Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 Officially Announced

Over the weekend Samsung officially unveiled their latest Android powered handset, the i5700 Galaxy Spica.

We first heard about the Spica (or Galaxy Lite) back in August when the device was approved by the FCC.

Samsung Galaxy Spica

The Samsung Galaxy Spica is powered by an 800MHz CPU, and features a 3.2-inch HVGA (320 x 480 pixel) TFT display, a 3 mega-pixel camera, and 180Mb of internal memory with microSDHC card support.

Powered by Android 1.5 (Cupcake), the Spica will also be the first Android handset to include support for DivX video playback.

According to Samsung The Galaxy Spica is already available in Europe and Russia, and is expected to launch in Africa and the Middle East shortly.

At present the device doesn’t support North American 3G bands, with support limited to GSM and EDGE.

[via newswire.co.kr]

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Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 Officially Announced