It’s obviously the season for digital cameras with integrated USB plugs, since Samsung has just outed a new point-and-shoot of their own. The Samsung PL90 is a 12.2-megapixel digicam with a 4x optical zoom and VGA-quality 30fps video recording mode, and has a pop-out USB plug for offloading shots together with recharging the camera.
Otherwise the features are pretty standard for a point-and-shoot, with the PL90 getting Samsung’s Smart Auto mode that takes care of shooting modes itself. There’s also a portrait mode; rather than a front-facing LCD display, like on some of Samsung’s more expensive models, the PL90 uses face-tracking to monitor where the subject is in terms of the overall frame, beeping when they’re perfectly positioned.
That, smile and blink detection, and automatic red-eye fix round out the main functionality, and there’s a 2.7-inchh 230k pixel LCD preview display on the back. Expect the Samsung PL90 to drop in September 2010, priced at $149.99.