Samsung i8910
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Samsung i8910 HD is a multimedia
smartphone
by Samsung
, announced at MWC 2009
on February 18, 2009.
This handset comes with a 3.7" AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
having a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, capable of displaying up to 16 million colors. It has an 8 megapixel camera with the industry-first 720p HD video recording at 24 frame/s. Other imaging assets include geotagging
, face detection
, smile detection and WDR
(Wide Dynamic Range) setting. The i8910 HD runs on Symbian
(on Symbian^1), with Samsung's TouchWiz interface.
On the connectivity side, the device is offering Wi-Fi
with DLNA, Bluetooth
2.0 with A2DP, a standard microUSB port, a 3.5mm audio jack and TV-out. A GPS receiver with S-GPS
+Xtragps is included, along with the optional Samsung Mobile Navigator by Route 66
.
The HD comes in two versions: with 8 or 16GB of integrated storage, both having a hot-swappable microSD card slot handling up to 32GB.
The i8910 HD is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with tri-band UMTS support, HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbps) support. The Australian release supports the UMTS 2100/900Mhz frequency band, making it dual band UMTS and operational on Optus' 'yes G' dual band network but not on Telstra's 'Next G' network, as that operates on the UMTS 850Mhz band only. In this instance the GSM network would be used (slower speeds, no video calls, etc).
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
by Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, announced at MWC 2009
Mobile World Congress
The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...
on February 18, 2009.
This handset comes with a 3.7" AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
having a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, capable of displaying up to 16 million colors. It has an 8 megapixel camera with the industry-first 720p HD video recording at 24 frame/s. Other imaging assets include geotagging
GeoTagging
Geotagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata...
, face detection
Face detection
Face detection is a computer technology that determines the locations and sizes of human faces in arbitrary images. It detects facial features and ignores anything else, such as buildings, trees and bodies....
, smile detection and WDR
Wide dynamic range
The wide dynamic range function of a camera is intended to provide clear images even under back light circumstances where intensity of illumination can vary excessively, namely when there are both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously in the field of view of the camera.WDR enables the...
(Wide Dynamic Range) setting. The i8910 HD runs on Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
(on Symbian^1), with Samsung's TouchWiz interface.
On the connectivity side, the device is offering Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
with DLNA, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0 with A2DP, a standard microUSB port, a 3.5mm audio jack and TV-out. A GPS receiver with S-GPS
S-GPS
Simultaneous GPS or S-GPS is a method to enhance a mobile phone's satellite-based position reporting ability to a carrier.Ordinarily, a built-in GPS device is used to determine the location of an E911 call made from CDMA phones...
+Xtragps is included, along with the optional Samsung Mobile Navigator by Route 66
ROUTE 66 (company)
ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V. is a privately held company. ROUTE 66 specializes in navigation soft- and hardware products....
.
The HD comes in two versions: with 8 or 16GB of integrated storage, both having a hot-swappable microSD card slot handling up to 32GB.
The i8910 HD is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with tri-band UMTS support, HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbps) support. The Australian release supports the UMTS 2100/900Mhz frequency band, making it dual band UMTS and operational on Optus' 'yes G' dual band network but not on Telstra's 'Next G' network, as that operates on the UMTS 850Mhz band only. In this instance the GSM network would be used (slower speeds, no video calls, etc).
Features
- DivXDivXDivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc. , including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.There are two DivX codecs; the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the...
/XviDXviDXvid is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile . It uses ASP features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG and custom quantization matrices.Xvid is a...
, MPEG4 support, subtitles support - AMOLED display instead of LCD
- 3.7" Capacitive touchscreen instead of Resistive (16:9 aspect ratio)
- HD (720p720p720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
) output to compatible televisions via DLNA technology - S60 5th edition
- AccelerometerAccelerometerAn accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute - Proximity sensorProximity sensorA proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact.A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic or a beam of electromagnetic radiation , and looks for changes in the field or return signal. The object being sensed is often referred to as...
for auto screen turn-off - MagnetometerMagnetometerA magnetometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the strength or direction of a magnetic field either produced in the laboratory or existing in nature...
for digital compass - GPS receiver with A-GPS
- FM radio with RDSRadio Data SystemRadio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
- Virtual 5.1 channel surround (on headphones)
- Web browserWeb browserA web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
with Flash video support - Office document viewer
- 8.1 MegaPixel Camera with LED flash
- The camera at normal settings clicks photos at 4:3 aspect ratio . But can also click at 16:9 aspect ratio by down scaling to 6 MegaPixel (w6m)