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I'd like to see the point & shoot camera companies start integrating complete Android phones into their point & shoot cameras.

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Why not just a [wireless] link phone <--> cameras?

It might be better to keep cameras as a separate package.

I'm far from an expert on photography but afaik -- physics imply that there are constraints on getting good images because of sensor size (especially in low light conditions; number of photons per cell/second).

The combination of a Eye-Fi wireless memory card and a cell phone that acts as a wireless router might do just that already. Anyone have any experience on this?

I have an Eye-Fi Pro (1st Gen) and an HTC Evo with hotspot. The problem with this combo is that the Eye-Fi has to be connected for a while before it starts uploading. By the time it starts, my battery is already dead. It works better with the MiFi for some reason. Note that either of these methods kill the geolocation feature. Since my camera is just a point and shoot (Samsung TL205 with front LCD), the quality isn't much better than just using the 8MP Evo camera.

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