Last month, the Samsung Galaxy Spica was spotted and was made available in Russia. Now the same Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700 has been made available in Europe, CIS and soon in the MEA region, providing a good choice for Android users and the ultimate mobile experience. It feature a 3.2” HVGA TFT display, a 3MP camera with autofocus, and 180MB of internal memory. Like most phones, it also makes use of a microSD slot which can be expanded up to 32GB, multimedia features for audio and video files and the usual Bluetooth connections.

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Samsung Electronics has made it official that the leaked Samsung Galaxy sPica will be coming out this November, in Russia. Among the features of this phone include a 3.2” touchscreen, user-friendly QWERTY keyboard, 128MB of RAM, a microSD good for up to 32GB, GPS and a compass. It will retails for 14,000 rubies or equivalent to $483.00. Nothing was mentioned if it would become available internationally though.

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Tags: compass, Galaxy, GPS, Qwerty keyboard, rubies, Samsung, Samsung, samsung electronics

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;

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Galaxy, ROM, Samsung, Samsung

For a device that’s supposed to be Samsung’s first Android-powered device, the i7500 Galaxy did take its own sweet time to reach the British Commonwealth, with some almost-there moments over the past few months.  The handset is now available on O2 exclusively for the next four weeks, going free on a £45-per-month agreement and you could put down £244.67 and go with the cheapest O2 plan available.  So, Her Majesty’s subjects will finally get to enjoy the Galaxy’s 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps speeds, its 5-megapixel camera, GPS receiver, and of course, Google’s Android!

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Galaxy, Google, I7500, O2, Samsung

Recent reports suggest that Samsung is preparing to launch their Android-powered Galaxy in the UK sometime next week.

News comes to us from O2 employees who say the Galaxy has appeared on their store’s stock management system stating the phone will arrive next week. There’s no official confirmation from Samsung or O2 that this is actually happening but if you have your eye on this device, hold off another week just to be sure.

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Tags: Cell Phones, Galaxy, I7500, Mobile News, O2, release, rumor, Samsung, UK

We’ve seen the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy several times before but only in one color; black. However, it seems that our friends over at the unwired have gotten their hands on photographs of a white Samsung Galaxy in the flesh.

There is no word on North American availability of this handset but our source tells us that it is expected to drop O2 Germany first with other European carriers at a later date.

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, colorway, Galaxy, Google, O2, Samsung, Samsung, white

The FCC is really on a roll today first the Motorola Morrison then the HTC Touch Diamond2, and now this. What you see above is a shot of the Samsung Galaxy taken from an FCC document.

The model number of this particular device is A3LGTI7500L with the L at the end reportedly meaning it is destined for Latin American carriers. Don’t be too discouraged, however, as this means that the Android-touting Galaxy is that much closer to being released on a US carrier.

via Engadget

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, fcc, Galaxy, latin america, Mobile News, Samsung, Samsung

Despite being rumored to release as early as June back in April, we now have concrete evidence that Samsung’s i7500 Galaxy will in fact be dropped in the UK this month.

The carrier in question will be O2 and for those who don’t know, the Galaxy is Samsung’s first Android powered handset. Futhermore, the handset will feature a full touch-screen, 5MP camera, 8GB of internal storage and a 3.5mm headset jack.

So Samsung, when will be seeing this thing drop Stateside?

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Tags: Android, Galaxy, I7500, Mobile News, O2, Samsung, UK

For Samsung, it has always been about a good name that people tend to remember better than just a bunch of numbers.  But this time, it’s the carrier who seems to be interested in a name than number for Samsung’s first Android device, the i7500.  The i7500 is on its maiden voyage to France, with the carrier, Bouygues Telecom, announcing that July will be the lucky month, a few weeks later than the rumored June release date, and will be rechristened as the Samsung Galaxy for the French masses.  We are not sure if Samsung will pick the same Galaxy tradename in other regions, but we have to admit, it does have a nice ring to it.

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Tags: Android, Cell Phones, france, Galaxy, Google, I7500, Samsung