Samsung INNOV8 also known as the i8510 is the company’s latest smartphone sporting Symbian S60 OS. The Innov8 takes the form of a slider handset having a 2.8-inch QVGA LCD capable of displaying 16 million colors.

The Samsung Innov8 is a photographer’s dream phone; featuring a massive 8-megapixel autofocus camera that offers image stabilization and blink, smile, and face detection, for the best possible photos. The camera also takes panoramic photographs, and uses the handset’s built-in GPS receiver to geotag images with location information. The Innov8 is also capable of recording QVGA video at up to 120 frames per second and VGA-resolution video at up to 30 frames per second, with a full suite video editing tools right on the Innov8.

If music is your thing, there’s a lot to love about the Innov8 – thanks to the built-in FM radio, 3D surround sound, and a standard 3.5mm audio. The Innov8 comes with 16GB of built-in memory in addition to a microSD card slot for even more storage options. Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support for stereo headsets makes wireless music much more enjoyable!

The Samsung Innov8 is the first Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone to feature quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (900/2100MHz) support is also built-in. Other features include WiFi, built-in accelerometer, and a decent size 1200mAh battery for extended use.

The Samsung Innov8 is going to be launched in Europe in August and expand to other yet to be determined markets during September. The price is unknown at the time of this article was written up.

Press Release

SAMSUNG UNVEILS THE ULTIMATE MOBILE ENTERTAINER WITH 8 MP CAMERA – Samsung INNOV8

Announcing the global launch of the first 8megapixel camera phone, , designed for powerful mobile photography and multimedia experience

SEOUL, KOREA – July 24th 2008: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of the almighty entertaining mobile phone, Samsung INNOV8, which is to be made available in the global market from August 2008.

Samsung INNOV8 (Model name: i8510; pronounced [in-uh-veyt]) takes mobile handset photography and multimedia experience to new heights. It offers users top of the range camera technologies, a surround-sound cinematic video experience, the best mobile internet browsing experience and mobile gaming capabilities.

Efficiently designed for mobile multimedia, Samsung INNOV8 provides devout tech addicts with the most innovative 24/7 multimedia entertainment features. It also offers a fun, easy to use experience for those who want to get the most of their mobile phones.

Having globally launched the first 5-megapixel camera-phone in 2004, 7-megapixel camera-phone in 2005, and the groundbreaking 10-megapixel SCH-B600 in the Korean market in 2006, the launch of long awaited 8-megapixel camera-phone for GSM market, Samsung INNOV8 reinforces Samsung’s renowned leadership in camera-phone.

Geesung Choi, President of Samsung Telecommunication Business, said “Samsung INNOV8 is made for tech-savvy users who enjoy the best possible multimedia entertainment with their mobile phone. With the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed data connections and much more other features will help our users to gain the true benefits of mobile entertainment. I expect Samsung INNOV8 to be a revolutionary milestone for Samsung for opening a new era of mobile multimedia.”

A groundbreaking multimedia and internet experience

Recognized as Samsung’s first ever 8-megapixel camera phone, the Samsung INNOV8 is perfect for users for capturing and storing precious memories in style. Using the latest in imaging applications such as smile shot, blink shot and face recognition, the memorable moments can be stored in their best quality. Users can enjoy personalizing and editing their photos, videos and music with Movie Maker and Story Board applications. The handset also acts as a digital photo frame, allowing users to display their favorite images

Samsung INNOV8‘s crystal clear 2.8” 16M color LCD, is perfectly designed to provide users with the best possible photography, video and gaming experience on-the-go. The 8G or 16GB Flash memory and external memory slot upto additional 16G provides sufficient contents storage. 1200mAh battery provides a long enough battery life to enjoy all the multimedia experience without worrying about limits on size and time.

Supporting a wide range of video player formats including DivX, WMV, Real Player and MPEG4, users can enjoy an exciting pocket cinema experience. Its external dual speakers and 3D surround sound supported by DNSe 2.0, make every video clip and movie more realistic than ever.
Samsung INNOV8 is also ideal for enthusiastic gamers. It comes pre-embedded with two of the world’s most famous games, Asphalt and FIFA 08. The handset has been chosen as the official phone for the World Cyber Games 2008, which begins on 25th July.

Samsung INNOV8 offers the best ever mobile web browsing experience. With an optical mouse and 4-way navigation key, users can enjoy PC-like browsing experience. Both HSDPA high speed Internet and WiFi connection offer convenient and seamless internet experience wherever users are.
The phone is equipped with A GPS technology, offering navigation and geo-tagging service. It also comes with the Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, which helps users to easily download various ready-made applications for Symbian mobiles.

Samsung INNOV8 is going to be launched in Europe in August, and then expanded to other markets during September.