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Hot on the heels of Sony Ericsson's announcement last month of a smartphone with an eight megapixel camera, Samsung has entered the market with an 8MP picpho of its own. Clearly aimed at spelling challenged text messagers, the new Innov8 (that's pronounced "innovation" for more orthodox users of the English language) supports all the latest state-of-the-art acronyms and abbreviations--HSDPA, WiFi and GPS, which can be used for geotagging images captured with the camera. It has a 2.9-inch QVGA non-touch screen and 8GB or 16GB of internal memory for storing music, video and photos. Another 16 gigs can be added to the device via microSDHC card.

Although the unit does not have a Xenon flash, it does have a dual-power LED flash. What's more, it has an impressive array of bells and whistles typically found in the latest point-and-shoot funcams--auto-panorama; smile, face and blink detection; and wide dynamic range capturing capabilities.

The brainy mobile, also known as the i8510, is scheduled to arrive on the shelves of European retailers next month and other unidentified markets in September. No pricing for the phone has been announced by the company.

Sony Ericsson tightened the screws today on makers of low-end digital cameras with a new mobile phone that boasts an 8.1 megapixel digital camera and a Xenon flash that doubles as a video light. The C905, which was announced in Singapore, has several features that have become staples for point-and-shoot DSCs--autofocus face detection, smart contrast, image stabilization, red-eye reduction and best picture selection. The phone also does geo-tagging and PictBridge printing. A 2GB Memory Stick Micro for storage is included with the unit. Also in the product's box is a USB adapter for easy transfer of photos to and from the phone.

The mobile also records video and has a video stabilizer. Rounding out the mopho's Swiss Army capabilities are a media player and FM radio. It also supports WiFi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth stereo.

Offered in Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold, the mobile has a 2.4-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels.

GSM/GPRS talk time is rated at nine hours; standby time, 380 hours. UMTS talk time is four hours; standby time 360 hours.

No pricing information was released by the company but the phone is expected to be available in selected markets early in the fourth quarter of this year.