Samsung Mobile has release the music dedicated Samsung i450, the first Samsung mobile phone to run the Symbian operating system in Australia. The Samsung i450 offers a dual-slide design and multimedia features including unique touch wheel navigation.
The Samsung i450 provides HSDPA connectivity at 3.6 Mbps so that users are able to enjoy multimedia features with higher data download speeds. Running Symbian OS v9.2 and S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1, the Samsung i450 provides access to thousands of applications available from the S60 applications library and multi-tasking features at faster data speeds while ensuring the highest level of power efficiency and reliability from Symbian OS.
The phone allows mobile phone users to enjoy both dedicated music features and advanced mobile phone functions. The dual slider slides up to reveal a spacious alphanumeric keypad for making calls and down to reveal metallic speakers with ICEpower Technology by Bang & Olufsen. It includes Half Touch Wheel Navigation, an arc that enables users to easily navigate through their music library when the phone is held sideways, putting the display in landscape view. Located between the speakers, the Touch Wheel is also ergonomically shaped to follow the natural movement of the user’s thumb, making music navigation easier, more comfortable and more intuitive.
The Samsung i450 will come standard with a 2Gbyte MicroSD memory card in the box. It has a 2.4” LCD screen, an MP3 player, a 2Megapixel primary camera with flash and a VGA camera for video calling.
The Samsung i450 is available through Optus, Vodafone, 3 and Virgin Mobile.
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