Samsung Mobile Phone Blog

Google, Google, Google… we just can’t get enough of them, to be honest. Many – maybe even most – people, when asked to name the most influential / inspiring / innovative / etc. technology, will automatically holler back ‘Apple.’ But for us, it’s Google. Perhaps they suffer from not being involved in the construction of shiny, physical things that people can coo over, but if you look at the software, systems, platforms and other things they’ve constructed over the short years they’ve been going, it’s breathtaking.

That’s why we’re getting all hot under the collar as more and more Android phones get released, one of the first of which is the i7500. And yes, we know, the HTC Magic was the first UK Android phone, but that didn’t exactly splash down with any great fanfare, most people being unable as they are to get over the preconception of HTC being merely a business-phone maker. The Samsung i7500 though is the first phone from a company in the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone (Nokia and Sony Ericsson complete that triumvirate, in case you’re wondering. So, what do you get with this thing that we’re so excited about? The short answer is, pretty much everything Google do (and do so well). So that includes:

• Google Maps – the integrated GPS receiver enables comprehensive use of features such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local searches and detailed route descriptions
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Calendar
• Google Talk

What more do we need to say? The i7500 also has a whole host of other features that’ll tickle your fancy, but all we need to say here is Googlegooglegoogleonaphone! Check out this Samsung i7500 review for a full rundown of those non-Google specs, or have a look at this geektastic video: