low-light sensitivity it will work in the darkest of venues. Other features include anti-blur, noise correction and for when you take portrait shots it has facial and smile recognition. It’s quite simply unbelievably powerful for its size.

Unfortunately, there has not been any confirmation on release dates as yet but don’t be shocked if you see it at ND Mobiles in the latter part of 2008.