Samsung Unveils Phone Running Google Android

Samsung has unveiled what will be the company’s first device running Google’s mobile operating system, Android.

Samsung Monday unveiled the i7500, a Qualcomm-powered smartphone packing a 3.2-inch touchscreen (of course), a 5-megapixel camera (reportedly with an LED flash) 8 GB of internal memory, MicroSD support (maximum capacity 32 GB), GPS and 7.2 Mbps 3G and Wi-Fi data connections. It goes without saying that users can expect the full range of Google services from the phone including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and Google Maps. 

With two Android handsets already available from HTC, the G1 and the HTC Magic, the i7500 will be the first Android-based handset from a major phone company to hit the market, something that could be a huge selling point for the device. While the G1 has been popular since its release (T-Mobile recently hit the 1 million units sold milestone), Android fans who feel the G1 isn’t up to scratch as a device now have something else to consider. Leaving us no time to long for the phone's arrival, Samsung says that it’s going to be available in just over a month, pegging a June release for all major European markets.

Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any information about a U.S. release or pricing (word on the street is Europeans can expect to fork out around three hundred yoyos for the device). However, as infosyncworld points out, U.S. residents hoping to get their hands on this device can bag an unlocked version for use on T-Mobile’s 3G network.