With the release of the Samsung Memoir and its 8 megapixel camera, cross promotion was inevitable among products in the T-mobile lineup. Lets take a trip back in time and remember the Cameo, the T-mobile digital picture frame capable of wirelessly receiving pics from your mobile device. Turns out this thing is still around and with the release of the Memoir, currently the highest megapixel offering available in the states, T-mobile is looking to bring the Cameo back into the mix with a little promotion.
Starting today, with the purchase of a Samsung Memoir via new activation or qualified upgrade, the Cameo, priced at $39.99 will have a $40.00 mail in rebate making the final price…free! Well 1 cent in your favor, but you really don’t expect anyone to mail you a penny do you? The real kicker of this deal, the $9.99 monthly rate once necessary for this picture displayer thingamajig, is now priced at $1.99! Wooohooo, I love me some savings!
So tomorrow is the big day, the Samsung Memoir drops to the T-mobile USA world and while there have been a few hiccups, all signs point to an exciting launch! Check out the Cnet hands on below and sound off in the comments if you’ll be picking this one up in the near future!
Well, no real shock value with this introduction but we’re always glad to have an official announcement! Coming out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the introduction to the world and more importantly, to us back at home the very first 8 megapixel camera phone to be offered by a US carrier! Most important of course is the confirmation of the February 25th release date, and the news pricing is coming in at $249.99 after a $50 mail in rebate. NO qualms about fifty dollars less than previously anticipated, the specs hold true to previous reports and thats not a bad thing. Ten days to the launch of the first 8 megapixel camera phone in the US, this is very exciting!
Few extra details about the camera:
Allows users to set special effects on an image, including black and white, sepia, negative and watercolor;
Features blink detection, face detection, anti-shake to reduce blur, and geo-tagging, which records coordinate information of where the user is at the time the picture is taken into the image files;
Provides optimal settings for a variety of shooting situations to help capture the best possible image, including portrait, landscape, night, sports, party/indoor, beach snow, sunset, dawn, fall color, fireworks and backlight;
Automatically changes the white balance using the setting appropriate for the light source, including daylight, incandescent, fluorescent or cloudy;
Features five different shooting modes, including single, continuous, panorama, smile shot and mosaic.
While we’ve been sticking with the February 25th release date for the Samsung Memoir for a few weeks now, the latest edition of the T-mobile scoop has given rise to another possible delay. Noticeably printed at the bottom are the words: “Find your Samsung Memoir at My T-mobile or T-mobile stores in March.” While all (available) official documentation still points to a Feb 25 release date, judging by the number of emails received in the past few days, this scoop phrasing has some people increasingly impatient for their 8 megapixel fix.
I wonder if the 25th isn’t still the release date, it’s a soft launch and March starts the real hype. Look for it in March sounds conscipicously like it will be available in March, and doesn’t necessarily mean it has to LAUNCH in March. Of course, thats the conspiracy theorist in me and I have no grassy knoll support for such a claim. Regardless, we know the phone exists which is more than can be said during the Dream, Kila, and eventually named G1 hype where it was all so secretive and hush hush. So if its February 25th or March 6th, this bad boy still has 8 megapixels of love to give and digital cameras to crush around the world so look for it soon…hopefully.
After the jump, find two brand new in the wild pictures!
