Samsung announces its first Android phone

After the Samsung S8000 was unveiled, now Samsung has just launched its first handset to use Google’s Android operating system.

The hardware developer said:

the i7500 will be released in major European markets in June with a 3.2in touch-screen, 5-megapixel camera, 8GB of onboard memory, and up to 32GB of external memory. The phone is just 11.9mm thick.

Connectivity options includes the 7.2Mbit/s HSDPA and Wi-Fi, and a range of Google services, such as Google Maps with GPS support, YouTube, Google Search and Google Talk.

J K Shin, executive vice president and head of mobile communications, Samsung said:

Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone,

With Samsung’s accumulated technology leadership in the mobile phone industry, and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers.

Samsung is claiming it  to be the first of the three major cell phone manufacturers to launch an Android-based phone.

Below is the list with the specs of Samsung i7500:

• Android 1.5
• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity
• Tri-band UMTS/HSPA connectivity (900 / 1700 / 2100 MHz)
• 3.2 inch capacitive AMOLED display with HVGA (480 x 320) resolution
• GPS
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• 5MP camera with LED flash
• 3.5mm headset jack
• 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A CPU
• 8GB of internal memory
• MicroSD card support

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