Johannesburg, 13 May 2009
Samsung Mobile South Africa, leader in technology, has unveiled the i7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With the launch of the i7500, Samsung became the first company among the world's top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered mobile phone.
The Samsung i7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2-inch AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full Web browsing at lightening-quick speeds.
Android technology is a software platform for mobile devices, which has been developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), of which Samsung is a member. Android enables developers to create mobile applications that take full advantage of a handset's capabilities. Android is an open source platform that enables a phone to incorporate new technologies as they emerge.
With devices built on the Android Platform, users are able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They can swap out the phone's home-screen, the style of the dialler, or any of the applications. They can even instruct their phones to use their favourite photo viewing application to handle the viewing of all photos. Android provides access to a wide range of useful libraries and tools that can be used to build rich applications.
The Samsung i7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are also available in the Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, which allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.
Based on Samsung's proven product leadership, the Samsung i7500 comes with the latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2-inch AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and a full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the i7500 also provides a significant battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity of up to 40GB (internal memory: 8GB, external memory: up to 32GB). Such features allow one to make the most of all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts a slim and compact design, measuring in at a mere 11.9mm thick.
The Samsung I7500 will be available in South Africa from July/August 2009.
i7500 Spec List:
* Network Technology : HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (900 / 1700 / 2100MHz)
* EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
* OS: Android
* Size: 115 x 56 x 11.9mm
* Display: 3.2-inch HVGA (320x480) AMOLED
* Camera: 5 MP Camera (Auto Focus), Power LED
* Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
* Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA
* Value Added Features: Full Web Browser Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar.
* Google Talk, Android Market
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