If you thought that the title for best smartphone was between Apple, HTC, and Motorola (sorry RIM), Samsung would like you to hold off on crowning a king.
And with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Beam I8520 (currently only available in Singapore – U.S. and U.K. release date unknown), they’ve certainly caught our attention.
In many ways it’s a pretty standard Android powered smartphone. It currently runs Android 2.1 with a 2.2 Froyo update expected, its a slightly underpowered with a 800MHZ TI OMAP processor, and has what has become the new standard size camera (8MP and 720p video camera) and 16GB of storage space and of course has an AGPS chip
Samsung Galaxy Beam With Built in Projector.
However, Samsung didn’t stop adding features there and in fact if they could have made it fit, they probably would have included a kitchen sink.
It sports a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 (a very worth competitor to Apple’s retina display, some would say it’s even better), an FM tuner, Bluetooth 3.0, and an 802.11 B/G/N antenna. Yes, 802.11 N!
However, the real kicker is that this camera is the first smartphone to feature a built in 50″ projector. Now you can do impromptu Powerpoint presentations to your heart’s content. As a business owner who has to do a lot of on location presentations, I can tell you I’m chomping at the bit and crossing my fingers to get one of these puppies.
Again, no U.S. carrier has been announced for this phone and we don’t know when or even if it will be available here, but it’s another worthy contender for title of best smartphone.
You can see the projector in action in this video:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7uCi_cT9IU
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