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Panasonic CM1 marries Android phone to slim camera

Panasonic’s CM1 joins a large 1-inch, 20-megapixel sensor with a big lens and an Android phone. Stephen Shankland/CNET COLOGNE, Germany — Smartphones have largely replaced compact cameras, but Panasonic launched a new product called the CM1 to bring the two product categories together. Depending on how you look at it, it’s either a very slim camera or a somewhat bulky …

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Worldwide smartphone shipments to touch 1.2B this year

Sarah Tew/CNET Smartphone shipments across the world will near 1.2 billion this year — a bounce of 19 percent from 2013 — Juniper Research said Tuesday. Although developed markets will continue to account for the lion’s share of shipments, developing regions are becoming more vital to smartphone makers. The gap between mature markets and emerging markets is closing, noted Juniper, …

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