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While people are still talking about the Pixon, the 8 megapixel camera phone from Samsung, the South Korean company prepares another model that already caught our attention. Nevertheless, except for a couple of photos that were leaked, there was not that much to say about this phone. Yes, it’s true, many people could make a wild (or not so very wild, some would say) guess about its features just by looking at the pictures, but now the wait has come to an end, finally, as the specs for this candybar phone have been made available.



Samsung i7110 is a Symbian-based smartphone which was recently presented at an event in London, the Smartphone Show 2008, and doubles as a navigation device. This event gathers 4000 delegates, 120 exhibitors, 60 seminars and 10 keynotes and is trying to bring together the leaders and visionaries shaping the future of mobile. The phone comes with a GPS navigation program with geo-tagging, pedestrian and driving navigators, but it also packs a 5 megapixel camera, multiple codec support, 50 MB of internal memory (expandable up to 16 GB with a microSD) and an FM transmitter to push music and driving instructions through an in car radio.

Exploiting the potential in the open Operating System based smartphone market, Samsung has invested a lot of R&D (research and development) and marketing resources in this area for the past several years. Therefore, the company has great plans about offering a wider range of open OS mobiles this year, demonstrating significant progress in open OS and smartphone technology.



Geesung Choi, President of Samsung’s Telecommunications Business said: “I’m sure that we will see more and more demand for smartphones with open Operating System thanks to the increasing need for flexibility and customization on mobiles, and the introduction of various mobile applications. Samsung’s new Symbian OS-based smartphones shows our strategic focus on the open OS phone market”.

More than that, he is confident in their capability of reinforcing their open OS and smartphone leadership not only by providing more products, but also by opening their new developers collaboration program called “Samsung Mobile Innovator”.



Powered by the S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 user interface with a full metal gear and only 12.9 mm thick, this newcomer isn’t somebody to mess around with. Samsung i7110 features a 2.6-inch AMOLED LCD screen, with QVGA 320 x 240 resolution, which provides a sharp and vivid image even in daylight for perfect pedestrian navigation. The display will make the photos taken with the 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash look really good. It also comes with the latest digital camera features including smile shot and blink shot functions. The i7110 also provides advanced video recording and play features, supporting multi-codes files to enable its users to easily transfer without the hassle of converting files.



On the other hand, the FM transmitter enables its users to receive the voice guides on the move by transmitting to an in car radio. Trying to offer a seamless connectivity, the phone comes with HSDPA connectivity and WiFi connectivity. For a better Web browsing experience, i7110 features an 8-way optical mouse.

It features 50 MB of internal memory, but users have the possibility of increasing the capacity storage with a microSD slot, up to 16 GB. Measuring 118 x 52 x 12.9 milimmeters, the i7110 supports a 1200 mAh battery that delivers 11/6 hours of talk time (EDGE/WCDMA) and up to 427/451 hours of stand-by time (EDGE/WCDMA).

The device is apparently designed as a mid to high-end phone, so you should expect a price of at least several hundred dollars without a subscription. However, there is no word on price and availability yet.

(Source: Gizmodo.com)