Samsung's i7500 Android phone shows up in another, more epic hands-on video
By Laura June 
posted May 10th 2009 10:17PM
posted May 10th 2009 10:17PM
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bout time!
And... regular MiniUSB charger !!!! Hurray
Woot! A 3.5MM Jack on an Android phone. Freakin finally!!
I know. Why couldn't HTC have done this? What has 3.5mm done to them?
3.5 mm jack would have screwed a slider's(HTC's) size.More acceptable on a candy bar fullface
thats bs Nirmal,.. the n97 is a 16mm thin full landscape slider and it HAS 3.5mm...
the first android htc g1 was 17.1mm and they did not add 3.5 mm why? gimme a break... htc was just dumb in not adding it..
But way to go samsung, very promising phone for sure!!
3.5mm jack Welcome To The Android Family lol
Should sound like this:
Another Android phone! Freaking finally!
now its up to the carriers. adopt this already for the love of god! tmobile's making the rest of you look pathetic!
I love Verizon dearly, but hate them at the same time. Their service is flawless but a little pricey. They have a decent range of phones and a decent price. But, Verizon is restrictive and I don't think they could go open source. Too open, you know? It seems to me Verizon is the creepy old science teacher whose life is only in the classroom whereas T-Mobile is the cool Social Studies teacher who coaches sports.
I want android though! Bleh!
@jack actually verizon said last year that starting this year linuxmobile (thats not android although alot of people try to say theyre the same) would be their platform of choice on mobile phones. although nothing has come from it as of yet, unless you count the krav which is linux based
@bufsabre
Really? I hope they count those phones as normal phones because I'm sure as hell not paying 60 dollars a month extra for data and so I can send pics.
Holy shit! MY OLD Social Studies teacher(3 years ago) was the baseball and football coach! And your science teacher description fits perfectly!
I like what I see.
Its going on T-Mobile because of the HSPDA freq.
Too bad the resolution isn't even WVGA like the Touch Pro 2 or even VGA like the Diamond. Browsing is going to be a pain on it with the zooming and side scrolling.
The resolution is the same as the iPhone, and it's slightly smaller, so the pixels are more dense. Not to mention it's freakin' AMOLED!!!! :-)
It's gonna be a tough decision, what phone to get next!
Loving it so far, please hurry up!
This phone trumps the HTC Magic in every way, but it's still ugly...
Either way, I'm waiting for those G1v2 specs to surface.... looking for a certain T-word...
The Samsung i7500 gets its looks from a lot of the Samsung slider phones that T-Mobile offers, so seeing this branded T-Mobile is a definite possibility. I smell Samsung Houdini as shown previously in the "leaked T-Mobile roadmap". That roadmap gains more credibility everyday, and if it were true, I have a very tough decision to make when I upgrade my Gen 1 G1. Choosing between the redesigned G1v2, the myTouch 3G, or the i7500 (aka the Houdini) is going to be a tough decision.
The touch response looks really laggy in the video. Is the G1 like that?
The previewer says it's because of the early software/hardware.
Why do Android phones have so many buttons. There is no need for an ok button. There's no need for direction control. Absolutely no need for answer or decline keys. Too many buttons.
I like buttons.
I don't mind them if they serve a purpose. Here, all the buttons duplicate the functionality of the touchscreen and just make the area under the screen bigger, making the phone look odd (for some) and making the phone uneven sideways for horizontal typing, much like the G1's chin.
Don't put buttons for the sake of putting buttons!
seems like the simple reason of being able to still use the phone without actually the touchscreen ... idk, maybe if you have gloves on or something?
Android requirements are that the phone at least 5 hardware buttons and a control device such as a analog stick, trackball, D-Pad, etc. Its about redundancy that sets Android phones from the rest of the smartphone market. If the iPhone freezes and locks up to even where the hardware buttons dont work, you have to let the battery die before you can use it again (yes fanboys, it does happen, and it happens to both the EDGE and 3G model, my parents have both and its an issue). Every phone needs buttons and when/if the touchscreen fails to respond (and that's on any device), you'll be thanking yourself for those hardware buttons. Now as far as my G1 goes, the most commonly used buttons are the Menu, Home, Back and End button. The touch screen cannot emulate those keys for what they are used for. The touch screen cannot be used to unlock the phone, wake the LCD, or bring up App Menu while in an App (Menu Button function), the LCD cannot turn off the backlight, end a call, or lock the phone(End button function), the LCD cannot return to a previous screen or back out of an application(Back Button), and the LCD cannot return you to your desktop(Home Key). The only key i could not see a use for is the Send Key which i rarely use.
@Setnev
"Android requirements are that the phone at least 5 hardware buttons..."
I'm sure Android could be modified to use "soft" buttons on the touchscreen. As for the trackball, it may be nice to have, but you can still navigate without it.
As smartphone vendors become more savvy with Android, I suspect we'll see more hardware variations than we see today.
Well thank you SetNev for elaborating.
I agree that the "Send" key is pretty useless, but I like all the other buttons. The "End" key is really just a standby button. I suppose it also hangs up phone calls, but that's a secondary feature for it since you'll use it to lock the phone about a hundred times more often. Having a hardware "Back" button is extremely useful, and the "Home" button is necessary so you don't have to hit "Back" a hundred times to get to the home screen. The Menu button is just required for android, every program expects it to be there to pull up the options.
Trackball or D-Pad are not absolutely required, but I find them extremely helpful for web browsing. If you're on a page with really small links that you can't hit with your thumb, you can really quickly pick one with the trackball instead of going through the hassle of zooming in until they're big enough.
Has anyone forgotten about the Huawei Android phone....
How will that one function, unless there are some hidden buttons somewhere...
Having used the G1 for 6 months since launch, I can say that having the trackball for selecting links on web pages, quick selection of text to copy paste, and even scrolling while reading emails is awesome. I almost never use my finger on the screen for those interactions.
The OSX on the iPhone is actually more responsive. The design of the Samsung is not refined as the iPhone, so I'm pretty sure that this will not be better than the iPhone... it doesn't have as many apps available for the iPhone either.
As an Android enthusiast, I have to agree. There is no point in buying a full touchscreen device (other than the Touch HD) if it's not an iPhone.... and that's even before the new iPhone is revealed this summer.
The real iPhone killer will be a qwerty Android with a Tegra chipset inside... unless Apple adopts a low power chip more impressive than Tegra (which I don't see happening).
When the iPhone came out, there was no apps at all. Android is relatively new.
That being said, Canada please??
On Fido (no chances though, "no frills"...) or Rogers (would prefer Fido ALL THE WAY, but would probably switch over to Rogers for that phone or get one and unlock it).
Well, the point of buying a non-iPhone, even one without a keyboard, is to avoid having your digital life ruled by what the man in the mock-turtleneck thinks is best for you.
Some of us prefer open-source and background apps and MMS and seamless free email and contact syncing over DRM-laced music tracks and non-replaceable batteries and no expansion slots and someone's pay-per-view vision of iLife.
And guess what....competition is actually a good thing. The next iPhone that bearded, unwashed college students sleep in line for will actually be better off because of Android.
There's always no awesome hair metal. =(
THANK YOU SAMSUNG! THANK YOU TMOBILE!! WOW!!!!
i'm due upgrade, so i guess i'll wait till this comes out! this is exactly what i need! thank god i didn't buy G1!
my only wish is a slide out keyboard. other than that, this looks to be my first android purchase to keep. the htc designs are just way too fugly. let's hurry up and kick this thing out into the wild, t-mobile.
iKurt 5D is an unsuccessful troll, im waiting for engadget to block his whole ip range It would be worth it
I am really liking this phone, att need to jump on the android bandwagon, or I'll have to jump back on to t-mobile's ship.
my 2 cents.
a step in the right direction but hasn't peaked my interest nearly as much as Palm's new OS. I haven't had the best experience with samsung phones. I've never had anyone ever mention android to me. In any conversation. It's just not a draw in my peer group. But hey there's still time to impress.
Is it too much to ask for SOMEONE to release a damn Android phone with ATT 3G frequency. I am getting tired of waiting on the mythical device. I said I would never own an Iphone, but all of the blackberry offering on att are piss poor EDGE, except for the defunct Bold, so I may end up gritting my teeth and biting the bullet. I really want an Android device, but it appear that I'll have time for another 2yr cycle before an Android ATT 3g compatible device hits a shelf. Anyone seen specs on a device with the right freqs anywhere? It could pick up one of these TMo units unlocked, but it just feels silly buying a "smartphone" with only EDGE speed in 2009.
The obvious solution is to switch service providers. Thats what the execs at T-mobile had in mind by being the exclusive carrier of android phones.
At&t is not part of the Open Handset alliance, you'll have to switch to either T-mobile or Sprint.
And T-Mobile roams on at&t so for at least edge coverage the two will be the same.
how adorable
The phone looks pretty big to me. I keep Waiting for a full qwerty to slide out but it never comes.
Samsung is now putting the 5mpx camera as the minimum on its phone? About time.
Looks like 2009 is going to be very exciting for smartphones, with the release of the iPhone V3, Palm Pre, Blackberry Storm 2, Nokia N97 and all of the cool new Android devices. I hope all the vendors do well. The competition is making smartphones better & better, all of the time.
Looks real good. Cant wait. For me its between this phone or the touch pro 2.
I dont know why there is a black space to the left and right of the "A" and "L" letters in the on screen keyboard.
Why would they do this? Wouldnt it be better to make the letter buttons bigger and easier to touch with the wasted space?
Lastly, he didnt show if the keyboard comes out when you have the phone sideways.
sounds like a singaporean...
Well it IS filmed at a Singaporean event in Singapore with a large probability that Singapore bloggers are covering it. Doi.
the name just roles off the tongue
AT&T won't let this sort of phone happen especially when they're running iPhone.
Don't let AT&T ruin your life by not offering a phone you like: change carrier.
No, don't buy unlocked phone and save every month on payments, buy a locked subsidized phone and pay premium every month! Its better this way! For AT&T of course!
Or you want to say you value your life more? Pitiful mortal, AT&T will live longer, long live AT&T!
/sarcasm
Samsung really has something for that ugly conglomeration of buttons at the bottom of a rounded phone. Like the D880, G600, E950, E840, I600 and so on. However the BlackJack2 vibes right with me. TU;WB - Too ugly; Won't buy.
Finally, a chinless Android, I'm sold!
I am going to have a hard time picking an AWS smartphone this summer: T-Mobile Wing 2 (TP2), T-Mobile MyTouch (G2/Magic), Samsung i7500 (T-Mobile Houdini?), and SE CS8/CS5.
Too bad this thing is going to cost around $700...