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As Samsung lick their wounds over Apple’s patent victory, it strikes back with an Android camera.
The first ever Android camera of it kind, Samsung’s 16 Megapixel Galaxy Camera running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has just been unveiled at IFA 2012.
The socially connected cam runs on WiFi, 3G and 4G, which lets users shoot, edit and share images to Facebook, Twitter et al any time and “easily outperforms any smartphone camera” says Samsung.
Well that wouldn’t be hard considering the highest quality camera seen on a smartphone in OZ is 12MP on Sony Xperia S, but Sony unveiled a 16MP on one of its new models at IFA yesterday.
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The Internet ready Galaxy Camera, boasts a 21x super long z optical zoom lens (controlled by either button or touchscreen), 23mm aperture lens for wide-angle shots and a super-bright 16M BSI CMOS sensor.
It also has a 4.8″ HD Super Clear LCD to edit and view pictures, and a clever ‘Voice Control’ feature which allows user to command the cam to ‘Zoom in’ and ‘Shoot’ through voice.
Under the bonnet, the Android camera is powered by a quad-core processor.
Andy Rubin, Google’s Senior Vice President of Mobile hailed the new Galaxy cam as “innovative” and takes digital photography to the next level.
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The Galaxy Camera features ‘Smart Pro’ technology for professional-looking shots, boasts 35 photo editing features through ‘Photo Wizard’, and Movie Wizard’ to edit videos.
Its Smart Content Manager creates folders, tags faces and even suggests which pictures to delete when they don’t come out as desired.
It also features the usual slew of Android and Samsung apps pre-installed, so you can browse the web and make phones calls on VoIP.
You can also save your photos in the cloud on ‘Auto Cloud Backup’ via Samsung’s AllShare tool or share photos as you shoot with ‘Share Shot.’ and share with other Galaxy devices including the SIII and the newly announced Galaxy Note II.
“With the growth of social networks and the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, people today communicate faster than words,” says said JK Shin, President Mobile at Samsung.
“As we increasingly articulate our experiences through pictures and videos the GALAXY Camera has been created to lead the way in this new era of visual communication. Communication becomes more vivid and lively with high-quality images and instant sharing anywhere, anytime,”
