Samsung's
recently unveiled Windows Mobile smartphone is indeed the Samsung SGH-i780
as it is now confirmed by a document of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. It
seems to be even brand new (it just received its Bluetooth approval beginning
this month). So what's known so far?
The SGH-i780 is sporting Windows Mobile 6 Professional and features triband
GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz as well as singleband UMTS/HSDPA at 2100 MHz.
Furthermore it features Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi b/g and is expected to even
include GPS (type unknown)!
Quite unique for a Windows Mobile device is the 2.55" 320 x 320 pixel
touch-screen (AFAIK it's even the first Windows Mobile smartphone with this new
screen resolution). In addition, the device features a QWERTY thumb-keyboard and
a kind of optical mouse:
The SGH-i780 is expected to feature a 3.2 2 megapixel main camera and a second
VGA front camera for video telephony. According to reports from the Gitex, the
device measures 115.9 x 61.3 x 13.3 mm.
Internal memory is unknown yet but it can be extended by microSD cards.
A release date or release area isn't known yet, but based on the supported
GSM and UMTS bands, a release can be expected for EMEA and APAC, especially
because some European Samsung Mobile websites (UK, Germany, Spain) lists it
already:
Due to the missing support for all American GSM und UMTS bands, a North
American release is unlikely.
Cheers ~ Arne
