Samsung spits out second 8-megapixel mobile, christens it "Pixon"

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 25th 2008 at 10:51PM

Hot on the INNOV8's trails comes another 8-megapixel phone out of Samsung's frighteningly fast-paced labs, this one dubbed M8800 Pixon (is it just us, or does that sound like a great name for an alien life form?). They're really mixing it up here, too -- unlike the S60-based INNOV8, the Pixon packs a full-on 400 x 240 touchscreen and settles for Samsung's proprietary non-smartphone platform. The OS seems to be the only place it's settling, though, since we've got triband HSDPA, GPS, an FM radio, microSD expansion -- and, oh yeah, there's the little matter of that whopping cam with face detection, geotagging, and WVGA video recording. Sadly there's no WiFi on board, but it'd be just a little less useful than normal without an honest-to-goodness smartphone OS as your playground -- and at least you've got global 3G on your side. It looks like we can expect shipments of this one sometime in November for €550 (about $805).

[Via GSMArena]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: 8 megapixel, 8Megapixel, bresson, m8800, pixon, samsung

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JR @ Sep 25th 2008 11:25PM

There is already a full review out there.

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-m8800-en.shtml

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Fernando @ Sep 26th 2008 1:27AM

GPS can't be used outside of geotagging? lol

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KilgoreTrout @ Sep 27th 2008 11:00AM

I keep on reading presentations of lots of cellphones I would buy tomorrow but that are nowhere to be seen (or bought) in the real world.
The Pixon, the omnia, touch screen models from LG, the SE experia, the nuvifone, etc. etc. when the hell will I be able to exchange my hard earned euros for just one of those babies?

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