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FCC showed pictures of the Samsung i770 a while back, now there are more informatio. The i770 operates on GSM 900/1800/1900 with EDGE data and has Bluetooth. It also appears to have WCDMA 2100.

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From small pictures in the test documents, it appears that this phone features either a SureType keyboard or a butterfly keyboard. One half of the phone’s hinge is also rather large, but it is unclear whether this is a dual pivot hinge to use the phone in landscape mode or a large side-facing camera.

Instead of a smartphone, the flip phone is a Pocket PC phone with touch screen. According to the draft manual, it comes with EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi and bluetooth connection.

With the use of Microsoft Windows Mobile OS, you can install applications you need for different functions. The 2.0 megapixel camera is put on a roller to let you tune the camera direction. Samsung is not saying much about this phone, so there are not release date or pricing yet.

The phone is unique looking with the screen off-center and the half hinge. Cool features like touch screen would help out with the promotion of this phone.

Development of the iPhone began with Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ direction that Apple engineers investigate touchscreens. Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with AT&T Mobility—Cingular Wireless at the time—at an estimated development cost of US$150 million over thirty months. Apple rejected the “design by committee” approach that had yielded the Motorola ROKR E1, a largely unsuccessful collaboration with Motorola. Instead, Cingular gave Apple the liberty to develop the iPhone’s hardware and software in-house.

Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007 in a keynote address. Apple was required to file for operating permits with the FCC, but since such filings are made available to the public, the announcement came months before the iPhone had received approval. The iPhone went on sale in the United States on June 29, 2007, at 6:00 pm local time, while hundreds of customers lined up outside the stores nationwide. The original iPhone was made available in the UK, France, and Germany in November 2007, and Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008.

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