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It’s a good marketing for handset makers to prepare the special edition phones for the Olympic Team of any country. When it comes to Russia, a golden phone is needed. And because the Olympics involve travelling to China this year, it’s neat to have a device with two SIM card slots so you could use both the domestic number and the local Chinese number.
Hence, Samsung unveiled the special D780 DuoS Gold Plated edition as the official Russian Olympic Team phone. As far as we can tell, aside from the gold plating and the Olympics logo at the back, the special edition phone is pretty much the same as the original D780 Duos. That involves 2 SIM card slots, 2 megapixel camera, 2.1-inch QVGA screen, Bluetooth support, FM Radio, microSD memory card slot and a 1200 mAh battery. In a nutshell – it’s a decent mid-range candybar which now shines more than it used to.
No pricing info is known at this stage, but we know the D780 DuoS Gold Plated edition will start selling in about the time of the opening of the Olympic Games in August.
[Via: Unwired View]
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Dusan Belic
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.
