It may be getting into headlines more often for its cellphones (especially the never-ending Corby range) but Samsung is busy in other fields too. It recently gave us a glimpse of its latest digital camera – the CL80 and we were not just intrigued – heck, we were downright impressed.
The reason for our jaws doing the dropping act was not just gravity. Or even the specs on the new Sammy clicker. All right, 14 megapixels, 7x optical zoom, 31 mm wide angle lens, 720 dp HD recording and HDMI connectivity are not to be sneezed at, but at the most, they would elicit a raise of the ‘umble eyebrow. What sent ours scurrying into our scalps was the fact that the device comes with a bigger than usual 3.7 inch display. And it ain’t an ordinary display – it is AMOLED. It is a touchscreen. And a capacitive (read “iPhone type”) one at that. With haptic feedback!
And we are not through yet. The camera has support for Wi-Fi and comes with integrated Facebook, Flickr, PhotoBox and Picasa and YouTube access. In simple terms, this means that if you happen to be in a hot spot you can directly upload your videos and pictures to these websites – no computer required. Now, that is the way to hit back at those sissy camera phones and their click-and-upload-instantly advantage.
All of which is enough to convince us that this is no ordinary shooter that Sammy has up its ample product sleeves, even though the interface seems a tad iffy (was never convinced by touchscreen camera displays, truth be told). All that remains to be known is when will it hit the market. January, we are told and as for the price, ah, that was sealed lips territory. Analysts reckon it will be in and around USD 450-500 territory.
And when it does hit the market, we bet many people will wonder: is this what digicams will become? Aye, we say. Just throw in GPS for some geo-tagging and (dreamily) an inbuilt 3G card and we will dump our cameraphones instanter.
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