UPDATE: You can buy this phone right now from the Vodafone Store
It is now official because the South Korean handset manufacturer has just unveiled the brand new Samsung F490; this is a phone that packs a punch so to speak with the multimedia tech within. The multimedia mobile phone has a stunning 3.2 inch display which has no keypad, well hardware anyway, it is touchscreen.
It also features a 5 megapixel camera as well (Do we smell LG Viewty here), anyway moving on the Samsung F490 runs on the award-wining Croix UI, this is a tri-band HSDPA/EDGE-enabled handset that is only 11.8mm thick and a cool glossy finish which is Samsung’s trademark really, you know like their TV’s.
The 3.2 TFT touchscreen with 240 x 432 pixels resolution takes up most of the phone leaving just about enough space for the call and end call keys, oh and they are touch sensitive as well.
Oh my god it is the LG Viewty, I say this because the Samsung F490 also has haptic feedback, the phone also has 16:9 widescreen, internet browsing, video, the video players supports MPEG4, H.264, WMV and H.263, file formats in up to VGA resolution at 30fps. The 5 megapixel camera is the main part of this phone with a built-in LED flash, oops no auto focus.
Another cool feature has to be the pre-installed Google Search application and even the optimized full HTML web browser. We will keep you posted on exact dates but so far we know that the Samsung F490 will be available from February in some European countries for around 530 Euros.
Samsung F490Main Specifications — photos below specs –
– HSDPA / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
– 3.2 inch TFT touchscreen, 256K colors, 240 x 432 pixels
– Photocall & 1000 entries phonebook
– 30 received, 30 missed & 30 dialed in call records
– MP3, Polyphonic plus download ringtones
– Vibration
– 130 MB built in memory plus microSD (TransFlash) card slot
– 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
– GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
– Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
– EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
– USB v2.0
– HTML (NetFront 3.4) & WAP 2.0/xHTML Browser
– Games
– MMS, EMS, SMS, Email & Instant Messaging
– 5 megapixel camera with 2592 x 1944 pixels & QVGA video 15fps plus flash & secondary video call camera
– Java MIDP 2.0
– MP3, AAC, AAC+ player
– WMV, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player (VGA@30fps)
– Organiser, Multitasking, Built-in hands free & Google Search
– 3.5mm audio jack
– 115 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm
– 102 grams
UPDATE: You can buy this phone right now from the Vodafone Store