Samsung has announced that its latest mobile phone, the i8910 HD, has launched in the UK today exclusively on the Orange network.
While we don't normally feature mobile phones on HDTVUK, this handset is one of the increasing number of ultra-portable devices capable of creating and outputting some kind of true high definition content.
In fact, Samsung is claiming a world first. The i8910 HD is the first mobile phone capable of capturing video in high definition.
Granted, we've seen smaller camcorders that do just that - the Flip minoHD for example - so at one level it's not a huge feat to be able to cram HD video recording into a product with a small form factor. However, it will surely open the doors for a host of other phones to come along with HD-capable functions.
Naturally, though the large 3.2-inch AMOLED screen is good, its resolution is 640x360, so it's as well that the handset also features an output for connecting up to a high definition TV.
Curiously, even on the full specification list for the phone, there's no mention of exactly how good that HD video capture is. Yes, it can capture in MPEG4 and 3GPP formats but that's all we're told -- for now. To me that suggests 720p/30fps at best, but even that's not too shabby for a phone.
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