GPS Camera Phone
GPS Camera Phone: Samsung i560
The Samsung i560 3G GPS camera phone was first announced in October 2007 and first released in March 2008. This GPS Camera Phone is packed full of technology which provides the user with a high speed mobile device. This GPS camera phone works on a tri band network which covers GSM 900, 1800 & 1900. It had 150 MB of built in memory & expandable 512 MB MicroSD memory card. The user can enjoy a fully mobile Internet experience using the phones WAP 2.0 XHTML & HTML browser complete with RSS feeds facility.
The Samsung i560 3G GPS camera phone comes with a document viewer in popular formats including PDF files, Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint. The GPS navigation feature provides the tool to gives directions and the best possible routes to locations.
The Samsung i560 3G GPS camera phone has a 3.15 Megapixels camera with flash in, that also features settings allowing its users to adjust image outputs accordingly. While the integrated camera is for those quick still shots, a video recorder and player are housed by the Samsung i560, supporting video playback in MPEG4, 3GP, WMV, 3GP and H263 video formats.
GPS Camera Phone: Samsung i560
The 3-megapixel camera phone was the surprise performer, taking some excellent outdoors shots, and not performing too badly inside some of the dark. Care does need to be taken to make sure you don’t move too much when hitting the shutter, but otherwise the pictures we took were colorful and sharp for the most part.
The Samsung i560 3G GPS Camera Phone Specifications:
- Dimensions 103 x 51 x 16 mm, Weight 111 gr
- Display : TFT 262K Colors LCD 2.4?, 240×320 pixel
- Connectivity: Tri Band 900/1800/1900MHz GSM & 2100 UMTS with 3G HSDPA, GPRS and EDGE, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB
- Camera: 3.15 megapixel camera with flash, camera setting, video recorder, Video Player (WMV, 3GP, H263 & MPEG4), Second Camera & 3G Video Calling.
- Battery Live: 4.5 hours talk time, 360 hours standby time, Standard Lithium Ion rechargeable
- Memory: 150MB internal memory, expandable 512 MB MicroSD in 1 microSD slot
- OS: Symbian OS 9.1, Series 60 v3.1 UI
- Others feature: FM Radio, Java MIDP 2.0, WAP 2.0 broser, RSS Reader, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Music & Video player, Organizer, etc
Prize: $280
The Samsung i560 3G GPS Camera Phone Good Factors:
- Phone speed
- Navigation feature
- Camera quality
- Affordable prize value for GPS & HSDPA
The Samsung i560 3G GPS Camera Phone Bad Factors:
- Battery life for heavy usage
- Hard to take off battery cover
- Quality of display is not as sharp as the previous Samsung versions
- Difficult to install software & games
The Samsung i560 3G GPS Camera Phone Conclusions:
If you can get past its uninspiring exterior, then you’ll discover a powerful phone with some excellent features. For the asking price of $280 the Samsung i560 3G GPS Camera Phone is reasonably good value, especially when bundled with the map software and the car kit.
For comparison purposes, check out our review of other good quality camera phone: Samsung Memoir T929, Motorola Zine ZN5 and Sony Ericsson K850i
