Samsung have come up with a somewhat bizarre way to promote their latest camera phone, the glorious Samsung G800. They've somehow managed to get it top billing in the German opera "Wagners Nibelungenring for children", in which the 5 megapixel 3x optical zoom camera phone is used to take a picture of Bruennhilde, which is then shown to Siegfried, making it "essential for the progression of the story".

Er, quite! Now normally this wouldn't be such great news, and would just be seen as a lame attempt to bring an existing opera up to date using "modern technology" that the kids use! However, Samsung are making a big deal of it, and have even got it mentioned in the official casting list, which the actual human cast must have been thrilled with!

Oh well, whatever sells your camera phones, I guess!

[Source: Aving.net]