Hi-tech TouchWiz from Samsung now in India


The Samsung TouchWiz (F480) will be launched in the Indian market on the eve of the Olympic Games 2008.

This full touch screen, ultra-slim phone has ‘drag and drop’ technology, which allows widgets to be selected from the left panel of the screen and dropped anywhere on the home screen.

Specs and features at a glance:

• 2.8-inch TFT LCD display
• 5.0 Megapixel camera with face detection, image stabilizer, auto focus, CMOS video lens and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)
• ‘Auto Smile Shot’ feature
• 240MB of internal memory
• microSD memory card slot
• GPRS, EDGE
• 3G, HSDPA (7.2mbps) networks
• GSM 900/1800/1900
• CDMA 2100 bands

Announcing the launch of this new phone, Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Telecommunications India, said, “Given the growing consumer interest in touch screen phones , the Samsung TouchWiz offers a brilliant full touch navigation experience; widgets with ‘Drag and Drop’ technology and User Interface with Haptic Feedback which makes the experience of using the phone highly interactive and easy.”

Price:

At Rs. 20,990, it is certainly high end