Samsung Galaxy i7500 mobile phone launched in India

Samsung has launched its Android-based smart phone the Samsung Galaxy i7500 in India with Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices.



Samsung Galaxy i7500 has features such as a 3.2” AMOLED full touch-screen, a 5-megapixel camera, 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, internal memory 8 GB expandable up to 32 GB, a 1500mAh battery and is only 11.9 mm thick.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 users can access Google Mobile Services suite which includes Google Maps, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Calendar as well as Android Market.



The Samsung Galaxy i7500 also has a GPS integrator, which enables the user to use Google Maps features such as My Location, Google Latitude, local search as well as detailed routes descriptions.



The Samsung Galaxy i7500 has been launched with an exclusive offer of 500 MB free download per month, for a period of six months.

Samsung Galaxy is available at a price of Rs 28,990.

Samsung Pixon 12 megapixel phone launched in India

Samsung has launched the Samsung Pixon 12 mobile phone in India, which boasts of a 12 megapixel camera and full touch screen functionality.



The Samsung Pixon 12 has a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 16 million colors, resolution of 480x800 pixels and the Touchwiz UI. The 12 megapixel camera has autofocus, xenon and power LED flash, smile shot, face detection and image stabilization. Video recording is at 720x480 pixels at 30 frames per second.



The Samsung Pixon 12 has 150MB of internal memory which is expandable up to 16GB with the microSD slot provided.

The Samsung Pixon 12 also has 3G, EDGE/GPRS, GPS, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (micro), FM Radio with RDS, DivX and XviD video format support and TV Out feature.



Users can also easily upload images and videos to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace and Photobucket.

The Samsung Pixon 12 is available at a price of Rs. 29,990.

Samsung Omnia Pro and HD launched in India

Samsung India has launched two Omnia variants i.e. Omnia Pro B7320 and Omnia HD i8910, in India.

Samsung Omnia Pro has a full QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile operating system, 2.4 inches QVGA 320 x 240 pixels screen, 3 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE or GPRS and USB 2.0. It also has 70MB memory expandable upto 16GB with a microSD card. Samsung Omnia Pro is priced at Rs. 16,500.



Samsung Omnia HD i8910 is a full-touch handset with 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, 360 x 640 pixel resolution, 16:9 wide, has 16M colors and has a 8 megapixel camera with 720P HD video recording. It is powered by 1Ghz processor and has features such as HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps internet access, 16GB internal memory expandable upto 48GB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, support for DLA, a built-in GPS receiver and a dual stereo speaker.



The Samsung Omnia HD runs on the Touchwiz UI and also has a 3.5 mm audio jack, DNSe 2.0 (Digital Natural Sound Engine) and Virtual 5.1 channel Dolby surround sound.

Samsung Omnia HD is priced at Rs 33,990.

Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch smart-phone launched in India

Samsung India has launched its Ultra Touch S8300 smart-phone in India. Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch has the world's first AMOLED touch-screen and is a slider smart-phone with a 8 megapixel camera, dual LED flash, 30fps VGA video recording and HSDPA 7.2 Mbps.







Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch also has features such as GPS navigation, geo-tagging via the GPS chip which allows the user to tag photos with geographic information, 80 MB of internal memory with support for MicroSD cards up to 16GB.







Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch is loaded with its Touch Wiz interface and has support for Mobile widgets.



Samsung has also tied up with BSNL and MTNL to offer its handsets with their recently launched 3G services.







Samsung S8300 UltraTouch is available at a price of Rs. 27,500.



Samsung now has four touch-screen phones in India, i.e. the i900 Omnia, F480, the Pixon, and the Samsung S8300 UltraTouch. All these Samsung touch-screen phones are 3G enabled and are available in the price band of Rs. 17,790 and Rs. 32,200.

Samsung Pixon M8800 8-MP touchscreen mobile phone in India

Samsung has launched its 8-megapixel touchscreen mobile phone, Pixon M8800 in India. (Click to enlarge images)



The Samsung Pixon M8800 has a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen with Samsung TouchWiz user interface for intuitive tap, sweep, drag and drop operations as well as live Home Screen Widgets like weather info, Google Search etc.



The Samsung Pixon M8800 has a camera resolution of 3264x2448 with auto-focus, dual LED flash, face-recognition, wide dynamic range, advanced shake reduction system, GPS geo-tagging support and VGA video recording at 30fps.



The Samsung Pixon M8800 also has QWERTY keyboard, onscreen handwriting recognition for emailing, messaging and other inputs, 7.2 MBPS HSDPA and TV output for both PAL and NTSC systems.

Important Specifications:
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 3.2 inches, 240 x 400 pixels, Accelerometer sensor
Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range
Video WVGA@30fps, QVGA@120fps, Secondary Video call camera
Internal 200 MB, Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps, GPS
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
USB v2.0, microUSB
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Stereo FM radio with RDS
DivX/XviD/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP4 player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR player
SRS (Surround Sound System) Virtual 5.1CH
TV-out
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Size Dimensions 107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8 mm
Weight 121 g
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 290 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 40 min


Samsung Pixon M8800 is priced at Rs.28,750 and comes pre-loaded with games such as Brain Challenge, Diamond Twister and Millionaire-3 for game lovers.

Samsung Blue Earth - Solar powered mobile phone

Samsung has unveiled its latest eco-friendly full touchscreen mobile phone called 'Blue Earth'. Samsung Blue Earth is pebble shaped and is made from a recycled plastic called PCM, which is extracted from used water bottles. (Click to enlarge images)



Samsung Blue Earth has a solar panel on the backside of the phone, which charge the phone in sunlight. The mobile phone and the charger, are devoid of harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants, Beryllium and Phthalate.



Samsung Blue Earth has features such as 'eco walk' which indicates to the user how many steps have been taken (with the in-built pedometer) and how how much CO2 emission you have managed to save by walking instead of taking a car. It also has a 'eco-mode' which allows the user to optimize Bluetooth, screen brightness and backlight duration.



Samsung's Blue Earth will be initially launched in UK by the second half of 2009. There is no information on pricing of this eco-friendly phone, as yet.

Samsung Eternity touchscreen mobile phone

Samsung has launched the Samsung Eternity touchscreen mobile phone (also called the Samsung SGH-a867). Samsung Eternity is integrated with TouchWiz technology. (Click to enlarge images)



Samsung Eternity has features suchas a 3.2 inch display with haptics, TouchWiz interface, an accelerometer, a 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD card slot and a full HTML browser. Samsung Eternity also has three dedicated keys for easy navigation, internal memory of 200MB and has a battery life of 5 hours of talk time and stand by time up to 10.5 days.




Specifications:

Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
Dual band HSDPA connectivity (850/1900 MHz)
3.2" TFT touchscreen display at 240 x 400 resolution
3 megapixel camera
On-screen QWERTY keyboard
microSD/SDHC memory card slot
Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
GPS and AT&T Navigator
Built-in accelerometer
Full HTML web browser, Email and IM

The Samsung Eternity is initially availabe in the U.S. at a price of $150 wth a two year contract with AT&T.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - Apple iPhone Killer?

Nokia, the largest handset maker in the world, has launched the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (also called the Nokia Tube) touchscreen phone. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be directly competing with Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Omnia. As per Nokia, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the ‘first mass-market phone with a touchscreen’ which will be available at an affordable price of $390. (Click to enlarge images)





The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic runs on the S60 5th Edition operating system and has a 3.2 inch 640 x 360 touchscreen with stylus input, a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash, VGA front camera, A-GPS, HDSPA, Wi-Fi connectivity, 8GB internal memory expandable upto 16GB using the microSDHC memory card slot, built-in surround sound stereo speakers, a 3.5mm jack and graphic equalizer.





The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will have 'Comes With Music', a Nokia service which offers 1 year of unlimited access to the Nokia's music store catalog. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a browser with Flash Lite 3 installed for surfing the internet.





The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available worldwide in the 4th quarter of 2008. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be launched in India in the third week of November at a price of sub-Rs 20,000. Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Omnia are priced at more than Rs 30,000 in India.

Nokia will also bundle exclusive content of its brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan for Nokia mobiles sold in India. It bundled the full ‘Om Shanti Om’ movie in Nokia N96 and will also bundle video clips and music of Shah Rukh Khan's movies in these handsets.