T-Mobile today announced an 8.0-megapixel touch-screen camera phone that allows users to take photos like a point-and-shoot digital camera. 
The Samsung Memoir has an 8.0-megapixel camera has a Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom and five shooting modes. It features a large touch-screen with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. A virtual QWERTY keypad texts multimedia messages, chat and email, while built-in Assisted GPS navigation offers turn-by-turn directions.
For handsfree use, the Memoir has stereo Bluetooth technology, speakerphone and voice-activated dialing. An integrated music and video player provides on-the-road entertainment.
Samsung's new photo widget lets users to post photos directly to favorite online photo sharing sites such as flickr, Kodak Gallery, Photobucket and Snapfish.
"This is the camera phone that will make people want to leave their digital camera at home," said Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Mobile. "When you combine the Memoir's imaging capabilities, customizable menus and music player, not only is it a great phone, but the entertainment possibilities are unlimited."
The Samsung Memoir will be available beginning Feb. 25 for $249.99 with a two-year service agreement, $50 mail-in rebate and qualifying data plan.
