CG Exclusive: Samsung launches F490, Croix UI phone with touchscreen, sadly Europe-only

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The uber-hot F490, an Armani-like touchscreen GSM phone with front VGA camera and back 5-megapixel camera just dropped in Europe today for about 500 euros. The F490 has Google Search built-in and uses the Croix UI with haptic feedback and includes a standard 3.5mm jack for audio playback. Expect it on Euro carriers in the next few months and, sadly, not here for a while.


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SGH-F490 Specification

Standard
HSDPA 3.6 mbps/ UMTS/ EDGE (900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100)

Camera
5 Megapixel Camera

Display
3.2″ 16:9 Wide Full Touch LCD (262K Colors)

Features
Croix UI

Video Recording (MPEG4, QVGA@15fps)

Video Playback (WMV, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VGA@30fps)

Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP+ AVRCP), USB 2.0 (High speed)

Google Search, NetFront 3.4 browser, Mail

MP3, AAC+, AAC+(e), WMA

OMA DRM v2.0, WMDRM, Multitasking

Memory
130MB internal memory + micro SD

Size
115 X 53.5 X 11.8 mm

Weight
102g