Vodafone lining up the Samsung F490?

Say hello to what may well be Vodafone's newest, shiniest, and touch-screeniest new set, the Samsung F490. While we've not seen anything official from Vodafone on this, the pic is looking pretty convincing and the rumblings from near and far seem to agree. Pricing is set -- apparently -- from $free on the right contract. No word on when we can expect this to land on the shelves in the UK, but we'll drop you all a note as soon as we hear something substantial.

[Via Phonemag]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2008 7:44AM]

I'm sorry but this is a poor article. there are many things wrong here i feel i should put right.
it has been known for a while now that this was a Vodafone exclusive (perhaps when the handset was announced back in January, the phone has missed more than one release date, originally placed in February then early march.
the website used as a link highlights one of the issues about this phone in that the specs here differ from other sites, namely with the lack of autofocus. very early press releases from the phones announcement last year in the Ukraine showed that it had no autofocus, however releases this year have said differently.

Sorry for being picky, but i really want this phone and have been following it for a while now.

[palehorse Posted Mar 14th 2008 11:16AM]

Dear T-Mobile USA,

GET A PHONE LIKE THIS ONE, DAMNIT!

Thank you.

Signed,

Everyone on Tmobile with craptastic phones.

[Mark Larson Posted Mar 15th 2008 10:59PM]

Meanwhile the m800 on Sprint languishes...