Samsung releases its first android phone!

It’s now official folks – the first Android handset by Samsung got confirmed only several hours after it leaked. Named Samsung I7500, the handset features rich connectivity, a slim 11.9mm waistline and the latest reincarnation of the Android OS.

Korean giant Samsung Electronics has unveiled its first smartphone powered by Google Android, Samsung I7500.

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.

The phone offers GPS capabilities, 3.5mm headset jack and a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A CPU.

For connectivity, the phone packs 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi. Samsung I7500 is also GSM, GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth compatible.

Running on Android 1.5 OS, i7500 will support all major Google services, including Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calender, IM and location-based services like Google Maps and Latitude.

Samsung said I7500 will be available in European countries starting from June. The phone joins two other Android-powered handsets from HTC, T-Mobile G1 and HTC Magic

The Samsung i7500 will become available in the major European countries from June but price isn’t yet officially announced. Rumor has it that it will be in the region of 300 euro before taxes and subsides.

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