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Samsung launches Android-powered Galaxy smartphone

Samsung Mobile and Bell Mobility have launched the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant smartphone. The Android 2.1-powered Samsung Galaxy offers a fully integrated entertainment, messaging and social networking device. It’s now available for $149.95 on a three year contract with a minimum $50 per month voice/data or combo plan or for $499.95 without a contract.

Customers who buy a Galaxy before September 3rd will automatically be entered to win a 55-inch LED TV from Samsung.

The Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant offers a 5 megapixel camera and HD video recorder, and memory expandable up to 32 gigabytes.

Operating on Bell’s new HSPA+ high-speed wireless network, it also offers access to Bell Mobility services such as Mobile TV, radio, Video Call, GPS Navigator, and Remote PVR.

Other features:
• Android 2.1: Access to more than 60,000 apps from Android Market as well as optimized speed, improved virtual keypad, additional home screens, and the full support of the Google Mobile Services including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Google Talk.

• High-end screen: The 4-inch Super AMOLED provides users with unrivalled picture clarity - even in harsh lighting conditions and direct sunlight - to make playing games, viewing movies and photos clearer and less reflective. Thumb print smudges are a thing of the past thanks to anti-smudge technology.
 
• 1GHz Processor: The powerful 1GHz processor allows users to surf, play and share with speed, keeping them fully connected anywhere and at anytime. Outfitted with 3D sound capabilities, users are offered surround-sound stereo quality - even when listening on hard-wired headphones.
 
• Social Hub: Simple, organized and integrated social networking thanks to automatic status updates, social network site content aggregation, real-time push notification and a customizable, threaded view of email, IM and SMS.
  
• Six-axis sensor: Combining the smartphone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to provide a smooth, fluid gaming experience when the user is tilting the device up or down or panning the phone to the left or right. It also supports advanced touch screen gesture capabilities including multi-touch pinch, long tap and zoom and vertical and horizontal swiping for easier and quicker access to many applications.
 
• TouchWiz 3.0 user interface: A tactile, intuitive user experience that includes iconic new features such as motion UI, Smart Unlock and a customizable widget screen.
 
• All Share: Enables inter-device connectivity through the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), allowing clients to send video content wirelessly to other DLNA-enabled devices, such as TV’s, monitors and computers.
 
• Swype technology: Combined with a QWERTY keypad, users can input text
faster and in a more intuitive way with one continuous finger motion
across the screen keyboard.

For more information, visit Bell.ca/GalaxyS or www.samsung.com

Posted August 19, 2010