Announced in Seoul, Korea, on April 27, 2009, the Samsung i7500 is Samsung's first Google Android-powered smartphone, featuring a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth, integrated GPS, 8 GBs of internal memory, support for an additional 32 GBs of memory via an optional MicroSD card, and a 5 megapixel camera. The i7500 is expected to arrive in France in July as the Samsung Galaxy. There is no word yet on North American release, carrier, or pricing.

See the continued contents for a hands-on video of the i7500 (via Engadget) as well as the full press release.

Hands-on video

Full Press Release

Samsung launches I7500, the company’s

first Android-powered mobile phone

Samsung sets its leading position inAndroid, the mobile industry’s emerging operating system

April 27, 2009, Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., aleading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its firstAndroid-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the firstcompany among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-poweredphone. 

“Samsung is among the earliest members of the OpenHandset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the mostinnovative Android mobile phone,” said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of MobileCommunication Division in Samsung Electronics. “With Samsung’s accumulatedtechnology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy tosupport every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to ourconsumers” he added.

The Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edgesmartphone, featuring a 3.2” AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA andWiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google™ Mobile services and full webbrowsing at blazing speeds. 

The Samsung I7500 offers users access tothe full suite of Google services, includingGoogle Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, and GoogleTalk™. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Mapsfeatures, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search anddetailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available inAndroid Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide,allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-basedWikipedia articles.

Based on Samsung’s proven productleadership, Samsung I7500 comes with latest multimedia features. The large andvivid 3.2“AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimediacontent and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codecformats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life(1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, Externalmemory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. Thephone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.

The Samsung I7500 will be available inmajor European countries from June, 2009.

* Google,Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Talk aretrademarks of Google Inc.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a globalleader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digitalconvergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion.Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, thecompany consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications andDevice Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands,Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobilephones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

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