Gizmodo: 8mp

Samsung Memoir Coming to T-Mobile Feb. 25th for $299

Mark Wilson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:56:22 EST

According to some newly leaked docs, the 8MP Samsung Memoir is coming to T-Mobile February 25th, a week later than we'd originally thought for $299 w/2 year contract. [TmoNews via MobileCrunch]

T-Mobile Is Getting the 8MP Samsung Pixon M8800L Cameraphone Too

John Mahoney — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:40:00 EST

Recall that Samsung 8MP shooter that was previously spied in blurrycam photos with T-Mo branding, but then spotted in the FCC's filing cabinets with AT&T's 3G livery? Well, the FCC sleuths over at Boy Genius have dug up the same phone, now designated the T929 and equipped with 1700MHz support for T-Mobile's 3G network after all. Now no one gets left out. T-Mobile folks also have the 8.1MP Sony Ericsson C905 to look forward to as well. [FCC via Boy Genius]

Samsung Pixon May Be First 8MP US Camera Phone

Mark Wilson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:47:00 EST

Compliments of the FCC, we have some confirmation of rumors that Samsung will be releasing the 8MP Pixon M8800L smartphone to the US market.

While initial reports suggested that the Pixon camera/phone would be arriving to T-Mobile, new hardware specs reveal it uses AT&T-compatible 850 and 1900 MHz WCDMA. Sorry T-Mobile fans.

As the similar M8800 is already out overseas, we can get a taste of what are probably the M8800L's full specs:

• 107.9x54.6x14.9mm, 110 g
• 3.2-inch touch screen display (240 x 400 pixels)
• 8 megapixel camera, auto focus, face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600, WVGA (720x480 pixels) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels) @30fps video recording
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Accelerometer
• DivX playback
• FM radio with RDS
• microSD card slot
• Bluetooth
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• Handwriting recognition
• Office document

It should be noted, Sony is not out of the 8MP cameraphone race just yet.

So would you rather your smartphone be a bit large with a nice camera? Or would you rather your large camera just have 3G uploading options? [FCC via BGR]

Fujifilm FinePix F480 Cheapie and the Even Cheaper A920

blongo3 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:01 EDT

Fuji has two new entry-level digicams coming down the line. First is the Finepix A920, sporting a 9-mp CCD, 4x zoom and a 2.7-inch screen all for $199.95. But if you need your camera to be a little more on the trim side than you'll want to take a look at the F480. This guy has similar specs to the A920 aside from a slightly smaller 8-mp sensor and is .4-inches thinner, but is also a bit cheaper at $179.95. Looks like the Canon PowerShot A450 and the Canon Coolpix L12 have some new competition.