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UK: Update: Samsung Galaxy i7500 on O2 – delayed

Categories: Android, O2, Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 at 1:25 PM

samsung-i7500Only last week, it looked like we were going to get the Samsung Galaxy i7500 arriving in O2 shops in the UK – well, that hasn’t happened, and Mobile Magazine has picked up reports from O2 staff that the device has failed testing.

This is a small setback for O2, since it’s their first Android handset, and I’m sure they want to get it out before the Palm Pre arrives, sometime in October.

Once these two handsets are out, O2 will be bridging WinMo, iPhone, RIM, Android, and Palm operating systems across their range of devices – impressive five-way split!

[Via: Mobile Magazine]

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Ben Robinson

Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.

  • Ben

    Getting fed up with these delays, was supposed to be out a fair while ago, the rest of Europe seem to have it so whats the big problem? Surely if its ok for O2 Germany it should be ok for O2 UK?

  • TkBall

    I phoned O2 upgrades yesterday who confirmed that stock was delivered as of / Aug but that the system had not yet been updated to show it on offer. He also stated retail won’t have it until a week or two into Sept.