Samsung finally went ahead and did what we’ve expected them to do today with the announcement of their first Android powered handset, the I7500. Better late than ever, I say. The I7500 is no slouch in the feature department with a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-screen, GPS, Wi-Fi, and 8GB of internal memory. It’s also an HSDPA capable device with a 5-megapixel AF camera with Power LED (no clue what that is but I assume it’s flash), Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, MicroSD (up to 32GB support) and a 3.5mm earphone jack. It’s also pretty thin at 0.47 inches.
The media player should be pretty good with MPEG4, H.263/4 and WMV video playback support. The following audio codecs are also supported in case you were wondering: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA. Battery life should also be okay with a 1500mAh removable battery.
No word on price, but the I7500 will launch in Europe this June.
I can’t say that I’m surprised Samsung will launch the I7500 in Europe first, but touting themselves as the first of the three top global handset manufacturers to announce an Android handset is nothing to boast about in my opinion. What is it with this company and having to be the first at something no matter what it is?
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“MicroUSB (up to 32GB support)”
I guess you mean MicroSD
hmm, this may be a good alternative to the Palm pre i’m wanting to get.
the I7500 is actually coming to Germany, too – with an exclusive deal from O2
I had no idea Germany wasn’t apart of Europe anymore.
I think they should have called it the Ugly Stick Phone.
Nice! I hope it’ll arrive in Ukraine soon. Possibly, it will be the first Android phone, officially available here.
It’s decent looking…now all that Cupcake stuff has to get sorted out, and it may be alright.
No offense to Samsung but when the OPhone or Huawei’s model is on the way, then that will be noteworthy. Gudos, the specs for the Samsung are quite impressive, but there is no denying that that would come in third in the beauty contest.
http://androidcommunity.com/huawei-confirm-t-mobile-g3-for-euro-q3-launch-20090406/
http://androidcommunity.com/lenovo-ophone-android-smartphone-for-china-mobile-20081212/
nice thingie. but the price?
I’m assuming it’s GSM since it’s launching in Europe.. but any hope that it’ll be on CDMA?