Samsung and Symbian Announce New Phone

Samsung and Symbian have announced the Samsung i450, a music dedicated Symbian smartphone.

The Samsung i450 is a High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) mobile phone that will be on display at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London on October 16th and 17th 2007.

The mobile phone applies HSDPA connectivity at 3.6 Mbps so that users can enjoy multimedia features with higher data download speeds. The phone runs on the Symbian operating system (OS) version 9.2 and the Symbian 60 (S60) 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 and provides access to the S60 applications library and multitasking features in faster data speeds.

The Samsung i450 is a dual slider phone which slides upwards to the alphanumeric keypad and downwards to the speakers. The phone also includes a touch navigation half-wheel that enables users to navigate the device when the phone is held sideways.

The Samsung i450 has an ICEpower amplifier developed by Bang & Olufsen. The phone claims to feature a dedicated music interface to make navigation and listening easier and to store more music. The phone has a 35 MB internal memory and the memory card slot is expandable up to 4GB. The LCD screen is 2.4 inches and offers an MP3 player, a 2 megapixel camera with flash and another VGA camera for video calling.

The phone will be available in Europe from October 2007