Mr. Blurrycam, meet your worst nightmare: Samsung's first Android handset. This marvelous conglomeration of vaguely-defined pixels unveiled at a Samsung dealer show in Amsterdam is about all we've got to go on so far, but it looks to be the real deal. Apparently the phone will have a capacitive touchscreen, rock a 528MHz processor, have some beefy (but as-yet-undefined) internal storage and microSD expansion. We're also happy to hear the phone will (supposedly) have quad-band GSM, and will come in UMTS 900 and UMTS 2100 flavors for the US and Europe, respectively. Since none of this is "official" as of yet, we'll take it all with a healthy dose of
hard-earned skepticism, but it's looking like Samsung's just about ready to give this thing a formal welcome.
posted Mar 17th 2009 10:20AM
Maybe the prototype vibrates vigorously whenever it detects a camera trying to photograph it; you know, "Copy Protection."
LOL, I just couldn't help but laugh when i read your post
The slide this was taken from features 14 phones, including a new WinMo Omnia. Blurrycam protection must be a cross platform feature!
http://www.allaboutphones.nl/nieuws/2362/Dertien-nieuwe-Samsung-toestellen-voor-dit-jaar-komen-naar-boven-op-dealerevent.html
that just really looks like a really blurry black HTC magic to me.
Big trackball and the button on the lower left. idk.
Agreed, this wreaks of being a "me too" phone. At least if it was a cheap imitation it would be of some use, but it's not even that .. it's going to be an _expensive_ imitation. And then the executives will wonder why it failed.
Why can't they use a faster processor, and I'll bet the screen is only HVGA.
Yes. A huge disappointment, since we've been hearing about Samsung's "high-end Android" for a long time now...
Should I be excited about a tiny pixelated picture?
Mr. Blurry Screen Capture?
that's what she said...
on second look, it's just similar, the top and bottom are not curved as much so it is a new design just very similar to the magic.
Looks like Android inspires uncreativity in phone designers.
Hating this.
Arrrgh, that damn clock haunts my dreams!!!!
Seriously, when will any of these people redo that home screen?
"haunts my DREAMs"
LOL!
So true, I just threw the clock in the trash after I got bored with it. Can't they give us more clock options? Plus it blocks a big chunk of your wallpaper.
no more than 60x30 pixels of news
Wow, we're really reaching here. It's just an icon on my desktop.
Best spypic ever.
It looks like was blurred on purpose, why would you do that.
show me something that I can judge properly or stop it with the teasing.
HVGA screen..... and looks bulky. Why would anyone not get the G1 over this?
It also seems identical to the Magic (G2).
And I thought Samsung would bring the gorgeous high-end Android... looks like all eyes are on Lenovo
Are you for real? How can you judge a phone on specifications and looks from a picture as blurry as this?! The most anyone can possibly get from it is the basic shape and the specifications that engadget mentioned - wait for some better pictures before deciding if it's "gorgeous" or not.
It's CLEAR ENOUGH to show the form, the size, the dead space, the screen resolution (icons to screen ratio), the uninspiring design and button configuration.
Don't be an apologetic smartass, I hate it.
At this rate I will have to change to T-Mobile to get a Android phone with 3g. This is so dumb!
I have a feeling it's a touch pro2 with the buttons of an htc magic, outlined buttons in red.
A samsung with capacitive touch screen? Rocking Android?
All it needs is a decent mpx camera and 3.5 mm headphone jack and i'm booting my iPhone 3g I don't care if it announces MMS support today.
"have some beefy (but as-yet-undefined) internal storage"
If this is true then I might be swapping out my G1 for this new Samsung. Just this morning I had to go through and uninstall several apps because my G1 was telling me I was getting low on space. The internal storage space on the G1 is a joke. And no I don't want root.
God damn it Samsung, include UMTS 850/1900.
I think the UMTS 900 is a typo....
Doubtful, 900MHz is used in a number of countries alongside 2100MHz. The frequencies used in this phone suggest they don't give a shit about North America at all.
Why do all these Android phones have the same UI? I thought one of the exciting things about Android and it's open-sourcedness was that it was completely customisable.
Would you like it everytime you sat down at your computer the interface changed. The idea behind a common os on multiple phones is to make it easier to use and add familiarity between devices.
@TechyOne
Huh? He's simply saying that most smartphones have a variety of skinning options available so that if you don't wanna look at the 90's-style icons and craptastic clock of the default Android interface, you can change it. Android so far has massively failed there. Hell, even a manufacturer putting their own TouchFlo/TouchWiz-esque skin over the interface would probably be preferable.
What's wrong with a little visual pizazz?
That's because the Android Market has downloadable themes created by others. Granted, individual companies could change up the Android UI a bit to make them differ from one another, but nothing a little theme can't fix.
I don't see from this outline (assuming it's real) that this is a variation of the Omnia as previously mentioned! It just looks like a lot of wasted surface real estate to me.
Why are you all bashing eachother over something that is irrelevant. Thee are dozens of supposed android handsets coming out. But until there is a for sale sign, the debate is pointless. The G1 is a good phone, is it great no, but nothing is. If you prefer winmo (dont know why you would) dont bash other peoples thought on android. Is the clock that important?? there are 3 home screens, all customizable. If you dont like the clock, delete it. I dont look at it anyway. The functionality is far superior to anything apple has come up with, we have designed our own apps for our purposes as a hotspot company, and the G1 has sbeen an invaluable tool while doing installations in the communities we serve. The iphone has none of the capabilities we needed. The winmo phones dont have them. as an all around tool, The G! is perfect, so anything that comes with the android OS is going to be nice. It could us e a video recorder and a flash, but other than that, it rocks. If you actually have need for an open source OS and take advantage of the market with the many FREE programs, you would love it too. Samsung makes good phones, besides, the next android phone is already marked and it is coming to the US from Huawei..here is a link to the dozens of photos. It will kick the iphones ass and it is all touch.
http://images.google.com/images?q=huawei+android+pictures&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=1OW_SaiZGIS6nQeVwqQ5&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
I have a demo phone of it coming soon.
You're kidding, right? A blurry edited amalgam of an HTC Magic and the Nokia N85 for sure.
It's funny how people can automatically tell the OS is Android only because of the clock widget...
Why does it always have to be blurry?! Android deserves better than that!