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Samsung Announces New LiMo Phones

Techtree News Staff, Sep 25, 2009 1026 hrs IST

First major LiMo handset announcement in recent times

Samsung, in association with major telecom operator Vodafone has launched two new LiMo OS based devices, the H1 and the L1 on the Vodafone UK network.

This is along with the announcement of Vodafone's new suite of internet services called Vodafone 360. This has to be one of the major LiMo phone releases in recent times. If you're still wondering what LiMo is, let us inform you that it is a Linux based smartphone OS platform that has just not taken of yet.

As for the phones, the Samsung H1 apart from running a "customized for Vodafone UI", features a 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen display, GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and support for push email. On the imaging front, there's a contemporary 5MP camera with autofocus and flash. Oh, and with 16GB of internal memory, you'll never run out of storage space for your multimedia files.
The second device launched is the M1, which we believe is slightly down the price ladder and sports a 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen display, HSDPA, GPS, push email, 3MP camera, and 1GB of expandable memory. It will come in three color versions.

Both the phones will be launched in Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK by the end of the year: No, India isn't on that list. However, the service (Vodafone 360) will be launched in India early next year, but on Nokia and other devices.