Replicating exact bitmap proportions in vector drawing

So … I have a stack of screen mock-ups (mobile 'phone) to include in documentation. At the moment, they are .png files I've been given by the developers; I would prefer to make vector images so I can resize them really crisply if needed.
What I can't work out how to do is draw/use Illustrator paths the way the original .png uses pixels; for example, draw the first element as a 1px * 12px path, draw the second element as a 2px * 16px path and then align them so the two elements together are neatly 2px high.
If this is possible, any tips on how to do it would be appreciated.

Niels,
The way I (mis)understand it, you may use Align>Distribute Spacing with the value 0, select both/all objects, then click the one to keep in place, before you apply it.

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images into vectored images?
I ask this question in response to a problem that I
have. I take photos using a camera of resolution 72
pixels per inch and then process them in a program I
have written in Java. I then print cards as the
output of the system processing. The picture quality
I then produce is a worry. The images are blurred and
they rather look like zoomed bitmap images. Its not
very disgusting but its something the clients are
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