As the Samsung Galaxy S sails to Japanese shores, a new handset offering from the company makes its way to U.S. Cellular South has just announced a new entrant to its Samsung Galaxy lineup known as the Samsung Showcase, model number SCH-i500. The handset flaunts a 4 inch super AMOLED touchscreen and a virtual QWERTY keypad with Swype technology.
This Android powered device runs on a 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird Application Processor. It is pre-loaded with Google Mobile Services comprising of Maps, Search, YouTube, Gmail, Talk, Android Market among others. Featuring Samsung Social Hub, the phone integrates messages, social networking services, personal and business email, calendars as well as contacts. Moreover, two Cellular South original apps namely Text CS and Discover Apps, coupled with a third one dubbed the Barcode Scanner are pre-installed.
“The Samsung Showcase smartphone coming soon to Cellular South customers is a premium Android 2.1 device equipped with Samsung’s Galaxy S class of features,” asserted Omar Khan, chief strategy officer for Samsung Mobile. “The Galaxy S™ series of smartphones offers users superior features, including a 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird Application Processor, Samsung’s Super AMOLED touch screen technology, along with entertainment, messaging and social networking applications.”
“We’re looking forward to bringing the benefits of one of the world’s most advanced Android-powered smartphones to our customers,” commented Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer for Cellular South. “With its superior touchscreen technology, super fast processor and integrated social networking, the Samsung Showcase offers one of the best Android experiences available today. Coupled with access to thousands of apps on Android Market and some of the best Android devices and service plans, Cellular South is ready to offer consumers the best app experience in the industry. We make it easy and simple for consumers to discover the right apps that best meet their personal needs and desires. No other wireless carrier today is following through on that commitment like Cellular South.”
The Samsung Showcase proffers six-axis motion sensing with the help of a geo-magnetic and accelerometer sensors. The UI has been designed to cater advanced touchscreen gesture abilities such as long tap and zoom, multi-touch pinch, along with vertical and horizontal swiping. Bundling up features like integrated calendar services, ActiveSync, push email, Google and Yahoo access, this phone appears to be ideal for professionals. Incorporating the Samsung Media Hub, it will proffer a plethora of video and literary content. Samsung’s All Share application allows users to access inter-device connectivity with DLNA. Thus, they can effortlessly stream out content to other DLNA-enabled devices.
Sporting a 5.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus and HD video recording (720p), amateur photographers can capture all the sweet moments with this elegant device. Using features like a 3.5mm headphone jack, MP3 player and an expandable memory of up to 32GB, music aficionados might have a blast. Proffering Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, the phone is equipped with a complete HTML browser, a daily briefing widget and feeds and updates widget.
The Samsung Showcase will retail in Cellular South retail locations and online at www.celllularsouth.com in time for the holiday season.