WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

We were finally able to get pics an specs of the Samsung Beam I8530, Android projector smarpthone. The Samsung Beam I8530 Android smartphone was awarded first prize at for the smartphone category of the E-Tech Awards

The Samsung Beam has a 3.7" AMOLED dsiplay and on-spot video / photo projection and optional mobile TV projection. The Samsung Beam  is an Android smartphone embedded with a pico projector that gives a "big picture" viewing experience for sharing pictures, watching videos, playing games, viewing e-mail attachments and even giving presentations.

The Samsung Beam features include a visual present, memo pad,and the ability to share documents & Web-surf on the projected screen. A nice addition is the 8MP camera with video capture. It also comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and offers up to 8 hours of Talk Time.

It will be shipped with Android 2.1 Eclair with voice to text filling of all text fields, turn-turn navigataion, sentient wallpaper, pinch-to-zoom with your fingers in the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps as well as a new 3D photo gallery. There is also the Google Maps update synchronized desktop
maps.google.com and memorized locations with a new night mode.

Nominate Wireless and Mobile News  (http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/) for Best Cell Phone News Blog.

Network HSUPA 5.76 Mbps 900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Display 3.7" WVGA 16M Super AMOLED OS
Android OS Éclair (2.1)
Camera 8 Megapixel / Auto Focus with Flash
 Audio Audio Format Support (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA)
Video Video Format Support (MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, Xvid) HD(720p) Recording & playing @30fps Value-added Features Intuitive Projector UX (Brightness : 9 Lumen) Multi-codec supported: Divx Connectivity
 Wi-Fi (b/g/n) /
Bluetooth® v 2.1 / USB 2.0
Memory 2GB + 16GB MoviNAND
Size 12.3" X 59.8" X 14.9"
Battery 1800 mAh Talk time: Up to 8 hours / Standby time: Up to 540 hours