OmniVision Technologies, Apple's supplier of CMOS sensors for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, has unveiled a 5MP camera sensor that is capable of recording 1080p video.



From TUAW:

The sensor, named OV5690, is thin enough to fit in the iPod touch and iPad -- unlike the current 5MP OmniVision CMOS sensor which will only fit in the iPhone 4s body.

The OV5690 sensor would be a huge boon to the iPad and iPod touch, whose cameras are currently capped at less than 1 MP and shoot video in 720p. As for the next iPhone, the OV5690 sensor would definitely fit in it, but that would mean the iPhone's camera resolution would be limited to 5MP -- the current resolution of the iPhone 4.

  1080p camera sensor could be in the next iPhone, iPad, iPod touch