Samsung finally announced the release date of 8MP Memoir that will be reaching the Americans via T-Mobile. The phone is due on Feb 25 at an affordable price of $299.

Samsung officially unveiled (again) the phone at Mobile World Congress today and roped in model and photographer, Helena Christensen for the promotion. The device as well as the image quality looks good. Oh yea, the above picture was in fact shot by Memoir. Have a look at more hi-res photos over here.

Check out the hands-on video below.

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With information leaking at regular intervals, T-Mobile thought it was about time to give this phone an official tag. Samsung Memoir aka SGH-t929 has been launched in the USA to give users the power of 8MP photography along with Xenon flash, 16X digital zoom and five shooting modes. The phone also boasts Bluetooth, GPS, TouchWiz UI, 3G, music player and much more.

The pricing and availability are still unknown but we are pinning to the previously rumored Feb 25.

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Taiwanese company LiteOn IT has decided to shed its OEM route for digital frames and come out with its own brand. Under the brand name Skyla, LiteOn will now be selling Memoir, a digital frame with a built-in scanner. The scanner helps to digitize old hard copy photos (no larger than 4 by 6 inches) and view them onto the digital frame or store on its memory.

The digital frame’s specification include an 8-inch screen with a resolution of 800×400 pixels, 1GB internal memory and expandable via a slew of memory cards. Scanning resolution goes up to 600dpi and is done with a touch of button placed below. It also has 2 USB ports to use it with PC or to backup scanned photos.

LiteOn expects it to sell it just in time before Christmas with a price tag of $220.

[Via Gearlog]