For all you point-and-shoot lovers with a lot of free time on your hands, Samsung just announced the VLUU i85 digital camera. This 8.1MP shooter has a 3-inch touchscreen display, and supports MP3 and video (unspecified type) files to keep you occupied while you wait for your next shot.
The VLUU i85 also has a Tour Guide function that provides travel information for 2,600 regions in 30 countries. It comes with Samsung’s ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) system, Intelligent Face Recognition Technology, an ISO of 1600, and 450MB of internal memory.
This camera joins the 7.3MP VLUU i7 in filling out Samsung’s advanced point-and-shoot lineup. The official release date for the VLUU i85 is sometime in August. MSRP is £229, about $464.
[via techdigest]
August 9th, 2007 at 6:20 am
[...] Meet Shenzhen Ovito Electronic Co. Ltd’s KD-M518, a digital camera that plays movies (25fps for 640×480 pixels and 30fps for320×240pixels), supporting ASF files. Not a fan of this format? Well, it comes with software that converts MPEG1/4 files. JPEG files are natively supported, as well as MP3 and WMA. Video-recording capability is included, as is e-book reader functionality. This device is made in the same vein as Samsung’s VLUU i85. [...]