Samsung's first Android 2.1 phone debuts in South Korea

SHW-M100S is the first Android 2.1 based Samsung phone unveiled in South Korea ahead of MWC

Published on Feb 5, 2010

Samsung M100S is also the first Samsung device to run Android OS 2.1 similar to earlier released Google's Nexus One smartphone.

Equipped with 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen (WVGA) display, Samsung M100S comes with a 5-megapixel camera. It is further integrated with 800MHz processor, 720p video recording, WiFi (802.11n) and GPS.

Samsung's first Android phone offers a 3.5mm jack and T-DMB tuner. The device features a unique DTV chip with a large antenna for watching TV on the go. The phone has also the latest TouchWiz UI, Android market and social networking service (SNS) features preloaded with this device.

The phone is expected to hit the South Korean market in March through SK telecom. However, there is no details of pricing available as yet for this device reports SamsungHub.