The Samsung Galaxy Spica, also known as the Samsung Galaxy Portal or Samsung i5700, depending on where you hail from, is now officially upgraded to Android 2.1. In order to get some Eclair, you will need to connect your device to the Samsung PC Studio 7 software and follow the usual update/upgrade procedures. Alternatively, buying a new one in-store will also do the trick. As far as marketing goes, Samsung are making quite a thing of the upgrade, almost as if you are getting a new phone. Check it out, The Galaxy Spica becomes a highly intuitive communications device offering …
This evening Samsung officially announced that the new i5700 Galaxy Spica, the company’s latest Android powered smartphone, is available now. The i5700 is the first Android smartphone to support the DivX video codec, thanks in part to its speedy 800MHz CPU. The 13.2mm thick handset features a 3.5mm headphone jack and a large 1500mAh battery, as well as the full suite of Google services. The phone is available in Europe and the CIS countries. You’ll find more specs after the jump, along with some larger photos.
Samsung are really keeping the ball rolling with their new line of Android sporting mobile phones. We’ve already played with the Galaxy and spotted the Galaxy Lite on many occasions. Now it is the turn of the latter to receive its renaming and become reborn as the Samsung i5700 Spica. I’m not really sure what it is about the name Spica, but it conjures up an image of a small, petite device, and Samsung certainly don’t let our imaginations down. As you may already have seen, the Spica is indeed quite small. The proportions of the device are best revealed …
News on the Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 continues to flow as ai.rs blog managed to get what they call a ‘World Exclusive’ with the device. They confirm some of the specifications that we had alluded to last week, verifying that the device will in fact offer a 3.2-megapixel camera with no flash, as well as just 1GB of on-board memory. This is a somewhat of a downgrade from the i7500, but we are assured that the price point will follow. The good news is that the i5700 uses exactly the same AMOLED touch-screen as the i7500, along with all the …
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