Samsung Electronics recently announced its first 10-megapixel camera phone,
ushering in a new round of mobile convergence. Samsung said its SCH-B600 camera
phone will be disclosed during the one-week CeBIT 2006 show in Hanover, Germany,
which started Thursday (March 9).
The 10-megapixel camera features a 3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom and a
1/2,000th of a second shutter speed. According to Samsung, it is the first
camera phone to adopt an auto-focus, fill-light function to deliver
higher-resolution pictures.
The phone is equipped with a 2-inch, 16-million-pixel color TFT LCD, supports
satellite digital multimedia broadcasting services and comes with a dual-face
and dual-speaker system. It also includes TV-out and MP3 player functions.
Samsung recently announced its first smart phone equipped with an 8-Gbyte
hard disk drive. The SGH-i310 combines a phone, a digital camera and an MP3
player that can store about 2,000 songs.