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Samsung 12-megapixel M8920/SCH-W880 phone gets leaked

Friday, September 25, 2009

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We know Sony Ericsson’s got one, and it has an unboxing video already. Now let’s take a look at what Samsung has in store for us. This is the Samsung SCH-W880 (also known as the M8920) that looks primed and ready for an SK Telecom launch in Korea, and will definitely rival the Satio in [...]

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Mio’s Mystery PND Camera Wows

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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Mio has several new products for launch, all pushing the boundaries of convergence. The most interesting though is the unnamed PND + Camera. It’s not a phone, just a GPS personal navigator with a 3.5-inch touch screen and a big camera lens with optical zoom. No more detail is available for now but if you’re [...]

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K-Touch C280 8MP Camera Phone

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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One unknown Chinese manufacturers that has done good lately is K-Touch. We know next to nothing about this manufacturer but they’ve just announced the C280, an 8 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom. The camerais sensitive up to 1600 ISO. Presumably, it’s using a Samsung CMOS but tops the best Samsung camphone in the [...]

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Mustek DV300t Camera PMP

Sunday, February 3, 2008

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Mustek has released some very interesting convergence-minded devices in the past with. The DV300t qualifies as one (the makers are calling it a 6-in-1) but only in the superficial aesthetic sense. The 3.1 megapixel camera has no optical zoom. This is an interpolated resolution from a VGA CMOS lens that captures near-NTSC or PAL [...]

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China PMP/Phone Comes With Zoom Lens, Seven Speakers

Monday, January 28, 2008

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Your eyes aren’t trying to deceive you. The BI-LV2008 from Babiken International does indeed come with a long lens that will, no doubt, be the envy of lesser (at least, non-optical zoom) camera-equipped phones and PMPs. And, yes, it also has seven speakers. Hey, something really different for once. In the interest of portability, [...]

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BenQ DSC X800 is a slim PMP/digital camera

Monday, January 21, 2008

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Here’s something sweet to look out for in the first quarter of 2008 - a 9.8mm-thin, 8-megapixel digital camera/PMP from BenQ. The DSC X800’s prism-type lens is designed in such a way that all its movement occurs in the camera’s body, making it stay really slim even when you use its 3x optical zoom. [...]

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Nokia N82 Officially Outed

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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There is something majestic about the simple design of the Nokia N82. I used to think the phone was a little on the fugly side, based on a couple of unofficial spy photos. The press photos, however, prove me wrong. The Nokia N82 looks to be an all-metal number. Up front, you’ll notice the Sony [...]

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Motorola Launches 8 MP and 5 MP Camera Phones

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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How does a cellphone manufacturer like Motorola survive in world where iPhone is king? Why give ‘em what Phone doesn’t have or is famously lacking - high megapixel count. The site Gsmhelpdesk leaked photos on upcoming Motorola phones scheduled for 2008. One of them is the Motorola Skarven, which is an 8 megapixel cameraphone [...]

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Thin Origami Lens With Real Optical Zooming

Thursday, August 16, 2007

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Wonder why the Nokia N93 never goes out of style and never goes down in price? Besides the incomparable design and the sturdy build, the N93 has what the N95 and other handset photographic powerhouses do not have: optical zoom. But a lens with optical zoom takes up a lot of space and unless [...]

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Nokia N98 Concept Looks Sleeker Than iPhone

Sunday, July 15, 2007

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Apple will be wishing Nokia doesn’t officially take this French concept design into production. It runs on Symbian S70 3rd edition and upgrades on everything the N95 has got right now: 7.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 5x optical zoom (this is real physical lens zooming), integrated GPS, TNT (French digital TV) receiver, [...]

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