LATEST MOBILES 2010

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has launched a new handset running under Google's Android operating system in the UK, namely the Galaxy Portal, which is now available for purchase in the country via wireless carrier T-Mobile. The handheld has already been launched on the market, and is available outside the UK as the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700. The phone comes with Android 1.5 on board, but will soon receive updates to newer flavors of the OS.

Those of you who may not have encountered the device up until now might want to know that it comes with a body 13.2mm thick, that in boasts a 3.2-inch touchscreen display and that it also includes a great deal of connectivity options. Among these capabilities, we can count the presence of quad-band GSM, HSDPA options, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.

At the same time, the Galaxy Portal i5700 comes with a built-in GPS receiver, with 180MB of internal memory, and with a MicroSD memory card slot for additional storage space (a 1GB microSD card is included in the box). A 3.5mm headphone jack is present with the phone, as well as a media player with video support for MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, and DivX.