Nokia 808 PureView: 41 MP Camera Phone

It can not be overlooked. It's jaw dropping! Nokia has unveiled a new smartphone - the Nokia 808 PureView - at the MWC 2012, which has a 41 megapixel camera sensor with Carl Zeiss optics.

Yes, you read it right. It's 41 megapixel! As you might have speculated, the 41-megapixel sensor does not mean shooting pictures the size of billboards. Instead, it's about creating pictures at normal, manageable sizes.

It lets users shoot photos at different resolutions, say 2 megapixel, 3 megapixel, 5 megapixel, high resolution 8 megapixel or full resolution. The maximum resolution you can shoot at is 38 megapixels in 4:3 aspect ratio and 34 megapixels in 16:9 mode.

The large sensor enables pixel oversampling, which is explained in detail in the white paper (embedded below). But in a nutshell, it means the combination of many pixels into one perfect pixel. In other words, the camera can use oversampling to combine up to seven pixels into one "pure" pixel, thereby eliminating the visual noise.

PureView imaging technology is touted to be the result of many years of research and development and the tangible fruits of this work are excellent image quality, lossless zoom, and superior low light performance, said the company.

The phone comes equipped with a 1/1.2" sensor, which is approximately 2.5 larger than the sensor used in the Nokia N8.

Besides, the camera performance also extends to video. The camera allows for 1080p recording at 30fps, with 4X lossless zoom thanks to the big sensor and powerful image processing which is said to be handling over 1 billion pixels per second, as claimed by the company.

The phone has a Nokia Belle operating system and a 4-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass. Powered by a 1.3GHz processor, it has 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting.

Reportedly, the Nokia 808 PureView will be launched in May 2012.

Source:IBNLive

Samsung Galaxy Beam Versus Nokia 808 PureView

Samsung Galaxy Beam

Nokia 808 PureView

Samsung Galaxy Beam and Nokia 808 PureView are two great products from the Mobile World Congress 2012. The former is famous for its integration of a pico projector and the latter is featured for a massive 41-megapixel rear camera. Well, these two attributes are for the first time on some smartphones. Tech geeks were pretty excited to listen to the announcements of the new products from Samsung and Nokia, two leading mobile makers with the former recently topping the latter to become the top handset maker in world. Here, we compare specs and other features of the Galaxy Beam with the 808 PureView

Form factor

The Galaxy Beam is slimmer and lighter than the 808 PureView. It comes with a 12.5mm body that weighs at 145.3 grams, whereas the PureView has a 13.9mm body with 169 gram weight due to the massive camera sensor. But, when the length and height are concerned, the PureView (123.9 x 60.2) wins over the Beam that has the dimensions of 124 x 64.2 x 12.5mm.

Display screen

Both the Beam and PureView are to come with 4-inch displays. The Beam will have better screen resolution with 480 x 800 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen over the PureView, which will sport a 360 x 640 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

Processor, RAM and OS

Samsung has implanted a 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor inside its projector handset plus a huge 6GB of RAM. Meanwhile, Nokia has placed a more powerful 1.3GHz ARM 11 processor for its camera phone, certainly the world’s highest camera phone. The device mounts 1GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM for additional juice. When it comes to the OS, the Beam is to come with Android OS version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Ice Cream Sandwich will soon be there. The PureView, on the other hand, runs on Nokia’s own MeeGo OS.

Storage

Samsung only avails 8GB of internal memory with the Galaxy Beam, while Nokia has placed 16GB of onboard memory inside its 808 PureView. However, users can expand the memory up to 32GB with external memory sticks thanks to microSD slots.

Camera

This is the area where the 808 PureView overrules not only the Galaxy Beam, but all smartphones on earth till to date. The PureView breaks all records with a 41-mepaixel (38-megapixel effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels) rear camera, which can shoot video at 1080p. In addition, there is a VGA front camera for video chatting on the device. On the other hand, the Beam is to come with 5-megapixel 2592 x 1944 rear camera capable of shooting video at 720p. 1.3-megapixel secondary camera enables video chatting on the Beam.

Connectivity

Both the Galaxy Beam and 808 PureView share most of common connectivity features. They include HSDPA (14.4 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps), 802.11 b/g/n W-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 slots. But, the PureView has an additional support of UPnP technology.

Battery

The Beam packs in a Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, when the PureView touts a Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery. Since both the devices have their own distinctive power savoring features, respectively a projector and a high res camera, we can’t tell anything about their possible battery performance until the devices are available in stores.

Special feature

Samsung has implemented an advanced pico projector on the top end (above the screen) of the Beam. This projector is capable to produce 15 lumen of brightness on any surface, whether it is your hand, wall, tabletop or ceiling. This feature will immensely help users show the contents in their phones to their friends and family in a nice way. Nokia, in the meantime, has embellished its phone with an unforeseen 41-megapixel sensor and resolution. The company has combined high-res sensors, Carl Zeiss optics and 4X lossless zoom to design this high performance rear camera.

Verdict

In fact, Galaxy Beam and 808 PureView don’t raise any challenge each other. They are only two high-end phones with different specialties; a projector and high-res camera. Customers will certainly be choosing any of these devices with an eye on their unique features, however.

Source: nvonews.com

Sony Launches Cybershot DSC-TX55 World

Sony India further strengthened its leading Cyber-shot camera line-up with the launch of DSC-TX55, which is a just 12.2 mm thick (measurement excludes lens cover), making it even slimmer than a standard AA-size battery. This latest Cyber-shot model is the World thinnest camera in its class and offers incredible combination of features and performance with 16.2 megapixel, Full HD video, 5x Zoom and 3D capability.

DSC-TX55 also boasts of the highly acclaimed Exmor R? CMOS sensor that delivers incredible image detail and ultra-low picture noise in both still images and Full HD video even in low light conditions. The camera?s hi-speed auto focus can lock onto subject in as little as 0.1 seconds, letting users grab the most fleeting photo moments with ease.

The new DSC-TX55 camera makes it simple for users to easily achieve DSLR-like picture quality. Superior Auto mode recognizes a wide range of shooting situations, adjusting exposure and other settings for high-quality images with low noise and high dynamic range. Further, the camera?s back panel is dominated by a super-sized 3.3-inch (8.3cm) Xtra Fine? OLED wide touch-screen, perfect for showing off photos and movie clips with incredible detail.

The 3D Still Image feature captures dramatic 3D photos without the need for a large, bulky stereoscopic lens. With a single shutter press, the camera takes two shots consecutively, using the first image to estimate depth information to create a dramatic three-dimensional still image. Other 3D shooting options include 3D Sweep Panorama mode and Sweep Multi Angle.

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Price List of Apple iPad - Shipping starts on May 28th

Good news for all the Apple iPad lovers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK as Apple going to start taking the pre-order from May 10th onwards.Apple also reveals that their Apple iPad will ships from May 28th 2010.

Apple iPad will be available in the above international markets in capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions.Customers could pre-order either Apple iPad with WiFi alone version or the Apple iPad WiFi + 3G version.Price details of both versions of Apple iPad is given below.

Apple iPad with WiFi International Price:

• Apple iPad 16GB: £429
• Apple iPad 32GB: £499
• Apple iPad 64GB: £599

Apple iPad WiFi + 3G International Price:

• Apple iPad 16GB: £529
• Apple iPad 32GB: £599
• Apple iPad 64GB: £699

Samsung W960 3D phone Specification, Features and Details

Samsung Electronics on its way to introduce its new 3D handset, named Samsung W960.The all new Samsung W960 handset helps you to watch 3D image on the handset.The Samsung W960 mobile phone is provided with a button that helps to switch between 2D to 3D mode.

Samsung W960 3D phone was previously named as Samsung AMOLED 3D made its first appearance about two months ago.New 3D handset from Samsung is designed to support GSM/HSDPA networks.The mobile phone also includes DNSe 2.0 and DivX support, along with HSDPA connectivity.

 

Samsung W960 3D phone comes equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen AMOLED display with resolution of 240×400 pixels and includes a TouchWIZ 2.0 UI.Other features that comes included with Samsung W960 handset includes 3.2MP camera with Xenon flash, e-dictionary, Bluetooth, Subway maps, an accelerometer and a TV tuner.

New Samsung W960 3D handset includes a  microSD card slot that supports up to 16GB memory.The handset weighs 121g with dimensions of 113.9×53.9×1913 mm.

The all new Samsung SCH-W960 3D phone is expected to be available in South Korea Market soon via SKT, KT and LGT.