I'd have classed this as a leak, but the language over at Symbian-Freak's site for this story is 100% convincing of being part of a genuine Samsung press release. The I7110 apparently has an OLED screen, similar to that in the Nokia N85, but is in a candy bar form factor and with familiar 5mp/GPS/Wi-Fi specs. We'll doubtless get more (and more official photos) of this tomorrow at the actual Smartphone Show.
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It's definately not a leak.Here is the official Samsung Mobile press release site:http://press.samsungmobile.com/press.view.do?messageId=485
Here are two official pictures of i7110:
Yes, thanks, got that now. Added to the story! Samsung really are terrible at releasing stuff though - not a word about this on their other main sites and the Samsung Mobile RSS feed doesn't play well with RSS feed aggregators 8-(
The picture shown here is different from one on symbian freak the keypad apperas to be different.
samsung obviously subscribe to the immitation school of design
the INNOV8 was a more or less direct copy of the N95 8gb
and this is a bastard child of the N70 and SLVR, c'mon design something yourselves samsung
Does it have a 3.5mm headphone jack?
Since it's a S60 phone I really wish Nokia S60 software could run on it. I'm rather fond of Nokia Maps, and while N-Gage doesn't have any killer games yet (in my opinion), it would still be nice to have N-Gage for future games that are hopefully very good.
This is the most good-looking S60 candybar I ever seen, but if I have to choose between looks and software, I go with software. Like N-Gage.
wow this looks like it wants to compete with the n85 with all the similar specs. Only difference to me seems to be less memory for apps and the candy bar form factor, guess they trying to put it out to people who aren't too fond of sliders but want the specs of the n85
Nice to see Samsung continuing their drive into the Symbian world, presumably at some point we'll see a touchscreen S60 model from them too.
samsung obviously subscribe to the immitation school of design
To be fair, pretty much all the manufacturers steal at least something sometimes.
Remember the N76? 😊
samsung is becoming the new s60 king great design let's hope that samsung continue to bring the fight to nokia's door steps
Unregistered wrote:samsung is becoming the new s60 king great design let's hope that samsung continue to bring the fight to nokia's door steps
I'm a Nokia S60 through and through. This phone looks great though. My question is really simple: will all S60 software work on this phone, or when creating software, do developpers need to develop for hardware and OS? Meaning, will HandyTaskman for example work on this?
Note: I know there is a compatibility issue between Feature Pack 1 and 2, and that some software won't work on FP2 if made for FP1. But the question remains, is a software is designed to work for say the N85, will it work on this phone?
Thanks
PS: I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but hey, I could be wrong 😉
Tzer2 wrote:To be fair, pretty much all the manufacturers steal at least something sometimes.Remember the N76? 😊
Unregistered wrote:But the question remains, is a software is designed to work for say the N85, will it work on this phone?
Am using Samsung i480 (am not sure about the model) theme in my E90 Communicator...the theme is name is Rythmical and its bulit in Samsung..its great for E90 black,,,but this just a theme am not sure 100% about applications but on www.gsmarena.com talking about LG Communicator KG610 (again am not sure about the 610) they said all applications from 3rd party work flawlessly but nothing from Nokia work like Ngage or Maps...common Ngage dont work on many Nseries devices...but cautions LG KG is FP1 not FP2.
I really like what Samsung has been doing with hardware lately. They have brought out a number of powerful devices with excellent build quality.
What hinders my move to Samsung is SERVICES. Nokia has many value added services that they offer to consumers of their hardware that can't be used on other handsets. I just hope Samsung continues to develop devices like this along with a strong emphasis on providing value added services like Nokia does.
I played a little bit with this Samsung at The Smartphoneshow today.
Really really nice phone, the touchpad thing may be either very useful or extremely annoying. Luckily you can still use the normal D-Pad.
The screen is same quality like on the N85 but the whole phone feels much better quality. Especially the keyboard is really good. The only problem is the C key sticking out over the right selection key. I was pressing it accidentaly all the time .
And to answer previous question - unfortunately no 3.5mm jack connection...
There's one major downside to this phone and that's the return to Samsun's propriety port for charging / headphones etc.
Other than that, this is a VERY capable handset! I played a LOT with them over the last 2 days (some video will follow in one of our preview articles) and you very quickly get used to the (slightly cramped) control cluster. The optical mouse and keyboard as just as excellent on this phone as they are on the i8510.
On Monday Samsung beat Nokia to be the number 1 handset seller in the world, and with their current phone range (both S60 and other O/Ses) they're positioned to maintain that lead!
Ok people, Samsung made good handsets but remember...
Nokia means research and innovation. Nokia means ability project and make rather perfect all in one devices. Nokia means also availability for free of very good softwares (see beta labs for example) and services. Nokia means availabily of firmware upgrades that really improve the performances of devices.
And, overall, why do the samsung devices similar to those of Nokia (Innov8/N95, this one/N85) are offered constantly later?