New Symbian Devices From LG and Samsung

I missed out on the Smartphone Show which is happening in London so I have had to rely on the guys over at All About Symbian to keep updated. LG and Samsung have announced new Symbian devices running on the s60 UI. The first being the LG JoY and Samsung with it's SGH i520 (Pictures thanks to AAS). This can only be a good thing, as with competition come innovation, and with diveristy, more choices for those who may prefer non-Nokia devices.


For example, my wife is a huge Samsung fan and while she's seen the things I can do with my N80, she would not part with her Samsung as she adores the sleek form factor. Like my wife, many Malaysians are smitten with the fancy designs of Samsung and LG mobiles but miss out on the many benefits of a symbian smartphone. The JoY and the SGH i520 should prove popular with the buying public. This can only be a good thing for the s60 developers and for users as this should mean more applications and content to play with.

At this point, both devices look extremely appealing and feature attractive specs. In the case of the SGH i520, it's equipped with:-
- HSDPA / UTMS and EDGE/GPRS
- 2 MP Camera + VGA
- 2.3" QVGA (320 x 240) 262K TFT Screen
- Symbian OS 9.2, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1
- MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA
- MPEG4 (H.263 and H.264), WMV
- Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) and A2DP (Bluetooth Stereo)
- Flash Lite 2.0
- Full HTML Browser (S60 Browser version 2.0)
- 45MB User Memory and microSD memory card slot

Good to see that they have incorporated, A2DP and WMV profiles into the device.