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When the U.S. received the Nokia N97 before Europe, there were definite beach parties and fireworks. These were followed by mass prayers and offerings of thanks to the divine deity for this great gift of the N97 and that too before Europe. Now many are hopeful that they will continue in the good eye of God and in the shower of blessings, possibly get their hands on the Nokia N86 8MP. Out sometime in the next week, all Nokia fans literally have their fingers crossed for a concurrent release of the Nokia N86 in Europe and U.S. The N86 has already been showcased in flagship stores in London, and the release date is set for June 19th. The handsets have already started shipping worldwide so it shouldn’t be long for anyone any way.

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The LG K910i aka the Renoir has been a handset to crave with its 8 megapixel camera and stylish form factor. And while LG came out with a very sleek black colored version of the handset, something specific for the ladies was lacking. Till now that is. We are happy to show you LG’s Pink Renoir. Gotta say, it takes a very well designed handset to pull off pink, and the Renoir still looks good. The handset is available across the globe in its new color so I guess that settles what you’ll be doing after reading this post.

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Up till now we had all been living in a time where the Samsung Memoir was the only 8 megapixel camera phone bearing handset on T-Mobile. And, well, many folks would rather not take pictures than use the Memoir to scar a perfectly good moment forever. But we are now happy to report that evolution has kicked in and Sony Ericsson will (hopefully) give us a better answer to the 8 megapixel question. The Cyber-shot branded CS8 has just passed the FCC’s glare and will be in time to capture all your summer parties. Apart from the 8.1 megapixel camera, the CS8 also comes fully loaded with GPS, Wi-Fi sans UMA, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and the all too sparse tag-team combo of 1700/2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA. And for the Sherlock fans, yeah you guessed it, this is the T-Mobile version of the C905. No confirmed release date yet, but rumors pit a June 24 debut.

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Word has it that the LG Viewty may be making an appearance sometime this June, the only sad part is that the appearance will be for UK only while the rest of us will simply have to do with pouting. Orange subscribers of course have reason to be extremely proud of themselves, since the Viewty packs an 8 megapixel camera with tons of video/picture options not to mention new S-Class 3D user interface, WVGA touchscreen, A-GPS, DivX, Dolby sound, 32GB expandable storage, 7.2 Mbps 3G speed and Wi-Fi. Yum.

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Because the phones had “NOO” written on them and then lamely covered with a black marker. Hello 10th grade! Anyway, the handset really did look rushed, just look at the non-existent finish. It’s like 8 megapixels slapped on to cheap plastic. Also, apart from the 8 megapixel camera, the N86 lacks anything very interesting. Nokia had better slap the Carl Zeiss beauty onto some better handset or it will just be wasting 8 mp after 8 mp. Try to enjoy the images, I just found them painful.

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The Samsung Memoir has been up and available for grabs on T-Mobile as of yesterday. The much anticipated 8 megapixel sensor feature phone is a decent attempt by Samsung, but not quite all there.

The Memoir features TouchWiz, which is an attempt to make the boring i-do-nothing-but-cook-widgets OS  some kind of pizzazz. The home screen tells you the time and weather (what an original concept!) Other specs include T-Mobile 3G support, touch screen with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface (but you know how we all feel about that), Xenon flash, HTML web browser, A-GPS and admittedly neat photo functions such as smile and face detection along with geo-tagging capabilities.

The only thing Samsung dared to make interesting was the photo section of the phone. You can swipe to view all your photos from whatever it was you thought was so cool to do. Oh and then you can upload pictures to Flickr and T-Mobile MyAlbum service. But the stone-age OS just ruins it. Oh then there’s a matter of price, exactly what is going through T-Mobile’s head putting the Memoir for $249.99 on a 2-year contract. I mean hello! Have they forgotten they have a BlackBerry Cure 8900 that just can’t stay on the shelves for more than an hour? Bad price point. A feature phone, no smartness anywhere and a price tag the size of a sumo wrestler, boring. Next please.

Contrary to many sensible expectations, Nokia did not announce the much anticipated 8 megapixel camera bearing phone. Instead what Nokia went up and did was release a press document (in PDF) that gives a shady picture and not much detail about the would be awesome handset. Exactly what the hell is Nokia thinking? Read the rest of the press release to have an idea of our exasperation.

After Samsung and Sony Ericsson and the like made announcements to bring out 8 megapixel camera phones, it seemed Nokia was being unusually lazy by not catching up. After all, the Finnish manufacturer has a reputation for high quality camera phone images. So finally Nokia went all official and put up the image on its blog; this is a “pretty picture [taken] with a Nokia device.” And the EXIF data attached to the picture revealed that the dimensions come in at 3264 × 2448 pixels, that’s 8 megapixels to be precise. The ‘Model’ field on the EXIF sheet reads ‘Undisclosed (Carl Zeiss)’; sings that the handset is not out there but definitely at the tip of the pipeline, just waiting for someone to open the faucet. MWC seems to be a very good faucet opening, so let’s hope Nokia comes in with some real solid camera phone bling.

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Did we tell you that the Samsung Memoir may well come to T-Mobile? Yeah we did! And now it’s official. The Memoir is going to be out this month. What’s so great about the Memoir? Only the cool 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, 16x digital zoom and Xenon flash. And yeah it has the Samsung TouchWiz interface too. Samsung also threw in a full virtual QWERTY keyboard plus aGPS. But the pride and glory of the Memoir is the 8 megapixel camera that they’ve coupled with an exemplary ease of uploading all the pictures you take to flikr, Photobucket, Kodak Gallery or Snapfish, all from the touch screen. Cool right? The only sad part is the absence of Wi-Fi. In any case the phone is great, just check out the pictures. And yeah, if you want to know how much Tmo loves their new toy, check this press release;

SAMSUNG MOBILE AND T-MOBILE USA INTRODUCE BEST-IN-CLASS 8-MEGAPIXEL CAMERA PHONE

Samsung Memoir™ Captures and Shares High-Quality Images

With Advanced Features and Touch Screen

DALLAS, and BELLEVUE, WASH. — Feb. 5, 2009 — Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) and T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Memoir™, a full touch-screen mobile phone equipped with an 8-megapixel camera and premium multimedia features, placing it among the highest quality imaging phones available in the U.S.

The Memoir, available exclusively from T-Mobile, is designed to look and feel like a customer’s current point-and-shoot digital camera. The built-in 8-megapixel camera with Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom and five shooting modes empower customers to capture exceptional photos and videos from their phone — whether they’re on the go, on a vacation or just hanging out around the house.

The touch-screen phone, enabled by Samsung’s TouchWiz™ user interface and powered by T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, makes sharing photos easy. Samsung’s new photo widget allows customers to post images taken with the Memoir directly to their favorite online photo sharing source, such as flickr®, Kodak® Gallery, Photobucket and Snapfish.

“With the 8-megapixel Samsung Memoir, T-Mobile customers can capture and share little slices of life in all their vibrant brilliance,” said Denny Marie Post, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “With the ability to share photos at your fingertips, the Memoir helps make those connections more meaningful by their immediacy.”

The Memoir’s full-touch virtual QWERTY keypad and multiple messaging capabilities, including text, multimedia messaging, instant messaging and e-mail, make staying connected quick and easy while on the go. The Memoir is complete with a music and video player and built-in Assisted GPS navigation, which allows customers to utilize location-based services including turn-by-turn directions. For hands-free use, the Memoir features stereo Bluetooth® technology, speakerphone and voice-activated dialing.

“This is the camera phone that will make people want to leave their digital camera at home,” said Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Mobile. “When you combine the Memoir’s imaging capabilities, customizable menus and music player, not only is it a great phone, but the entertainment possibilities are unlimited.”

T-Mobile users of the United States have something to be happy, in fact very happy about. Rumor had been abuzz for a while that the Samsung M8800 Pixxon may be coming to T-Mobile, and the latest tidings are the phone is here and it’s been renamed the T929 Leica.

T-Mobile just recently launched the Samsung T919 Behold and just when it seemed as if the holiday treats were about to end, another awesome touch screen cell phone is on the way. The T929 Leica is one of those breathtaking devices you can’t wait to get your hands on. Samsung has basically taken an 8 megapixel camera and put a cell phone on it. The secret was uncovered on Best Buy’s website, where they have included the T929 on the list of devices compatible with the replaceable lithium ion battery the site is offering for sale.

The T929 Leica is fully dedicated to imaging and the 8 megapixel camera is equipped with autofocus, anti-shake technology, face and smile detection, a dual LED flash and nifty collection of image enhancing devices. Also the Leica has high standard video recording capability; it records 30 frames per second at a resolution of 720 x 480 pixels. There’s also the option of recording at 120 frames per second at 320 x 240 pixels. You also get the ever desirable geo-tagging facilty to make your photos more memorable.

Pretty much goes without saying, but the Leica is a 3G phone. It features Samsung’s mega hit TouchWiz interface. If you don’t remember, this is the user interface that gives the ultimate personalization experience with the help of widgets placed in a tray on the phone’s screen . on a sadder note, the Leica has no Wi-Fi, no smart dialing and there’s no stylus compartment.

Snapshot of Specs:

1.      3.2″ 256K-color TFT LCD touch screen display of WQVGA resolution

2.      8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and lens protection

3.      Camera geo-tagging, auto-panorama shot, face, smile and blink detection, advanced shake reduction

4.      WVGA video recording at 30fps

5.      Slimmest 8MP phone

6.      3G with HSDPA support

7.      Quad-band GSM support

8.      GPS receiver

9.      microSD card slot

10.  DivX, XviD and MP4 video player

11.  SRS (Surround Sound System) Virtual 5.1CH

12.  TV out functionality

13.  FM radio with RDS

14.  Bluetooth and USB v2.0

15.  200 MB internal memory

16.  Landscape on-screen virtual QWERTY keyboard

17.  Accelerometer sensor

18.  Multitasking

19.  Office document viewer

20.  ShoZu integration (direct image and video uploads)