Samsung unveils the 8-MP touch-screen Pixon handset

Everyone loves to play photographer these days. And with technology allowing us to capture just about every spontaneous moment in life, ordinary camera phones would no longer do.

Which is why Samsung is aiming to raise the bar in camera phones with its new Pixon M8800.

Featuring a stunning eight-megapixel camera, advanced picture-taking functions, photo and video uploading features, and a large touch-enabled screen, all housed in a sleek and stylish body with a dual-face design, the Pixon is set to take picture-taking and photo-blogging to a whole different level.

Combining the powers of a true digital camera with the ease of use of a full touch-screen display, the Samsung Pixon enables users to take photos in a snap.

Its intelligent imaging features, such as Fast Advanced Shake Reduction, Face Recognition, and Auto Contrast Balance, can help even the most novice shutterbugs take clear, sharp images with stunning colors.

The Pixon’s Photo Browser function categorizes snapshots by time, color tone, and composition, making photo browsing easier and faster. Users simply have to tilt the phone to control their picture browsing experience.

For the more adventurous auteur, advanced camera features allow them to take beautiful landscape shots with the Automatic Panorama Shot, and snap perfect profile photos every time with the Smile Shot and Blink Shot features.

The Pixon also keeps photos organized and in sync with your phonebook contacts through the Face Tagging service, and even sorts your pictures any way you want — through face recognition, location, time, and file name.

Samsung’s newest wonder phone lets users share their memorable moments with the rest of the world with its Photo Sharing and Video Uploading features. Mobile blogging can be done in an instant in 30 of the most popular user-generated websites: Flickr, Facebook, Blogger, Wordpress, Twitter, and so much more.

Mobile blogging allows you to upload items, including photos and videos taken on your mobile phone to your blogs, social online networks and other websites without going through a computer.

This feature works with Shozu to allow you to keep your friends and family updated on your life. Simply use the embedded Shozu program to upload mobile content to the Web with just one click.

The Samsung Pixon also boasts tremendous potential as a music player. Thanks to its Music Recognition feature, users simply record a 10-second sample of that great new song, and Pixon will access its extensive database to help you identify the song, the artist, and even the album!

An additional option gives you the chance of purchasing the music so you can listen to it to your heart’s content — legally!

The Pixon can play videos in MPEG4, WMV, DivX, XviD formats, as well as record 30fps clips in 720 x 480 and 120fps in QVGA resolution. Music playing from the built-in music player and FM radio are enhanced by Samsung’s Digital Natural Sound engine.

Other features include Bluetooth, TV-out connection, microSD card slot, and a unique Samsung Mobile Widget technology that enables users to personalize their phones.

The Samsung Pixon matches its highly functional and advanced camera phone technology with a stylish yet user-friendly design. It sports a large 3.2-inch touch screen with 16M-color TFT display.

Users can do whatever they want by simply pressing any of the desktop-like widgets on the screen. In its 13.8-mm casing, the Pixon is a camera phone powerhouse that easily fits the palm of your hand.

To enhance the fun, Samsung Fun Club, the official website of Samsung Mobile, is giving its users a chance to design/personalize a Pixon phone and share it with all their contacts in their Facebook and Friendster.

The grandest design wins a new Pixon phone. Interested parties just have to log on to samsungmobile.com to start “widgeting” their way to the SFC Pixon Application’s top choice.

The Samsung Pixon will be available in the local market on the third week of this month with a recommended retail price of P26,000.