Samsung announce the Galaxy S4 zoom! A real cameraphone!

   It turns out that the leaks and everything else were spot on as today Samsung have announced what we hope is the final device in their Galaxy S4 line-up, the Galaxy S4 zoom.

   As you can see from the image above this isn't your conventional smartphone. Instead it's the definition of a camera phone with the front looking just like a normal Galaxy smartphone and then there's that monstrous camera stuck onto the back. So the size would suggest that this is a good

camera and to be honest it's not a bad option with a 16MP sensor which has 10x optical zoom, so this could be a really good camera replacement. The front facing camera is more of what you would expect on a smartphone with a 1.9MP sensor being employed here.

   But, let's not forget that this is also a smartphone and as purely a phone this device would be a mid-range handset. Up front there's a 4.3-inch qHD, that's a 540 x 960p display, which will be driven along by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and 8GB of internal storage, but you will only have 5GB of that free. Mercifully though Samsung have included a MicroSD slot to store those snaps on!

   One thing which does concern us is the 2330mAh battery, which although it is removable, probably won't last too long if you're taking and uploading pictures all day, especially if you're making the most of the 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and NFC sensors too!

   The device will be coming to various places around the world, including the UK, during the summer, but we don't have any more details than that at the moment!

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In Other News: 07/05/2013.

• Nokia have announced that they are committed to making a 'more human' orientated brand. The Finns plan to tailor their tech to customers needs, it seems obvious, but you'd be surprised how many companies miss that! Obviously this sounds a bit like Samsung's 'designed for humans' and 'life companion' campaigns and we suppose it is, which isn't necessarily a bad thing! Fingers crossed this can help Nokia onto the right track!
  Via PhoneArena.

• EA and Disney have struck a deal which will see all forthcoming Star Wars games developed and sold by EA for consoles, whereas Disney will make games for mobile and social networks. Hopefully EA will do a better job than they managed with SimCity!
  Via Joystiq.

• Rovio is finally starting to build out cross platform progress syncing for Angry Birds (an The Croods) so you can pick up where you left off on all your devices! It's about time guys! The update is live on the iOS version of the original Angry Birds game!
  Rovio Via Engadget.

• There have been rumours of a Samsung phone which features a camera with excellent camera credentials today. If the rumours are right then the phone will have a 16MP camera, but otherwise it will feature mid-range specs such as a dual-core processor. Obviously this is a rumour, but Samsung has yet to carpet bomb the phones with great imaging capabilities arena, so we think this is a space to watch!
  Via SamMobile.

• Acer's has a good Q1 with profit up 55% compared to this time last year! Head over to PCAdvisor for the full run down!

• Some of you might recognise the name Jon Rubinstein? Well he was an old exec at Palm, who was carried across to HP too. Well he's now got a spot on Qualcomm's board to go with his position on Amazon's board and his past experience working at Apple on the iPod.
  MarketWatch Via IntoMobile. 

• The KeepRunner app for Android and iOS has been updated to add support for the Pebble smartwatch, so you can track the vital details about the speed, time and distance of your run! The company says they're committed to support this sort of wearable solution, which is great news for the future!
  Via Engadget.

• FourSquare have released their app for Windows Phone 8 and it'll be preloaded on certain Lumia phones! The guys have promised an update for the Windows Phone 7 app is in the works too!
  Via TheVerge.

• Windows Phone is getting a lot of app love lately and the YouTube app! Microsoft have rolled out an update which actually makes this an app instead of a web link! You can now watch videos, access channels and playlists within the app and the update also lets you pin things to the start screen! Good stuff Microsoft! (Microsoft make the app for Windows Phone just like they do for the Facebook app).
  Via TheVerge.

• The UK has proposed changes to get 4G rolling out faster, check them out here on V3!

• Any creative students out there might be interested in Adobe's Creative Cloud at a reasonable price? Full details in the tweet below!

Are you a student? Get Adobe Creative Cloud for £15.88 a month... adobe.com/uk/creativeclo…
— Jamie Hoyle (@mightyshakerjnr) May 7, 2013

• The Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Note is rolling out OTA for UK owners! If you're phone is unlocked hit that software update button now!
  Via Eurodroid.

And finally, for those of you in the United States your new 'Un-carrier' T-Mobile have released a new ad aimed at dragging you iPhone owners away from other networks with the promise that you can use your phone the way you're meant to on their network! Check out the video below for full details! T-Mobile have also misplaced all their Windows Phones on their website. We're not sure why they're gone, but they are, possibly they're getting ready for the big announcement next week?

Via TmoNews and PhoneArena.

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