Company
Press Release:
SAMSUNG
launches India's First 8-Megapixel Touch Screen Camera Phone
- Offers simplicity of Touch and
Wonder of 8MP Camera
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New Delhi, March 5 , 2009 – Reaffirming its ‘Next is
What?’ positioning and strengthening its touch screen product portfolio ,
Samsung Mobile today announced the introduction of India's first 8-megapixel touch screen
camera phone, the SAMSUNG Pixon (M8800). The other touch screen phones in the
Samsung product portfolio include Samsung OMNIA(i900), Samsung TouchWiz
(F480) , both having 5 mega pixel camera resolutions as well as Samsung i780
,which is a sleek smart device featuring a full QWERTY
keyboard and full touch screen. SAMSUNG Pixon features the latest camera functions found in Digital
Cameras, like Advanced Shake Reduction, Blink detection, Smile detection,
Face detection , Panoramic shot etc. The photographs taken on the phone can
be edited and users can even make a photo memo by scribbling on the photos.
The phone facilitates easy mobile blogging and makes it fun to see and share
pictures - just by tilting the phone, pictures will scroll through for a
great viewing experience. It has video
recording capability and TV output for both PAL and NTSC systems. |
SAMSUNG Pixon (M8800) |
The 8.1cm WQVGA large full touch screen of the Samsung Pixon has the
amazing Samsung TouchWiz user interface for intuitive
tap, sweep, drag and drop operations as well as
live Home Screen Widgets like weather info , google search etc. This 3G phone
comes with an onscreen QWERTY keyboard and on screen handwriting recognition
for emailing, messaging and other inputs. "Samsung Pixon is made for users
who want to experience the best multimedia entertainment on their mobile phone
with the ease of a touch. Right from enjoying music and videos on the 8.1cm
wide full touch screen, to high quality image & video capturing, to sharing
them with their friends and family, Samsung Pixon offers consumers the real
benefit of mobile entertainment,” states Mr. Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung
Telecom Division.
Samsung Pixon supports a wide range of video player formats including DivX,
Xvid, mp4 through which users can enjoy an exciting pocket cinema experience on
its 8.1cm wide screen, along with automatic screen orientation, making every
video clip and movie more realistic than ever. Samsung Pixon also sports an
advanced Music Player with SRS 3D surround sound.
Samsung Pixon is also ideal for enthusiastic gamers. It comes pre-embedded
with host of popular games like Brain Challenge, Diamond Twister and
Millionaire-3. Apart from these, users can also enjoy the motion-sensor based
game - Tumbling Dice game can be played by shaking the handset. The Samsung
Pixon also offers the best ever mobile web browsing experience with both HSDPA
high speed Internet with upto 7.2 download speed and UMTS capability that offer
convenient and uninterrupted internet experience to the users.
The SAMSUNG Pixon is priced at
an MRP of Rs.28,750/-
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About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in
semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence
technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$105 billion. Employing
approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company
consists of two main business units: Digital Media & Communications
and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands,
Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile
phones and TFT-LCDs