Samsung's 8-Megapixel Pixon coming to U.S.
That Samsung's Pixon has an 8 megapixel sensor hardly reassures: the problems of lag and general aggravation associated with cellphone cameras can't be resolved by adding resolution. On the other hand, the reviews are good, suggesting that it at least takes great shots, even if it is just another touchscreen handset in other respects.
Already available unlocked as a gray import, it's likely to be subsidized in the U.S. by AT&T, according to Cellphone Signal:
Today, FCC gave is the information about a new version of ths Samsung Pixon coming to USA market. This is the Samsung M8800L. This specific version of the Samsung Pixon wil come now with 1900 and 850 3.5G, only compatible with AT&T bands
Oddly, the Pixon has GPS and geo-tagging, but no Wi-Fi. If only HSDPA were widespread enough to make that a reasonable proposition.
Report [FCC via Cellphone Signal]
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I'm still waiting for the Sony c905a (also to be subsidized by AT&T, though I'd prefer it on T-Mobile), based pretty much on that it's basically an 802.11 WiFi + GPS geo-tagging capable phone slapped together with an 8MP CyberShot camera. (Not unlike the camera-phone in Flight of the Conchords.) In other words, it won't fail as a camera.
Samsung products always give me this weird vibe of having all of the specs right, but being very unpolished and not well integrated into a final product. I wouldn't be surprised if it changes modes on you as you're taking a picture just because you have an incoming call, or something like that.