Samsung today officially announced the M8800 Pixon. The phone is the second 8 Mega Pixel shooter from Samsung after the i8510 Innov8. Smape had yesterday posted a hands on of the device & Mobile Review even posted a detailed review of the phone. The M8800 Pixon has Quad-band GSM support and Tri-band 3G with HSDPA and is fully capable of global roaming. It stands at 107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8mm and weighs mere 109 grams. Featuring a 3.2-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels the Samsung M8800 Pixon comes as a direct rival of LG KC910 Renoir.
The Samsung M8800 Pixon also include a GPS receiver, built-in accelerometer, FM radio with RDS and microSD memory card slot. In addition to taking exiting 8 megapixel photos its camera is capable of recording WVGA(740 x 480 pixels) videos at 30fps, which is a benchmark in mobile phones till now as Nokia N-Series phones shoot at VGA(640 x 480) resolution only. The Pixon will even have DivX playback and SRS Virtual 5.1 Channel Surround Sound to compete with Dolby Mobile Technology found in LG KC 910 Renoir.
The glaring omission in the Samsung M8800 Pixon specs sheet is the Wi-Fi connectivity which would have made it a complete mobile phone. It is expected to start shipping in mid-October and will retail at 550 euro (880 US dollars).
Detailed Specs of Samsung Pixon M8800 :
- 8 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
- 720 x 480 & 640 x 480 30 FPS Video Capture
- Face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600
- 3.2 inch WQVGA Touch Screen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- DivX playback
- SRS Surround Sound
- 3G, HSDPA, & GPS
- Quad Band GSM
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Video & Audio Player
- FM Radio with RDS
- Document Viewer
- Micro SD card slot
- ShoZu integration - direct image and video upload
- Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition
- 107.9 x 54. 6x 14.9 mm dimensions & 110 gm weight
Source : Samsung
