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Chris Davies | SlashGear.com 2008-04-14

This is no half-measure camera, either; red-eye reduction, face detection, digital image stabilization and ISO sensitivity up to 800 are all present, together with Samsung's wide dynamic range (WDR) technology for producing best images in multiple environments. Panoramas, multiple shots and macro images are all catered for, and there's a lens slider which automatically kick-starts the camera app when opened.

	5.0 Megapixel
	Digital Zoom (x4) , 3x Optical Zoom
	(Xenon Flash)
	Brightness
	Selfshot, Multishot, Timershot, Mosaicshot
	Gray / Negative / Sephia / Frame
	Gray / Negative / Sephia / Frame

On the phone side, high-speed HSDPA cellular broadband boasts speeds of - network depending - up to 7.2Mbps, while tri-band GSM makes the G800 ideal for the European markets it's set to be released in. The 2.4-inch, WVGA 262k colour screen is as crisp as you'd expect from a Samsung, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 show their faces to allow for easy transfer of media to and from the handset, while a microSD slot should give you up to 2GB of memory to play with. Samsung have made the most of their Bang & Olufsen connections, with the G800 using the company's IcePower amplifier for its media player; MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC++ and WMA files are supported, as well as FM radio.

Samsung have been generous with the onboard apps, too; although the handset we were playing with was pre-production, it nonetheless had the Shozu mobile blog client, full internet browser (which rendered well on that spacious screen), clients for simple Yahoo! and Google search, and an RSS reader. There's also image and video editing software so you can tweak things like stray moustaches, panoramic shots and more without needing to transfer footage to your computer first.

Network & Data : HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Band : 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
Operation System : Proprietary
Browser : Access Net Front v3.4
Java : Java MIDP 2.0 / CLDC 1.1

nternal Technology : 262K TFT
Internal Resolution : 320 x 240
Internal Size : 2.4

User Memory : 110MB (Ext. microSD)
External Memory : microSD^TM External Memory (up to 4GB)

Ringtones : 72 Polyphonic Ringtones
Music Player : MP3, MIDI, ACC,
ACC+, e-AAC+, WMA, ASF
DRM : WM DRM, OMA, DRM 2.0

Size-wise, as you'd expect the G800 isn't the slimmest handset, but the folded optics
inside for that fantastic true zoom do need to fit somewhere after all. Still, it measures only
101.5 x 52 x 18.8mm, putting it in the same league as compact cameras (which of course
lack the phone and media player functionality).