Samsung Bundles Boingo Wi-Fi With Its ST5500/CL80 Digital Cameras

on 05/13/2010, filed in Home > Photo-Video

With Wi-Fi enabled devices becoming more popular and common, Samsung has announced that its CL80/ST5500 digital cameras will come preinstalled with Boingo software, allowing users to connect to the 125,000 Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide for easy on-the-go photo and video sharing. You’ll initially get 3-months free usage, after which you’ll need to shell out $7.95/month to continue enjoying the service. Sounds like a good marketing strategy, no? Specifications of the Samsung CL80/ST5500 include:

14.2-megapixels
7x optical zoom
3.7″ WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display
720p HD/30fps/H.264 format/built-in HDMI connectivity
Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity (DLNA Supported)
Email/Direct upload to photo sharing websites
Smart Gesture UI
Smart Filter (Advanced Filter Effects)
Dual Image Stabilization: Optical IS and Digital IS
Smart Auto 2.0: (Still & Movie)
Smart Album
Smart Face Recognition (up to 20 faces)
Perfect Portrait System: Beauty Shot/Face Detection/Self Portrait/Smile Shot/Blink Detection/Red-eye Fix
Photo Style Selector
Smart Filter
Panorama Shot
Built-in software for playback, management, and editing on a PC (no CD-ROM installation required)

Samsung: Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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