I'm not sure what Samsung was thinking, why they would allow zooming in one mode but not another, but it really does not matter. This phone like all others I've seen uses a digital zooming technique, not optical zooming (actually changing the focal length of the lens). imho, instead of taking pictures in 2m and "zooming" you'll be better off taking your pictures in 3m mode and then cropping the image when you print.
I agree. I've been using 3mp so far and have been happy with the results. I've uploaded several to my facebook and they look quite good. I just think it would have been nice to have a zoom option in the higher res, but I guess that's what you buy a digital camera for.
Conversation whiplash..... Has anyone gotten any decent results from the video function? I just got the phone btw and am still learning as I go.