Samsung Announces 8-megapixel Cell Phone, More Mobile Megapixels to Come
by Agen Schmitz
on September 29, 2008
One reason that point-and-shoot cameras were neglected at this year's Photokina trade show (see previous post) is that more and more people are using their phones as their main out-and-about camera. The UK's Pocket-Lint blog got to sit down with electronics giant LG recently, and they hinted that a 10-megapixel camera with HD video capture capabilities could come as soon as next year. And today Samsung made an official announcement of its new 8-megapixel camera phone: the Pixon. According to Phone Scoop:
The Pixon's primary feature is an 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection, geo-tagging and LED flash. It features a photo browser that interacts with the accelerometer to flip through photo albums. The video camera can shoot at 30 and 120 frames per second, allowing for slow motion playback. It also has a feature that creates a virtual 5.1 channel surround sound audio mix of what you record.Aside from the imaging features, the Pixon also offers a 3.2-inch touchscreen, digital audio player with FM radio, quad-band GSM, HSDPA 3G connectivity (via the 2100 MHz band used in Asia and Europe; not sure if it's compatible with T-Mobile USA, the sole provider in the states with a 2100 MHz 3G network), and up to 3.7 hours of talk time. SlashPhone notes it will be available first in France in mid-October with other European and Asian territories soon after that.
--Agen G.N. Schmitz
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