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Samsung has just formalized its entry into the touchscreen mobile phone arena with the release of the SGH-F480, aka TouchWiz. This was the same phone that Samsung touted during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona not too long ago. And according to Samsung, the SGH-F480 is just the first in a series of touchscreen mobile phones that it plans to introduce in the market. But before we get all too excited about the SGH-F480, we ought to know that the phone will be available only to the European market upon release. Although Samsung promises to bring this as well to other countries.

Anyway, what does the SGH-F480 have in store for us aside from its touchscreen features? Design-wise, one can easily see from the press photo alone that this is very similar in design as the iPhone, except for the control buttons at the lower portion of its screen. Ignoring its iPhone-like external features, the SGH-F480 might be a good mobile phone after all. It features a 2.8-inch TFT LCD, 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, CMOS video lens, 250MB of internal memory with memory card slot for storage expansion of up to 8GB, 3G for high-speed internet connectivity, and an FM radio.

Via [Akihabara News]

Here we go, our first chance to get close and comfy with the new Samsung Touchwiz UI.  This is the UI that will be on Samsungs hot new touchscreen phones.  It’s biggest surprise?  T9 text entry.  I am baffled that Sammy would even offer this as an option.  Whatever, I’ve not designed any winning cellphones in a while so maybe they know something I don’t.  There is a abc option, I wonder if that will bring up an onscreen keyboard? Click through for the video.

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