The latest buzz is that Vodafone UK will be offering the Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 from March 19th. The Samsung S8300, which is also called the Tocco Ultra Edition in the UK, features a 2.8” AMOLED touchscreen display, with a good-looking slide-out numeric keypad.
Other specs include a built-in 8MP camera with dual LED flash, which has VGA resolution video recording capabilities as well. Besides, the Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 also contains HSDPA/3G data, GPS, Bluetooth, Web browser, MP3 music player and a microSD memory card slot.
The Samsung S8300 will be available from Vodafone UK for free with pay monthly plans, starting at 30 GBP.
The latest arrival from Samsung, the Samsung S7220 Ultra B (also known as the Samsung Eltz) is now all set for official release on the 27th of March this year, by Vodafone in the UK. This beautiful mobile phone includes a 2.4” AMOLED display screen, 5MP camera with LED flash, auto focus and autometer sensor for auto-rotate, Video Recorder, MP3 Player, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3G HSDPA, EDGE and GPRS. The Samsung Eltz also supports GPS tracking, geo-tracking and navigation, which makes this device even more convenient and ‘own-worthy’.
The phone is light, weighing just 90g and comes in the (rather boring) candybar format. Part of the hull of this phone is made of lightweight metal. This phone was practically designed for business users, giving them the facility of viewing and editing documents, making voice notes and even working on an offline mode, which is especially useful during plane travel. The Samsung Eltz is estimated to cost around 11,000 Rubles.
The HTC Magic aka G2 Phone for Vodafone comes with Android platform beside its 3.2” QVGA touch screen display, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Mail, Google Maps and Google Search support.
The 2009 Mobile World Congress saw a lot of activity, especially as far as joint ventures between mobile manufacturers and service providers went. The latest news doing the rounds is that Vodafone and HTC Corporation jointly introduced the HTC Magic smartphone, which is Vodafone’s very first Android-powered mobile device. This is expected to be available during spring. The very stylish device, which is exclusive to Vodafone in Spain, Germany, France and the UK, will also be available on a non-exclusive basis in Italy.
The HTC Magic comes with a sleek, compact design and works on the Android platform. This enables the user to customize the device as per his preferences. This device comes with a 3.2” QVGA touch screen display and trackball navigation and supports POP3, IMAP, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Mail, Google Maps and Google Search as well. Available in white in the UK, Spain and France and in black in Germany, the HTC Magic will open itself out to several Vodafone markets in the coming months. The Vodafone website gives all details on availability, pricing and pre-registering of the product.
