Samsung TL240

Front

The TL240 is your basic sleek black rectangle, with a silver ring around the lens and, when the lens is extended, a blue band for color accent.

A straightforward design

Back

Unlike some touch-screen camera designs, the SL240 is entirely devoid of button controls on the back. There's a 3.5-inch WVGA touch-screen display and, at the right, two raised ridges to help steady the camera, or warn you if your finger is wandering into touch-sensitive territory..

Button, button, who's got the button?

Sides

The left side trumpets the camera's 14.2-megapixel resolution, the right has a tight-fititng door shielding the USB and HDMI connectors and the loop for attaching a wrist strap..

Proud of its mega pixels.

Fingernails are essential for reaching the IO ports.

Top

The button on the left side switches the camera to playback mode. The power button is in the middle,  and on the right are the shutter and a traditional left-right toggle to manage the zoom lens ( fortunately, that function is not relegated to the touch-screen).

Switching modes and zooming get traditional controls.

Bottom

The latched panel on the left contains the battery and microSD memory card. There's a tripod socket, hidden by the labeling here, centered below the lens.

Our pre-production camera came complete with serial number.