Samsung M8800 Pixon

Unveiled at last the full specifications of the Samsung M8800, a model that we saw recently with the name of Bresson, but it seems that his code name is Pixon. In any case, either of the two names together perfectly describes his main task, the photograph.


It is the second of the models that Samsung is launching an 8 megapixel sensor, which is closer to a camera than a cellphone. But in this last feature also highlights the Samsung M8800 presenting characteristics shared with other models of the manufacturer or the like Omnia Tocco.


It is a quad phone with support for HSDPA connectivity. Is controlled through its touchscreen, with a size of 3.2 inches and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. It comes equipped with TouchWiz interface, which allows handle it with your fingers, and with which we can use various widgets, including a prediction of time and some of Google.

Although not handle physical keyboard, the Samsung M8800 offers an onscreen keyboard, which is kind of QWERTY if we use in horizontal. To do so, the phone has an accelerometer that automatically rotates the screen to rotate. But if you prefer other methods of text input, also supports handwriting recognition.
No falls short in the rest of features, since it also includes a GPS receiver and Bluetooth connectivity, but there should be something essential in this kind of a phone today, the Wi-Fi connectivity, which has not been included in The Samsung M8800. A pity, because we will have to rely always HSDPA.
In the multimedia section, offers us the opportunity to play in DivX video and music, can store the content on memory cards MicroSD type. Too bad it does not include a conventional headphone jack, but an owner of Samsung, like they did in the Omnia. We find also an FM radio tuner with RDS support.

But we are going to point the most spectacular Samsung M8800, its camera. As the resolution offered is eight megapixels, supporting auto and having an image stabilizer. It includes features for recognizing faces and detect smiles and flashing, which normally only see in compact cameras of medium and high.

In addition to photos (which, incidentally, can be geolocalize thanks to the GPS receiver), the camera also can record video, either in widescreen, 720 x 480 pixels, or conventional, at 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second.


Good specifications of the Samsung M8800, which is being advocated as an alternative to the Samsung Omnia, but with a better camera and replacing the Windows Mobile operating system by itself from a Korean manufacturer. Too bad the lack of Wi-Fi connection to allow the networks where available.

Will be put up for sale starting in November and its price around about the 550 euros free.