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Samsung Reveals Phone with Hard Disk

Sep 7, 2004, 8:19 AM by (staff)

Samsung this week unveiled the world's first phone to include a hard-disk drive, capable of storing 1.5 GB of data, enough for hundreds of MP3 songs, or thousands of megapixel photos. The phone, available only for Korean CDMA 1xEV-DO networks, also includes the ability to broadcast MP3 music to nearby FM radios, and output images to a connected TV. Other features of the SPH-V5400 include a megapixel camera and dual color displays. The phone is expected to be released in Korea later this month.

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viper

Sep 7, 2004, 10:02 AM

What Operating System?

any idea what OS this might use?

BowWowWow

viper said:
any idea what OS this might use?

Well, the i700s use Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, I'm wondering if this might use a hamstrung version of that.

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Rich Brome

I don't think this is a smartphone. I think it just has a standard Samsung phone OS (proprietary). If it had a major smartphone OS, I imagine that would have been part of the announcement.

no1superman

doesnt have an os. its like regular samsung phones with grid menu. the phones actually pretty fat. haha

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redrockhiker

Sep 7, 2004, 4:08 PM

Model SPH

With CDMA and a SPH model number - Sprint? someday?

Rich Brome

No. Samsung has a whole separate lineup of CDMA phones just for Korea, and they all have "SCH" or "SPH" model numbers. For example:

http://www.sec.co.kr/PCS.svl?CMD=DispListPage_003&di ... »...
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