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Samsung SCH-S250 camera-phone

Juniper Foo | Oct 20, 2004

What a dilemma, and one we'd love to have at CNETAsia. With Samsung dropping a bombshell by launching a 5-megapixel camera-phone--leaving the competition still struggling with 2 megapixels in the dust--consumers now have a very real quandary of whether to purchase a dedicated 5-megapixel digital camera or the SCH-S250. While the resemblance with Sony Ericsson camera-phones may draw some flak, the technology won't. Partnering with Japan's Pentax, Samsung has created a camera-phone with a high-sensitivity flash on par with most top-end digicam models. The shutter speed is rated at 1/1,000th of a second, and the macro feature allows close-ups of up to 10cm. Not surprisingly, it's also video-capable, with the 92MB onboard memory storing up to 100 minutes of video at 320 x 240. The display, always an issue on camera-phones, has been given top billing with a QVGA TFD-LCD sporting 16 million colors--over 60 times that of existing mobile displays. Borrowing from its Matrix phone, Samsung's created a "stretch" design that protects both lens and LCD. Singaporeans should know by now they won't be getting such a super-cool phone anytime soon. So eat yer hearts out.

Click to see large image | "stretch" design | front view

Price: N.A.
Availability: Korea this month
Device: Camera-phone
Basic specs: cdma2000, 2-inch, 16 mil-color QVGA TFD LCD (240 x 320), 5-megapixel CCD camera, 64-chord polyphony, 32MB external memory (RS-MMC), 100 minutes video, supports MP3, TV-out, IrDA, Text-to-Speech function, 3D games and sounds, 115 x 49.5 x 18.5mm, 116g

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Toshiba nudio V602T

Juniper Foo | Oct 05, 2004

When Nokia launched the 7200 with its much-vaunted "sensual" textile cover, it overlooked the Asian equation: Humidity. Our test unit underwent a trial by sweaty palms and hawker center table tops, emerging just a little on the stinky side. Toshiba seems to have dipped a finger in the same waters with its experimental handset, the nudio V602T. However, it's opted for designs that suggest, rather than use actual, ceramic and metal textures. Too bad, like the CLIE, we can only see, no touch.

Click to see inside of phone.

Price: N.A.
Availability: Japan, from November
Device: Mobile phones
Specs: English-Japanese dictionary, 1.31-megapixel camera, 2.2-inch QVGA LCD, supports 512MB miniSD, 120 mins talktime, 380 hours standby, 112g

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