Budding photographer? Handsets from Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, BenQ-Siemens and LG vye for your attention with resolutions from 3 Megapixels and up at CeBIT 2006.
Sony Ericsson K800i hands-on impression
 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the first real camera phone. Granted, Nokia's N90 came close - but at 3.2 Megapixels and with stunning picture quality, the Sony Ericsson K800i blows the competition out of the water. Fitted with autofocus, an Xenon flash and a camera-inspired user interface, it also boasts 3G, Bluetooth and Memory Stick Micro expansion to boot - all in a compact, stylish and ergonomically pleasing candybar design. Bonus point: the BestPic burst mode which snaps four before-and-after shots in the course of a second. One word: splendid. More...
Nokia N80 hands-on impression
 Not your average camera phone, Nokia's N80 not only snaps high-quality stills and records decent quality video. Courtesy of Wi-Fi functionality, it can stream pictures live from its 40 MB of onboard memory or a miniSD card to a media extender in the home courtesy of UPnP support. Alternatively, users can also view their handywork on the above-par high-resolution 2.1-inch screen, or share them with others via Bluetooth or 3G - the latter of which also supports video calling. More...
Samsung SGH-D870 hands-on impression
 The latest addition to Samsung's venerable line-up of slider handsets, the SGH-D870 is a 3 Megapixel camera phone closely related to the previously released SGH-T809 and SGH-D820. Although snapping stills and recording video isn't as straightforward an affair as with other handsets due to the lack of an application-triggering lens cover, the user interface is an intuitive bit of work which graces the usual kind of high-quality screen we've come to expect from Samsung. As for music, suffice to say you should look elsewhere.
BenQ-Siemens EF91 hands-on impression
 Feature-rich at the expense of form, the EF91 is the ugly step child of BenQ-Siemens' new and extended phone family. Equipped as it is with HSDPA and a 3.2 Megapixel camera, it rear-ends much of the competition with good performance across the board, falling short on only a few vital points including design and viewfinder size. To use its camera, users must either opt for the standard open flip mode or the positively diminutive external display; not an ideal scenario for a camera phone. More...
LG KG920 hands-on impression
 At 5 Megapixels, LG's KG920 is Europe's highest-resolution camera phone thus far, also throwing in a 3x optical zoom lens and aufofocus for good measure. Unfortunately, so-so camera performance combines with a bulky swivel design, sub-par keypad usability and a general lack of attention towards phone functionality to render this a poor choice for phone and camera buyers alike. It will, however, include an excellent high-resolution display, 128 MB of memory and a miniSD card slot for expansion when it hits shelves in June 2006.
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