“Today’s announcement that SK Telecom will be bringing its first LiMo compliant handset to market is a significant milestone in the ongoing global growth and adoption of LiMo technologies,” said Morgan Gillis, Executive Director of LiMo Foundation. “LiMo’s global operators are committed to providing highly compelling and customized LiMo devices to their mobile subscribers – this initial handset from Samsung and SKT demonstrates the rapid maturation and opportunity within the LiMo ecosystem.”

The Samsung SCH-M510 is a rich media device with support for various audio and video media types and features a 3.5” WVGA AMOLED screen and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. This handset also features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and also includes support for proximity, accelerometer and ambient light sensors.

LiMo Foundation was launched in January 2007 by mobile industry leaders to provide the mobile industry with an open, consistent Mobile Linux-based handset OS, enabling the development of immersive, next-generation mobile consumer experiences. LiMo’s membership includes mobile industry leaders from around the world, including OEMs, technology developers, and 13 global network operators that collectively represent nearly a billion mobile subscribers.

Equipped with DNSe 2.0 for better sound quality and 3.5 mm ear jack, the Galaxy Spica offers the fully comprehensive multimedia feature set. Moreover, a long enough battery life (1500mAh) allows its users to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 13.2 mm thickness.

The Samsung Galaxy Spica supports the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Talk, letting users enjoy the familiar desktop computer experience while on the move.

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Dr Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics said, “By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones.” He added, “bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.”

The official website (www.bada.com) will open on November 10th and will feature a range of information on bada including updates on product launches, features, and event notices. Samsung will also host an official launch event for bada in London, UK in December and will also unveil its bada software development kit (SDK) to developers for the first time on this date.

Key features of bada

Samsung design principles aim to deliver simple, intuitive, and innovative user experiences through innovative visual design. Samsung bada includes a next generation UI framework with feature sets and design elements that facilitate leading-edge user interfaces for every bada application.

Consumer demand for service-based applications is growing. Samsung bada includes integrated support for service-oriented features to enable the development of connected applications. Samsung bada developers can implement various service features in applications without the high learning curve required by previous platforms.

Samsung bada encourages the integration of common experiences and functions across application. Extensible core functions include a dialer, messaging, and address book, which applications can freely use.

The Mythic’s 3.3″ full touch screen features Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz™ user interface, which allows users to simply drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone’s home screen. It is also the newest AT&T Mobile TV-capable device to hit stores. AT&T Mobile TV is available for $9.99 per month effective Nov. 8 for new and existing subscribers.

Additional key features and specifications of the Mythic include:

• One-finger Touch and Finger Zoom
• Full HTML Web browser
• Virtual full QWERTY keyboard
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• Advanced Messaging capabilities
• AT&T Mobile E-mail
• SMS and MMS
• Instant Messenger
• AT&T Navigator (requires a separate subscription)
• AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile
• Stereo Bluetooth technology
• Dimensions: 4.49″ x 2.06″ x .5″
• Weight: 3.8 oz

The messaging device from Samsung, the Flight, available in red and silver color options, has a vertical sliding form factor that opens to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard underneath. The Flight’s unique touch screen user interface provides one-touch access to functions like shortcuts, favorites and messaging, including SMS and MMS, Instant Messaging and Mobile E-mail.

Additional key features of the Flight include:

• Social Networking with AT&T Social Net
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Full HTML Web browser
• AT&T Navigator compatible
• AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile
• AT&T Video Share
• Stereo Bluetooth technology
• Dimensions: 4.17″ x 2.2″ x 0.5″
• Weight: 4.8 oz

The Samsung Mythic is available for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. (Pay $249.99 and receive $50 AT&T Promotion Card with a two year service agreement.) The Samsung Flight is available for $99.99 after mail-in rebate. (Pay $149.99 and receive a $50 AT&T Promotion Card with a two-year service agreement.) Both devices will be available from Nov. 8

The Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for the Samsung Jack, a powerful Windows Mobile smartphone available exclusively to AT&T customers in the U.S. and powered by the nation’s fastest 3G network, is now available! With Windows Mobile 6.5, Jack users will have access to:

* Windows Marketplace for Mobile: Discover apps that unlock the power of your Windows phone, shop securely with confidence, and download instantly to your phone.
* Internet Explorer Mobile: Internet Explorer Mobile 6 delivers the same high quality browsing and media viewing experience that you’ve come to expect on your desktop computer. If you can see it in Internet Explorer on your PC, you’ll be able to see it just as well on your Windows phone, whether the content you want is on YouTube, a game using Flash animation, or on a social site like Facebook or MySpace.
* AT&T WiFi: Automatic access to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide is available on the Samsung Jack and is included in select smartphone data plans. This allows for fast and easy downloads of your favorite music, streaming videos, games, and more.
* Vlingo for Windows Phone: Instantly send a text or email message,call a friend, search the Web, open native applications and more, all by speaking into your Samsung Jack Windows phone.

QWERTY-packing Android smartphones are certainly a little rarer than their touchscreen-only counterparts, but we’d still have second thoughts about picking the Samsung Moment. While its AMOLED display is bright and clear and its keyboard pleasantly expansive (once you’ve retrained your fingers to deal with its offset layout) its stock Android 1.5 OS pales in comparison to what other manufacturers are doing to distinguish their rival handsets. Most damning, though, is the price: Sprint will ask $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and presuming a new, two-year agreement when the Moment arrives on November 1st. That’s perilously close to the $199.99 of the Verizon DROID by Motorola, and right now we can’t find enough to recommend the Samsung over the new Motorola.

“I believe that the agreement will bring innovative and user-friendly mobile GPS experience to our users with Tele Atlas’ unique approach to combining community input with other sources to develop the freshest, highest quality maps and innovative location content,” said Hyoungmoon No, Vice President of R&D Planning Team, Samsung Electronics .

The two companies will continue to collaborate to deliver rich navigation and location solutions, covering a wide range of products and regions.

[via gsmarena]