The Samsung Galaxy Camera has been unveiled this week as the South Korean company attempts to follow Nikon into the Android-powered camera market.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera comes with a host of cool features including weighting just 305g, featuring a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, 21x super zoom lens, a quad-core 1.4GHz SoC (probably Exynos 4), 8GB of internal storage, and it runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Samsung's latest camera will go up in direct competition with the recently unveiled Nikon S800c which also has a 16MP CMOS sensor, along with a 7x zoom f/2 lens. The Nikon however only runs the Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Both cameras are still to actually hit the market, making it difficult to gauge market reaction from consumers.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera features optical image stabilization as well as a funky zoom that can be controlled via an independent button as well as by the touch screen on the device.

It also boasts a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear LCD screen, which is much larger than the 3.5-inch on Nikon's model.

One of the coolest features on the Samsung camera though, is the integration of the S Voice application. So users can give camera control commands using their voice, by saying simple camera tasks such as "Zoom in" or "Shoot."

Many critics feel this feature could come in much more useful on the Samsung Galaxy Camera than the S Voice feature on Samsung's smartphones.

The Nikon version is limited to only WiFi connectivity. However, the Samsung Galaxy Camera will be available with either 3G or 4G capabilities as well as the usual WiFi feature. It will also feature an Auto Cloud Backup to that photos are saved to the AllShare cloud service as soon as a photo is taken.