Varioptic and Seiko partner up to make liquid lenses for cameraphones
...cameraphones last longer, are smaller, and have built-in hardware autofocus on the cheap
We'll have to wait and see what kind of optical quality these liquid lenses can provide. At the current pixel density that most cameraphone image sensors use - lets say 5 megapixels - the liquid lens technology would offer near perfect surface curvature....
