Samsung unveils Google phone

Samsung  unveiled its first smartphone using the Android operating system backed by Google.

The South Korean electronics giant is the second company to roll out an Android-powered phone after Taiwan’s HTC, although Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics all have plans to make Android phones.
Measuring 115 x 56 x 11.9 mm, the phone has a 3.2-inch touchscreen AMOLED display with 480 x 320 pixel HVGA resolution, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB.

Samsung’s first Android phone, the I7500, will be sold only in Europe from June, but the company is due to follow up with other Android handsets for the U.S. and Asia in the second half of this year.

Google services including

• Google Search

• Google Maps

• Gmail, YouTube

• Google Calendar

• Google Talk

Multimedia functions

• full touch screen

• 5-megapixel camera

• memory of 8 gigabytes plus an external memory of up to 32 GB,

The Samsung Android phone underlines the Korean company’s determination to become a major player in the smartphone market. It is one of about 20 smartphones Samsung plans to roll out this year. Last week, Samsung said its telecom business earned $833 million on sales of $7.26 billion for a profit margin of 11.5% in the first quarter of this year, beating Nokia’s 8.9% margin.

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