9 February 2010

By: Ionut Arghire, Mobile Editor
Samsung S5620 Monte Officially Unveiled
An affordable touchscreen device
South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has just unveiled a new touchscreen-enabled handset that should make a lot of enthusiasts out there rejoice, the Samsung S5620 Monte. The new mobile device is being shown to the world just before the Mobile World Congress kicks off next week in Barcelona, Spain, and one might also expect for the company to demonstrate its capabilities at the event. [ADMARk=1]The new Samsung S5620 Monte comes with a 3-inch touchscreen display that boasts a WQVGA resolution, coupled with a 3.2-megapixel photo snapper, and a great deal of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as support for Exchange ActiveSync, or integration with Google's Latitude service, which offers users the possibility to keep track of their friends' whereabouts. According to Engadget, the new mobile phone is expected to sport a rather affordable price tag when launched on the market, but there are no exact details on what this actually means, it seems. However, the specifications list of the device shows that it packs a series of features usually found in high-end handsets, which means that it might turn into a very appealing mobile phone in the end. Among the features that will be available with Samsung S5620 Monte, we can count the handset vendor's TouchWiz user interface, which is said to arrive here in a 2.0 Plus flavor, as well as integrated FM radio with RDS, built-in GPS receiver with AGPS, and 3.6Mbps HSDPA on the 900 and 2100MHz bands. At the same time, the phone also includes a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 16GB of additional storage space. Hopefully, Samsung will bring the new S5620 Monte with it at the MWC show in Spain next week, and we'll be able to learn more details on its market availability and pricing at that time, so stay tuned to learn additional details on this as soon as they are available.
Samsung S5620 Monte Engadget
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