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Samsung M8800 Pixon review
Introduction
The Samsung M8800 Pixon is a great new camera phone from Samsung which is said to be rivaling the C905 from Sony Ericsson. The Samsung M8800 has an 8 mega pixel camera, yes you read that right, 8 mega pixels. The phone is very good looking with a large touch screen display and you can control all the features and applications from this. The phone has high speed broadband internet of 7.2 mbps and this means you can download and upload files with ease and haste. You can also take advantage of the various other high quality features that this phone has to offer.
Specifications
The phone’s main feature is of course the 8 mega pixel camera which in itself has a variety of features such as face detection, smile detection, blink detection and advanced shake reduction. You’re also able to use geo-tagging and the phone has an auto panorama shot facility. This camera also has auto focus and a flash plus you can record video at 30 frames per second. This camera really is amazing and because it’s built into such a small and sleek looking phone you’ll be amazing at the quality of shots it can take.
The phone also has high speed internet at 7.2 mbps which is faster than average broadband speeds at home. You can use the internet to send and receive emails, upload content, download content and even surf the web for fun. The phone also has a media player which is compatible with MP4 and DivX encoded media files which allow you to watch movies and exciting media right on your phone. The phone also has a large memory of 200MB as standard which can be expanded up to 8GB with micro SD cards. This means you can store a lot of videos, photos and other files on your phone with ease.
The phone is ideal for personal users and has a good range of high quality and high tech features. The phone also has built in hands free, a document viewer and an FM radio with RDS. This phone really does have all the major features of the new mobile phones of today – including a-GPS navigation systems so you can find your way to just about any location in the world. This is a really helpful feature, especially if you travel a lot or are away from home a lot. You can share your experiences using the MMS or email features and these are just a few of the features that make the phone so good.
Looks
The phone has a very good look to it and is of superior quality than any other phone I’ve ever seen. It’s got a large touch screen display which is really easy to use and is sensitive to touch the way it should be. The display is about 3.2 inches and is 240 by 400 pixels so is very good quality – this means you can enjoy the movies and photos you record and take on a high quality and high resolution display. The phone itself is about 107.9mm by 54.6mm by 13.8mm in dimensions and weighs about 121 grams so isn’t the smallest phone in the world but it certainly is one of the most stylish.
The stylish and sophisticated design of this phone is ideal for anyone and currently the phone is only available in black – which I have to say is a little limiting but having said that, the design is so nice that black is probably the colour that suits it most anyway. The design of the exterior of the phone is flawless and I have to say I haven’t seen a phone that is as well made as this one in a long time.
Design
The design of the interior applications is amazing and the internal software used on this phone is some of the highest quality software available on the market. The applications all run smoothly and well together and you’re likely to get a lot of compliments if you’re seen using this phone. The design on the outside matches the design on the inside – sleek, stylish and highly sophisticated. You’re unlikely to find a phone that is as well design as this one – especially with all the fantastic features inside as well. It is a very well made phone and I have to say I’d be very pleased if I could get my hands on one of these.
Overall
All in all, this is one of the best phones on the market and I have to say is probably the best phone that Samsung have ever released. The 8 mega pixel camera and its features rival that of standalone digital cameras and the entertainment features on this phone are amazing. I’ve never seen a phone that is made with such high quality materials either – you can tell that the handset has been made to withstand a lot of use and it’s really easy to use as well.
The thing I like about this phone is the fact that even a novice phone user could get to grips with this phone and really enjoy all the features. Although it’s high tech it is still useable by anyone and you don’t have to be a whizz with mobile phones to enjoy the features – and learning the features will only take a few minutes. The touch screen display is easy to use and responds well to interaction from the user. You’ll really be able to spend hours with this phone and still not have worn it out. The features are great and I’d say that even a business user could use this phone and enjoy it.
The business features available are limited but you could use this phone to keep up to date while you’re out of the office because of the document viewer. The colours available are limited but that doesn’t mean the phone doesn’t look great. You can customise the settings to suit your needs and I have to say that I really am considering this phone for my next purchase. It’s incredible and I think you’ll agree if you decide to purchase this phone. It has everything you could ever need for personal and entertainment use and even has extra features which will please a business user.
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Samsung Pixon M8800 Customer Reviews
brilliant phone does exactly what it is suppose to to a brilliant standard!
I have had this phone approx 3months now.I agree with others who complain about the battery life! There are so many good features with this phone, but the poor battery which has been mentioned by other users does let this great phone down.You would think that Samsung would have addressed the battery life problem by now.
Now, I’ve got one recently and was having rather high expectations to use it as my PIM gadget, the ultimate device for all my contacts, notes, schedules and emails. My advice is don’t. Reading on all the specifications, GPS, 8 megapixels autofocus camera and all, it was a phone good on paper for a very good price compared with the others. The plus side is that the camera is so full of functions, you will have heaps of fun toying around with advance features like face detection, smile shots and such. That’s all there is to this phone, a very powerful camera system.
GeoTagging of photos, I took 2 weeks to figure it out. Firstly you have to turn on the GeoTagging feature in the camera settings. And by accident I discovered GeoTagging does work. Only after turning on the camera for 3 minutes or so before I noticed the satellite dish icon showed a 2 bar stable status and stayed that way. If the icon is in a transition state, it means the GPS receiver is still trying to log on to the GPS signals. One does really need to hold the phone high, run around a little and try all sorts of holding the phones in all imaginable orientation just to get GPS logged on. If a picture is successfully tagged, you can see the long-lat information via the info functions while browsing photos. Loading the image into Picassa/Google Earth is also another way to know if your pictures had been tagged. When you have successfully tagged pictures (one out of 15 times), it could be quite fun to view them in Google Erath. Bringing GPS features further, using Google Maps, just waiting for GPS to logon while driving is a nightmare. It is especially a big pain in my *** when near critical traffic junctions, the blue dot remained very still on the screen as the Pixon had lost it GPS signal. Which means, Samsung did a very bad job here, on this GPS thingy. They could have done better.
What about the organizer? One will orgas with frustration just to make it working. The great Samsung New PC Studio is truly a software written just to corrupt your Outlook. I ended up with 800 over double entries in my contact list (both outlook and in Pixon) and all my calendar schedules were squeezed into one single day after a synch. I had to spend one whole day just to restore all my schedules and contacts manually in my Outlook after the synch. I never want to use this poorly written and untested software ever again. No way could one trust Samsung on this one.
Samsung, they did a nice product and that’s about it. Cosmetically appealing, but functionally, very annoying. It’s more of a phone for the camera and that is the only good thing about it. Don’t expect good software skills from Koreans. This product seemed rushed into the market with appealing paper specs to compete with others, but without much sensible functional testing. Use this only as a fashion and camera gadget. Pixon - a partially functioning phone guarantee to drive you mad if you use it for more then a phone (especially GPS).