Blurry pics of T-Mobile branded Samsung "Memoir" cameraphone emerge
By Laura June 
posted December 8th 2008 6:34PM
posted December 8th 2008 6:34PM
We love nothing better than a good blurry photo around here to add a little dose of vague confusion to the rumor mill. These two artistically hazy snaps are purported to be of a US-bound T-Mobile Samsung Behold-style phone with an 8-megapixel camera. Tmo News is also reporting that it's going to run on Touchwiz, the same UI as the Behold, and that it's called the Memoir. We don't have any other details for now, but we'll let you know as soon as we see a fuzzy scan of a semi-redacted press release.
Super shmexy
It kinda looks like the Samsung Omnia from Verizon.
It's cleary an LG Viewty.
two cheese touchwiz wit...
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but the raising the megapixel count on a cameraphone just seems like a huge waste of time to me. Why not focus on getting decent quality pictures out of them instead? An 8 megapixel blurry photo is going to be equally as useless as a 2 megapixel blurry photo. More megapixels does not equate to better pictures, just bigger pictures. Why would you want a huge picture that looks like ass?
Who doesn't like ass?
ass is only good if its a good ass. i dont like man ass or ugly fat woman ass. nice ass only
Mr. Blurry cam strikes again...
You would think he would get a new camera - or at least a stand!
I'm back kids!
i dont know who you are.
looks just like a midly facelifted (or disgused) Pixon
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=bar&model_cd=GT-M8800DKAXEU&pid=uk_home_c3r1contents_pixon
Looks more like a next version. Nice catch though.
Indeed. They reported on this phone early today over at Tmonews.com and said the same thing. The specs are very similar, and it is said to be running the same hardware as the Behold that Tmo is carrying right now.
i think it looks quite similar to and LG viewty, but with afew more silver bits
It's hard to tell since Samsung has put out about a dozen identical looking ho-hum touchscreen phones in the last few months.
Why even bother? The Behold already has very similar specs but the software is so terrible that it's pointless. More megapixels is not gonna fix that. Throw wifi, 3g, and a decent OS on this thing and then maybe it'll be worth it.
Well, the Behold already does have 3G, but I agree on the Wi-Fi part.
will it come with a geisha?
Just another movie about a poor, beautiful girl turned into a hooker...but this time...she's...Asian.
My pictures of big asses better not be blurry...
I'm having some problems when I go to Engadget, guys. I typed in "engadget.com" and for some reason the page started with posts from December 3rd. (The URL still said www.engadget.com)
And the other day, I clicked "Older Posts," and it took me like, 4 or 5 pages back despite saying "engadget.com/page/2"
In both cases, a refresh fixed it, but I still thought I would let you know.
I'm using FF 3.0.1
While on occasion the writers will comment on their articles, I'm not sure that's the best way to get an error like that across.
Try here:
http://www.engadget.com/contact/comment/
Cool, thanks Jon!
That thing looks a lot like a Viewty, surprised I'm the only one to notice it tbh.
Thank you! I was just about to post the same.
i said that in a comment above lol, i think its the camera/flash etc. placement. also the call buttons look quite similar too.
This would be cool if TouchWiz didn't suck a fat one.
Most unusable phone OS I've ever attempted to use.
i hope these pictures werent taken with another one of these phones
iEye took them. With his iPhone. :P
looks nice, but id rather see more Android phones for T-mo than another touchwiz phone.
Why doesn't samsung just throw on Android, they are a member of the OHA.
It'll just mean more sales for the phone.
I usually lurk, but just had to post this. This phone is rumored to be the Samsung Pixxon. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/29/samsung-pixon-m8800-digital-camera-also-features-a-phone/
looks totally different from the pixon and the pixon is already out (in uk)
I actually had a chance to play with this phone when the Samsung rep was hanging around a T-Mobile store. The rep said that it was looking like early 1st quarter release. It did run Touchwiz and that 8 megapixel shooter was really good. It was a little bit thicker than the Behold, but I actually liked the build quality more. Didn't get to check out if they decided to throw in Wifi or GPS but definitely had 3G. I couldn't get much more info than that from the rep but I must say that I definitely liked the phone a lot. Hope T-Mobile puts it out soon.
This looks almost EXACTLY like the LG Viewty! Samsung , come up with your own ideas
It looks like the LG Viewty and has the spec of the LG Renoir. Renoir, Memoir, hmmmm....
Just ordered my Memoir today! Waiting patiently for it to arrive! Was thinking of getting the behold, but was told the memoir was similar with a better camera. Hope the camera works well. come join me at http://www.Samsung-Memoir.com see ya.