Hm. Interesting theory. Agree woleheartedly with the point reference the laws of physics - the larger the CMOS sensor, the better the picture ultimately. Look at the size of the lens in a camera phone. How large do you really think the CMOS is behind that tiny little 2.8mm lens?

Granted, phones are getting *better* at photos - my lady has a Sony Satio (12.1Mp) camera phone - the camera is great, using Xenon flash as well instead of poxy dual LED's, which makes impulsive shooting in low light conditions soooo much better than my N900, but the video recording on it sucks. The 900 is sooo much better at recording video, and I put that down to the processing speed of the ARM-8 and potentially also the write speed of the memory.

Rant:

To say that phones will have DSLR quaity in, say, 5 years, wouldn't be too much to ask, but by 2011....? Somehow, I don't think so. And for it to be Nokia that is the benchmark? What about Sony Ericsson and their Cybershot series? Much better image quality already and obviously the trailblazers so far as camera phones go. Nokia still don't have Xenon flashes. Nuff sed.

/Rant