Samsung announces 5-megapixel, 4x zoom touting Soul mobile phone

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Just sneaking in prior to the start of the Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, Samsung has announced the launch of ‘Soul’, which is an acronym of ‘The Spirit Of Utra’, named in honour of the completion of its ‘Ultra Edition’ series of handsets.

Set to be a major feather in Samsung’s cap, the slim and lightweight handset has features such as Magical Touch by DaCP, which adapts the keypad and menus to the user’s habits, making the navigation unique to your usage.

The 12.9mm thin quad-band GSM handset…

CES 2008: IZ3D gaming monitor pwns 3D plasmas

Tucked away in the Microsoft stand at CES, a company called IZ3D is showing off the world’s first 3D gaming monitor. There’s been a lot of 3D news floating around the show this year thanks to the Texas Instruments DLP announcement and the compatible Samsung plasma screens that will be debuting the technology later in the year. IZ3D’s screens are way better though and here’s why:

CES 2008: Samsung launches a slew of digital cameras – here's a quick roundup

Along with hundreds of high def tellies, it’s traditional for electronics manufacturers to flood their CES stands with digital cameras in all shapes and sizes. Some of them may not have the most wild and quirky set of features, but these are the cameras you’ll actually be buying next year when Currys works out that no-one’s stupid enough to buy consumer electronics before Xmas and has to flog ‘em off cheap in the new year. Here’s the run down:

Samsung i8
The latest in the multifaceted PMP range of Samsung cameras, the i8 offers MP3, WAV and video files as well as the more normal act of taking photos. It takes 8 megapixel shots and measures in at 3.5” x 2.3” x 0.8”. Compared to its CES award winning predecessor, the i85, the design is a lot less angular than before, although I can’t quite decide if that’s really been a good thing.

CES 2008: Samsung Infolink television with USA today RSS feeds on screen

Susi's lethargy is obviously setting in as she looks at the Samsung Infolink television. Our quote of the trip so far has to be "anyway, there's stuff," which actually sums up this television pretty well. It's got an ethernet connection built in which allows the telly to connect to the internet…but don't get too excited, it doesn't allow you to surf the web, but pulls in RSS feeds on stocks, news and weather and displays them on screen. In the US the service is provided by USA Today, and a UK partnership should be revealed very soon…