AT&T To Release Samsung Galaxy Camera Discussion

[Michael Wall]

The Galaxy Camera first appeared on the scene back in August at IFA. Now AT&T has announced that it would be the first to release Samsung's genre-bending device -- a handset-camera hybrid. Is this what consumers are looking for, or is the device simply a gimmick?

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[Drillbit]

Wow, I keep hearing a whole host of things coming out for AT&T.

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[Adama D. Brown]

I know this may seem like a gimmick to a lot of people, but I think that it's actually more of a niche product. Think about it this way; how many journalists or photographers do you suppose would love to have a camera that was capable of instantly uploading to the internet, from anywhere? And that's not even touching on the potential of custom camera software, GPS location embedding, etcetera. Investigative journalists alone could keep this thing selling: envision a situation where getting your camera confiscated doesn't even touch the photos you just took, because they're already in the cloud.

[Varjak]

Good point Adama. Plus you can use it as a recorder (voice and video). Very useful.

[LandSurveyor]

It sounds like the reviewer at DR liked it but is he misunderstanding this or am I? I thought it lacked voice capability. Don't get me wrong; I wish it did. And if it indeed does, I will have to look more seriously at it.

Even without voice, it would be a very good fit on my current Tmo plan.

I know it's heavy. After all, how light can you make a super zoom? But it would be well worth carrying on a belt in a quality case.

Even if Samsung didn't get it just right with this first effort, I hope the concept catches on and it gets competitive.

[Adama D. Brown]

I believe the guy who previewed it at Digital Camera Review was confused--I can see no evidence anywhere that it has voice capability. Although do remember that what he wrote was just a quick preview based on handling one at a trade show, not an actual review or even having a private chance to test it out.

[jigwashere]

While it might not have built-in calling capability, I would think you should be able to make Skype calls over WiFi and maybe even over 3G/4G. It's got a microphone for voice commands and recording video. Samsung GALAXY Camera

[LandSurveyor]

If I had it on my plan, I would only be sacrificing 100 minutes anyway. It cannot possibly fail to be streaks better than anybody else's phone camera. It only has to be competitive with hi-zoom P&S standalones. After that, I would just want it to be a good connected PDA.

As to this Instagram business. Are people really going to use this class of camera to email huge MP photos of what they had for lunch to their friends? Seems just a tad overqualified.