The Vodafone 360 H1 Hitting UK Markets Soon
The Samsung H1 can now be purchased from Vodafone where it becomes the main vehicle for the Vodafone 360 services. Samsung designed the H1 handset exclusively for Vodafone, dropping the Samsung name as the Vodafone 360 H1. Apparently Vodafone and Samsung have somehow agreed to drop the Samsung name for the exclusive Vodafone distributorship in the UK.
It’s a remarkably full-featured smartphone dressed in a stylishly sleek black body that is sure to appeal to trendsetting mobile phone users out there, with or without the Vodafone 360 service.
The 360 Service
The new 360 service replaces the Vodafone Live that started back in 2002. It is an internet-based service initially available in four Nokia handsets and a couple of Samsung models and is basically aimed at the mobile socialite, giving the H1 set added features to integrate all the social features of the phone – its contacts, email, social networking sites and multimedia functions all in one location.
H1 Features
Vodafone’s 360 services won’t sail without the software and hardware features of the handsets in its launch line-up. The H1 stands out not only for its daring use of the Linux-based LiMo platform (stands for Linux Mobile) that is also used in some Motorola RAZR and ROKR models, but its feature set puts in contention with other known flagship smartphones.
It’s a 3G smartphone with HSDPA/HSUPA for true broadband surfing speeds and for which the Vodafone 360 service would be pain to use without. There’s WiFi and Bluetooth with EDR and A2DP as well. You get 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen with wide –VGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution, a 5-megpixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, GPS receiver and 8 GB or 16GB of internal memory, depending on the model of your choice (ala iPhone) that can be expanded with its microSD slot.
Availability
The Vodafone H1 can now be pre-ordered and should ship before Christmas. It’s exquisite aesthetics, full-featured functionality and social networking integration that’s ably supported by the 360 service should make for an excellent gift to socialites this Christmas.
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