The Samsung i8520 is a smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

 produced by Samsung

Samsung

The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

. Its main feature is a built-in DLP WVGA projector that is able to project images at up to 50 inches (1,270 mm) in size at 6 to 9 lumens

Lumen (unit)

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. The i8520 also contains an 8-megapixel camera, that can be used along with the projector to allow the user to project directly what is in front of the camera (similar to the action of an overhead projector

Overhead projector

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). The camera is also able to record HD video at a resolution of 720p

720p

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 at 30 frame/s. The phone also offers local Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

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 connectivity, e-mail

E-mail

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, and web

WorldWideWeb

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 browsing, as well as containing a built-in GPS receiver. It was released initially in Singapore on 17 July 2010 with the carrier StarHub

StarHub

StarHub Limited is a full-fledged telecommunications company providing a full range of services over mobile, internet and fixed platforms in Singapore...

. An international release was expected some time during August 2010.

Other features

• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Integrated DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
• Social networking integration with live updates
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail
• YouTube, Google Talk integration
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
• MP4/H.263/H.264/Xvid/DivX player
• Image editor
• TV out
• Organizer
• Voice memo
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