The Samsung Memoir (T929) is expected later this month. It will sport an 8 megapixel camera with 16x zoom, far better than the best camera phones currently on the market. The Memoir (aka the SGH-T929) will offer high speed data, a full HTML browser, a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard and expandable memory.

The value of carrying just one device that serves as phone and digital camera is obvious, but the quality of cameras in phones has lagged that of standalone digital cameras. It will be interesting to see if this is the device that finally gets people to leave their camera at home.

UPDATE on 2/27:  The Samsung Memoir is now available for order.