Samsung Release the Kick-Ass M8800 Pixon Camera Phone
Tuesday 30 Sep 2008
Samsung has joined the race to release the first 8 megapixel camera phone. Previous rumours suggested it was to be called the Samsung Bresson. However, the latest word in the mobile industry is that it will be called the Samsung M8800 Pixon.
The first thing that I noticed was the Pixon is to be powered by the same interface as the
Samsung F480 Tocco which is no bad thing as I am a huge fan of the Tocco. In fact I would go as far as to say that the Tocco is my favourite handset on the market at the moment.
So, without further ado let’s get to the crooks of the matter and have a look at the camera functionality. As you would imagine, Samsung has placed a lot of emphasis on the camera features I would say that they have built the rest of the phone around the camera.
The M8800 Pixon is to run in direct competition with other much awaited 8 megapixel camera phones such as the
Sony Ericsson C905 and the
LG KC910. Okay, you may think one camera phone is much the same as the next one………….wrong, think again!!!! The Samsung M8800 Pixon really is going to be the kick-ass camera phone to have.
Well, that’s enough of my teasing, it’s time to give you the ingredients of the camera capability so make sure you’re sat comfortably as the list will sweep you off your feet.
8 megapixels as you already know, 16x digital zoom, face detection, smile detection, face tagging of recognised faces, ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction), auto-focus, dual power LED flash, geo-tagging, auto panorama shot, photo browser (Accelerometer Sensor), photo memo, video recording (30 frames per second) and slow motion shot (120 frames per second).
I think it’s fair to say the above list is impressive as a digital camera on its own let alone and camera phone. Personally, I can’t see any other phone touching the Pixon for some time.
You would think it would be lacking in other areas given the effort put into the camera but Samsung hasn’t let us down there either. Whether it’s browsing the web at HSDPA speeds, navigating using the touchscreen display, listening to your favourite tunes on the built-in MP3 player or finding your way around with the built-in GPS the Samsung M8800 Pixon looks like it can handle everything.
We have no details of an imminent release date but rest assured we are all waiting to get our hands on it at
Phone Genius.