Samsung Announces the Galaxy Pro, Candybar QWERTY Handset; Hitting 3 UK

Samsung has just unveiled a new handset today in Singapore. What you see above is a candybar QWERTY handset which is going to be launching as the Samsung Galaxy Pro. It's going to be running Android 2.2 with, of course, the Touchwiz UI which looks like it'll work. Specs for this one include a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a 3MP camera, WiFi support, an 800MHz CPU, and Social Hub Premium. The first carrier to announce that they're launching this handset is 3 UK. Launch and price details are still unknown.

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Huawei Announces the IDEOS X5 Android Smartphone; Hitting Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and US

Huawei has just unveiled one of their best Android phones to date. Dubbed the IDEOS X5, this handset features a 3.8-inch WVGA capacitive display, a Qualcomm 800MHz MSM7230 CPU, a 5MP camera with HD video recording, a VGA front-facing camera, 4GB of internal storage, HSPA / WiFi support, Bluetooth, GPS, an FM radio, Flash 10.1 support, Swype, a 1,500mAh battery, and Android 2.2 "Froyo". This handset will reportedly be hitting Hong Kong in about a week and you can also expect it in Singapore and New Zealand by the end of the month so you can look out for someone to get their hands-on this one soon. Yes, this one will be hitting the US, we just don't know when.

[Engadget]