Do you ever take a picture with your phone’s camera simply because it’s easier to put it on Facebook from the phone than it would be with your full camera? If so, you’re the kind of person AT&T would like to talk to. The mobile carrier and Samsung announced a new Android-based camera that boasts a 4G connection. And with 21x
optical zoom and a 16MP backside illumination (BSI)
CMOS sensor, the Samsung Galaxy Camera is no phone cam.
What’s most interesting about the Galaxy Camera is that it runs Android 4.1
Jelly Bean on a 1GHz quad-core processor. The camera has a 4.8-inch HD LCD so you can properly see your photos and the OS, and it supports your
Google Play apps. The included Share Shot software lets you share your images with other Galaxy devices within 200 feet and AllShare Play lets you send the pics to certain PCs and
Samsung Smart TVs. That said, you’re most likely to use the camera for uploading images directly to social networks and photos sharing sites. Pricing hasn’t been released yet.
Joshua Gulick
Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to
Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote
CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for
Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for
HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.
