Samsung's Soul slider is coming through

Samsung just announced their new flagship "Soul" cellphone in the spirit of its Ultra Editions. Get it? Spirit Of ULtra, soul? Yeah. Anyway, as Sammy's go-to phone for 2008, we're looking at a quad-band GSM phone with 7.2Mbps HSDPA; 2.2-inch QVGA display; 5 megapixel, image stabilized camera with Power LED flash and face detection; FM radio; microSD; Bluetooth, and more in a 12.9-mm thin slider. Sweetening the deal is a Magical Touch interface which adapts to your usage (music, camera, etc) a la LG's Venus. They've even added a jumbled-up Google icon for search and gMail access. Look for it to hit European retail in April. On display next week at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress where you can bet your last money, it's gonna be stone gas, honey.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 11:11AM]

Oh man, that looks great. I'd love to try that out if/when it comes to the states. Those specs are pretty nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 11:23AM]

Man, that's a nice phone. I bet it doesn't come to the US. What a
shame for US cell providers.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 11:39AM]

It's quad-band GSM.. so buy it overseas, add your U.S. simcard, and enjoy! (Yes, I know, full price is teh suck, but it looks like it might be worth it!)

the specs and the phone itself are SECKS-SEE!

I want one...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 12:42PM]

Let's hope Helio brings a CDMA version to the states!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 5:16PM]

Sweet looking and 12.9mm thin 5mpx camera phone! 3GSM seems to be packed of yummy phones from the big 4(SE, Nokia, Samsung...hmm not sure about Moto ;)).

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2008 5:22PM]

Actually seems it's missing 3.5 mm jack and has QVGA video recording. Well still good looking hopefully camera performs okish.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 12:22AM]

If that thing is Quad_Band GSM and Tri-Band HSDPA, I don't care how much it costs, I'm buying it!