Samsung CL80 Compact Camera Gets Official

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Just earlier this evening you’ve seen two regular point-and-shoot cameras from Samsung, the TL210 and the TL205 and now you’re about to see the queen of compact cameras revealed so far at CES 2010. Mind you, I haven’t seen them all yet and from what I can gather CES 2010 is going to bring us lots of new compact cameras to choose from.

I myself am a big fan of compact cameras. They are exactly what one needs to capture those unique moments of one’s life. Press a button and the picture, or the movie for that matter, is there. No need for fancy lenses and manual controls, no need for a 10-minute setup of a perfect picture. Sure DSLR cameras will offer you gorgeous photos, I’ll give you that, but a point-and-shoot camera can do wonders in the hands of an experienced photographer.

Which brings me to this particular camera, the Samsung CL80, a device that I’d definitely want to use at some point in the near future. The specs of the CL80 amaze me and I’m sure you’ll be amazed too.

The Samsung CL80 comes with features like 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen LCD, Wi-Fi connectivity support, 14-megapixel shooter, 7x optical zoom, 720p video recording, Bluetooth 2.0 support, HDMI and DLNA connectivity. Ready for more? How about Smart Gesture UI? What about email and direct upload to a bunch of photo sharing websites including YouTube, Picasa and Facebook?

As you expect the point-and-shoot also comes with various built-in features meant to help you take better, clearer pictures in all sorts of environments. The pictures and movies taken with the CL80 will definitely be remembered. Not to mention that the camera itself looks awfully good too!

The only thing that this advanced point-and-shoot doesn’t do is make and receive phone calls. Sure, cell phones also happen to have good cameras on board these days but I don’t think we have the necessary technology yet to produce a device that can both be used as a cell phone and as a true, standalone, point-and-shoot camera. Or maybe we do have it but making such a device isn’t as cheap as we’d like it to be!

Speaking of pricing and availability dates, you can expect the camera to arrive this spring although we have no prices for you at this point. You should be ready to pay the extra bucks if you want to choose this compact cameras instead of one of the cheaper versions presented by Samsung at CES this year.