The new Samsung uber-phone, called Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Mobile Phone, is finally in our hands. It packs so many goodies that it's hard to decide where to start from. It's not the first 8 megapixel handset but it's the best we've seen so far and better yet it's among the most loaded smartphones to see daylight. Everything about the i8510 INNOV8 speaks high-tech and since this is the case, we guess it has come to the right place, 'cause high-tech is what we do for a living.You wouldn't be mistaken for thinking that the Samsung i8510 looks a lot like the Nokia N95 8GB. It's rather chunky, it's black and it packs a whole lot of features but look closer and you start to see the trademark industrial styling that differentiates Samsung from the rest of the crowd.
the Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Mobile will feel familiar to anyone that has used a Nokia N95 or N96 recently. The INNOV8 sports a very similar slider form factor, has a large 2.8" QVGA resolution display, and a camera located on the back. Very Nokia like. But there are a few items that show that Samsung has chosen the road less traveled for some of its solutions. For starters, the d-pad controller has an optical joystick controller embedded in it. Think of it as an upside down optical mouse. Moving one's finger across it will navigate in the appropriate direction, and when used with a mouse aware application, such as the S60 browser, the joystick gives users a very desktop like mouse pointer control.
it's easy to brush the small optical touchpad by mistake. It should also be noted that it's cumbersome to use unless you're browsing the Web, where it works very well for scrolling through pages.
Moving to the left hand side of the phone and starting from the top down you will find a lanyard / pendant hole, volume rocker switch, 3.5mm headphone socket and the generic Samsung charging port.
The Smsung i8510 innov8 is a tough-looking, relatively large phone that feels reassuringly solid a smooth slider mechanism brings it together. The i8510's screen packs some punch, but isn't as sharp as we expected, particularly when watching videos.
the Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Mobile Phone Features & specifications:
2.8" 16M-color TFT display of QVGA resolution
8 megapixel camera with mechanical shutter, automatic lens cover, dual PowerLED flash, digital image stabilizer, geotagging, auto panorama shot, face detection, smile detection, blink detection
VGA video recording at 30fps and slow-motion video recording
symbian OS 9.3 with S60 3.2 UI
3G with HSDPA support
Quad-band GSM, dual-band UMTS, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
128 MB RAM
Wi-Fi with DLNA technology
Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality
Massive 8/16GB internal memory
microSD card slot with microSDHC support
Built-in accelerometer for UI auto-rotation
3.5 mm audio jack
TV out
Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Optical trackpad navigation
USB and Bluetooth v2.0
Stereo speakers
DNSe audio technology
DivX support
ShoZu integration
Samsung i8510 INNOV8 Mobile Phone Price: 650$ Approx