I7500, Samsung's First Android Phone

Samsung hasn't been shy about their Android ambitions, but they have been extremely vague. Well, here's their first handset, the I7500. With a capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, clean styling, and larger-than-average battery, it looks fantastic. UPDATED

Here's the spec breakdown: HSDPA at 7.2Mbps, GPRS/EDGE on 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies, a 3.2", 320x480 AMOLED screen, a 5-megapixel camera, 1500mAh battery (to the G1's 1200mAh), and 8GB of internal memory (with support for 32GB of additional SDHC expansion), 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It's about 12mm thick, which is a hair slimmer than the HTC Magic, its obvious rival.

This contradicts rumors rumors that the S8000 would be Sammy's first foray into Android handsettery, but only sort of: the handsets are styled differently, but share almost identical guts. In that sense, this handset isn't much of a surprise, unlike the release date, which will fall somewhere in June for European carriers. There's no US release date, nor is there any sign of a US release at all, so we'll just have to hope that the I7500 will eventually trod the same transatlantic path as the HTC Magic. Full release below.