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Samsung Intros Touch Phone for Kids

Sep 1, 2009, 7:15 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Today Samsung announced a new touch-based phone that is aimed specifically at the youth market. It features quad-band GSM/EDGE radios and comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA touch display with cartoon-based user interface with one-finger zoom. It comes preloaded with access to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and Twitter. It has a 2 megapixel camera, FM radio with RDS, interchangeable backplates and support for microSD cards up to 8GB. The Corby will be available in European markets in the middle of September for $215.

source: Samsung

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SongBird

Sep 1, 2009, 8:31 AM

This is very cute!!

But touch screen for a kid? 👀 I know this will be very popular!!

Jayshmay

Ah, I don't think this phone is too kidish. I'm sure that cartoon feature can be turned off. And heck $215 isn't bad at all.

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bluecoyote

Sep 1, 2009, 8:22 PM

What is a Corby?

"The Corby will be available in European markets in the middle of September for $215."

I'm sorry, what is a Corby?

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