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Samsung jumping into touchscreen phone frenzy

Categories: Devices, Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 5:25 AM

Samsung M4650It’s not like Samsung doesn’t have a single touchscreen enabled device on the market — it’s that their upcoming M4650 model clearly resembles the iPhone. Their idea is simple – they want to introduce the iPhone-like device in Korea before Apple does.

Apparently, the upcoming “multi-touch phone” will be hitting Samsung’s domestic market via LG Telecom. It will be smaller than the iPhone, sporting 2.8″ LCD display with haptic feedback, but also the T-DMB receiver for watching mobile TV. The phone is running on top of Marvel 624MHz PXA300 CPU and Windows Mobile 6.

The first image looks promising and yes, we would like to see this baby hitting the western hemisphere as well. Just please don’t make it another Vodafone exclusive like you’ve already did with the F700…

[Via: textually.org]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Momchil Karabulev

    the most interesting fact is that the phone doesn’t have multi touch ability :)

    samsung PR you’re great, really

  • Kevin

    Why is it called iphone-like? Just because it has a bottom line of icons? Or because it means a headline that catches more eyes?

    WM phones have had touchscreens and third party icon start screens for years.

    Does that mean, when iphone finally gets third party applications and has to organize them, any tabbed collections will be called Windows Mobile like?

  • dusanb

    Yeah Windows Mobile had start screen for year, but did they looked this way before the iPhone? C’mon, even Nokia admitted they are copying it. And I’m saying this like a Nokia phone user…

  • Ozair Khan

    is it with the touch flo?>