The latest word on the Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 which was rumoured for an October release is that the handset may well be delayed until sometime in 2010.

Although there is no official word as to why but the whisper is that Samsung doesn’t wish to damage sales on the Android packing Samsung Galaxy i7500 smartphone.

Spec reminder on the Samsung Galaxy Lite i7500…3 inch WQVGA touch screen, GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.2 megapixel camera, accelerometer, Android with TouchWiz UI, 3.5mm jack and microSD expansion up to 32GB.