Nokia may not have the high ground of mobile phone technology for long, if Samsung has any say in the matter. This rather traditional looking slider phone is the superb new Samsung INNOV8 i8510, an S60 smartphone with features that'll make the Nokia N95 or N96 blush.
Not content with the 5 megapixels of the Nokia powerhouses, the INNOV8 i8510 features a huge 8 megapixel camera as well as a stunning 2.9" 16 million colour QVGA screen and a barrel load of multimedia features that sister-site MediaMentalism explores in greater detail.
Find out what's inside the Samsung INNOV8 i8510 after the jump.
You can tell Samsung are serious about the INNOV8 i8510 as they've given it a nifty new name. No more ridiculously long (and instantly forgettable) names for their phones, Samsung are now in the business of building brands, at least with their higher end models.
And higher-end the INNOV8 most certainly is. Check this out for a feature set:
- 8 megapixel autofocus camera
- Dual power LED flash for better night-time shots
- 3D sound
- 16 million colour 2.9" QVGA screen
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Wi-Fi
- GPS
- TV-Out
- Support for WMA, H.264 (MP4) and DivX video formats
- 16GB of memory, expandable to 32GB
- 3D graphics chip
- Optical mouse
- DLNA compatible
These last two features are particularly interesting. An optical mouse on a phone? Why would you need that? Well, the answer might come from its support for the DLNA standard. DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is technology based on UPnP that enables a DLNA-equipped device to share its media with another DLNA equipped device. With support for DivX, an extremely popular digital video format, coupled 16GB of memory, it would be easy for the INNOV8 to connect wirelessly to a DLNA-equipped TV and stream its video onto the TV, with the optical mouse controlling the video playback.
In short, the INNOV8 really would be a multimedia computer, or at least the mobile controller of your media library. Plus, with its huge 8 megapixel camera and superb connectivity options, the INNOV8 should be capable of taking on any high end phone that's released in the next year.
And if you were worried about the looks of the INNOV8 being a bit, well, conservative, just check out the nifty new S60-based user interface that the INNOV8 has. Dark, minimalist and deeply sexy. This is one phone we'll be keeping a close eye on!
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