physorg.com — "Verizon Wireless and Samsung Thursday introduced the first camera phone in the U.S. market with 3.2 megapixels. Samsung's SCH-A990 phone will be available to Verizon customers for about $350 after rebate plus a two-year service agreement."
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tapezorJul 6, 2006
the nokia n80 is avail. in the US and has been for a lil while, although no specific service provider carries the phone you can buy it at almost any phone store. It is like $600, in houston at least. Also it has wi-fi, 3.2 mp camera, bt, infrared, reads word docs, excel files, etc, etc.
mattmizJul 6, 2006
I am fortunate enough to have a N93. It is very, very close to being a full-on replacement for your standard Canon IXUS/ELPH or what have you. Still not fantastic in low light (though definitely better than the N90) but excellent optics, the optical zoom is very good, as is the autofocus. WLAN and Flickr integration also very handy. And boots much more quickly than the N90, which is a big plus, having had that model previously. The videocamera is also quite excellent with the exception of the zoom/focus motor being picked up by the mics (though that may be fixed by the time the production models hit). 30fps, stereo. Won't replace my 350D any time soon, but for casual photography (and of course, phone calls) it is all I carry now.
jasonpriniJul 6, 2006
Plus a screen resolution 50% higher than a Palm treo. Web pages look great on it! While being much smaller than a treo overall. Plus a 2GB SDmini expansion slot, MP3 player, FM radio, etc...
happyscrappyJul 7, 2006
I have a Sony Ericsson W810i (2MP autofocus).I don't turn it off at night. I take a few pics with it.I charged it every Tuesday night. A week on a charge seems good enough to me.
djrangeJul 7, 2006
sucks. We are so behind Asia on this.
Closed AccountJul 7, 2006
Expensive? Nah. Just got a Nokia 6280 with 3.1 MP for ~50$ with a reasonable priceplan (minimum usage of 50 $/month for 6 months). I am positively surprised over the picture and video quality of this bugger, especially since I bought it for Roskilde Festival alone; the overall build of the phone is even making me consider dumping my slow-as-hell Qtek 9100 (Windows Mobile bugger).