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Samsung Announces New Symbian Handset

23 Oct, 2008, 3:57 pm IST | by Shayne Rana | Smartphones

Samsung has announced yet another handset - the I7110 - that is based on S60 and Symbian OS. The handset, showcased for the first time at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London is a slim and sleek bar type smartphone that’s only 12.9mm thick.


Geesung Choi, President of Samsung’s Telecommunications Network Business, said, "The introduction of I7110, Samsung’s new Symbian OS-based smartphone, is a testament of our strategic focus on the open OS phone portfolio. With a strong partnership with Symbian and the increased momentum in the smartphone market, Samsung will continue to offer a wide selection of mobile phones meeting the needs and lifestyles of today’s consumers."

Based on Symbian OS v9.3, S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, the I7110 is equipped with a 2.6-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) screen, boasts GPS with geo-tagging and navigation capabilities in pedestrian and driving modes and comes with a 5MP auto-focus camera with an LED flash that has ‘smile shot’ and ‘blink shot’ functions. The I7110 offers advanced video recording and play features as it supports multi-codec formats including DivX.


The I7110 comes equipped with HSDPA and Wi-Fi and also offers an 8-way optical mouse for navigation. It is A2DP compatible and supports external memory via microSD cards (up to 16GB). According to Samsung, the I7110 will provide users with upto 11 hours of talktime.

The Samsung I7110 will be available in Russia from November 2008 and will soon be introduced in other markets. The price hasn't been revealed yet.

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