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Samsung Unveils Its First Phone With Video Editing Capability

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:40:00 EDT

What's the next logical step in the YouTube user-generated content video craze? Well, even if you didn't read the headline, you probably guessed it: the ability to edit video on your phone then upload right away. Samsung just unveiled the SCH-B750 in Korea. It twists, Nokia N90-style, into a camcorder posture for shooting. When your clip is shot, you can cut it up, add text and background music, then send it straight to a website, such as Korea's www.pandora.tv, all straight from the phone. Jump for more photos of the phone (and the lovely model).

Video resolution is 320x240 (and what looks like the option of up to 352x288), and the basic format is MPEG4. The phone will come in black, white and red (no mention of silver), and will list for 600,000 won, or just over $650.

[Samsung via InfoWorld]

Samsung Brings PiP to Mobile Phones

Adam Frucci — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:15:00 EDT

Samsung is bringing a new phone equipped with Mobile TV to South Korea, the SCH-B710. While Mobile TV is just taking its first baby steps here in the States, in South Korea it's been going strong for some time now, so they're already on to a second generation of phones capable of streaming DMB signals.

This new phone actually offers picture-in-picture viewing on the phone. Yes, on a screen so small you can barely watch one show you're now able to watch two at the same time. Generally speaking, the South Korean consumer electronics market is a look into the future of our own tech landscape, so it's not out of the realm of possibility for us to be able to watch both 30 Rock and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip on our phones simultaneously at some point. Finally! –Adam Frucci

Samsung to present a new phone at the KIS [Akihabara News]

Samsung SCH-B600 Has a 10-Megapixel Camera Inside

Charlie White — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:23:09 EDT

Here's what Samsung is calling "the world's first super camera phone," the Samsung SCH-B600. That's a 10-megapixel digital camera in there, and the lens is long enough to let it zoom 3x optically. A neat trick: the phone is 6mm thinner and 10g lighter than Samsung's 7-megapixel V770 camera phone it introduced last year. It works just like a regular digital camera, too, with autofocus, a 2.2-inch 240x320 LCD display and video at 320x240 and 30fps. The bad news is that it will initially only be available in Korea for $900.

Well, it's about time somebody rolled out a decent digital camera inside a cell phone, and even though this one will only be only available in Korea for an exorbitant price, it's just the next shot in the ongoing war to place real cameras inside cellphones, and not just a bunch of unusable blurry bullshit. But that megapixel number doesn't tell the whole story. Wonder if the lens is any good, or those sensors gathering the light...? – Charlie White

Check out the detailed photos and official Samsung press release, after the jump.

Samsung's Official Press Release:

SEOUL, KOREA, Oct 10th, 2006: Samsung reinforces its technology leadership by launching the world's first 10 megapixel mobile phone (model: SCH-B600) in Korean market.

Samsung reached another milestone in camera phones by launching 10 megapixel camera phone, which was unveiled at CeBIT in March this year. Samsung has been the first to introduce mobile phone with embedded camera in 2000. Samsung has also launched the world's first 5 megapixel camera phone in October 2004 ; the world's first 7 megapixel camera phone in July 2005.

Samsung's 10 megapixel camera phone (SCH-B600) is 6mm thinner and 10g lighter than the 7 megapixel camera phone (SCH-V770) and sets itself apart from its previous megapixel camera phones by combining mobile TV capability in Satellite standard.

The B600 offers the same level of picture-taking sophistication that a 10 megapixel digital camera offers. The camera function includes 3x optical zoom and 5x digital zoom. It also has auto focus and a flash unit that performs optimally for 10 megapixel photographs.

Also, the B600 comes fitted with a LED autofocus feature which assists users to capture clear, crisp photos even in dark settings. Located next to the lens, the LED autofocus automatically determines the distance and utilizes the appropriate focus setting for optimal photo shooting.

The B600 also supports white balance, manual focus, continuous picture-taking, and interval picture-taking functions.

It also supports Bluetooth which enables users to send pictures wirelessly to other mobile phones, printers or to Bluetooth headsets.

The high color Reproduction TFT-LCD produces the highest possible display for its size. The photo-fine chromic LCD can reproduce 16 million colors, virtually any color found in nature, earning it the "True Color" appellation. Moving pictures can be recorded in QVGA resolution at 15-30 frames per second. Users can watch live TV in crisp picture through Satellite DMB function.

It also supports external memory (MMCmicro) in addition to its internal memory. The mobile phone supports a TV-out function where users can connect their phones to view still or motion pictures.
The B600 comes with a design reminiscent of a real digital camera. The front is designed as a bar-type mobile phone, while the back side is used as the digital camera.

Other advanced functions in the B600 include an MP3 player, business card reader, and 128 polyphonic sounds.

The price of Samsung B600 is around 900,000 won (about $ 900) in Korea."

Samsung's 10-megapixel cellphone in your (Korean) face [Digital World]

Samsung SCH-B470 Has Picture-in-Picture

Charlie White — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:21:21 EDT

For those of us in the United States who someday hope to enjoy digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) on our cellphones here (currently it's only available in South Korea), we can only drool over the Samsung SCH-B470, a DMB phone that also lets you watch two shows at once with its picture-in-picture (PIP) goodness.

It's also pretty cool the way that screen rotates and flips back into the clamshell when you're not using it, and it also has an MP3 player and 2-megapixel camera onboard. Someday the United States will have such technological marvels. – Charlie White

SCH-B470 the PIP DMB Phone from Samsung [Akihabara News]

Samsung 10-Megapixel Camera Phone Pics

Charlie White — Tue, 16 May 2006 10:09:56 EDT

We mentioned the Samsung SCH-B600 when it was first announced at CeBIT, and now a couple of pictures of the 10-megapixel camera phone were snapped at Comm Korea 2006. You've got to be impressed with a cellphone whose camera's pixel count beats out most digital cameras and even lots of digital SLRs.

These shots further reveal that the upcoming handset is certainly more of a camera with a cellphone attached than the other way around. Look at that huge honking lens!

Live shots of Samsung's 10MP cameraphone [Akihabara News]