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Samsung just went officially offical with the S5600, an affordable 3G touchscreen handset announced at Mobile World Congress, but now it’s got some company: the S5230. The S5230 differs in that it has a slightly bigger screen (3″, 240 x 400) and has no 3G – otherwise, they’re pretty much identical, right down to the TouchWiz UI, 3 megapixel camera, and Shazam-powered music recognition. One small, interesting difference is that the S5230 has handwriting support, while the S5600 doesn’t – perhaps something geared for the Korean market. Europe will be getting the S5600 in May, and the other will arrive in April, but no word on pricetag just yet. For more info, hit the full specs after the jump.
Samsung S5600 Product Specification
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100MHz)
- EDGE/GPRS Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- 2.8” 16M TFT (240 x 320) touchscreen
- 3 Megapixel CMOS camera (Smile Shot)
- H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MPEG4 video support
- Video recording supporting QVGA@15fps
- FM Radio with RDS, DNSe
- MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, eAAC+, WMA, AMR,MIDI,SP-MIDI, i-melody, WAV audio support
- Music Recognition/SNS/Photo Contact/Gesture Lock/Wide Idle screen
- Google Search/ Google email/ Full Internet browsing / Photo browser
- TouchWiz UI with Mobile Widget
- Bluetooth v2.1 / USB 2.0 FS
- Internal Memory 80 MB + External Memory slot : microSDHC™ (up to 8GB)
- 102.8 x 54.8 x 12.9mm
- 1000 mAh battery
Samsung S5230 Product Specification
- EDGE/GPRS Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- 3.0” 262K WQVGA LCD (240×400) touchscreen
- 3 Megapixel CMOS camera (Smile Shot)
- H.263 /H.264/ MPEG4 video support
- Video recording supporting QVGA@15fps
- FM Radio with RDS, DNSe
- MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, eAAC+, WMA, AMR,MIDI,SP-MIDI, i-melody, WAV audio support
- Music Recognition/SNS/Photo Contact/Gesture Lock/Wide Idle screen/Handwriting
- TouchWiz UI with Mobile Widget
- Google Search/ Google email/Full Internet browsing/Online Widget
- Various full embedded games
- Bluetooth v2.1 / USB 2.0 FS
- Internal Memory 50 MB + External Memory slot : microSDHC™ (up to 8GB)
- 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
- 1000 mAh battery
[via Samsung]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
