Samsung has announced a firmware update for the not-yet-popular Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500. The cellphone has seen some improvements but the firmware version remains at Android 1.5, while the Galaxy ROM is now I7500XXII5_VIAII5.

Some of the features that were improved:
- improved the digital compass function so it easily work with Google Maps, Wikitude, and other applications of the same type;
- stability was also improved, which means the battery life is also better;
- being able to send MMS messaves in bitmap;
- faster screen-unlock which was reduced by half a second, making usability much better;

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