Samsung and Giorgio Armani today announced a smartphone based on Windows Mobile 6.5. Microsoft’s Balmer presented the phone and described it as the most “fashionable phone he’s ever had a chance to talk about.”
The phone resembles the Samsung Armani W820/W8200 phone and feature highlights include:
- 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen
- GPS
- 5 megapixel camera
- 8GB internal memory
- MicroSD slot
- Full QWERTY keyboard
The official name and release date is still unknown but expect to pay around $1k. Hey, it’s an Armani, what’d you expect?
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Word on the street is that Dell and AT&T will be launching a smartphone based on Google’s Android OS sometime next year. Back in August you might have heard about Dell’s proof of concept smartphone with full touchscreen sans keypad. Well, this pretty much matches the description of the phone announced today.
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Motorola officially announced that it will reveal their Android smartphone(s) at the September 10th event at San Francisco. Could it be the rumored Motorola Morrison or Sholes that’s been leaking around the web? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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According to internal AT&T e-mails, on September 6th, AT&T is requiring a data plan for all new smartphone users to ensure customers receive “…the best possible experience with their Smartphones.” And, of course, to prevent worries of “bill shock.” Uh huh, yeah, can we say CHA CHING!
Those of you without a data plan are safe…for now. However, if ever you plan on upgrading to a new smartphone on or after September 6th, you’ll be required to subscribe to a data plan. Of course, the workaround would be to give up an arm and a leg to purchase an unlocked smartphone…
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Might this be the HTC Firestone? If so, sources behind the leak say it includes GSM connectivity, a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, 600mhz Qualcomm processor, 256MB of RAM, microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Like many of today’s smartphones HTC has also tossed in an accelerometer for auto screen rotation and a yet to be confirmed 8 megapixel camera. Expect the HTC Firestone to officially surface this August.
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Well, well, it looks like the Dell smartphone rumors were true. What we have here is a leaked snapshot of a Dell branded Android smartphone. Reports indicate Dell is set to release multiple handsets in 2G and 3G flavors in the near future. Let’s just hope the UI doesn’t come in that ‘trix are for kids’ theme.
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