Samsung Electronics on Thursday launched a new
Internet-connected camera in South Korea, as the electronics giant
intensifies efforts to expand its dominance in the mobile phone market
to other sectors.
The "Galaxy" camera, named after the Korean
firm's signature smartphone and tablet PC series, enables users to
upload photos and videos directly to the Internet without having to hook
it up to a computer.
The camera, launched earlier this year in
countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere in Asia, is not
Samsung's first Internet-connected camera.
But the latest device -- powered by Google's
Android software like many key Samsung gadgets including Galaxy S
smartphones or Galaxy Tab tablets -- operates more like a smartphone,
the company said.
It allows users to download apps aimed at
polishing photos or videos, automatically share images stored in the
camera with certain mobile devices located nearby, or to have the images
automatically stored in a cloud-computing server.
Users have to subscribe to wireless plans to
use the gadget, featuring a 4.8-inch LCD touchscreen, a 21x optical lens
and priced at about 750,000 won ($691) on the domestic market.
"The Galaxy Camera will open a new chapter of
communications -- visual communications," JK Shin, chief of Samsung's
mobile unit, said in a statement.
Samsung -- the world's top maker of
smartphones and memory chips -- has recently been trying to strengthen
its relatively small presence in the global digital camera industry
dominated by Japanese giants like Nikon and Canon.
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