The latest Samsung smartphone has every multimedia function a user could possibly want

It's a camera, video recorder and player and you can also play your favourite music on it and check your mail. And, of course, the Samsung Innov8 is also a perfectly adequate mobile phone should you want to call up a pal - but then, you knew that, didn't you!

With 16 gigabytes of storage, the Innov8 is a multimedia monster, so you'll be able to enjoy lots of music files, movies and photos on the go.

It comes with a good quality headset, which doubles as stereo headphones, but if you want better sound, just plug in your hi-fi phones.

We were more than happy with the result of our tests on MP3 and video. It supports MP3, WMA and AAC found formats as well as DivX / H.263/H.264 / WMV / MP4 video.

Its 8 megapixel camera comes with useful functions like smile detection, blink detection and anti-shaking as well as panorama assistance and photos can even be embedded with GPS data.

We were able to take good-quality pictures especially when our subject was in a well-lit environment.

The phones also comes with all necessary connectivity, including 3G in HSDPA format, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooh. True Move customers should be happy using the Innov8 for browsing Web pages and checking emails as well uplodiang digital photos shots using high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots around Bangkok.

The phone runs on the Symbian OS of S60 v3.2 version, which is also used by Nokia's N series phones.

The Innov8 is on sale now and it's retailing for Bt23,990.