LSI Corporation has unveiled two additions, the X112 and X113, to its TrueNTRY mobile phone platform for the low-cost, mass-market cameraphone segment. The two platforms feature integrated camera functionality and yet, says LSI, result in a low cost for GPRS handsets, which is currently the largest selling segment of mobile phones. The TrueNTRY mobile phone platforms support camera resolutions of up to 1.3 Megapixels, along with a full range of camera and multimedia features.
By integrating camera functionality into low cost mobile phones, LSI says it is enabling handset makers to differentiate themselves in the competitive low-cost, mass market, and so target high-growth countries like India and China where camera-capable handsets are in high demand.
With these two new platforms, LSI now has three pin- and software-compatible camera solutions that allow our customers to provide cost-optimised solutions for all low-cost and entry-level segments says Denis Regimbal, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Mobility business at LSI. 
Based on the LSI  rchitecture, the TrueNTRY X112 and X113 platforms offer image quality of 0.3 and 1.3 Megapixels respectively. The platforms also offer improved camera performance, such as burst mode for rapid-fire shots, and a shorter latency period between single shots. They include built-in photo editing effects, including sepia, black & white, sketch and other special effects. LSI is enabling these highly competitive, low-cost BOM (bill of materials) platforms by integrating the camera functionality into the baseband chip, thereby eliminating the need for an external camera companion device.
The LSI cameraphone platforms enable handset makers to get mobile phones to market quickly, by leveraging the LSI OptiVerse software architecture. OptiVerse features a scalable and flexible software architecture that enables customers to re-use their application software and hence lower their overall development time and cost. The platforms also include the robust LSI protocol stack software which is shipping worldwide in more than 50 million mobile phones annually.
In addition to their camera capabilities, the TrueNTRY X112 and X113 platforms also feature advanced audio processing, including dynamic noise suppression, echo cancellation, and full duplex speakerphone; integrated polyphonic sound synthesizer and MP3 ring tones; a Bluetooth interface for wireless access; integrated power management solution that supports all phone peripherals; and integrated battery-charging, with over-voltage protection
For the mid-range multi-media cameraphone segment, LSI offers another pin and software-compatible device, the X115 mobile phone platform, which supports 2 Megapixel camera resolutions and is already shipping in volume.
LSI is currently shipping sample quantities of the X112 and X113 cameraphone platforms.