The Samsung CL80 is expected to be introduced at CES 2010 (January 7th-11th), and is a beefy addition to Samsung’s compact digital camera line. The design sports a minimalistic, slim-lined modern shape, without a lot of buttons. Instead, it stuffs a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen that actually covers the entire backside of the Samsung CL80 camera. The Samsung CL80 is a 14.2 Megapixel, 31mm wide-angle lens, digital camera with a 7x optical zoom. Add GPS, WLAN and Bluetooth Support, and you’ve got a pocket Hercules.
Besides photographing in high resolution, the Samsung CL80 also supports video in high-definition (720p) quality. The Samsung CL80 has a built-in motion detector so that the camera can automatically switch from photo to video recording mode or vice versa, by tilting it slightly. To prevent blurry photos, the Samsung CL80 is equipped with an optical image stabilizer (O.I.S.). Additionally, the advanced Smart Auto mode guarantees optimal lighting and camera settings as the photo automatically detects the type of scene. It is also possible to manually select the scene. [adsense]
The touchscreen is controlled by moving or pressing the finger on it. Icons appear on the screen, and they are activated by touching them. But it is also possible to perform commands by certain movements of the fingers. ‘Drawing’ a cross on the image displayed will delete it, drawing half of a circle to the left or to the right will rotate the photo to either side, and dragging the finger to the left or to the right makes it possible to browse through the image file.
The Samsung CL80’s retouch menu allows you to edit infinitum, with contrast, sharpness and many other filtering tools. The GPS function allows you to find the location in which the photo was taken, after the fact. The photos that were made are activated with GPS, and by uploading them to websites that support Maps, the GPS data that is linked to the photo will automatically be 
recognized and displayed.
The Samsung CL80 also supports Bluetooth and WLAN. It is possible to select an IP address, the Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS manually, but you can also allow for the camera to select the network automatically. That way, it is just a small step to take to upload photos to a website or send them by e-mail. The photo and video recordings are stored in the 100 MB internal memory or on a microSDHC flash memory card.
As mentioned, the Samsung CL80 has not been officially introduced yet, but it is expected to appear in January 2010. (Price YTBD, www.samsung.com)
