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Samsung Galaxy Pro rocks Android, BlackBerry form factor

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 2:37 AM
Samsung Galaxy Pro

Samsung Galaxy Pro

During the Samsung SEA Forum in Singapore, the Korean company unveiled a new member of its Galaxy family – Galaxy Pro, which is a candybar-shaped Android smartphone with full QWERTY keyboard. We don’t see Android devices like this being announced that often, even though this form-factor could help BlackBerry users make the leap to the Android platform (or at least me thinks so). As far as I know, there are only two other similar Android handsets – the Motorola Charm and Motorola Droid Pro (and its GSM variant Motorola Pro).

Anyway, we don’t have all the details on the upcoming device. Samsung hasn’t provided us with the specs sheet, but thanks to the operator Three we know bits of the Galaxy Pro’s guts. It will come with the mentioned four-row QWERTY keyboard, 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, 800MHz processor, HSPA and WiFi connectivity, while Android 2.2 Froyo will run the show. In addition, the device will ship with Samsung’s Social Hub Premium.

And that’s about it. Here’s Three’s video briefly demoing the device. Enjoy!

[Via: SamsungHub]

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  • Ali

    blackberry later this year is coming up with touch bold mobile phone. i dont think it will be an issue to blackberry fans.

  • Roger A

    This phone is coming to Sprint – they have been testing it for a while and it was leaked a while ago. Ill bet Marin will be super happy with this, since he HATES BlackBerry, WANTS BlackBerry, but wants Android. Best of both worlds…except Samsung will NEVER update this phone.

  • http://newbestgadget.com Franks

    Really brilliant, Since motorola Pro is beyond my price range, I would hope this phone is really something for me. Looks great!

  • Manaswini G

    I am really afraid of battery life for such smart phones. Which phone will have good battery life. Motorola is worst in battery…though it shows good features….everything is useless if there is no battery.