Samsung’s Giorgio Armani Windows Phone might have strutted its stuff on Friday, but the company has only just got around to pushing out the official press release. That confirms that the Windows Mobile 6.5 handset has such pleasantries as a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera and 8GB of onboard storage, but also defines the HSPA bands and other specifications.
It’s hard to imagine fashionistas being sucked into buying a Windows Phone, but if the iPhone doesn’t appeal and you’re a real Giorgio Armani addict then Samsung’s latest device could be the answer. The smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6.5 with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, together with a 5-megapixel camera for snapping shots of the catwalk.
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Samsung only made the Android-based Moment official a few hours ago, but we’ve already been playing with it today. Sprint’s first Android device certainly makes a good first impression, with an eye-catching, color-popping AMOLED touchscreen that’s certainly on a par with its rivals for capacitive touch-sensitivity, though we wish Samsung could’ve put the Moment on a diet before it launched as it’s not the smallest of handsets.
Samsung have announced their first US Android smartphone, the Samsung Moment, and it’s headed exclusively to Sprint. The Moment has a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen together with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, optical joystick, EVDO Rev.A and WiFi b/g; as a “with Google” device, it has the usual Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube and other software.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that AT&T and Verizon had the lions share of the Windows Phone action today, but Sprint would hate for you to think they’re left out. They’ve launched the Samsung Intrepid, at first glance a straightforward candybar handset with a full QWERTY keyboard, but which in fact includes a touchscreen and thus runs Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional rather than Standard.
That’s an unusual form-factor, but other than the display – a 2.5-inch 320 x 240 resistive panel – it’s a reasonably straightforward Windows Phone. As well as EVDO Rev.A the Intrepid supports GSM for international use, together with WiFI and Bluetooth, a 3.2-megapixel camera and GPS.
We already know that Samsung (along with every other maker of phones on the planet) is set to launch its own app store for its line of smart phones and feature phones. We first learned about the new Samsung Widget Store in August. Today Samsung has unveiled more details on the Widget Store.
If you fancy a new phone from AT&T, but aren’t too fussed about Windows Mobile 6.5, then the carrier has four more options for you to choose from. Left to right you’re looking at the Samsung Mythic, the Samsung Flight and the Pantech Reveal, which offer differing combinations of full touchscreen and hardware keyboard. Meanwhile there’s also the Pantech Impact, not pictured, with an OLED touchscreen and full QWERTY.
T-Mobile are certainly positioning themselves as the go-to guys for Android in the US, and the Samsung Behold II doesn’t do anything to damage that reputation. Samsung’s latest has a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1, together with 3G connectivity.
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