Europe : The Samsung F490 is another smartphone that is likely to be officially launched at 3GSM on the 11th February in Barcelona. Its's a 3G HSDPA smartphone with a 5 megapixel camera and a touch sensitive TFT display.
The display is a prime feature of the F490 as its 3.2″ 262K Color 16:9 Wide Full Touch Display which will make your photos and videos look great.
There is a new user interface which is named Croix UI user interface. Croix is a finger driven touch input UI that uses a system of menus and lists in a “cross” layout . Weight and dimensions can be classed as normal for a handset of this specification.
For music fans Samsung has included a 3.5mm headset jack socket.
The specification is as follows :
Samsung F490 |
Specification |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Tri band GSM, UMTS 2100, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps |
| Dimensions | 115 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm |
| Weight | 102 grams |
| Camera | 5 Megapixels |
| Display | 3.2 ins, 262,000 colours wide screen |
| Internal Memory | 130MB |
| Memory Card Slot | Micro SD Card |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 2.0 + USB 2.0 |
| Applications | Google Mobile |
The phone will likely hit the phone shops towards the end of Q1 or early in Q2 2008.