Cell phones with built-in digital cameras do a fine job snapping quick shots to share with friends and family, but if you need quality images for work, a stand-alone digital camera’s been your only option — until now. Sprint’s just announced its new Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the first one-megapixel camera phone in the United States.
The 1.3-megapixel camera in the PM-8920 lets you take pictures up to 1280 x 960 pixels in size. It also includes a built-in flash, self-timer and up to 8x digital zoom capability. In addition, the PM-8920 is Sprint’s first phone that features interior and exterior screens that support 260 thousand colors.
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The Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920’s 1.3 mega-pixel capability means SMB travelers can take one less gadget on the road. |
Customizable camera and Picture Mail options include four different shutter sound options and the capability to record your own sounds. You also get a choice of 40 different frames to use when emailing images. In addition, Sprint’s multimedia messaging service lets you record a 10-second voice clip with a picture message.
The camera phone’s Macro Switch lets you take close-range pictures, and you can share and upload an unlimited number of pictures to a personal online photo album. You can even use a picture as a photo I.D. for callers. The handset measures a compact 3.4 x 1.85 x.9 inches and weighs a light 3.88 ounces. The phone comes with 64MB of RAM and 128MB of ROM.
Sprint sells the PM-8920 for $150 after rebates. It lists for $300.
Adapted from smartphone.com.
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