Samsung unveiled its first mobile phone that runs on the Google-developed operating system called Android. 

 

The Android-running handset is called the i7500. It will hit the major markets of Europe in June this year.

 

The i7500 features a 3.2in touch-screen, 5-megapixel camera, 8GB of on board memory, and up to 32GB of external memory. At 11.9mm thickness it looks like the G1, or HTC Dream, a bit. As expected, the i7500 has a rich offer of Google services such as Google Maps with GPS support, YouTube, Google Search and Google Talk. 

 

The handset unveiled by the South Korean company is the third mobile phone, better said smartphone, that uses the Android platform which begins to gain momentum. The other two smartphone that run the Android are the T-Mobile G1 and the HTC Magic, both produced by High Tech Computer (HTC), a Taiwanese phone maker that is currently doing very well. Other phone makers announced their intentions to make Android-based mobile phones, but Samsung move quicker. 

 

The i7500 connects to mobile phone broadband services through HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) as well as Wi-Fi. In the video sector, the handset supports MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and WMV, while in the audio sector it is compatible with MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA and RA files.  It has the option of adding up to 32GB external memory through Micro SD and  is powered by a 1500 mAh battery. 

 

The price tag of the i7500 was not made public.