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With a 10-megapixel cell phone in its handset lineup, Samsung is no stranger to high-end camera phones. But as if to prove that it really means business, today the company announced a new 8-megapixel shooter.

Called the Innov8 (the what?), it promises a full set of camera features to keep shutterbugs happy. Inside you'll find an auto-panorama mode; a bright flash; smile, blink, and face detection; wide dynamic range capturing abilities; and a video recorder that captures clips at 30 frames per second.

Beyond snapping shots, it also has an FM radio, Wi-Fi, a large display with an accelerometer, and an optical mouse (we're not sure how the latter works). It has a 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, 16GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a music player, and A-GPS. And of course, it makes calls as well.

Also called the i8510, the Samsung Innov8 is a quadband GSM handset that supports the 1900 and 2100 HSDPA bands. It should launch in the European market by next month with other regions following in September. Pricing details are not yet available. With this new handset Samsung seems to be going after both the Sony Ericsson C905 and the Motorola ZN5. But for a deeper analysis of the Innov8, head over to our colleagues in Singapore at CNET Asia.

*****i'm beginning to like it...LOVE IT! :) kamusta naman ang camera?! ganda! sana mura lang...saya kasi quadband pa, i can take it with me pag alis nako for Canada or pag mag abroad-abroad lang ako (ambitious! lol). And i'll prolly use this for a long long time. hmmm...now, i'm trying to decide what to get for a phone, i mean i want to upgrade for sure but which is which? c905 or innov8?... pag may pera na! LOL..anyway sa Europe daw it'll be out by next month, dito naman malamang matagal pa. hehe...'till then, gamer muna ako. kanina when i woke up, madali ako mag net kasi baka online pa asawa ko, eh shet, nag signout na...waaaaaa, di ko naabutan! ugh! ako naman tong antukin na bigla! sorry wawab! :( kiss na lang kita.. :*:*:* love you! :)...so yun nga, since di ko na sya abutan, decided na play mah old games...na miss ko mag games hahaha!....ay naka pause lang pala sya, i should get back now...kumukuha lang ako ng walkthroughs...LOL CHEAT!!! :))basta basta...this camera-phone is HOT! :D....with gps na rin! sana true GPS..para soshalan lang...haha!