Comments on: Android-powered Samsung I7500 debuts

Samsung unveils its first Google Android device, the I7500.

[molotov]

Looks a heck of a lot better than the crappy G1 geekalizer

[lprzybylski]

Nice phone, wish Android phones would start to come out in the US and on other networks like Verizon.

[extirpator]

I agree

[Jonnartt]

So is this thing quadband or triband? The article suggested that it might somehow be both.

[nauj_solrac]

Is this going to be an iPhone killer?

[tradingjamie]

Is this an iphone killer?

OFCOURSE NOT! There is no way at all that anyone is going to be able to build a better interface and user experience than the iPhone.

I think most people also believe this. A lot of people on my blog (http://www.thegadgetstorm.com/) think the same, this is when compared to the Google Android and especially with Windows Mobiles.

The question now is, what are google and Microsoft going to do to better apple.

And the above product isnt doing it!

[tcr071]

Speaking on user interface alone the Palm Pre has the iPhone one-upped. I've seen the product demonstrations and if they launch what they demo'd Apple will have the second best UI on the market. The iPhone will probably still be a better phone due to the App Store being so robust but Apple will have to think up a rebuttal.

[federline]

Fanboy. BTW, you forgot to bash Blackberry, the platform that has had 80% of the new iPhone 3 features for 1-2 year. iPhone? No thanks. Android, BB or WM? Meh. They all bite, but Apple bites the most just for being snooty. Pick your poison, but realize this is a disruption period for mobile devices, and most of these models will look like awkward children in a few years.

[ZetaZeta_]

Considering Android is open source, you could make your own interface for it and try to make the experience better than iPhone. Windows Mobile also has a level of customization. Apple's device? eh.... not so much.

[molotov]

Android can outmanure Apple's OS its open source. Open source is an approach to design, development, and distribution offering practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge). Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. Thus with time it will blow Apple out of the water - the only question is whether there will be hardware to support the Android beauty.

[Rolker]

"There is no way at all that anyone is going to be able to build a better interface and user experience than the iPhone"

How ignorant can you be? The iPhone's interface is great and intuitive, but please don't forget that there are other great phones, with great OSes and very user friendly.
Please don't forget that even though the iPhone has been having good sale numbers, it is still a small fraction of the total number of cell phones being sold world wide. Even in the smart phone arena it is having a good "fight" with other smart phones from RIM, Nokia, etc.
I'm sure, such as Apple was smart to build the iPhone, there are other smart companies that are going to the bring the cellular market to the next level in the future.

[hoppen1]

don't start the bashing until AFTER you have tried out a product. Do you have an iphone? cause the battery life sucks

[TYOTB]

This is the phone I've been waiting for. The two HTC android phones both look like crap. The G1 is for sure. If it's in the market when my current plan expires I'll buy it for sure.

[Henzapper]

The specs are a dream come true (if you caught that, no pun intended), and it's always something I wanted for the G1 and Magic, which makes me kinda mad at HTC since they already had two chances to get this right and failed. Neither of the HTC devices offer a lot of internal memory, and here comes Samsung giving you 8 GB for apps. They also have an AMOLED screen and a better battery, as well as a way better camera.

But the thing is, I find myself preferring the G1 I have right now. It's not just the physical keyboard either. While most would say that the G1 looks ugly, it's at least unique. This I7500 however, looks basically just like any other Samsung device I've ever seen. And with that D-Pad, which just seems out of place. As much as I like the specs, I won't be giving up my G1 for this. Anyone else agree with me here?

[DarkHawke]

The G1 is fugly, there is no doubt. This phone, while odd-looking for a touch screen device, at least has an actual headphone jack! On the face of it, this would seem to be the first Android phone that won't get in the way of its OS, so once released, we may get a real idea of how Android stacks up vs. the iPhone's flavor of OS X. It's doubtful that either hardware or software, let alone the synthesis of the two, will eclipse the iPhone, but I'm all for as many dogs as possible to nip at Apple's heels. Keep 'em runnin', boys!

How is this the first Google Android device? what about the G1?

[homercles82]

"Samsung introduced its first Google Android device,"

Reading comprehension ftw

[seven7dust]

about damn time !
but still compared to the Omnia this looks bad
yet another company playing favorites with that Ancient crappy sorry excuse for a O.S called Windows Mobile !

[hemanthjava]

For now, the new Samsung I7500 Android phone will woo the German users come June. As for price, it is not announced as yet.

Regards,
Nuklear
http://www.webhush.com

[descottdc]

I'm not a tech guy by any means, just an end user. So here's my question; if I can voice dial with my BB why can't I voice text someone? Not as a voice recording, but as an actual text msg?

[skunkpuddle]

Hey Tradingjamie. I remember in the early 20th century someone from congress stated that they should appropriate no more money for innovation because everything that could have been invented had been invented already. I guess to be short sighted is to be enamored with the present.

[slice77]

I'm waiting for the day that cell phones are either customizable, or are produced with enough interchangeable parts that the user has options to buy exactly what they want. Categories should be something like Form (clampshell, candybar, or slider), Communications (basic, 3g, 3g+wifi, 3g+wifi+gps), Screen (touch, no touch), Memory (none, SD, SD+8gb, SD+16gb), Camera (2, 5, and 8 mp), OS (WinMo, Android, Symbian, BB, Apple [heh, last two will never open up, but one can dream]). I'm sure there are others, but the same cases would be able to hold all or none of these features, reducing engineering costs, simplying product lines, and increase customer satisfaction. Too bad this will never happen.
sigh...

[gunnar123]

Mechanic design details convey a distinct traditional Samsung'ish feel. I am not sure if a full detraction from what is known is required in order to take the world by storm ?
Much of what will appear on screen is what a developer can see today on an Android emulator. So what users will find on screen will likely not be a world unheard of. I think rather yet another mechanical vehicle that brings forth the Android platform in a tasteful way.