CTIA 2005

The Cellular Telecommunications show in New Orleans kicked off today. Coolest phone I saw- the Samsung 7 megapixel Camera phone.

SAMSUNG 7 Mega Pixel Cam-Phone
The optics on the Samsung Camera Phone are fantastic- a 3x optical zoom! Not out yet in the US, but Samsung did show off a very small 1.3 megapixel phone that's tied into the EDGE high-speed data network. Connection to the internet at speeds in the DSL range- yes please!

I see the future and know what I want in my next phone: High-speed data network, at least a 3 megapixel camera with a 3X-5X optical zoom, a gig of internal storage, a functional web browser, email client, and pull out thumb typing keyboard. Is that so much to ask?


I've never been much of a thumb typing fan, the Treo type keyboard always felt too small for my paws. But I saw a keyboard I do really like on the new LG/Cingular phone ... AKA the American Idol phone that Ryan Seacrest is promoting.
The keyboard slides out from the phone. It's about 3 inches long and the letters are spaced wide enonught hat you wouldn't have that '2-keys at a time' problem that plagues the smaller thumb keyboards.