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We do know that Samsung is a consumer electronics giant that has their finger dipped in just about every conceivable industry, but they are most famous for their range of TVs, home appliances as well as smartphones and tablets. As for the digital camera segment, well, it is suffice to say that Samsung is not at the top of most peoples’ lists when one talks about a digital camera, never mind the fact that the South Korean conglomerate has done pretty all right for itself where conventional, consumer class digital cameras are concerned. Well, this time around Samsung has carved out a potentially new niche for themselves in the form of an Android-powered digital camera simply known as the Samsung Galaxy Camera.

AT&T has just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Camera is headed towards the US carrier’s way, where it will merge high performance photography alongside the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, not to mention coupling that with AT&T 4G mobile internet connectivity that results in a powerful point and shoot camera that Android users will certainly be down with thanks to the presence of a familiar, intuitive user interface, not to mention being able to access the slew of your favorite Android applications which can be downloaded or purchased from the Google Play market.

I guess you can more or less say that this is the Android-powered version of the iPod touch – it does not have any phone capability, and yet is connected to a software market of sorts, and takes great images, too, at least for the budding photographer. Features of the Samsung Galaxy Camera include a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD display, a 21x optical zoom lens and a super-bright 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor that comes in handy when shooting high-quality images in macro and low light conditions. There is a quad-core 1GHz processor underneath the hood doing all of the grunt work, making sure it is responsive enough to your whims and fancies.

No idea on pricing or an exact available date, but just like winter (for folks living in the northern hemisphere, of course), it is coming. For real.

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It is official – AT&T has just announced that they will be making available the Samsung Galaxy Camera, this after we saw it arrive at the FCC. The Galaxy Camera is different from the other digital cameras in the market simply because it is powered by Google’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system while remaining connected to the Internet thanks to AT&T’s 4G mobile internet connectivity. Not only are Android users able to dive right into the Galaxy Camera out of the box due to the familiar user interface, one is also able to access a slew of favorite Android applications directly from the Google Play market.

Just to recap, the Galaxy Camera comes with a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD display with a 21x optical zoom lens and a super-bright 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, running on a quad-core 1GHz processor, while throwing in powerful features such as Smart Pro Mode technology that lets you toggle through a series of pre-set options for an easier photo taking experience. You need not wait until Christmas for the Galaxy Camera to arrive, as AT&T has said that it will go on sale in the “coming weeks”, and pricing details will be revealed in due time as well. [Press Release]

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Galaxy Camera stops by the FCC with AT&T’s radios on board, Samsung Galaxy Camera debuts at IFA 2012,

We’ve been excited about the Samsung Galaxy Camera since it was announced back in August. We saw the weird/brilliant mashup of a Jelly Bean-running Galaxy S III with a point-and-shoot camera in action last month, and it looked like a winning combination. Well, Samsung has just answered a few of the remaining question marks: the Galaxy Camera is coming to AT&T’s 4G network “in the next few weeks.” Both pricing for the camera’s AT&T data plan and the camera itself are still up in the air. We’re dying to know how much extra cash we’re going to shell out on data plans to get this camera in our hands. [AT&T] More »

Samsung made much ado of the Galaxy Camera coming in both 3G and 4G versions, but it wasn’t clear just which carriers would let us upload photos when away from WiFi. The FCC might have just given out a big clue with approval filings for two 3G editions. As it’s been tested for US clearance, the Android point-and-shoot in its EK-GC100 and EK-KC100 guises has support for HSPA-based 3G on the 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands used by AT&T and larger Canadian carriers — a possible hint of Big Blue’s ongoing connected devices push, but not a very promising discovery for most T-Mobile users or any CDMA customers. Before anyone bemoans the absences of LTE or support for more American networks, however, we’d note that this is just one filing and might not represent the totality of Samsung’s US plans, if we’re indeed looking at one or more US-bound examples. We’ll keep an eye out ahead of the Galaxy Camera’s international launch in October to see if there’s anything more in the FCC’s cards.

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Another Photokina star is Samsung’s Galaxy Camera, which launched to much fanfare several weeks ago at IFA, but dominates the company’s photo-themed booth at the biennial photography show in Cologne, Germany. There’s not much more to report on the hardware side, apart from confirmation that certain versions of the Android snapper will pack LTE, but there are indeed some very shiny new finishes to gawk at. First up is a bright orange flavor — if you feared that the Galaxy point-and-shoot’s rather large footprint wouldn’t attract enough attention on its own in the field, you shouldn’t have any such concerns with an orange model. Also of the neon persuasion is a flashy pink version, which like the aforementioned color, should draw many an eye. We were quite pleased with the black and white models we saw at IFA, and while Samsung clearly has a few colorful prototypes in circulation, the company says they’re only being considered at this point, with your feedback determining the final options. So, what do you think? Would you buy an orange or pink Galaxy Camera? Let us know in the comments after the break.

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Colors! Samsung’s Galaxy Camera pops at Photokina with vibrant orange and magenta paint jobs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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