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Another Android Offering - Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica

After months of speculation on the net as the Galaxy Lite, the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica is released in Europe after hitting the Russian markets last month.  This is Samsung’s fourth Android smartphone (2nd in Europe) and the world’s first to have DivX playback capability. Samsung had the better sense to rename it other than Lite for it certainly is not a lightweight version of the i7500 galaxy released earlier.  The new touchscreen smartphone may have a more modest feature set, but has some power-packed smartphone sophistication tuck up its sleeve.

Android Features

Apart from DivX video playback capability, the Spica runs a dedicated DNSe 2.0 sound processing engine that software-assists its already powerful 800 MHz CPU in handling complex decoding of compressed media files. This enables it media players better processing of the popular audio and video file formats out there.  Headphone listening takes two options you can take – one from its 3.5mm headphone jack or from its wireless Bluetooth A2DP support.

The new Spica is a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on 2G and a twin- band 3G/HSDPA with data transmission speeds of up to 3.2 Mbps for a no-wait internet browsing experience. It is housed in an elegantly styled touchscreen monoblock casing that comes in either black or white body color.  It measures 115 x 57 x 13.2mm and weighs 124 grams.  WiFi 802/11 b/g is there for hotspot internet surfing as well as Bluetooth 2.1 for high speed local wireless data transfers and synchronization with other Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Dominating its façade is a 3.2†TFT capacitive touchscreen that can display 16 million colors on a Half-VGA (320 x 480 pixels) resolution. Like other touchscreens in its class, the Spica can auto-rotate its viewing orientation according to handset tilt with its gravity accelerometer. Imaging starts with a 3.15 megapixel camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging from its built-in assisted-GPS receiver. There’s no secondary camera to support 3G video calling. VGA video recording, however, is supported.

Like the heftier i7500 galaxy, the Spica runs on the Android v1.5 Cupcake which Android fans hopes to be upgradable to the latest version 2.0 Éclair. It has its native support for Email and IM as well as an internet browser supporting Flash video and YouTube as well as Google apps like Google Search, Talk and Maps including a Java-based digital compass.

Internal memory comes with a modest 180 MB that can be expanded with its microSD slot for up to 32 GB. Its generous 1500 mAh li-Ion battery, you get up to 11.5 hours of talk time and 27 days of standby time on a single charge – one of the best among touchscreen mobiles.

Now Available

The new Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica smartphone has been released in Russia last month and is now available in major European countries with a published price of €320 prior to taxes and subsidies, cheaper than that of the i7500 galaxy. Online sites of carriers have been slow to update their site contents about its availability though some have it on pre-orders. O2 in Ireland has it on an exclusive deal with Samsung, so O2 UK may not far off, considering it also carries the earlier Galaxy on an exclusive deal.

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