World's First 8mp Camera Phone.

Samsung has officially announced the launch date of its high-end smartphone - INNOV8 it comes with a Symbian s60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and 8 megapixel CMOS, autofocus camera.

Could have called it a photographer's dream phone if it included a Xeon flash instead of dual LED flash. On the bright side, it offers image stabilisation and face detection for best posible photos with geotagging. Its capable of recording VGA resolution video upto 30 frames per second and is loaded with video editing tool.

For music fans it comes with a built-in FM radio, 3D surround sound speakers and 3.5mm audio out jack.

INNOV8 also known by its model name i8510 is a slider form factor handset sporting a 2.8-inch QVGA which can display 16million colors.

Other key features;
- 16GB onboard memory with microSD card slot for additional memory
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
- WiFi
- USB 2
- Accelerometer
- Quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- WCDMA (900/2100MHz) UMTS/HSDPA
-1200mAh battery for longer use.

To be launched in Europe in August 2008.